Close (earth) hole.

[Origin]

Qu, buckling; pool, depression. The point is located in a depression like a pool outside the elbow flexion pattern, hence its name.

[Location]

Shaohai, Chize, Quchiacupoint cross section
(quoted from "Yan Zhenguo acupoint anatomy")

Quchi (LI11) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

The lateral end of the cubital crease; when the elbow is flexed, when Chize (LU5) is in contact with the lateral superior part of the humerus The midpoint of the condylar line.

• Lingshu‧Benshu: "In the fibula and radius outside the elbow, bend the arm and get it";
• Qianjin Yifang: "In the horizontal stripes on the elbow";
• Taiping Shenghui Fang: "The one who bends the horizontal stripes on the elbow and the head is sunk in the middle";
• Xunjing Kaoxue Bian >: "The lower pair of Shaohai (HT3) points".

[Anatomy]

• Muscles: radial side of the brachioradialis joint, origin of extensor carpi radialis longus, radial side of brachioradialis muscle.
• Nerve: dorsal cutaneous nerve of the forearm, the deep medial layer is the trunk of the radial nerve (approximately 1.3 to 3.3 cm under the skin).
• Vessels: radial artery and venous branches.

[Manipulation]

perpendicular insertion 1 to 1.5 inches or 1 to 2 inches to the inside of the elbow (Shaohai (HT3))

[Efficacy]

Dispelling evil heat, sharpening joints, dispelling wind and dampness, and regulating qi and blood.

• Classical: disease caused by cold, residual heat, red eyes and pain, toothache, pharyngitis, arm swelling and pain, pain in the elbow, difficulty bending and extending, hemiplegia, menstruation obstruction, scrofula, urticaria, hyperthyroidism, chest fullness, Urinary tract disease, epilepsy, headache, neck swelling, and wrist urgency.
• Modern: fever, common cold, pneumonia, apoplexy, hemiplegia, tonsillitis, external humeral epicondylitis, cubital neuralgia, scapular neuralgia, hypertension, urticaria measles.

[Recipe]

• external contraction Wind and cold: Fengchi (GB20), Quchi (LI11), Waiguan (TE5).
• Hot: Quchi (LI11), Sanli, Fuliu (KI7).
• The remaining heat is endless: Quchi (LI11), Jianshi (PC5), Houxi (SI3).
• Craniofacial disease: Quchi (LI11), Hegu (LI4).
• hematemesis: Quchi (LI11), Shenmen (HT7), Yuji (LU10).
• Hypertension or gastrointestinal disease: Quchi (LI11), Zusanli (ST36).
• Hemiplegia: Quchi (LI11), Yanglingquan (GB34).
• It is difficult to hold objects with sore hands: Quchi (LI11), Hegu (LI4), Jianyu (LI15).
• Stitches or itchy skin: Dazhui (GV14), Quchi (LI11), Xuehai (SP10).
• Wrist urgency: Quchi (LI11), Wangu (SI4).