connecting point.

[Origin]

"Li" means ladle spoon, which describes the calf, and the hole is in the ditch in front of it. Huangdi Neijing Taisu Yang Shang-shan Note: "Li, Lijiu, also known as a ladle. Inside the bones of the calluses, on top of Xiajuxu (ST39), there is a ditch like a floating ladle, hence the name Ligou (LR5).

[Location]

Ligou, Zhubinacupoint cross section
(quoted from "Yan Zhenguo acupoint anatomy")

Ligou (LR5) acupoint
(quoted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

The inner side of the calf, five inches above Neihuaijian (EX-LE8), in the middle of the inner surface of the tibia. When the midpoint of the line connecting Neihuaijian (EX-LE8) and Diji (SP8) points.

• Lingshu‧Jingmai: "Remove five inches of the medial ankle, don't go to Shaoyang."

[Anatomy]

• Muscles: flexor digitorum longus, tibialis posterior.
• Nerve: Anterior branch of the saphenous nerve.
• Vessel: great saphenous vein.

[Manipulation]

Subcutaneous insertion 0.5-1 inch upward or downward, or perpendicular insertion 0.5-1 inch along the posterior edge of the tibia. moxa cone moxibustion 1 to 3 times, moxa stick warm moxibustion for 3 to 5 minutes.

[Efficacy]

soothing liver and regulating qi, regulating menstruation and blood.

• Classical: liver disease, hypochondriac pain, abdominal pain, hernia, rubella, prolapse of uterus, menstrual irregularities, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, leukorrhea, enuresis, difficulty in urination, testicular swelling and pain, priapism, wheezing, hemorrhage There is heat, lumpago, tightness in the back, soreness and coldness in the shins.
• Modern: hepatitis, eczema, vulva pruritus, testicularitis, Zigong (EX-CA1) endometritis, hypersexuality.

[Recipe]

• Testicular inflammation: Ququan (LR8), Ligou (LR5), Taichong (LR3).