#9-L7 (Lieque)

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CHINESE NAME of Acupuncture point L7:

Lieque, Lie means arrangement; que means depression. The lightning and the rift in the sky were called Lieque in ancient times. The Meridian of Hand-Taiyin diverges from this point to the Meridian of Hand-Yangming.

LOCATION of Acupuncture point L7:

1.5 inches up to wrist bracelet, 0.2 - 0.3 deep. The point is in the depression superior to the styloid process of the radius.

INDICATION of Acupuncture point L7:

Cough, wheezing, sour throat, hot in palm, paralysis, headache, migraine, pain in neck, toothache, bloody urine, pain in penis etc.

HINT for All Acupoints:

You should feel sour or numb, but Not knife-cut like pain when pressing. The acupoints are usually between or beside the bones and tendons or ligaments, on a depression, never on the bones or blood vessels.

MERIDIANS CODES: L=Lung, LI=Large Intestine, S=Stomach, Sp=Spleen, H=Heart, SI=Small Intestine, B=Bladder, K=Kidney, P=Pericardium, TE(SJ)=Triple Energizer (Sanjiao), G=Gallbladder, Liv=Liver;

8-HUI ACUPOINT CODES: 1=B62(Shenmai), 2,5=K6(Zhaohai), 3=TE(SJ)5(Waiguan), 4=G41(Foot-Linqi), 6=Sp4(Gongsun), 7=SI3(Houxi), 8=P6(Neiguan), 9=L7(Lieque)