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LI-4 Big Picture

Yuan Source, Command point of face, Entry

LI-4 Location

On the dorsum of the hand, between the 1st and 2nd metacarpal bones, approximately in the middle of the 2nd metacarpal on the radial side

LI-4 Function

Regulates the defensive Qi and adjusts sweating, expels wind and releases the exterior, regulates the face, eyes, nose, mouth and ears; activates the channel and alleviates pain, induces labor, restores the Yang

LI-4 Rx Function

Clears exterior and interior wind,


Stops pain,


Command point of the face,


Clears the nose,


Contra-indicated for pregnancy

LI-4 Combine with what?

+LV-3 to open the 4 gates


+LU7, UB-12, DU-16, GB-20 for Wind Cold


+LU-10, LU-11, SJ-5 for Wind Heat


+LI-20, Bitong for nasal congestion

LI-6 Big Picture

Luo-Connecting

LI-6 Location

With the elbow flexed and the radial side of the arm upward, the point is on the line joining Yangxi (LI-5) and Quchi (LI-11), 3 cun above the crease of the wrist

LI-6 Functions

Expels wind and clears heat,


Opens and regulates the water passages



LI-6 Rx Function

Wind Water Invasion (Yang Edema)

LI-6 Combine with what?

+LU-7, LI-4, SP-9, UB-39

LI-20 Big Picture

Exit Point

LI-20 Location

In the nasolabial groove, at the level of the midpoint of the lateral border of ala nasi

LI-20 Functions

Opens the nasal passages


Expels wind and clears heat



LI-20 Rx Function

+Bitong, Du-23 and LI-4

LI-11 Big Picture

He-Sea

LI-11 Location

When the elbow is flexed, the point is in the depression at the lateral end of the transverse cubital crease, midway between Chize (LU-5) and the lateral epicondyle of the humerous

LI-11 Functions

Clears heat

Cools the blood


Eliminates wind


Drains damp and alleviates itching


Regulates Qi and Blood


Activates the channel and alleviates pain



LI-11 Rx Function

Organ Heat

Wind Heat


Blood Heat


Toxic Heat


Deficiency Heat

LI-11 Combine with what?

+Ying-Spring to clear Heat (excess or deficiency) in the channel

+LI-4 to clear Wind Heat


+SP-10, UB-40 to clear Blood Heat skin rashes and skin issues