Large Intestine Channel Of Hand Yangming

Question 1

• Clears HEAT, (esp from opposite end of Channel) Reduces Swelling,
  Alleviates Pain
• Revives Consciousness
  🔹JING WELL and MENTAL Point (good for high fever)

Indications
(Good for Excess Heat)
🔹Febrile Diseases🔹: Maleria, High Fever
🔹Swelling and Pain at the opposite end of the channel, esp d/t attack
of WIND-HEAT or Accumulation of FIRE-POISON: toothache of
Lower jaw, throat painful obstruction, swelling of Submandibular
region.
🔹Loss of Consciousness

Answer 1

LI 1

Question 2

• Expels WIND and Clears HEAT
  ( from the upper reaches of the channel in teeth, nose, face,
  throat and eyes)
• Reduces swelling and Alleviates Pain

🔹YING SPRING and WATER POINT🔹

Indications
🔹Toothache, ( due to Fire, either EXCESS or DEFICIENCY
esp on LOWER GUM) Throat painful obstruction,
Eye Diseases d/t accumulated
HEAT in Yangming

• Sore throat, rhinitis , nosebleed accompanied
  By fever d/t attack of WIND-HEAT to the Lungs

Answer 2

LI 2

Question 3

• Also good for Toothache…
• Expels a WIND and Clears HEAT
• ( Dispels Fullness and Treats Diarrhea)

🔹SHU- STREAM and WOOD POINT🔹

Indications
-TOOTHACHE, Throat, Painful Obstruction
- Stiffness/Swelling/Pain of hand, Difficulty in
Flexing and Extending the fingers: LI 3–> SI 3
( LI 3 and SI 3 mirror each other) ( SI is TAIYANG
To do with neck)
- Acute Stiff Neck

Answer 3

LI 3

Question 4

• Expels Wind and🔺RELEASES THE EXTERIOR🔺
• Regulates Defensive Qi and Adjusts Sweating
• Regulates Face, Eyes, Nose, Mouth and Ears
• Activates the Channel and Alleviates PAIN
• Induces Labor ( Forbidden in Pregnancy!!)
• Restores Yang

🔹YUAN-SOURCE POINT🔹

• Command Point for Face and Mouth
• Ma Dan-Yang Heavenly Star Point
• Nine Needles for Returning the Yang

Indications
🔹Cold and Flu d/t Attack of Exterior W-C/W-H
(Yuan Source) LI 4 + (LUO)LU 7 (Host-Guest Combination )
🔹For Sweating Disorders + KD 7
🔹All Diseases of Head, Face, Ears, Eyes,Nose Cheeks, Mouth,
Teeth ( lower gum) Throat
H/A, facial paralysis, acute deafness, Eye Pain, Nasal Congestion,
Toothache
🔹For PAIN, ( esp head and face): LI 4 + LV 3 (“4 GATES”)
- LI 11, LI 15 (“ Chain and Lock Combination )
- Good for Acupuncture Analgesia
-Prolonged Delay Labor, Retention of Dead Fetus
-Collapse of Yang.
(LI is Viewed as the Outer Reflection of Lung Channel)
First Channel is affected, then the Organ
♦️3 Key Words to Remember
- Exterior
- Qi
- Face and Mouth

Answer 4

LI 4

Question 5

More notes
2nd Metacarpal Bone is like whole Body, LI 3 is in Section one and corresponds To the head….
Therefore LI 3 is good for HA, esp on Forehead

LI 4 is used for Anesthesia

Yuan Source Point…Where Original Qi Surfaces and Lingers
LI 4 is EXTERIOR Acting

– Action of LI 4 is mainly on Qi
– Defensive Qi: To warm and consolidate body surface.
Regulates Sweating on skin
– if not functioning correctly use LI 4 and KD 7
To treat sweating. Reduce LI 4 for too much Sweating.
(ST 36 supports Defensive Qi)
♦️ACTION of QI on LI Channel
“ Chain and Lock” Combination - Used for Channel disorder on
Limb. We create chain to move
Qi smoothly…
Therefore…Select pts from Joints, wrist, elbow, Shoulder,
LI 4, 5, 11, 15.. ….also Ankle, Knee Hip..YANGMING controls
Movement.

♦️Four Gates, used to regulate Qi and Blood in the Body ( LI 4, LV 3)
🔹LI4 and SP6- Moves Qi and Blood, promotes Pregnancy, moves
Blood Stasis, moves Placenta and causes Uterus to contract.

Exterior Syndrome
- s/s Chills, fever, so of cold, HA, Body Aches
Sore Throat

Answer 5

LI 4

Question 6

🔹LI 4 + LU 7- For Exterior Conditions
🔹LI 4 + LV 3 - For "Four Gates"
🔹LI 4 + KD 7- For Sweating Disorders
🔹LI 4 + SP 6- Promotes Labor
🔹LI 4 + ST 36 - Enhances Immune System, 
                           Improves GI System
🔹LI 4 + LI 11- Reduces Fever.
🔹LI 4 + LI 11+ LI 15 - " Chain and Lock Combination"

Answer 6

Frequently used Combinations

Question 7

• Clears Heat and Alleviates Pain
• Clears Yangming Fire
• Calms Spirit
• Benefits the wrist Joints

