"Zu" (足), foot; "wuli" (五里), five miles. This point is located on the inner side of thigh, approximately five cun above Jimen (SP11). To distinguish it from the homonymous acupoint on upper limb (Shouwuli (LI13)) of hand yangming large intestine meridian, Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing added "Zu" (足, foot). It is also known as "Guwuli", where "Gu" (股) refers to thigh.

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Zuwuli (LR10) acupoint
(adapted from "Meridians and Acupoints")

At the root of inner thigh, below pubic tubercle, three cun directly below Qichong (ST30), in the depression on outer edge of adductor longus muscle.

• Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing: "Below Yinlian (LR11), three cun away from Qichong (ST30), in the artery of inner thigh";
• Zhenfang Liuji: "One cun below Yinlian (LR11)"; that is, three cun directly below Qichong (ST30).
• Qianjin Yifang: "Two cun below Yinlian (LR11)";
• Zhenjiu Jicheng: "Horizontally aligned with Biguan (ST31)"; the recorded measurements are incorrect.

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• Muscles: adductor longus, adductor brevis.
• Nerve: superficial and deep branches of obturator nerve.
• Vessel: superficial branch of medial femoral artery.

bubble_chart Manipulation

Perpendicular insertion 1 to 2 cun. Moxibustion with moxa cone 3 to 5 times, moxibustion with moxa stick for 5 to 10 minutes.

bubble_chart Efficacy

moving qi and invigorate spirit, facilitate water passages.

• Classical: abdominal fullness, bloody defecation, lower abdominal pain, difficulty in urination, damp and itchy scrotum, pain in inner thigh, lethargy, wind fatigue, inability to lift limbs.
• Modern: inguinal lymphadenitis, leukorrhea.

bubble_chart Combinations

• Lethargy and reluctance to move limbs: Tianjing (TE10), Sanyangluo (TE8), Sanjian ( LI3), Zuwuli, Lidui (ST45).