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Large Intestine Channel Flashcards

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What are the main functions of the Large Intestine Channel?

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Treats the channel (yang) more than the organ. Associated w/ separation & letting go.
Treats excess/yang; tonifies, nourishes and strengthens.
Treats ‘wei syndrome’ (according to classics): stroke rehab, MS, parkinson’s.

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Front-Mu pt of the LI channel?

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ST 25 - next to the navel

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Back-Shu pt of the LI channel?

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UB 25 - level with L4

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Lower He-Sea pt of the LI channel?

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ST 37 - single best Dx/Tx point for the organ/channel - connects with internal pathway

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LI channel description?

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index finger up the arm to DU 14 (where all yang channels meet).
Internally: to lower gums, crossing DU 26 to ST ch. on opposite side.
Descends from DU 14 internally through the lung and large int. to ST 37 - Lower He-Sea pt

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Secondary LI channels?

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Luo (longitudinal) channel - from LI 6 to the ear/teeth.

Sinew channel - along the primary channel, then over the head to the opposite mandible, upper thoracics, sinus and ear.

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Luo-Connecting point of the LI channel?

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LI 6

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LI 2 name / translation? (e.c.)

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Er Jian / 2nd Space

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LI 3 name / translation? (e.c.)

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San Jian / 3rd Space

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LI 3 location?

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proximal to head of index metacarpal, in hollow next to its shaft

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LI 3 notes and indications?

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Shu-Stream (Wood) point - treats pain, wind; balances east/west (Wood/Metal).
Microsystem (w/ LI 4): treats head/upper jiao - shoulder, toothache, headache

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LI 4 name / translation?

Location?

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He Gu / Joining (Uniting) Valley

Various locations in the large zone on back of hand, next to index/2nd metacarpal

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LI 4 notes & indications?

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Microsystem: closer to the bone - internal/chronic; further from the bone - external/acute; closer to LI 3 - head/upper jiao; towards wrist - hips/lower jiao.
Ipsilateral: treat pain on the left with the points on the right.
Master pt for the face - sinus, eyes, teeth & gums, frontal headaches.
Master pt for the qi - can ache after needling.
Stroke rehab

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LI 5 name / translation? (e.c.)

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Yang Xi / Yang Stream

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LI 5 location, notes & indications?

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In ‘anatomical snuffbox’ between tendons of extensor pollicis longus and brevis.
Jing-River (Fire) pt: burning sensation when needled; treats heat/fire in channel - rhinitis, cold cough; calms shen - mania, ADHD
Association with Metal (Jing-River pts on yin channels): treats throat
Treats distal structures: nose, eyes & ears, headache

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LI 6 name / translation? (e.c.)

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Pian Li / Tilted Passage

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LI 6 location, notes & indications?

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3 cun proximal to LI 5, on line connecting LI 5 and LI 11.
Treats Wind & Heat.
Opens & regulates water passages.

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LI 7 name / translation? (e.c.)

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Wen Liu / Warm Flow

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LI 7 location, notes & indications?

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5 cun proximal to LI 5, on line connecting LI 5 and LI 11.
Xi-Cleft pt: treats the channel more than the organ; yang syndromes - laughter, mania; acute, frontal headache.
Xi-Cleft pts are associated with Xue - treats poison (fire); calms Shen (blood)

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Extra points on LI channel?

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3 pts - the first is 2 cun above LI 5, then two more every 2 cun above that, in between LI 6 & LI 7.
Treats hemorrhoids.
- Tong Acupuncture

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LI 8, 9, 10 names / translations? (e.c.)

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LI 8 is Xia Lian / Lower Angle
LI 9 is Shang Lian / Upper Angle
LI 10 is Shou San Li / Arm 3 Li => Fruehauf: the 3 Li are the 3 realms - Heaven, Humanity & Earth.

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LI 8, 9, 10 location, notes & indications?

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On exact line between LI 5 and 11
1 cun apart; LI 10 is 2 cun below LI 11.
Allied with same-named points on leg: ST 39, 37, 36 (SI, LI and ST He-Sea pts).
Shou San Li (LI 10) paired with Zu San Li (ST 36).
Form a microsystem for treating the whole body - LI 10 = lower jiao, LI 9 = middle jiao, LI 8 = upper jiao.
Best pts on the arm for tonifying; treats low back pain.

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LI 11 names / translation, location, notes & indications?

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Qu Chi / Pool at Crook.
On lateral elbow in deepest hollow when bent - seen as the navel/center of a LI microsystem.
He-Sea pt – treats deeper, more chronic.
Earth phase – earth tonifies metal - ‘nourishes’ upper limb.
Remember: LI is yang - pts treat the channel more than the organ.
Treats dietary irregularity (Nei Jing) - diarrhea, abdominal pain, dysentary.
Quells wind, heat and thus itching.
Treats yangming fevers (when fever predominates over chills).
Treats hypertension.

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How best can we use the LI channel for stroke rehab?

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Yangming channel is primary for stroke rehab (LI/ST) - needle deeply to awaken paralysis.
Use in conjunction with scalp Ac (first 2-3 mo), switching to abdominal Ac (gives the scalp a break).
Shaoyang is a secondary channel for stroke.

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LI 12 & 13 location, notes & indications?

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LI 12: 1 cun above and posterior to LI 11, close to bone.
LI 13: 3 cun above LI 11 (on line to LI 15 on shoulder) (flex elbow).
Useful in treating broad-spectrum back pain (acute or chronic / entire back - Du mai, inner and outer UB channel) - Tong Ac.

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LI 15 name / translation, location, notes & indications?

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Jian Yu / Shoulder Bone.
At front corner of shoulder, at the top of a large groove in the deltoid when the arm is raised/abducted.
Premier point for shoulder pain, stroke, uticaria, skin Dz.
May needle perpendicularly, up to 1.5 cun deep: this requires moving the elbow a bit away from the torso.
More commonly needled down (towards axilla), which will affect the channel and less the joint.
Extra Point for shoulder: Jian Nei Ling
2 cun below LI 15 - commonly tender with shoulder pain.

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LI 16 name / translation, location, notes & indications?

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Ju Gu / Great Bone.
In hollow posterior to end of clavicle, medial to acromium process, anterior to scapular spine.
Treats bone – osteoporosis, fractures, leukemia.
Treats chronic (deep) shoulder pain = blood stasis.
Dissipates Phlegm nodules (stubborn condition).
Use caution - proximity to lung.

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LI 18 name / translation? (e.c.)

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Fu Tu / Support the Prominence

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LI 18 location, notes & indications?

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Level with the tip of the laryngeal prominence, between the sternal and clavicular heads of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.
Sky Window - regulates brain/body, above/below; hyper/hypotension; thyroid.
Divergent/Zheng channel - strong, direct effect via the Heart (psychospiritual aspect).
Caution: use 0.5 cun needle - carotid artery and vein are nearby.

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LI 20 name / translation, location, notes & indications?

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Ying Xiang / Welcome Fragrance.
In the naso-labial groove, at the level of the midpoint of the lateral border of the ala nasi.
Primary point for sinusitis (common condition).
Needling: angle up along groove to extra point Bi Tong, halfway along nose; use thinner gauge; freehand if possible; UB 7 on top of head is good follow-up/substitute.
Use with LI 4, or better => LI 3.
Used with ST 2 for parasites in China.

Points I (5 decks)

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