Liver Meridian

Question 1

Trace the Liver Meridian, indicate if it is yin or yang, parasympathetic or sympathetic

Answer 1

14 points, yin and para but LR3 is sympathetic

Question 2

LR 3 location, insertion and needle depth, use?

Answer 2

Midway btw the first and second metatarsal at the level of the midpoint of the second metatarsal

Aim slightly superior from the perpendicular at a depth of 0.5 cun

Sympathetic switch, pain and inflammation of the foot, pain in the lower extremity, RA and OA of the foot, pain in the ant aspect of the medial malleolus, pain anywhere in the L/E

Question 3

LR 10 location, insertion and needle depth, use?

Answer 3

2 cun distal to the pubic ramus or 3 cun distal to the superior border of the symphysis pubis in the lateral aspect of the adductor longus muscles

Perpendicular at a depth of 1-1.5 cun

Adductor strain, sprain or tendinitis, obturator hernia, hip dysfunction, impaired hip abduction and adduction