LI12 Zhouliao (Elbow Bone Hole)
肘髎zhǒu liáoZhouliao
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Indications
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Protocols
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Location
When elbow is flexed point is on the lateral side of the upper arm 1 thumb width above the LI11 on the border of the humerus.
No specific contraindications.
Indications
Conditions for which LI12 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.
ContractionElbow StiffnessShoulder StiffnessImmobility ElbowImmobility ShoulderShoulder NumbnessPainExcessive SleepinessChannel StagnationWind Taxation SyndromeWind-taxation Syndrome
TCM actions
What classical sources say LI12 does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the point, not a condition.
Benefit Elbows
Protocols using LI12
- Elbow Pain, Elbow Lateral Pain, Epicondylitis Lateral, Tenderness Elbow – LU05, LI04, LI10, LI11, LI12, TB05 (doi:10.1186/1745-6215-14-174 ↗)
- Elbow Lateral Pain, Epicondylitis Lateral, Grip Pain – LU05, LI10, LI11, LI12 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000015937 ↗)
- Arm Pain, Neck Pain, Arm Numbness, Radiculopathy Cervical, Grip Weakness, Neck Cervical Pain, Radicular Upper-limb Pain, Paraesthesia Forearm Right, Paraesthesia Fingers Right, Edema Hand Right, Cervical-disc-herniation, Double-crush-syndrome, Radial-tunnel-syndrome – LI10, LI11, LI12, BL10, TB14, GB20, GV16 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000043745 ↗)
- Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis Knee, Liver-kidney Deficiency – LU05, LI10, LI11, LI12, ST34, ST35, ST36, SP09, TB09, GB34 (doi:10.27879/d.cnki.ggxzy.2024.000325 ↗)
- Spasticity Post-stroke, Spasticity Upper Limb – LI10, LI12, LI14, LI15, SI03, TB05 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20210406-k0001 ↗)
- Spasticity Post-stroke, Spasticity Upper Limb – LU05, LI10, LI12, LI14, LI15, SI03, PC02, PC05, PC07, TB05 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20210406-k0001 ↗)
- Shoulder Pain, Arm Pain, Neck Pain, Radiculopathy Cervical, Upper Limb Numbness – LI10, LI11, LI12, BL10, TB14, GB20, GV16 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000043745 ↗)
- Tennis Elbow – LU05, LI10, LI11, LI12 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000015937 ↗)
- Vision Loss, Retinitis Pigmentosa – LI03, LI12, ST02, ST25, HT08, BL02, BL67, GB20, CV06, CV12, GV20, GV24, XH03, XH04, XH05, XH07, XH14, CYC08, EL10 (doi:10.1111/cxo.12117 ↗)
- Tennis Elbow, Elbow Lateral Pain, Epicondyle Humeral Lateral Pain, Epicondylitis External Humeral – LI04, LI10, LI11, LI12, TB05 (Li XJ, Zhou K, Zhang EM, Qi ZX, Sun WQ, Xu LF, Xu JF, Cai YZ, Wang RH. Therapeutic effect of electroacupuncture, massage, and blocking therapy on external humeral epicondylitis. J Tradit Chin Med 2014; 34(3): 261-266)
- Post-stroke Depression – LU04, LI04, LI06, LI07, LI10, LI11, LI12, LI13, LI15, ST02, ST32, ST33, ST34, ST36, ST37, ST39, ST40, ST44, SP06, SP10, SP11, HT05, BL15, BL20, BL23, BL61, BL64, KD02, KD03, PC02, PC03, PC06, TB03, TB06, TB07, TB09, TB12, TB14, GB20, GB31, GB33, GB43, LV02, LV03, LV05, LV14, GV20, GV23, GV26 (Acupuncture for Ischemic Post-stroke Depression. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02472613)
- Tennis Elbow, Lateral Epicondylitis – LU05, LI10, LI11, LI12 (Acupuncture Plus Fire Needle and Acupuncture on Lateral Epicondylitis. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03820856)
Most often selected alongside LI12
How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with LI12. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.
- LI10Arm Three Miles11 protocols
- LI11Pond At The Bend9 protocols
- LU05Cubit Marsh6 protocols
- GB20Wind Pool4 protocols
- TB05Outer Gate4 protocols
- LI04Junction Valley3 protocols
- LI15Shoulder And Clavicle3 protocols
- TB14Shoulder Bone Hole3 protocols
- BL10Celestial Pillar2 protocols
- GV16Wind Mansion2 protocols
- GV20100 Convergences2 protocols
- LI14Upper Arm Prominence2 protocols