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21 Cards in this Set
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LI4 (Union Valley) Function |
Yuan Source, Command Point of Face, Entry. Function: regulates Defensive Qi and adjusts sweating, expels Wind and releases the Exterior, regulates the face, eyes, nose, mouth, and ears; activates the channel and alleviates pain, induces labor, restores Yang. |
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LI4 RX Function |
Clears exterior and interior Wind, stops pain, Command point of the Face, clears the nose, contraindicated for pregnancy. LI4 |
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LI4 CAM Point Location |
On the dorsum of the hand, between the 1st and 2nd metacarpal bones, approximately in the middle of the 2nd metacarpal bone on the radial side. |
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LI4 Deadman Point Location |
On the dorsum of the hand, between the first and second meta carpal bones, at the midpoint of the second metacarpal bone close to its radial border. |
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LI4 combine with: |
+LV3 to open the 4 gates, +LU7, UB12, DU16, GB20, for Wind Cold; +LU10, LU11,LI11,SJ5 for Wind Heat; + LI20 Bitong for nasal congestion |
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LI 6 (Veering or Slanting Passage) Function |
Luo-Connecting, expels Wind, clears Heat; opens and regulates the water passages (opens LU water passages) |
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LI6 CAM POINT LOCATION |
With the elbow flexed and the radial side of the arm upward, the point is on the line joining Yangxi (LI5) and Quchi (LI11), 3 cun above the crease of the wrist. |
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LI6 Deadman Point Location |
3 cun proximal to Yangxi LI5 on the line connecting Yangxi LI5 with QuchiLI11 |
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LI6 RX Function |
Wind Water Invasion (Yang Edema) |
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LI6 Combine with: |
+LU7,LI4,SP9, UB39 |
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LI11 (Crooked Pond) Function: |
He-Sea, clears Heat, cools the Blood, eliminates Wind, drains damp, and alleviates itching, regulates Qi and Blood, activates the channel and alleviates pain. |
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LI11 RX FUNCTION |
Organ Heat, Wind Heat, Blood Heat, Toxic Heat, Deficiency Heat |
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LI11 CAM POINT LOCATION |
When the elbow is flexed, the point is in the depression at the lateral end of the transverse cubical crease, midway between Chize LU5 and the lateral epicondyle of the humerus |
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LI11 DEADMAN POINT LOCATION |
At the elbow, midway between Chize LU5 and the lateral epicondyle of the humerus, at the lateral end of the transverse cubical crease. |
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LI11 Combine with: |
+Ying Spring to clear Heat (excess or deficiency) in the channel; + LI4 to clear Wind Heat; + SP10, UB 40, to clear Blood Heat skin rashes and skin issues |
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LU15 (Shoulder Transporting Point) |
Benefit sinews Promote circulation of Qi in the channels Stop pain Expel Wind |
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LI20 (Welcome Fragrance) Function |
Exit Opens the nasal passages, expels Wind and clears Heat. |
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LI20 RX FUNCTION |
Opens nasal passages |
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LI20 Combine with: |
+Bitong, DU23, and LI4, (+LU7,UB7) = open nasal passages |
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LI20 CAM POINT LOCATION: |
In the naso labial groove, at the level of the midpoint of the lateral border of the ala nasi |
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LI20 DEADMAN POINT LOCATION |
In the naso labial groove, at the level of the midpoint of the lateral border of the ala nasi |