🔹Jing River, Fire Point🔹

Indications
🔹HEAT in the Upper Reach of Yangming Channel
- Rhinitis, Nosebleed, Ear pain, Tinnitus, Deafness, Redness,
Swelling and Eye Pain, Lacrimation, HA, Throat Painful Obstruction,
Toothache
-Urticaria from Extreme Heat..LI 5 + L I 15
- Heat Transmitted from Yangming to HEART
(Manic Raving, Propensity to Laughter)
-Local Wrist Injuries

Answer 7

LI 5

Question 8

-Expels Wind and Clears Heat
-Opens and Regulates the Water Passages
🔹LUO - Connecting Point🔹
Effective Wind-Water Point

Indications
–Wind-Heat in the Upper Reach of Yangming Channel, esp the EARS
🔹” Wind-Water”🔹
–Acute edema in face and upper portion, accompanied by
Absence of sweating and difficulty urination…+ LU 9
- Local Pain of Wrist, Elbow, and Forearm

Answer 8

LI 6

Question 9

-Clears Heat and DETOXIFIES POISON ( DU10 also good for Clearing
Toxins
-Moderates Acute Conditions
-(Regulates and Harmonizes the Intestine and Stomach)
-(Clears Yangming Fire and Calms the Spirit)

🔹Xi-Cleft Point🔹( Used for Acute Pain)

Indications
Acute Oral Inflammation ( Mouth/ Tongue), Clove Sores (-GV?)
-Aching Shoulder and Arm ( Channel Related)

Answer 9

LI 7

Question 10

-Regulates Qi and Blood, Activates the Channel and Alleviates Pain
-Harmonizes the Intestines and Stomach
🔹(Mirror Pt of St 36)
🔹Main Pt for Forearm Pain

Name is “Arm 3 Miles”
St 36 is “ Leg 3 Miles”

Indications
🔹Pain, Immobility, Numbness, Atrophy of the Arm
- Li 4, L I 10, LI 11, LI 15, “Chain and Lock”
- LI 10 + LI 11: Tennis Elbow
- Abdominal Pain, vomiting and Diarrhea: add ST 36

Answer 10

LI 10

Question 11

-Clears HEAT, Cools Blood, Dispels WIND, Drains, DAMP and
Alleviates Itching.
-Regulates Qi and Blood
-Activates the Channel and Alleviates Pain.

🔹HE-SEA, EARTH, MOTHER Point
- Ghost point, Heavenly a Star Point.

Indications
♦️HIGH FEVER d/t Excess Heat (Yangming Stage) LI 4, GV
- Heat in the Upper Reach of Yangming Channel
- Oral Herpes, Sore/ Swollen Throat, Toothache, Redness and Eye
Pain
- Heat transmitted from Yangming to the Heart
- Mania, agitation, tongue thrusting
- LI 11 and LI 4 for Clearing Heat

♦️SKIN DISORDERS d/t Wind, Heat and Damp (EXCESS)
- Utucaria, Wind rash, Shingles, carbuncles, hot itchy skin, eczema,
Psoriasis, clove sores on the back …BL40

Other Indications
-Vomiting and Diarrhea (eg w/flu, bacillary dysentery)
-Hypertension: + ST 36
-Disorders of upper limb: numbness, pain, hemiplegia, upper limb
paralysis, atrophy, clonic spasm + LI4, LI 15

-L I 11 and ST 36: imp for “Chain and Lock” Combo

Answer 11

LI 11

Question 12

-Activates the Channel and Alleviates Pain
-Regulates Qi and Dissipates PHLEGM NODULES
( Dissolves Phlegm) ….similar to Window of Heaven Point
-Benefits the Eyes

Indications

• Local Pain in the Arm and Shoulder
• Scrofula. Goiter
• LU 3, LI 15, LI 13, TW10, TW13
• Any Eye a Disease ( esp Wind-Heat)

Answer 12

LI 14

Question 13

• Dispels WIND-DAMP, Alleviates Pain, and Benefits the Shoulder Joint
• Eliminates Wind and Regulates Qi and Blood
• Regulates Qi and Dissipates PHLEGM NODULES

🔹Control Point for the Shoulder🔹 (Local point for Shoulder Pain)
Treat Channel..use “Chain and Lock” Combo, Needle Obliquely in
direction of LI 11

Indications
-Stiffness, Pain, immobility, weakness of the Shoulder or Frozen
Shoulder, + TW 14
-Atrophy, Pain, or Hemiplegia of the Upper arm
-Urticaria d/t Exterior a Wind-Heat: + LI 5
- Scrofula, Goiter

Answer 13

LI 15

Question 14

-Benefits Throat and Voice
-Alleviates Cough and Wheezing
- Works on Chaotic Qi
(WINDOW of HEAVEN Point)

Indications
-Throat Disorders
Swelling and Pain of the Throat, difficulty in Swallowing
- Voice Issues…Sudden loss of Voice, hoarse voice
- Scofula, Goiter
- Coughing, Wheezing

Answer 14

LI 18

Question 15

• Opens the Nasal Passages
• Expels Wind and Clears Heat

Indications
🔹All Disorders of the Nose/Sinuses
- Nasal Congestion and Discharge, Nosebleed, nasal polyps, nasal
sores
Sneezing, Rhinitis, Sinuitis
- Facial Swelling, Pain, Itching or Paralysis.
Use LI 20 on Affected side and LI 4 on the other side

Answer 15

LI 20