| Term | Definition |
| LI18 ** | Window of Heaven
Benefits throat & voice (swelling, pain, difficulty swallowing, sudden loss of voice or hoarseness, scrofula, goiter), alleviates cough & wheezing |
| LI2 ** | Ying Spring, water pt
Expels with & clears heat from upper reaches of channel (for toothache, throat Bi, eye Dz from heat in YangMing, rhinitis & nosebleed); reduces swelling & alleviates pain |
| LI4 **** | Yuan source, command face/mouth, Heavenly Star pt. NOT in pregnancy!
Expels with, release exterior, regulates Wei Qi & adjusts sweating (EPF W-C/W-H, sweating d/o); All head/face/sense organs; activates channel, for pain (4 gates); restores YANG |
| LI10 ** | Main point forearm pain
regulates Qi & blood, activates channel & alleviates pain (immobility/numbness/atrophy of arm); Harmonizes the intestines & ST for vomiting/diarrhea and abdominal pain (mirrors ST36) |
| LI15 *** | Control pt shoulder
Dispels W-D, alleviates pain & benefits shoulder joint (stiffness, psi, immobility/ROM issues. atrophy); regulates Qi & blood, dissipates phlegm nodules; urticaria d/t W-H, scrofula & goiter |
| LI3 ** | Shu stream, wood pt
Expels wind & clears heat, benefits throat and teeth (toothache, throat Bi); for stiffness/swelling/pain of HAND (Shu); acute stiff neck (esp in front-back plane) |
| LI14 ** | Activates channel & alleviates pain; regulates Qi & dissipates phlegm nodules; benefits eyes; local pain in arm/shoulder; scrofula/goiter |
| LI5 ** | Jing River, fire pt
Clears heat , alleviates pain (upper reaches YangMing, rhinitis, nosebleed, ear & eye issues, throat Bi, toothache); Calms spirit (heat in HT); local wrist issues |
| LI 1 ** | Jing well, metal pt
Clears heat for malaria & febrile disease, reduces swelling (on pop end of channel) especially d/t W-H or toxic heat, alleviates pain; revives consciousness (Jing) |
| LI7 ** | Xi cleft pt
Clears heat & detoxifies poison (w/DU10 for oral inflammation/sores); moderates acute conditions (pain of shoulder/arm); regulates/harmonizes intestines & ST; clears YM fire/calms spirit |
| LI20 *** | Opens the nasal passages (all d/o of nose/sinus), facial swelling, pain, itching or paralysis; Expels wind & clears heat |
| LI11 **** | He Sea, earth, mother pt
Clears heat (4 bigs, upper reach of YM, heat in HT), cools blood; Dispels wind, drains damp & skin d/o like sores, rashes, itching; regulates Qi & blood (hypertension); acute gastroenteritis/dysentery; upper limb issues |
| LI6 ** | Luo pt
Expels wind, clears heat (W-H in upper reaches of YangMing, especially ears); Opens & regulates water passages (Wind-water with acute edema); Local wrist/elbow/forearm pain |
