Traditionally used for
- Nose & throat
- Pain & joints
Location
On the medial aspect of the lower leg, posterior and inferior to the medial condyle of the tibia, 1 cun posterior to SP9.
How to locate: Run a finger up the medial border of the tibia to where the shaft meets the medial condyle to find SP9; the point is 1 cun posterior to SP9, below the condyle, and is often tender when indicated.
Distances are in cun, a proportional unit — how to measure.
3D view
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Needling
Cited needling
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Perpendicular insertionDepth 1–2 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. 484 Supports: techniques (names this point)
Site notes · not cited
Functions
- Expels wind and damp from the knee
- Relaxes the sinews
- Activates the channel
Indications
Balance Method partners
Under Dr. Tan's six systems, LV7 at the knee balances these channels at the regions its segment images.
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1. Same Chinese namePericardium channelElbow · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)Elbow · Reversed mirrorUpper abdomen, Lower back · Image, head at the hand/footChest, Upper back · Image, head toward the elbow/kneeSolve for the Pericardium channel →
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2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong)Large Intestine channelElbow · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)Elbow · Reversed mirrorUpper abdomen, Lower back · Image, head at the hand/footChest, Upper back · Image, head toward the elbow/kneeSolve for the Large Intestine channel →
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3. Interior–exterior pairGallbladder channelKnee, Back of knee · Same segment, opposite sideUpper abdomen, Lower back · Image, head at the hand/footChest, Upper back · Image, head toward the elbow/kneeSolve for the Gallbladder channel →
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4. Chinese clock oppositeSmall Intestine channelElbow · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)Elbow · Reversed mirrorUpper abdomen, Lower back · Image, head at the hand/footChest, Upper back · Image, head toward the elbow/kneeSolve for the Small Intestine channel →
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5. Chinese clock neighbourLung channelElbow · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)Elbow · Reversed mirrorUpper abdomen, Lower back · Image, head at the hand/footChest, Upper back · Image, head toward the elbow/kneeSolve for the Lung channel →
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6. Same channelLiver channelKnee, Back of knee · Same segment, opposite sideUpper abdomen, Lower back · Image, head at the hand/footChest, Upper back · Image, head toward the elbow/kneeSolve for the Liver channel →
Similar Points
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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