ACUPUNCTURE
Lie Que: TCM Acupoint Guide
LIEQUE
Name
Lie Que (Lieque)
Location
Superior to the styloid process of the radius, 1.5 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist, between the brachioradial muscle and the tendon of the long abductor muscle of the thumb. Note: cross the index fingers and thumbs of both hands, placing the index finger of one hand on the styloid process of the radius of the other; the point is in the depression right under the tip of the index finger.
Needling
- With the fingers of one hand pinch up the skin over the point, and with the other hand needle transversely in a proximal or distal direction, 0.5 to 1 cun, avoiding the cephalic vein.
- Slanted insertion toward the elbow, 0.5 to 1 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness extending toward the elbow.
- For de Quervain tenosynovitis, point the needle laterally, 0.5 to 1 cun. Sensation: local distention and soreness.
- Puncture obliquely upward, 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
- Moxibustion is applicable.
Command Functions
- Luo-Connecting point of the Lung channel
- Master, confluent, point of the REN channel
- Exit point
- Couple point of the Yin Qiao channel
- Cao Wu Command point
- Ma Dan-yang Heavenly Star point
Actions
- Opens the Lungs
- Stimulates the descending and dispersing of Lung Qi
- Circulates Wei Qi
- Releases the Exterior
- Expels Exterior Wind
- Opens and regulates the REN channel
- Benefits the Bladder
- Opens the water passages
- Opens the nose
- Communicates with the Large Intestine
- Removes obstruction
- Invigorates the Jing-Luo
- Pacifies Wind and Phlegm
- Benefits the nape
- Activates the channel
- Alleviates pain
Indications
- Common cold
- Influenza
- Cough
- Sneezing
- Headache
- Aversion to Cold
- A floating pulse
- Nasal obstruction
- Nasal congestion
- Runny nose
- Loss of sense of smell
- Facial edema
- Difficulty passing stools
- A feeling of exhaustion after passing stools
- Hemiplegia
- Deviation of the eyes and mouth
- Burning urination
- Epilepsy
- Shortness of breath
- Excess Heat and pain in the back
- Swelling of the four limbs
- Migraine
- Sore throat
- Toothache
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Difficulty taking in food
- Excessive shivering
- Bad memory
- Retention of poisons and toxins
- Chest disorders with heavy mucus
- Hemorrhoids
- Male genital problems
- Spinal disorders
- Pharynx and larynx swollen and painful
- Phlegm obstructing the throat
- Hemicranias
- Facial spasms
- Diseases of the wrist joint
- Panting
- Urinary frequency
- Malaria
- Cardiovascular syncope with the four limbs icy
- Insensitivity of the whole body due to Bi syndrome or Wind
- Spermatorrhea
- Flaring of the nostrils
- Dyspnea
- One-sided headache
- Wind Bi
- Retention of the lochia
- Retention of a dead fetus
- Seminal emission
- Frequent yawning and stretching
- Fullness of the lateral costal region
- Pain of the thumb
- Urticaria
- Wind rash
- Bronchitis with cough
- Frontal and lateral headaches
- Chills, pain and itching along the anterior midline of the abdomen
- Cough with mucoid sputum
- Nasal discharge
- Asthma
- Worry
- Grief
- Sadness
- Shoulder tension
- Shallow breathing
- Feeling of oppression in the chest
- Shoulder Bi
- Deficiency constipation
- Heat in the palm of the hand
- Fever and chills
- Vomiting foam
- Excessive euphoria
- Dysmenorrhea
- Pain in the penis
- Hematuria
- Urine hot and painful with hematuria
- Difficult urination
- Perspiration
- Cold sensations in the back and chest
- Neck rigidity
- Facial paralysis
- Pain and weakness of the wrist and hand
- Difficulty opening and closing the mouth
- Speech difficulties
- Skin disorders
- Middle of the palms always hot and painful upon pressure
- Swelling
- Edema
- Limbs and bones feel icy cold
- Varicose veins, especially when sleeping
- Lips pendulant and flaccid
- Trismus, lockjaw
- Radial neuralgia
- Pain in the elbow
- Lack of energy
- Raving laughter
- Visions
- Phlegm obstructing the throat
- Vomiting of Phlegm
- Rheumatism of the shoulders
- Nasal polyps
- Throat Bi
- Thirst
- Loss of consciousness
- Hypertension
- Postpartum inability to speak
- Propensity to laughter
- Tension of the chest and back
- Breast abscess
- Tonsillitis
- Productive cough
- Pain and inflammation of the umbilicus
- Swelling and pain along the sternum
Combinations
| Points | Indications |
|---|---|
| LI-4 Hegu | Exterior Wind, childhood fright epilepsy |
| LI-20 Yingxiang | Sneezing, runny nose, loss of sense of smell and nasal obstruction |
| KI-6 Zhaohai | Opens the REN channel, stimulates the descending of Lung Qi, tonifies Yin, regulates the uterus and menstrual functions, benefits the throat, moistens the eyes, treats dry throat from Deficiency |
| ST-36 Zusanli | Acute dyspnea |
| LI-5 Yangxi | Pain of de Quervain tenosynovitis |
| ST-42 Chongyang | One-sided Wind, hemiplegia |
| LU-9 Taiyuan | One-sided or generalized headache, stabbing pain of the two breasts |
| ST-4 Dicang | Deviation of the mouth |
| GB-12 Wangu | Deviation of the mouth and face |
| SP-9 Yinlingquan, HT-8 Shaofu | Pain of the genitals |
| LU-8 Jingqu, LU-9 Taiyuan | Heat in the palms |
| SI-3 Houxi, SI-2 Qiangu, SI-1 Shaoze | Malaria with chills and fever |
| UB-43 Gaohuangshu, DU-11 Shendao, KI-21 Youmen, or UB-15 Xinshu, HT-7 Shenmen, REN-12 Zhongwan, ST-36 Zusanli, HT-3 Shaohai, DU-20 Baihui (moxa) | Poor memory |
| SI-5 Yanggu, LI-4 Hegu, PC-5 Jianshi, GB-34 Yanglingquan, KI-10 Yingu, ST-36 Zusanli, LIV-8 Ququan, ST-41 Jiexi, ST-43 Xiangu, KI-7 Fuliu, SP-4 Gongsun, ST-45 Lidui, ST-42 Chongyang, SP-9 Yinlingquan, UB-21 Weishu, REN-9 Shuifen, REN-8 Shenque | Edema |
| PC-7 Daling, DU-26 Renzhong, LI-5 Yangxi | Frequent laughter |
Notes
An extremely important point for releasing the Exterior, and the best point on the channel to stimulate the descending function of the Lungs. One of the best points to direct the effect of treatment to the face and head. It tends to stimulate the beneficial outpouring of repressed emotions. It is the main point on the Lung channel to open the water passages, and a key point for stiff neck, controlling the back of the neck. It can help disperse all types of tumors in the body. Almost everything can be treated with this point, as it keeps balance between all of the Zang. It affects the release of sexual hormones and brings balance to the other two Yin channels of the arms.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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