Luo's Flashcards
___ Luo vessel reaches outward to engage with or release to the world; connection btwn inner/ outer worlds
LU Luo (LU 7)
- Full - Constantly craving attention/involvement w. world
- Empty - Boredom; yawning & freq. urination (MOXA in this case)
___ 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)
LI Luo (LI 6)
___ Luo vessel allows a person to have feelings about encounters with world; define & differ. btwn things
ST Luo (ST 40)
- Full - Judgemental; madness
- Empty - non-expression of emotion, no goals/motivation; non-movement, atrophy of legs
___ Luo vessel places experiences/emotions w/i context; social/cultural matrix/web; devlpmt of soc. skills, aware of feelings & emotions with world
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
___ Luo vessel gives speech to thoughts/emotions, speech means recognition; possession to that which is named; bringing about new & changed mind state
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
____ Luo vessel integrates info, allows for self-reflection/fine tuning of mind, allows new thoughts/emotions, allows 2nd thoughts about things/unsure/ critical
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
____ Luo vessel is the “alarm system” & sets a persons threshold of response; determines whether they’re under/overreacting to a situation
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
____ 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
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
___ Luo vessel is about coping skills, self preservation via armoring & rationalization; about empathy, openness & interaction
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
____ 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
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
___ 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
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
____ 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
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
Luo Vessels energetics deal with pathogens in what way?
___Arm =>___Arm =>___Leg => ___Leg
** Yin Arm => Yang Arm => Yang Leg => Yin Leg
Luo vessels are _____ to release pathogens in xue from the area
bled
Luo vessels are the _______ system of the primary channels. It allows for clearing of stagnant emotions, trauma and abuse pathogens.
sewage
Luo vessels net between ____/_____ paired organs
Yin/Yang
LU 7 (LIGHTNING STRIKE) goes down & scatters along the ______ _____ before entering the palm at PC 8
Thenar emminence
- Full - Heat in palms
- Empty - Freq. Urination/yawning
HT 5 (PENETRATING MILE) follows primary meridian to Ren 17(PC Mu) & Ren 14(HT MU) then goes to the _____ __ _____ & _____
root of tongue (Ren23) & eyes
- Full - oppression in chest
- Empty - loss of speech
PC 6 (INNER GATE) travels along meridian to connect with ______
Chest/Ren 17
- Full - Heart Pain
- Empty - rigidity/pain in neck/head - can result in stroke
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 ____
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
LI 6 (BEARING PASSAGE) runs up the arm to ___, then up neck to curve and enter ___ & ___
up to LI 15 then enter ear & mouth (call me)
- Full - toothache/ acute deafness
- Empty - coldness in teeth; diaphragm numbnss
SJ 5 (OUTER GATE) goes up arm and into __/__ then it goes to the middle of ____ before terminating at ____
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
UB 58 (TAKING FLIGHT) runs down to ___ to join the KD luo (it does not have its own pathway)
KD 4
- Full - nasal congestion/ sinusitis, allergies, H/A, LBP
- Empty - nose bleeds, runny nose w. clear fluid
GB 37 (BRIGHT LIGHT) runs down _____ side of leg and disperses over ______ of foot
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
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 ____
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
SP 4 (GRANDFATHER/ GRANDCHILD) runs up _____ of foot along anterio-medial aspect of leg to enter ______
dorsum of foot; enter abdomen/intestines/stomach
- Full - sharp pain in intestines
- Empty - Intestinal drum like swellings
KD 4 (GREAT BELL) travels with meridian to area below ____ then travels internally to ____ ____ where it descends to enter _______
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
LV 5 (WOODWORM CANAL/ INSECT GROOVE) goes up the leg and enters the ______
Genitals
- Full - abnormal sexual arousal
- Empty - “cruel” unbearable itching in genitals
Luo’s are always needled _______ to where you feel the pulse
opposite
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
True
List order of needling in order of transporting points:
Jing well => Ying Spring => Shu Stream=> Jing River => He Sea —- follow order of transporting points
