cleft point.

[Origin]

Wen refers to yang qi; Liu means flowing. The acupoint is the Qie of hand yangming, Benjing meridian qi multiple abscess goes deep here, hence the name.

[Location]

Wenliu (LI7) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "Behind the wrist, it is five inches for a young man and six inches for a large man."

[Anatomy]

• Muscles: extensor carpi radialis longus tendon, extensor carpi radialis brevis.
• Nerve: dorsal cutaneous nerve of forearm; deep branches of radial nerve and muscular branches.
• Vessel: cephalic vein; deep muscle branch of radial artery.

[Manipulation]

Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1 cun toward the dorsal side of the radius. moxa cone moxibustion 3 ~ 5 strong, moxibustion with moxa stick 5 ~ 10 minutes.

[Efficacy]

Clear away evil heat and regulate the intestines and stomach.

• Classical: headache, oral and dental pain, pharyngitis, facial expression, soreness of shoulders and back, inability to lift shoulders, gnawing, abdominal pain, boil and sore carbuncle, disease caused by cold Hanre , epilepsy, red face, swelling, madness, swollen limbs, salivation, pain in the mouth and tongue, closed middle diaphragm, pharyngitis and inability to speak.
• Modern: stomatitis, mumps, glossitis.

[Recipe]

• Epilepsy: Wenliu (LI7), Pucan (BL61).
• toothache: Jueyang Yu, Wenliu (LI7), Neiting (ST44).
• Xiang Qiangdisease caused by cold: Wenliu (LI7), Qimen (LR14).