Large Intestine

Question 1

LI-4

Joining of The Valleys

Answer 1

Source, Entry

**COMMAND POINT OF FACE

On dorsum of hand, btw 1st & 2nd metacarpal bones, approximately in the middle of the 2nd metacarpal bone on radial side (in angle)

Rx: clears ext and int wind, stops pain, command point of the face, clears nose, **contraindicated for pregnancy

+LV3 to open the 4 gates
+LU7, BL12, Du16, GB20 for Wind Cold
+LU10, LU11, LI11, TH5 for Wind Heat
+LI20, Bitong for nasal congestion

Question 2

LI-6

Side Passage

Answer 2

Luo Connecting

W/ elbow flexed & radial side of arm upward (arm across chest), point is on line joining LI-5 & LI-11, 3 cun above crease of wrist

Rx: Wind Water Invasion (Yang Edema)

+LU7, LI4, SP9, BL39 to regulate water

Question 3

LI-11

Crooked Pond

Answer 3

Earth

Elbow flexed, point is in depression at the lateral end of transverse cubical crease, midway between LU-5 an lateral epicondyle of humerus

Rx: Organ Heat, Wind Heat, Blood Heat, Toxic Heat, Xu Heat

***FIRE ENGINE

\+Ying-Spring to clear heat (XS or XU) in the channel
\+LI4 to clear Wind Heat
\+SP10, BL40 to clear Blood Heat skin rashes and skin issues
\+LV2 for LV Fire
\+HT8 for HT Fire
\+ST44 for ST Fire
\+KI2 for KI Fire
\+LU10 for LU heat

Question 4

LI-20

Welcome Fragrance

Answer 4

Exit

In the nasolabial groove, at level of the midpoint of lateral border of ala nasi OR .5 cun lateral to the nostril, in the nasiolabial sulcus

Rx: open nasal passages

+Bitong, Du23 and LI4