17th century Chinese woodblock illustration, showing the large intestine channel of hand yangming, with acu-moxa loxations marked and labelled.
The large intestine channel of hand yangming is one of the Twelve Channels. It originates at the shangyang (Shang Yang) point and terminates at the yingxiang (Welcome Fragrance) point. There are approximately 40 acumoxa locations on this channel, including shangyang (Shang Yang), er jian (Second Belt), san jian (Third Belt), hegu (Joining the Valley), yangxi (Yang Stream), pianli (Veering Passage), wenliu (Warm Flow), xialian (Lower Edge), shanglian (Upper Edge), san li (Three Miles), quchi (Pool at the Crook), wu li (Five Miles), jugu (Great Bone), tianding (Celestial Tripod), futu (Support the Prominence) and yingxiang (Welcome Fragrance). Pathologies of this channel are toothache, swollen neck,yellow eyes, dry mouth, inflamed throat, pain in the shoulders and arms and difficulty in moving the index finger.
