Acupoint+LI-10+(Shou+San+Li)

== ** LI10 ** ** • **  **Shou San Li**  •  **Large Intestine** **10** Arm Three Li. =Location= On the line joining LI-5 and LI-11, 2 cun below LI-11

=Point Summary= //Regulates Qi And Blood Harmonizes the Intestines and the Stomach Activates the Channel Alleviates Pain// invigorates arms for motor impairment after stroke; internal wind; arms; three measures and associated with ST-36

=Needling=

Depth:
0.8 - 1.2 cun

Technique:
Puncture Perpendicularly

Contraindications:
None

=General Indications=

Functions
Expels Internal Wind

Indications
pain in the arm; neck pain; good for overuse injuries of the arm and forearm (often quite sore and is the bulky area of the muscle)

Special Notes
Associated with the stomach and often used with ST-36; but not used clinically for ST organ pathology; has some qi boosting properties like ST-36, but not as strong; seems like it would a good point for weak, deficient conditions, but not used much

=Diagnostic Indications:= Abdominal Pain **•** Arm Pain **•** Arm Paralysis **•** Diarrhea **•** Facial Edema **•** Gastrointestinal Disorders **•** Indigestion **•** Jaw Disorders **•** Shoulder Pain **•** Skin Disorders **•** Toothache **•** Ulcer Gastric **•** Vomiting **•**

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies the large intestine, heart, vessels, lungs, liver, spleen-pancreas, posterior frontal lobes; radial muscles, supinator longus, supinator teres; warms the extremities; breasts; half of the body same side; face, lips, opposite gums. Disperses the bladder sphincter. Dispersing acts in the opposite way. Also called “the point which awakens” (in reality xingxingxue, TW-9a), because massaging it awakens one from a faint, from weakness, from indigestion malaise, from loss of ability to make sound, loss of awareness and energy in cholera and apoplexy; or tongue dancing from right to left. Heart, arteries, veins (see TW-9a), influenza, flu; circulation, cold at the extremities (see TW-9a). Very painful in constipation; all digestive troubles. Dental caries, opposite side; dental abscess, fluxion, opposite side; loose, displaced molars, opposite side. Lips: swollen, opposite side Ears: buzzing, opposite side (?) Parotid glands: inflammation, same side. Breasts: inflammation of mammary glands. Lymph nodes of the neck or axilla: inflammation (adenitis). Carbuncle, serious abscesses. External headache, stiff nape, visual dizziness. Cheek, maxilla, opposite side of chin, inflammation of tissues; or facial paralyses, flaccidity of the opposite lower eyelid, ectropion of the lower eyelid. Elbow and forearm, same side: pain, radial nerve; extensors and supinators. “A quick blow paralyzes the arm and hand for a moment.” Hand: can neither open nor close, or contracted. Opposite lower back: acute pain Opposite knee, lower leg and instep.
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=Psycho-Spiritual Components= Fibromyalgia. Good food cravings.
 * Excellent intellectual exhaustion point.** Forbidden in ninth month of pregnancy. Treats disorders of the shoulder joint and upper limb (often with LI-11 and LI-15) For all circulatory disorders, especially involving extremities, rheumatism, arthritis, muscular spasms, inability to bend or raise arms, indigestion, throat disorders, tonsillitis, swelling in neck, goiter. [JRW]