Luo point.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Pian" (偏) means to deviate; "li" (歷) means to traverse or go beyond. The collateral of hand yangming runs from here to hand taiyin. Huangdi Neijing Taisu Yang Shang-shan note: "Hand yangming meridian diverges upward from this collateral, passes through the arm, and separates to connect with taiyin, hence it is called 'Pianli'."

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Pianli (LI6) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Lingshu-Jingmai: "Three cun proximal to the wrist";
• Xunjing Kaoxue Bian: "Yangxi (LI5) obliquely upward; another method: 1.5 cun posterior to Lieque (LU7)."

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscles: extensor carpi radialis longus tendon, extensor pollicis brevis, abductor pollicis longus tendon.
• Nerves: The volar side is the lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve and the superficial branch of the radial nerve, and the dorsal side is the dorsal antebrachial cutaneous nerve.
• Vessel: Cephalic vein.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Up or down oblique insertion 0.5~1 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 5 cones, moxibustion with moxa stick 5 to 15 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Clear lung qi, regulate water passages, and unblock meridians.

• Classical: blurred vision, epistaxis, deafness tinnitus, pharyngitis, soreness in shoulders, elbows, and wrists, difficulty in urination, water tympanites, dryness in the throat, facial nerve paralysis, swollen cheeks, epilepsy with excessive talking, wind malaria and inability to sweat.
• Modern: tonsillitis, facial nerve paralysis, forearm neuralgia, stenosing tenosynovitis of the radial styloid process.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Wrist tenosynovitis: Pianli (LI6), Lieque (LU7), Yangxi (LI5).