LI5 Yangxi ( JingRiver Point ) , Gi5

Location On the radial side of the wrist . When the thumb is tilled upward , it is in the depression between the tendons of m . extensor pollicis longus and brevis .

Indications Headache , redness , pain and swelling of the eye , toothache , sore throat , pain of the wrist .

Method Puncture perpendicularly - 0 . 3 - 0 . 5 inch . Moxibuslion is applicable .

Vasculature The cephalic vein , the radial artery and its dorsal carpal branch .

Innervation The superficial ramus of the radial nerve .