LI16 Jugu (Great Bone)

Location

In the upper aspect of the shoulder in the depression the between acromial extremity of the clavicle and scapular spine.

Indications

Conditions for which LI16 is listed as indicated. An indication list is a reference index, not a prescription – see the protocols below for sourced treatments.

Protocols using LI16

• Shoulder Pain, Impingement Subacromial, Limitation Range-of-motion Shoulder – LI15, LI16, TB14 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000012386 ↗)
• Shoulder Pain, Shoulder Weakness, Paralysis Shoulder, Atrophy Muscle Deltoid, Atrophy Muscle Supraspinatus, Neuritis Brachial Idiopathic – LI14, LI15, LI16, SI10, TB13, TB14 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000015325 ↗)
• Neck Pain, Neck Acute Pain – LI16, SI14, SI15, BL10, TB15, GB20, GV14 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000022871 ↗)
• Shoulder Pain, Neck Pain, Limitation Of Movement Shoulder, Night Pain, Impingement Syndrome Supraspinatus, Rotator Cuff Tear Partial – LU01, LU03, LU04, LU11, LI14, LI15, LI16, ST38, SI09, SI10, SI11, SI12, SI13, SI14, SI15 (doi:10.3831/KPI.2021.24.4.206 ↗)
• Shoulder Pain, Cervical Pain, Adhesive Capsulitis, Limitation Of Movement Shoulder, Night Pain, Radiating To Fingers Pain, Calcified Tendinitis – LU01, LU03, LU04, LU11, LI14, LI15, LI16, ST38, SI09, SI10, SI11, SI12, SI13, SI14, SI15 (doi:10.3831/KPI.2021.24.4.206 ↗)
• Chronic Pain, Neck Chronic Pain, Disability Cervical, Neck Pain – LI16, SI14, SI15, BL11, TB15 (doi:10.1111/cns.14335 ↗)
• Shoulder Pain, Stiffness Shoulder, Adhesive Capsulitis – LI15, LI16, SI11, TB14, GB21 (doi:10.1186/s12906-025-04891-1 ↗)
• Shoulder Pain, Stiffness Shoulder, Adhesive Capsulitis – LI15, LI16, SI11, GB21 (doi:10.1186/s12906-025-04891-1 ↗)
• Shoulder Pain, Shoulder Chronic Pain, Shoulder Rotator Cuff Pain, Shoulder Problems, Rotator Cuff Disease – LI15, LI16, SI09, SI10, SI11, SI12, SI13, TB14 (doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000046638 ↗)
• Hypertension, Cervical Pain, Spondylosis Cervical, Radiculopathy Arm – LI04, LI16, BL11, GB20, GB21 (doi:10.21275/sr24414084954 ↗)
• Neck Pain, Neck Acute Pain, Acute Neck Pain – LI16, SI14, SI15, BL10, TB15, GB20, GV14 (doi:10.1186/s13020-026-01332-0 ↗)
• Neck Pain, Neck Acute Pain, Acute Neck Pain – LI16, SI15, TB15 (doi:10.1186/s13020-026-01332-0 ↗)
• Shoulder Pain, Periarthritis Scapulohumeral, Periarthritis Shoulder – LI15, LI16, SI09, TB13, TB14 (doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20190822-k0006 ↗)
• Shoulder Pain, Shoulder Rotator Cuff Pain – LU01, LU03, LU04, LU11, LI14, LI15, LI16, ST38, SI09, SI10, SI11, SI12, SI13, SI14, SI15 (doi:10.3831/KPI.2021.24.4.206 ↗)
• Neck Pain, Neck Acute Pain – LI16, SI14, SI15, BL10, TB15, GB20, GV14 (doi:10.1186/s13020-026-01332-0 ↗)
• Neck Pain, Neck Acute Pain – LI16, SI15, TB15 (doi:10.1186/s13020-026-01332-0 ↗)
• Cough, Chest Pain, Fever, Tongue Coating Yellow, Shortness of Breath, Breathing Short, Lips Blue, Tongue Coating Greasy, Pulse Rapid, Pneumonia, Pneumonia Right Lobar, Sputum Red, Delirium, Convulsions, Temperature 40, Soft Neck, Thoracic Symmetry, Rale Right Lung, Pulse Heart Rate 120, Heart Murmur, Not Palpable Liver, Not Palpable Spleen, Hyperfunction Knee Reflex, White Blood Cell Count 000's 17.8, Neutrophils 89%, Lymphocytes 10%, Eosinophils 1%, Shadow Upper Right Lung, Tongue Body Red, Pulse Full, Heat Lung, Phlegm Lung, Chest Pain, Tongue Coating Yellow, Breathing Short, Lips Blue, Tongue Coating Greasy, Pulse Rapid, Pneumonia Right Lobar, Sputum Red, Temperature 40, Soft Neck, Thoracic Symmetry, Rale Right Lung, Pulse Heart Rate 120, Heart Murmur, Not Palpable Liver, Not Palpable Spleen, Hyperfunction Knee Reflex, White Blood Cell Count 000's 17.8, Neutrophils 89%, Lymphocytes 10%, Eosinophils 1%, Shadow Upper Right Lung, Tongue Body Red, Pulse Full, Heat Lung, Phlegm Lung – LU02, LI11, LI16, ST36, SP06, KD27, PC06, CV12, GV14 (Acupuncture Point Prescriptions, entry ACC4)
• Blood Stagnation, Blood Stagnation – LI16, ST37, ST38, SP08, SP10, BL17, KD18 (Yang Yong-Xuan, clinical point-selection notes)
• Heart Blood Stagnation, Heart Blood Stagnation – LI16, HT01, HT05, HT06, HT09, SI03, XB02T5 (Yang Yong-Xuan, clinical point-selection notes)
• Migraine Without Aura – LI16, ST08, BL10, GB08, GB20, GB21, LV03, GV20 (Efficacy Study of Acupuncture in the Prevention of Migraine Without Aura. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02765581)

Most often selected alongside LI16

How many sourced protocols in the index pair each point with LI16. Corpus frequency, not a combination to use.

• LI15Shoulder And Clavicle9 protocols
• SI15Middle Shoulder Point9 protocols
• SI14Outer Shoulder Point7 protocols
• SI11Heavenly Gathering6 protocols
• TB15Heavenly Bone Hole6 protocols
• GB20Wind Pool5 protocols
• SI09True Shoulder5 protocols
• SI10Upper Arm Shu Point5 protocols
• TB14Shoulder Bone Hole5 protocols
• BL10Celestial Pillar4 protocols
• GB21Shoulder Well4 protocols
• GV14Great Vertebra4 protocols

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