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POINT: LI-8 (LARGE INTESTINE-8)  

English: Lower Angle
Also Known As: Lower Side
Inferior Region
Lower Aspect
Below Aside
  • On the radial side of the forearm, 4 cun distal to LI-11 Quchi, on the line connecting LI-11 Quchi with LI-5 Yangxi.
    Note: locate with the elbow flexed and the radial side of the arm upwards. Divide the distance between LI-11 Quchi with LI-5 Yangxi into thirds. LI-8 Xialian is located at the junction of the proximal and middle thirds.
  • On the line joining LI-11 Quchi with LI-5 Yangxi, 4 cun below the cubital crease.
  • 4 cun below LI-11 Quchi on the forearm.
  • Perpendicular or oblique insertion 0.5 to 1.5 cun.
  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Straight insertion 1 to 2 cun.
  • Harmonizes the Small Intestine
  • Expels Wind
  • Clears Heat
  • Clears Yang Ming Fire
  • Calms the Shen
  • Abdominal pain
  • Lower abdominal distention
  • Fullness and pain of the abdomen and lateral costal region
  • Insufficiency of Small Intestine Qi
  • Diarrhea containing undigested food
  • Blood in the stool
  • Dark urine
  • Hemiplegia
  • Wind-Damp Bi
  • Cold Bi
  • Arm pain
  • Dyspnea
  • Motor impairment of the upper limbs
  • Vertigo
  • Headache
  • Head Wind
  • Dizziness
  • Eye pain
  • Dry lips with drooling
  • Breast abscess, particularly with discharge from the nipple
  • Dyspnea
  • Manic raving
  • Mad walking
  • Speech difficulties
  • Chronic emaciation
  • Borborygmus
  • Pain in the elbow and arm
  • Mastitis

GB-39
Xuanzhong

LI-9
Shanglian

LU-9
Taiyuan

LI-5
Yangxi
UB-60
Kunlun

Hot Stomach with no pleasure in eating

Diarrhea due to injury by food

Difficult and dark urine

Manic raving

UB-40
Weizhong

LI-11
Quchi
GB-21
Jianjing

 

Wind-Damp Bi

Pain and Cold of the arm