Large Intestine Meridian
Acupuncture Chart

Symptoms of Energy Disruption:

LI20:

• Nasal congestion, epistaxis
• Wry face, itching of the face
• Biliary ascariasis

LI19:

• Nasal congestion, epistaxis
• Trismus, wry face

LI18:

• Hiccups
• Paralysis of the upper extremity, pain and limitation of the shoulder
• Sore throat, scrofula, goiter

LI17:

• Sudden loss of voice
• Sore throat, scrofula, goiter

LI16:

• Pain of the shoulder and back
• Motor impairment of the upper extremities

LI15:

• Paralysis of the upper extremities, pain and motor impairment of the shoulder
• Scrofula, rubella

LI14:

• Diseases of the eye: photophobia, burning pain, feeling of heaviness, redness, swelling and pain, diminishing vision, difficulty in differentiation of colors.
• Scrofula
• Pain in shoulder and arm

LI13:

• Spasm and pain of the elbow and arm
• Scrofula

LI12:

• Aching, numbness and spasm of the elbow and arm

LI11:

• All febrile diseases, fever, sore throat, malaria
• Hemiplegia, pain and motor impairment of the shoulder, swelling and pain of the knee
• Headache, dizziness, redness, swelling and pain of the eye, blurring vision, toothache
• Irregular menstruation, rubella, eczema, urticaria, erysipelas
• Abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea
• Depressive psychosis and madness
• Scrofula

LI10:

• Abdominal pain, diarrhea
• Paralysis of the upper extremities
• Pain

LI9:

• Hemiplegia
• Aching of the shoulder and arm, numbness of the hand and arm
• Abdominal pain, borborygmus

LI8:

• Abdominal distention, abdominal pain
• Pain in the elbow and arm

LI7:

• Acute abdominal pain, borborygmus
• Aching shoulders and back
• Facial paralysis, swelling of face

LI6:

• Dental cavities
• Deafness
• Facial paralysis
• Edema, aching in the dorsum of the hand

LI5:

• Frontal headache, congestion, swelling and pain of the eye
• Toothache
• Weakness of the wrist

LI4:

• Diseases of the head and face: i.e. external pathogenic headache and bodyache, dizziness, congestion, swelling and pain of the eye, nasosinusitis, epistaxis (nosebleed), toothache in the lower jaw, trismus (lockjaw), deafness, mumps, swelling of the face, facial paralysis, facial tic, swelling of the pharnyx and aphonia (inability to speak)
• Aversion to cold, fever, febrile disease, anhidrosis (no sweating), hidrosis.
• Dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, dystocia (difficult or abnormal labor/childbirth)
• Gastric pain, abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, dysentery
• Hemiplegia, finger spasm, pain in the arm, infantile convulsion, manic psychosis and irritability
• Malignant sore, urticaria, scabies
• Every type pf pain and psychogenic tense
• Use in conjunction with LIV 3 (the Four Gates) to strongly move the qi and blood in the body in order to remove stagnation and alleviate pain

LI3:

• Ophthalmalgia, toothache, sore throat
• Fever, redness and swelling of fingers and dorsum of the hand

LI2:

• Toothache, sore throat
• Redness and pain of the eye
• Pain and swelling of the joints in the index finger

LI1:

• Sore throat, toothache
• Coma caused by febrile disease
• Numbness at tip of index finger
• Deafness