| LI 1 | On the radial side of the index finger, about .1 cun posterior to the corner of the nail |
| LI 2 | On the radial side of the index finger, distal to the MP joint, at the junction of the red and white skin. The point is located with the finger slightly flexed. |
| LI 3 | When a loose fist is made, the point is on the radial side of the index finger, in the depression proximal to the head of the second metacarpal bone |
| LI 4 | On the dorsum of the hand, between the 1st and 2nd metacarpal bones, approximately in the middle of the 2nd metacarpal bone on the radial side. |
| LI 5 | On the radial side of the wrist. When the thumb is tilted upward, it is in the depression between the tendons of muscle extensor pollicis longus and brevis. |
| LI 6 | When the elbow is flexed with the radial side of the arm upward, the point is on the line joining LI 5 and LI 11, 3 cun above LI 5. |
| LI 7 | When the elbow is flexed with radial side of the arm upward, the point is on the line joining LI 5 and LI 11, 5 cun above LI 5. |
| LI 8 | On the line joining LI 5 and LI 11, 4 cun below LI 11. |
| LI 9 | On the line joining LI 5 and LI 11, 3 cun below LI 11. |
| LI 10 | On the line joining LI 5 and LI 11, 2 cun below LI 11. |
| AcuPoint | Point Location |
| LI 11 | When the elbow is flexed, the point is in the depression at the lateral end of the transverse cubital crease, midway between LU 5 and the lateral epicondyle of the humerus. |
| LI 12 | When the elbow is flexed, the point is superior to the lateral epicondyle of the humerus, about 1 cun superolateral to LI 11, on the medial border of the humerus. |
| LI 13 | Superior to the lateral epicondyle of the humerus, on a line joining LI 11 and LI 15, 3 cun above LI 11. |
| LI 14 | On the line joining LI 11 and LI 15, 7 cun above LI 11, on the radial side of the humerus, superior to the lower end of the deltoid muscle. |
| LI 15 | Anterior and inferior to the acromion, on the upper portion of the deltoid muscle. When the arm is in full abduction |
| LI 16 | In the upper aspect of the shoulder, in the depression between the acromial extremity of the clavicle and scapular spine. |
| LI 17 | On the lateral side of the neck, 1 cun below LI 18, on the posterior border of the SCM. |
| LI 18 | On the lateral side of the neck, level with the tip of the Adam's Apple, between the sterna head and the clavicular head of the SCM muscle. |
| LI 19 | Just below the lateral margin of the nostril, .5 cun lateral to DU 26. |
| LI 20 | In the nasolabial groove, at the level of the midpoint of the lateral border of the ala nasi. |
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