LI 15 Acupuncture Point is called as jiān yú. Jian means Shoulder. Yu means corner. This point is at the corner of the Shoulder.
LI 15 Acupuncture Point Location
On the shoulder in the depression on the anterior border of the acromial part of the deltoid muscle when the arm is abducted. Needle perpendicularly or obliquely 0.8 – 1.5 cun.
Anterior and inferior to acromion, at origin of deltoid muscle
LI 15 Acupuncture Point Names
jiān yú 肩髃
Large Intestine 15 Shoulder Bone
Speciality
- Meeting Point on the Large Intestine Channel with the Small Intestine and Triple Energizer Channels.
Caution
Functions
- Dispels damp, alleviates pain, and benefits the shoulder joint
- Eliminates wind and regulates qi and blood
- Resolves phlegm and disspates nodules
Indication
- Pain of the shoulder and arm
- Motor impairment of the upper extremities
- Rubella
- Scrofula
- Shoulder stuff: shoulder pain, weakness of the shoulder, heat in shoulder, swelling of shoulder, inability to raise arm
- hemiplegia, wind paralysis, wind-stroke, bi syndrome
- wind-heat urticaria
- scrofula and goiter
Diseases
Upper limb motor impairment, arm pain and paralysis and shoulder pain and soft tissue disorders.
Discomfort
Area of Protection
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