Hands, upper limbs. Burrowing forearm, named in correspondence with the lower limb Zusanli (ST36). The alias "Shangsanli" has the same meaning.

[Location]

Shousanli (LI10) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "Put two inches under Quchi (LI11), press the flesh up, and press the (sharp) flesh end";
• Xunjing Kaoxue Bian: "Bend your elbow to take it. If you take it straight, it will be three inches together."

[Anatomy]

• Muscles: wrist extensor longus and brevis muscles; the deep layer is the supinator muscle.
• Nerve: dorsal cutaneous nerve of the forearm. There is a deep branch of the radial nerve under the deep tendon membrane (about 1.2 to 2.4 cm under the skin).
• Vessels: radial artery and venous branches.

[Manipulation]

Perpendicular insertion 1 to 1.5 inches toward the volar side of the radius. moxa cone moxibustion 3 ~ 5 strong, moxibustion with moxa stick 5 ~ 10 minutes.

[Efficacy]

And stomach and intestines.

• Classical: toothache, cheek and jaw swelling, shoulder and arm pain, elbow contracture, numbness in the arms, apoplexy, hemiplegia, diarrhea, cholera, scrofula, coldness in the intestines and abdomen, low back pain , five kinds of strain, weakness, thin limbs, aphonia.
• Modern: apoplexy hemiplegia, elbow and arm pain, facial nerve paralysis, peptic ulcer, gastritis, testicularitis.

[Recipe]

• Eating gas block: Shousanli (LI10), Zusanli (ST36).
• Peptic ulcer: Shousanli (LI10), Zusanli (ST36).
• Shoulder and back pain: Shousanli (LI10), Zhongzhu (TE3).
• Both arms are numb: Shaohai (HT3), Shousanli (LI10).