Large Intestine Meridian


"The minister of Transportation" The Large intestine controls the transformation of digestive wastes from fluid to solid and transports these solids out of the body.  It plays a major role in the balance and purity of body fluilds and assists the lungs in controlling the skin pores.

It is claimed that indigestion would be cured if everyone would visit the toilet between 5 and 7 am.  Stimulate distal points on the LI channel for problems in the large intestine, lungs and skin.

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12 Channels

IIAND EQUILIBRIUM YANG LARGE INTESTINE MERIDIAN
POINTS: 20
5-7 am
ABBREVIATIONS: LI or CO (Colon)
CHINESE: Ta Ch'ang Ching


ALARM ST-25 Location: 2 cun lateral to the umbilicus
TONIFICATION LI-11  Location: In the depression at the lateral end of the transverse cubital crease when elbow is half flexed.
SEDATION  LI-2&3 Location: (2) In a depression distal to the 2nd metacarpophalangeal joint on radial side. Clinch fist to locate point. (3) On the radial side of the index-finger in a depression proximal to the head of the 2nd metacarpal bone. Clench fist to locate point.
ENTRY LI-4 Location: At the highest spot of the muscle when the thumb and the index finger are brought close together.

SOURCE LI-4 Location:  At the highest spot of the muscle when the thumb and the index finger are brought close together.
ASSOCIATED BL-25 Location: 1.5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous process of the 4th lumbar vertebra.
LUO LI-6 Location: 3 cun above LI-5. (LI-5) On the posterior radial side of  the wrist. When the thumb is tilted upward, it is in the hollow between the tendons of extensor pollicis brevis and longus.
EXIT LI-20 Location: Between the naso-labial groove and the midpoint of the outer border of the nasal ala.
ACCUMULATION LI-7    Location: 5 cun above LI-5 on line connecting LI-5 & LI-11.