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POINT: LI-14 (LARGE INTESTINE-14)

NAME: BINAO

English: Upper Arm
Also Known As: Medial Upper Arm
Arm and Scapula
Upper Arm's Musculature
Main Muscle of the Arm
Median Side of the Upper Arm

LOCATION:

  • On the lateral side of the upper arm, on the line joining LI-11 Quchi and LI-15 Jianyu, 7 cun above LI-11 Quchi at the insertion of the m. deltoideus.
  • Located on the lower border of the deltoid muscle and the radial side of the humerus, approximately 3 cun below LI-15 Jianyu.
  • With the arm hanging freely at the side and the elbow bent, this point may be found slightly anterior to the insertion of the deltoid muscle.
  • On the lateral side of the upper arm, in the visible and tender depression formed between the distal insertion of the deltoid muscle and the brachial is muscle, approximately three-fifths of the distance along the line drawn between LI-11 Quchi and LI-15 Jianyu.
    Note: this point is easier to find if the muscles of the upper arm are tensed.

NEEDLING:

  • Puncture perpendicularly or obliquely upward 0.8 to 1,5 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Straight insertion, 0.5 to 1 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness.
  • Penetrate the arm in front of or behind the humerus, 1 to 1,5 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness.
  • For eye diseases, slanted insertion upward into the deltoid muscle, 1 to 2 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness.
  • Oblique insertion 1 to 1.5 cun.

COMMAND FUNCTIONS:

  • Meeting point with the Small Intestine, Urinary Bladder and Yang Wei channels

ACTIONS:

  • Removes obstruction from the channel
  • Alleviates pain
  • Brightens the eyes
  • Resolves Phlegm
  • Disperses masses

INDICATIONS:

  • Myopia in children
  • Goiter
  • Scrofula
  • Throat Bi
  • Paralysis of the upper limb
  • Stiff neck
  • Chills and fever
  • Pain in the shoulder and upper back, inhibiting lifting the shoulder
  • Chest pain
  • Redness, swelling, Heat and pain of the eyes
  • Rheumatic pains in the upper arm and shoulder
  • Spasms of the neck muscles
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Spasms of the head
  • Bi syndrome of the arm and shoulder
  • Pain in the shoulder and arm
  • Neck rigidity
  • Various eye disorders
  • Conjunctivitis
  • Myopia
  • Pain, numbness and painful obstruction of the upper arm and shoulder
  • Wasting and weakness of the upper arm
  • Inability to raise the arm
  • Contraction and stiffness of the neck
  • Pain in the elbow and arm
  • Arthritis of the shoulder
  • Torticollis
  • Cervical adenitis
  • Sore throat

COMBINATIONS:

LI-15 join
Qianyu

N-UE-14 join
Naoshang
LI-11
Quchi

or

LI-11
Quchi

UB-1
Jingming
ST-1
Chengqi

Myopia in children

Anesthesia for the thorax

Wasting and weakness of the arm with inability to raise the arm to the head

Pain in the shoulder or upper arm

Eye diseases

LI-12
Zhouliao

LI-13
Shouwuli

 

Pain and inability to raise the arm

Scrofula

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

NOTES:

  • This is considered a secret point to access the Yang Wei channel.
  • This point is said to enhance psychic abilities.
  • This is a frequently used local point.