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POINT: LI-10 (LARGE INTESTINE-10) 

NAME: SHOUSANLI

English: Arm Three Miles
Also Known As: Arm's Three Measures

LOCATION:

  • On the radial side of the forearm, 2 cun distal to LI-11 Quchi, on the line connecting LI-11 Quchi with LI-5 Yangxi.
    Note: Locate with the elbow flexed and with the radial side of the arm upward. This point is significantly tender to palpation.
  • On the line joining LI-5 Yangxi and LI-11 Quchi, 2 cun below the cubital crease.
  • 2 cun distal to LI-11 Quchi, on the forearm.

NEEDLING:

  • Perpendicular or oblique insertion, 0.5 to 1.5 cun.
  • Puncture perpendicularly 0.8 to 1.2 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Straight insertion 1 to 2 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness sometimes extending along the forearm.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

ACTIONS:

  • Regulates Qi and Blood
  • Activates the channel
  • Alleviates pain
  • Harmonizes the Intestines and Stomach
  • Tonifies Qi

INDICATIONS:

  • Pain and immobility of the arm and shoulder
  • Windstroke
  • Paralysis of the arm
  • Numbness of the arm
  • Atrophy disorder
  • Hemiplegia
  • Contraction and inflexibility of the elbow
  • Lumbar pain with inability to lie down
  • Tennis elbow
  • Facial paralysis
  • Arm cramps
  • Post-stroke hemiplegia
  • Arm edema
  • Swollen jaw
  • Abdominal distention
  • Stomach ache
  • Indigestion
  • Fecal incontinence
  • Loss of voice
  • Pain of the shoulder and back
  • Swelling of the chin and cheek
  • Motor impairment of the upper extremities
  • Spitting Blood
  • Cholera
  • Pain in the shoulder and arm
  • Apoplexy with deviation of the mouth and eyes
  • Cerebral hemorrhage
  • Neurasthenia
  • Head Wind
  • Abdominal pain
  • Vomiting and diarrhea
  • Periodic sensations of Cold in the Intestines
  • Sudden turmoil disorder
  • Toothache with swelling of the cheek
  • Deviation of the mouth
  • Loss of voice
  • Scrofula
  • Goiter
  • Breast abscess
  • Swelling in the submandibular region
  • Atrophy of the wrist extensor muscles
  • Muscle spasms causing inability to extend the elbow
  • Bi syndrome in the arm
  • Aphonia
  • Deviation of the mouth due to Wind
  • Rheumatism
  • Arthritis
  • Tonsillitis
  • Ulcer
  • Upper limb paralysis
  • Insensitivity of the upper limbs
  • Ulcer
  • Pain radiating from the shoulder to the navel
  • Laryngitis
  • Mastitis
  • Ding boil
  • Elbow cannot be extended

COMBINATIONS:

HT-3
Shaohai

LI-11
Quchi
SI-3
Houxi

LI-6
Pianli

Stubborn numbness of both forearms

Pain of the forearm

Soreness and pain of the elbow and forearm with difficulty extending and flexing

GB-44
Zuqianyin

UB-62
Shenmai
UB-63
Jinmen

HT-3
Shaohai
PC-1
Tianchi
LIV-13
Zhangmen
GB-41
Zulinqi
SJ-6
Zhigou
GB-38
Yangfu
GB-21
Jianjing

Contraction and inability to extend the arm and elbow

Head Wind

Visual dizziness

Stiffness of the nape of the neck

Scrofula

ST-36
Zusanli

REN-12
Zhongwan
 ST-36
Zusanli

 

General tonification

Food Stagnation with gastric lumps or ulcer

Ulcer

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

  • Forbidden during the ninth month of pregnancy.

NOTES:

  • The main function of this point is to invigorates and regulate the circulation of Qi and Blood in the upper limb.
  • It is an important and widely used point for all Large Intestine channel problems.
  • This point stimulates leukocyte production.
  • This is a good point for intellectual exhaustion.
  • This point lowers nervous excitement and stimulates Blood flow to the seat of illness.