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Luo's Flashcards

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___ Luo vessel reaches outward to engage with or release to the world; connection btwn inner/ outer worlds

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LU Luo (LU 7)

  • Full - Constantly craving attention/involvement w. world
  • Empty - Boredom; yawning & freq. urination (MOXA in this case)
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___ Luo

  • Full - over-stim. causing hypersensitivity to eyes & ears; chewing over info/repetition; grinds teeth, toothaches
  • Empty - no ability to chew, cold sensitive teeth; can’t digest/ assimilate info, numbness(diaph)
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LI Luo (LI 6)

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___ Luo vessel allows a person to have feelings about encounters with world; define & differ. btwn things

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ST Luo (ST 40)

  • Full - Judgemental; madness
  • Empty - non-expression of emotion, no goals/motivation; non-movement, atrophy of legs
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___ Luo vessel places experiences/emotions w/i context; social/cultural matrix/web; devlpmt of soc. skills, aware of feelings & emotions with world

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SP Luo (SP 4)

  • Full - Obsession re emotions; stabbing/sharp pain to abd/intest. (*bleed spider veins btwn SP4 & KD 2)
  • Empty - NO thoughts, compulsive behav., decisions w/o thinking, distended/taught intest. drum-like abd swellings
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___ Luo vessel gives speech to thoughts/emotions, speech means recognition; possession to that which is named; bringing about new & changed mind state

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HT Luo (HT 5)

  • Full - inability to release emotions, feelings of betrayal; chest oppression/pain
  • Empty - thoughts/feelings can’t be worded/captured/named; loss of speech
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____ Luo vessel integrates info, allows for self-reflection/fine tuning of mind, allows new thoughts/emotions, allows 2nd thoughts about things/unsure/ critical

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SI Luo (SI 7)

  • Full - inability to grasp world/elusiveness, loose joint, elbow atrophy, highly critical/ obsessive/overbearing
  • Empty - can’t let go of criticism/itches for it; uncertainty/overworking prob @ hand; obsession
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____ Luo vessel is the “alarm system” & sets a persons threshold of response; determines whether they’re under/overreacting to a situation

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UB Luo (UB 58)

  • Full - overly sensitive; panic attacks, hyperventilation, nasal congestion, LBP, H/A’s
  • Empty - NO “self-alarm”, no reaction to stressful situations, response might be sniffles/runny nose w. clear fluids
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____ Luo is the response to UB alarm system; mechanism of self-preservation; ability to handle & manipulate world; and taking responsibility for own thoughts/ emotions/actions

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KD Luo (KD 4)

  • Full - quick reactions, panic reactions, phobias, OCD, inability to think things thru, frozen w. fear, constipation, anuria
  • Empty - constant replay of trauma & high adrenaline as a result, fear, paranoia, LBP
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___ Luo vessel is about coping skills, self preservation via armoring & rationalization; about empathy, openness & interaction

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PC Luo (PC 6)

  • Full - can’t control emotions, Excessive sympathy, preocc. w. emotional state (others & ur’s) leading to heart/chest pains
  • Empty - Helplessness, lack of empathy, inability to release one’s armoring, inability to interact with others, rigid neck/head
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____ Luo vessel is one’s constitutional temperament from in utero, habitual reactions/ thoughts, dictated to Yuan Qi/Jing – if open, will allow for ability to let go of one’s fate/destiny

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SJ Luo (SJ 5 - aka confl. of Yang Wei)

  • Full - Rigidity/Stubbornness, stiff or dislocated elbows, connection to others is constricted/ inability to engage
  • Empty - Indifferent, non-involvement, loss of emotions, body can’t bend, elbows weak, atrophy
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___ Luo vessel gives ability to make decisions and act decisively; responsible for a person being closed to options in life (ST 42 allows to let go & create new options); gives u a sense of solitude

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GB Luo (GB 37)

  • Full - decisions are habitual - no thought just reaction, def. of Yang @ feet/lower legs giving rise to cold feet, “cold feet”/shy, isolated, blindness to new options in life
  • Empty - Loneliness leading to depression, inability to stand from seated position, atrophy /paralysis in lower limbs, chronic addictions
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____ Luo vessels give ability to create & recreate, responsible for sexual arousal, needed for passion/desire to create a new self, responsible for harmony of emotions & persona

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LV Luo (LV 5)

  • Full - abnormal sexual arousal, constant erection, constant need to create a new self, constant daydreams/fantasies, fettishes
  • Empty - genital itch, itch/need for newness/change, creation of multiple personas
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13
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Luo Vessels energetics deal with pathogens in what way?

