LR-7 - Knee Joint

膝关 - Xī guān

Point Region: Lower leg

LR

Liver Meridian

足厥阴肝经 - Zú Juéyīn Gān Jīng

Location & How to Find

Anatomical Location: On the inner side of the lower leg, below the inner bulge at the top of the shin bone (the medial condyle of the tibia), 1 cun behind SP-9.

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:

  1. Slide a finger up the inner edge of your shin bone until it stops in a hollow just below the knee: that is SP-9
  2. Move one thumb-width back from SP-9, toward the calf
  3. The point is there, below the bulge of the shin bone
LR-7 (Knee Joint) acupressure point location: On the inner side of the lower leg, below the inner bulge at the top of the shin bone (the medial condyle of the tibia), 1 cun behind SP-9.

How to Apply Pressure

With LR-7 located, use gentle, steady fingertip contact rather than deep kneading below the knee. Avoid this point after recent knee surgery, a severe knee injury, or an acute knee infection, and stop if discomfort increases.

Traditional Indications

In TCM, this point is traditionally used for:

  • Knee pain
  • Leg stiffness
  • Arthritis
  • Knee swelling
  • Joint pain
  • Leg weakness
  • Knee inflammation

Related Health Concerns

Knee PainFatigue

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Important Precautions

Avoid this point with:

  • Recent knee surgery
  • Severe knee injury
  • Acute knee infection