Luo point; one of the eight confluence points, connecting conception vessel.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Lieque", refers to lightning. Han Shu‧Yang Xiong Zhuan Ying Shao's note: "Lieque, also known as the electric light in the sky." The point is located between the bone seam behind the styloid process of the radius at the wrist, and it is also the branch point of handtaiyin meridian, hence the name. Huangdi Neijing Taisu Yang Shang-shan note: "This point branches off from the main channel, which is why it is called 'que' (缺, deficiency). It is located at the place where the main channel is deficient, hence it is named 'Liexue'."

bubble_chart Location

Lieque (LU7) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

On the radial side of the forearm, above the radial styloid process, 1.5 cun above the wrist crease, located between the brachioradialis and the tendon of the extensor pollicis longus.

• Lingshu-Jingmai: "1.5 cun above the wrist, it branches off to the yangming channel."
• Tongren Shuxue Zhenjiu Tujing : "Cross the hands, and locate the space between the tendons and bones at the tip of the index finger."
• Zhenjing Zhinan: "Between the high bone ridge behind the wrist";
• Zhenjiu Fengyuan: "1.5 cun above the posterior side of the wrist."

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscle: between the brachioradialis tendon and the abductor pollicis longus tendon, with the extensor carpi radialis longus tendon on the outside.
• Nerve: Mixed branch of lateral cutaneous nerve of forearm and superficial branch of radial nerve.
• Vessels: cephalic vein, radial artery, venous branches.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Oblique insertion or transverse insertion 0.3 to 0.5 cun toward the elbow or wrist. Do not use direct moxibustion.

diffuse the lung and relieve panting, disinhibit water and regulate intestines.

• Classical: cough with excessive phlegm, coughing up purulent blood, asthma, chest and diaphragm pain, difficulty swallowing food, heart and abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea, constipation, prolapsed rectum in children, hemorrhoids with itching, pain, and bleeding, fever without sweating, phlegm retention, edema, scrofula, diabetes, malaria, phlegm obstruction, inability to open the mouth, childhood epilepsy, painful urination, hematuria, urinary retention, frequent urination, migraine (both sides), nasal congestion, toothache, sore throat, stiff neck, chills in the chest and back, wind pains, wind-Bi syndrome, crooked mouth, hemiplegia, cold limbs, spasms in hands and feet, elbow and arm pain, heat in the palm, wrist strain, weakness in the wrist, breast abscess, stillbirth, difficulty expelling the placenta, and lower back pain postpartum.
• Modern: diabetes, hematuria, proteinuria, rhinitis, laryngitis, neurogenic headache, trigeminal neuralgia, teeth clenching, hoarseness, urticaria, stiff neck, stenosing tenosynovitis of the radial bone base, soft tissue injury of the wrist.

bubble_chart Combinations

• cough: Tanzhong (CV17), Feishu (BL13), Lieque (LU7), Zusanli (ST36 ).
• Mouth deviation: Dicang (ST4), Lieque (LU7).
• Pain in the penis: Lieque (LU7), Xingjian (LR2).
• Proteinuria: Lieque (LU7), Zhaohai (KI6).