Li9 Shanglian , Gi9

Location On the line joining Yangxi ( Li5 ) and Quchi ( Li11 ) , 3 cun below Quchi ( Li5 )

Indications Aching of the shoulder and arm , motor impairment of the upper limbs , numbness of the hand and arm , borborygmus , abdominal pain .

Method Puncture perpendicularly - 0 . 5 - - 1 . 0 inch . Moxibustion is applicable .

Vasculature The Muscular branch of the radial artery , the cephalic vein .

Innervation The posterior antebrachial cutaneous nerve and the deep ramus of the radial nerve .