Intersecting point: hand yangming and yang heel vessel.

bubble_chart Etymology

"Jugu" originally refers to clavicle; the point is located behind the acromial end of the clavicle, hence the name.

bubble_chart Location

Jugu (LI16) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

The upper part of the shoulder, the depression between the acromial end of the clavicle and the spine of the scapula.

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "Located in the depression between the two bones at the upper end of the shoulder";
• Xunjing Kaoxue Bian: "Approximately one cun above Jianyu (LI15)."

bubble_chart Anatomy

• Muscles: trapezius, deep layer is supraspinatus.
• Nerves: branches of the supraclavicular nerve, branches of the accessory nerve, and the deep suprascapular nerve.
• Vessels: suprascapular artery and vein.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Perpendicular insertion 0.5~1 cun, not too deep. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 ~ 5 rounds, moxibustion with moxa stick 5 ~ 10 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Subduing swelling and dissipating bind.

• Classical: Pain in the back and shoulder, blood stasis in the chest, inability to flex or extend the shoulder and arm with pain, epilepsy, hematemesis, scrofula, hyperthyroidism.
• Modern: supraspinatus tendonitis.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Inability to lift arm: Jugu (LI16), Qiangu (SI2).