___Arm =>___Arm =>___Leg => ___Leg

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** Yin Arm => Yang Arm => Yang Leg => Yin Leg

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Luo vessels are _____ to release pathogens in xue from the area

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bled

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Luo vessels are the _______ system of the primary channels. It allows for clearing of stagnant emotions, trauma and abuse pathogens.

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sewage

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Luo vessels net between ____/_____ paired organs

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Yin/Yang

17
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LU 7 (LIGHTNING STRIKE) goes down & scatters along the ______ _____ before entering the palm at PC 8

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Thenar emminence

  • Full - Heat in palms
  • Empty - Freq. Urination/yawning
18
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HT 5 (PENETRATING MILE) follows primary meridian to Ren 17(PC Mu) & Ren 14(HT MU) then goes to the _____ __ _____ & _____

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root of tongue (Ren23) & eyes

  • Full - oppression in chest
  • Empty - loss of speech
19
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PC 6 (INNER GATE) travels along meridian to connect with ______

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Chest/Ren 17

  • Full - Heart Pain
  • Empty - rigidity/pain in neck/head - can result in stroke
20
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SI 7 (BRANCH TO UPRIGHT) goes up thru the ______ connecting with SI 8 then to the lateral tip of the ______ where it spreads & connects with ____

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thru elbow to lateral tip of shoulder to connect with LI 15

  • Full - loose joints & elbow atrophy
  • Empty - Small itchy swellings that scab/ flat worts; flaking skin; pebbly excrement
21
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LI 6 (BEARING PASSAGE) runs up the arm to ___, then up neck to curve and enter ___ & ___

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up to LI 15 then enter ear & mouth (call me)

  • Full - toothache/ acute deafness
  • Empty - coldness in teeth; diaphragm numbnss
22
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SJ 5 (OUTER GATE) goes up arm and into __/__ then it goes to the middle of ____ before terminating at ____

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into LI 15/GB 21, then into middle of breast; terminates at Ren 17

  • Full - elbow dislocations/stiffness
  • Empty -difficulty bending arm, weakness in elbow joint, body weakness & pain
23
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UB 58 (TAKING FLIGHT) runs down to ___ to join the KD luo (it does not have its own pathway)

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KD 4

  • Full - nasal congestion/ sinusitis, allergies, H/A, LBP
  • Empty - nose bleeds, runny nose w. clear fluid
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GB 37 (BRIGHT LIGHT) runs down _____ side of leg and disperses over ______ of foot

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lateral side of leg; over dorsum

  • Full - Coldness in lower limbs; Def. Yang bc inversion Qi-flow
  • Empty - paralysis, inability to stand from seated position
25
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ST 40 (ABUNDANT MOUND) goes up to _____ where one branch terminates at the _____, another terminates at _____ of _____ and another goes up to ____ then terminates back down at the ____

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neck; 1 - terminates at throat; 2 - terminates at nape of neck; 3 goes up to DU 20 then back down to throat

  • Full - non-aggressive madness
  • Empty - stiffness of foot; lower leg atrophy
26
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SP 4 (GRANDFATHER/ GRANDCHILD) runs up _____ of foot along anterio-medial aspect of leg to enter ______

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dorsum of foot; enter abdomen/intestines/stomach

  • Full - sharp pain in intestines
  • Empty - Intestinal drum like swellings
27
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KD 4 (GREAT BELL) travels with meridian to area below ____ then travels internally to ____ ____ where it descends to enter _______

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below KD 21; internally & superficially to lumbar spine to enter genitals

  • Full - blockage of lower orifices
  • Empty - pain in genitals & KD region in lower back
28
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LV 5 (WOODWORM CANAL/ INSECT GROOVE) goes up the leg and enters the ______

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Genitals

  • Full - abnormal sexual arousal
  • Empty - “cruel” unbearable itching in genitals
29
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Luo’s are always needled _______ to where you feel the pulse

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opposite

30
Q

T/F when coming up with a needling protocol for Luo’s, one can substitute xi cleft’s or yuan source points if they are more powerful points

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True

31
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List order of needling in order of transporting points:

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Jing well => Ying Spring => Shu Stream=> Jing River => He Sea —- follow order of transporting points

Acupoints 4 (5 decks)

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