The real and accurate location of LI 4
LI 4: Your acupuncture atlas is most probably wrong The 4th point on the Large Intestine channel, or LI 4 point (Ro Kou / He Gu) is one of the most commonly used in acupuncture. Locating it correctly is therefore an absolute necessity, yet the international nomenclature* provides an unclear and, unfortunately, wrong location: - Either in the middle of the outer edge of the 2nd metacarp, - Or, with the thumb and index finger tight, at the top of the eminence formed by the soft parts. (*) International nomenclature established from documents of the People's Republic of China. These contradictory descriptions are a problem: in acupuncture, there is no place for approximations. Every point is effective under the very necessary condition that the practitioner needles in exactly the right place. Below are photos from the works of George Soulié de Morant, J. A. Lavier by Nguyen Van Nghi and Charles Laville-Mery / Dr. Jean Borsarello. These men brought invaluable and precise...