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Large Intestine Locations
| AcuPoint | Point Location | Point Summary |
| LI 1** | On the radial side of the index finger, about .1 cun posterior to the corner of the nail | jing well indications; bleed for tonsillitis and bad throat in infections |
| LI 2** | On the radial side of the index finger, distal to the MP joint, at the junction of the red and white skin. The point is located with the finger slightly flexed. | |
| LI 3** | When a loose fist is made, the point is on the radial side of the index finger, in the depression proximal to the head of the second metacarpal bone | |
| LI 4**** | On the dorsum of the hand, between the 1st and 2nd metacarpal bones, approximately in the middle of the 2nd metacarpal bone on the radial side. | main point for wind and dispersing external conditions; powerful qi point; main point for pain; main point for headache; main point for head, face, throat, and sensory organs; main point for dental anesthesia; with or without sweat; febrile disease; from |
| LI 5** | On the radial side of the wrist. When the thumb is tilted upward, it is in the depression between the tendons of muscle extensor pollicis longus and brevis. | |
| LI 6** | When the elbow is flexed with the radial side of the arm upward, the point is on the line joining LI 5 and LI 11, 3 cun above LI 5. | waterways point and facial edema |
| LI 7* | When the elbow is flexed with radial side of the arm upward, the point is on the line joining LI 5 and LI 11, 5 cun above LI 5. | mouth and tongue in inflammation |
| LI 8* | On the line joining LI 5 and LI 11, 4 cun below LI 11. | local point |
| LI 9* | On the line joining LI 5 and LI 11, 3 cun below LI 11. | local point |
| LI 10*** | On the line joining LI 5 and LI 11, 2 cun below LI 11. | invigorates arms for motor impairment after stroke; internal wind; arms; three measures and associated with ST 36 |
| AcuPoint | Point Location | Point Summary |
| LI 11**** | When the elbow is flexed, the point is in the depression at the lateral end of the transverse cubital crease, midway between LU 5 and the lateral epicondyle of the humerus. | heat in terms of fever, skin, LI; strong for arm; hypertension; hot LI problems with ST 37, ST 25, BL 25; for skin with SP 10, BL 40, BL 17 |
| LI 12* | When the elbow is flexed, the point is superior to the lateral epicondyle of the humerus, about 1 cun superolateral to LI 11, on the medial border of the humerus. | local point |
| LI 13* | Superior to the lateral epicondyle of the humerus, on a line joining LI 11 and LI 15, 3 cun above LI 11. | local point |
| LI 14** | On the line joining LI 11 and LI 15, 7 cun above LI 11, on the radial side of the humerus, superior to the lower end of the deltoid muscle. | |
| LI 15*** | Anterior and inferior to the acromion, on the upper portion of the deltoid muscle. When the arm is in full abduction | major shoulder joint point; anterior eye; |
| LI 16** | In the upper aspect of the shoulder, in the depression between the acromial extremity of the clavicle and scapular spine. | |
| LI 17** | On the lateral side of the neck, 1 cun below LI 18, on the posterior border of the SCM. | local point for throat problems |
| LI 18** | On the lateral side of the neck, level with the tip of the Adam's Apple, between the sterna head and the clavicular head of the SCM muscle. | local point for throat problems |
| LI 19* | Just below the lateral margin of the nostril, .5 cun lateral to DU 26. | local for nasal distribution; nosebleed |
| LI 20*** | In the nasolabial groove, at the level of the midpoint of the lateral border of the ala nasi. | any nose problem; opens the nose; with LI 4 and LU 7 |