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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.
Benefit ElbowsContractionElbow StiffnessShoulder StiffnessImmobility ElbowImmobility ShoulderShoulder NumbnessPainExcessive SleepinessChannel StagnationWind Taxation SyndromeWind-taxation Syndrome
Protocols using LI12
- 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, 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, Acupuncture, 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 Miles10 protocols
- LI11Pond At The Bend8 protocols
- LU05Cubit Marsh5 protocols
- TB05Outer Gate4 protocols
- GB20Wind Pool3 protocols
- LI04Junction Valley3 protocols
- LI15Shoulder And Clavicle3 protocols
- TB14Shoulder Bone Hole3 protocols
- BL10Celestial Pillar2 protocols
- GV16Wind Mansion2 protocols
- LI14Upper Arm Prominence2 protocols
- PC02Celestial Spring2 protocols