Acupoints for Elbow Numbness

🗺️ Meridian: Large Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 上廉 (shàng lián)

🎯 Location: On the line joining li5 and li11, 3 thumb widths below cubital crease.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution in local inflammation.

🛡️ Treats: Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath, Abdominal Pain, Shoulder Pain, Pain

🗺️ Meridian: Large Intestine Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 手五里 (shǒu wǔ lǐ)

🎯 Location: On the lateral side of the upper arm on the line connecting li11 and li15, 3 thumb widths above the li11.

⚠️ Cautions: Caution with depth and angle.

🛡️ Treats: Cough, Anxiety, Phlegm, Jaundice, Qi Deficiency

🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 附分 (fù fēn)

🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths lateral to the du mai at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 2nd thoracic vertebra on the spinal border of the scapula.

⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling due to risk of pneumothorax.

🛡️ Treats: Fever, Common Cold, Common Cold, Heat, Vomiting

🗺️ Meridian: Triple Burner Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 外關 (wài guān)

🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths proximal to the dorsal crease of the wrist on the line connecting tb4 and tip of the olecranon the between radius and ulna.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Fever, Sweating, Kidney Deficiency, Dizziness, Tinnitus

🗺️ Meridian: Gallbladder Meridian

🇨🇳 Chinese: 足臨泣 (zú lín qì)

🎯 Location: Posterior to the 4th metatarsophalangeal joint in the depression the lateral to the tendon of the extensor digiti minimi of the foot.

⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.

🛡️ Treats: Fever, Phlegm, Sweating, Kidney Deficiency, Dizziness