Traditionally used for
- Digestion
- Menstrual & women's health
- Fertility & vitality
- Pain & joints
Cautions & contraindications
- Avoid blood vessels
Location
On the medial aspect of the thigh, 2 cun below ST30, lateral to adductor longus, on the line connecting ST30 and the medial epicondyle of the femur.
How to locate: With the hip slightly flexed and abducted and the knee flexed, have the patient press the feet together or adduct against resistance so adductor longus stands out; the point is 2 cun below ST30, just lateral to the muscle, about 1 cun below where the femoral artery passes under the inguinal ligament.
Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.
3D view
3D view not available for this point: its position can't be carried onto the 3D model reliably (it failed a placement check). The 2D maps above show it.
Needling
Cited needling
Techniques — the source gives these as alternatives:
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Perpendicular insertionDepth 0.5–1.5 cunskindeeper
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Oblique insertionDepth 0.5–1.5 cunskindeeper
Depths describe average adult habitus in the cited population, never a single safe number for the patient in front of you. Palpate and adjust.
Sources (1)
- Deadman P, Al-Khafaji M, Baker K. A Manual of Acupuncture. Hove: Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications; 1998 — p. 487 Supports: techniques (names this point)
Site notes · not cited
- Avoid blood vessels
Functions
- Benefits the uterus, regulates menstruation and treats infertility
- Relaxes the sinews
- Activates the channel and benefits the lumbar region
Indications
Balance Method partners
Under Dr. Tan's six systems, LV11 at the thigh balances these channels at the regions its segment images.
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1. Same Chinese namePericardium channelUpper arm · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)Forearm · Reversed mirrorLower abdomen, Sacrum · Image, head at the hand/footSolve for the Pericardium channel →
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2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong)Large Intestine channelUpper arm · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)Forearm · Reversed mirrorLower abdomen, Sacrum · Image, head at the hand/footSolve for the Large Intestine channel →
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3. Interior–exterior pairGallbladder channelThigh · Same segment, opposite sideLower abdomen, Sacrum · Image, head at the hand/footSolve for the Gallbladder channel →
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4. Chinese clock oppositeSmall Intestine channelUpper arm · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)Forearm · Reversed mirrorLower abdomen, Sacrum · Image, head at the hand/footSolve for the Small Intestine channel →
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5. Chinese clock neighbourLung channelUpper arm · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)Forearm · Reversed mirrorLower abdomen, Sacrum · Image, head at the hand/footSolve for the Lung channel →
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6. Same channelLiver channelThigh · Same segment, opposite sideLower abdomen, Sacrum · Image, head at the hand/footSolve for the Liver channel →
Sources
- World Health Organization. WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations in the Western Pacific Region. Manila: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2008. (Location.)
- Focks C, ed. Atlas of Acupuncture. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2008. (Locating method and actions.)
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