LI-7 - Warm Dwelling
温溜 - Wēn liū
Point Region: Forearm
Location & How to Find
Anatomical Location: On the back and thumb side of the forearm, on the line from LI-5 at the wrist to LI-11 at the elbow, 5 cun above the wrist crease.
Distances are in cun, a unit that scales with each person's body. As a guide, the width of your thumb at its joint is 1 cun, and your four fingers held together, measured across the middle joints, are 3 cun.
How to Locate:
- Find LI-6, four finger-widths above the wrist on the line toward the elbow
- Measure two thumb-widths further along the line
- The point is there
(Illustration coming soon)
How to Apply Pressure
Once you have found LI-7, use gentle fingertip contact rather than deep kneading. Do not press over a recent arm surgery site or a skin infection; acute abdominal symptoms need medical evaluation rather than acupressure.
Traditional Indications
In TCM, this point is traditionally used for:
- Abdominal pain
- Boils
- Sore throat
- Headache
- Stomach pain
- Skin problems
- Throat pain
- Head pain
Related Health Concerns
Related Acupoints
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Important Precautions
Avoid this point with:
- Recent arm surgery
- Severe skin infections
- Acute abdominal conditions