LI-15

LI-15

Forbidden in Pregnancy?
Element
English

Shoulder Bone

Name

肩髃

Transliteration

Jianyu

Special Point
Key Point
Description

Meeting point with the Yang Qiao Mai , Lu sinew channel, Bl sinew channel

Indications
wind-damp
Kinesiology
key point for shoulder disorders
Channel Psychology

LI: Letting go. Holding on to things of value. Needing to be valued by others.
 Lu: I let go of my grief. I value myself.
 Bl: I let go of my need to control/ be controlled. I connect with other people. I am alone.

Key Spirit Point Themes
Let go of old patterns so can grow
Symptoms

Shoulder pain, weakness of the shoulder, heat sensation in the shoulder, redness and swelling in the shoulder, inability to raise the arm to the head, contraction and numbness of the arm, paralysis of one side of the body, paralysis, atrophy disorder, heat in the four limbs, inability to turn the head, painful obstruction of the fingers, painful urination, injury by cold with heat that does not dissipate, scrofula, goitre, seminal emission due to taxation, hypertension

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The point information was compiled from multiple sources including College of Complementary Medicine, Sydney Australia. Point location diagram recreated from A Manual of Acupuncture, P Deadman.