LI Flashcards
Begins:
LI 1 Radial side of index finger 0.1 cun from corner of nail
(from LU 7)
DU 14
Meeting point for all Yang channels
Crossing points
Back: SI 12, DU 14
SCF: ST 12
Face: REN 24, ST 4, DU 26
Organs entered:
LU, LI
Tissue:
Lower gums
Linkage:
LI 20 to ST 1
What happens at DU 26?
How is this unique from other channels?
LI ch. crosses to opposite side of the face at DU 26 (philtrum).
Only channel that crosses the midline.
LI physiology
Controls passage/conduction of digested food
Transforms stools & reabsorbs fluids
LI channel pathology
Epistaxis, watery nasal discharge, toothache, congested/sore throat
Pain in neck, ant. shoulder, & ant. border of lateral aspect of upper limb
Borborygmus
Abd. pain
Diarrhea & dysentery
Luo Channel
*Begins at LI 6
Joins w/ LU channel three cun above wrist
Ascends arm thru LI 15 to jaw & cheek, divides, one branch connecting w/ teeth, other entering the ear
Luo pathology
Xu: Teeth sensitive to cold Fullness/congestion in chest Shi: Toothache Gum disease Deafness Ear disorders
Host-Guest Method
Use Source point on affected channel,
& Luo point on paired channel
Sinew channel binding sites
Joints- dorsum of wrist, lateral aspect of elbow, shoulder
& side of the nose!
LI sinew ch. pathology
Spasm, cramping, pain along course of channel
Impaired movement of arm, shoulder stiffness, frozen shoulder
Neck pain/stiffness, restricted rotation
Divergent channel
Diverges/Separates: from LI pri. ch. on the hand
Ascends arm to shoulder at LI 15
Travels medially to spinal column
Enters: to connect to organs via SCF, descends to thorax, breast, LU & LI
A branch emerges: from SCF &
Converges/Unites: with LI pri. ch. at LI 18 (at the throat)
