Large Intestine

Question 1

Large Intestine Command Chart

Answer 1

LI 1- JW, metal 
LI2- YS, water
LI3- SS, wood 
LI4- YS, command point for face and mouth 
LI5- JR, Fire 
LI6- Luo 
LI7- Xi Cleft 
LI11- He Sea, Earth 
LI18- WOH

Question 2

LI 1 location

Answer 2

Radial border of the base of the index finger

Question 3

LI1 action

Answer 3

Fire poison, Loss of consciousness

Question 4

LI2 actions

Answer 4

Toothache, wind heat

Question 5

LI3 actions

Answer 5

Toothache, acute stiff neck

Question 6

LI4 actions

Answer 6

Expels wind, releases the exterior
Regulates defensive Qi, adjusts sweating
Regulates the face, res, nose, mouth, ears
C/I in pregnancy
Command point for face

Question 7

LI 4 common combinations

Answer 7

LU7- host/guest: exterior invasion
KD7- sweating disorders
LV3- pain
LI11, LI15- chain and lock

Question 8

LI5 actions

Answer 8

At wrist crease- heat in the upper Yang Ming, hives with extreme heat

Question 9

LI6 location

Answer 9

3 cun proximal to LI5, on the line connecting LI5 and LI11

Question 10

LI6 actions

Answer 10

Ears

Question 11

LI7 location

Answer 11

5 cun proximal to LI5

Question 12

LI7 actions

Answer 12

xi cleft: moderates acute conditions, detoxifies poison

Question 13

LI10 location

Answer 13

2 cun distal to LI11

Question 14

LI10 actions

Answer 14

mirror point for ST 36
abdominal pain with vomiting(LI10 and ST36)
Pain, immobility, numbness of arm

Question 15

LI 11 actions

Answer 15

clears heat, cools blood 
dispels wind, drains damp
high fever d/t excess heat 
excess skin disorders d/t wind, heat, damp 
HTN: with ST36

Question 16

LI15 actions

Answer 16

Control point for the shoulder, dispels wind damp, phlegm nodules

Question 17

LI 18 actions

Answer 17

WOH (level with tip of laryngeal prominence, between SCM)

throat, voice, cough, wheeze

Question 18

LI20

Answer 18

Opens nasal passages, facial swellings, itching, pain- LI20 on affected side, LI4 on opposite side