Points 1 Mixed

1/30

Your patient presents with shoulder pain, and cannot lift his arm above his head. What are some local and distal points you could use to treat the shoulder?

LI-11, LI-12, LI-4
ST-25, SP-15, ST-37
LI-15, LI-16, ST-38
LI-17, ST-9, LU-7

LI-15 and LI-16 are both located near the shoulder joint. ST-38 is the empirical point for shoulder pain (i.e. there is no theoretical reason why it should work).

Source: A Manual of Acupuncture, by Peter Deadman et al., Journal of Chinese Medicine Publications, 2007, p. 163 [Q286]