Jugu (LI16)
Jugu (LI16), “Great Bone”, is a point on the Large Intestine meridian. It is point 16 of the 20 on the channel. Frees the channel at the shoulder and stops bleeding.
Location
In the depression between the acromial end of the clavicle and the spine of the scapula.
Functions according to tradition
Frees the channel at the shoulder and stops bleeding.
Traditional indications
- Shoulder pain
- Inability to raise the arm
- Vomiting blood
- Scrofula
Indications described by tradition; they do not amount to proven clinical effectiveness for each one.
What its classification means
Two or more channels meet here, so it is credited with acting on all of them.
Precautions
Needle obliquely: deep medial insertion reaches the apex of the lung.
Points on other channels with similar indications
They share several traditional indications with this point. Comparing them helps understand why one or the other is chosen.
- SI12 Bingfeng (Small Intestine): Inability to raise the arm, Shoulder pain
- SI9 Jianzhen (Small Intestine): Scrofula, Shoulder pain
- GB22 Yuanye (Gallbladder): Scrofula, Shoulder pain
- ST12 Quepen (Stomach): Scrofula, Shoulder pain
- TE13 Naohui (San Jiao (Triple Burner)): Scrofula, Shoulder pain
- SI10 Naoshu (Small Intestine): Shoulder pain
Point profile
- Code
- LI16
- Pinyin name
- Jù Gǔ
- Characters
- 巨骨
- Translation
- Great Bone
- Meridian
- Large Intestine
- Element
- Metal
- Classification
- Crossing point
- Topics
- Shoulder, Bleeding, Pain
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