A&E: Large Intestine
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Created by:
yesbravo on June 22, 2012
Subjects:
Actions & Effects, Acupuncture
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Large Intestine channel Actions and Effects
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 LI 1 | F: clears yangming (ST, LI) channel heat; benefits the throat, alleviates pain I: good for febrile conditions, unrelenting fever, toothache (esp. lower jaw), heat, pain, stagnation (esp. at opposite end of channel), shock, coma |
| LI 2 | F: release exterior; disperses wind; disperses heat in channel I: toothache (esp. lower jaw), fever, distal effect on face |
| LI 3 | F: clears yangming heat; benefits and moistens the throat; transforms damp heat I: toothache, sore throat, local inflammation, most often used as local pt |
| LI 4 | F: expels wind (bias toward ext. wind); releases the exterior conditions (bias toward wind-heat); clears heat, reduces inflammation and alleviates pain; unblocks channels and regulates qi and blood; awakens the brain and opens the orifices (face, mouth, ears, nose, etc) I: deafness (acute), sensory organ diseases (nose, eyes, ears, mouth), eye pain, facial edema, facial paralysis, bells palsy, toothache, lockjaw, colds and flu (wind-heat), wind or heat rash, difficult or delayed labor, pain in general (esp. excess), used w/ KD 7 to stimulate or stop sweat |
| LI 5 | F: disperses wind-heat I: insect point*, for insect bites, skin problems (wind-heat w/ itching), use locally for wrist injuries |
| LI 6 | F: effective wind-water pt; unblocks waterways, disperses damp heat I: neuralgia of the forearm, aching forearm, facial edema (wind-water) |
| LI 7 | F: clears yangming (ST, LI) channel heat; alleviates pain along channel I: special pt for mouth and tongue inflammation, acute oral inflammation, aching shoulder and arm (channel related) |
| LI 10 | F: immune system* pt; main forearm pt; strengthens wei qi I: pain in shoulder and arm, forearm and hand pain/paralysis d/t stroke, motor impairment of arm and hand *elctro good at LI 15 to LI 10 |
| LI 11 | F: MP to eliminate heat*; releases exterior and disperses wind (wind-heat); clears heat and drains dampness; moves qi; quells fire, cools blood heat and reduces fever; MP for high fever (jingwells) I: MP for high fever, MP for skin diseases (esp. w/ heat and dampness: eczema, psoriasis, carbuncles, hot itchy skin disorders, wind-rash), expels summer heat, febrile disease in general (reduces fever, colds, flu - esp. w/ fever), red and painful eyes (heat), vomiting and diarrhea (w/ flu), oral herpes, high blood pressure, sore swollen throat, hemiplegia, upper limb paralysis, numbness and arthritis |
| LI 14 | F: benefits the shoulder; clears vision; brightens the eyes I: pain in the arm and shoulder, and eye disease (esp. wind-heat), usually used as a local pt |
| LI 15 | F: control pt of the shoulder*; moves the channel I: inflammation or pain in the shoulder joint, wind-damp Bi in shoulder, hemiplegia from stroke, motor impairment of arm in general |
| LI 16 | F: shoulder, joint and soft tissue*; disperses stagnant blood; benefits shoulder joint I: diseases of the shoulder joint and soft tissues, spitting blood from the LU, stagnant blood in the chest and LU (adjunctive pt) |
| LI 18 | F: regulates qi, transforms phlegm; reduces swelling and alleviates pain; softens hard masses (neck) I: hoarse voice (use w/ LI 4), neck lumps, swollen lymph nodes in neck, regulates high blood pressure (fxn of WoS pt) |
| LI 20 | F: opens and benefits the nose; disperses wind-cold I: MP for nose and sinus problems (rhinitis, nasal obstruction, nosebleed w/ SP 1), local pt for toothache, facial pain, and swelling (facial swelling and itching), polyps (use LI 20 on affected side and LI 4 on other side) |
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