Acupoint+LI-20+(Ying+Xiang)

==     **Ying Xiang** **• **    **Large Intestine** **20** **• **  **2.20.31** //Welcome Frangrance, Recieving Fragrance, Encountering Perfume// Exit Point. Meeting Point on the Large Intestine Channel with the Stomach Channel.

=Location= In the nasolabial groove, at the level of the midpoint of the lateral border of the ala nasi.

=Point Summary= //Expels Wind Opens the Nasal Passages Clears Heat// any nose problem; opens the nose; with LI-4 and LU-7

=Needling=

Depth:
0.3 - 0.5 cun

Technique:
Puncture Obliquely or Subcutaneously

Contraindications:
None

=General Indications=

Functions
opens the nasal passages; disperses external wind heat as it affects the nose

Indications
rhinitis; nasosinusitis; can cause immediate clearing of the sinuses, sneezing associated w/ cold

Special Notes
can be needled upward and up to .5 toward bitong; eyes usually water; often used with LI-4 and LU-7 to clear the sinuses

=Diagnostic Indications:= Facial Edema **•** Facial Itching **•** Loss Of Sense Of Smell **•** Mouth Deviation **•** Nasal Congestion **•** Nasal Disorders **•** Nasal Polyps **•** Nosebleed **•** Respiratory Disorders **•**

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies the large intestine, heart, bladder, stomach; nose, maxillary sinus, lung. Disperses the opposite kidney, lung. Dispersing acts in the opposite way. Weakened atonic sense of smell; abundant and clear coryza; maxillary sinusitis; blocked nose, bad odor (ozena?); abscess of the nose; fatty inflammation of the nose; growths. Nasal asthma, panting, respiration without results. Scarlet eyes, swelling (if serious add taichong, LR-3). Face: inflammation of the tissues, swelling, scratching, pruritis like gnawing insects. Intermittent contractions of the mouth and face; closed eyes, closed mouth: contracture (excess of facial nerve). Swollen lips, painful. Facial paralysis: mouth awry: tonify flaccid side, disperse contracted side. Acts on elevator muscles of upper lip =Psycho-Spiritual Components= To smell the joy and beauty of life, affects the mind and spirit. Picking up **an odor is not just a physical experience, it is a mental and spiritual activity as well. This point is about newness, and the ability to receive new experience**. A fragrance can evoke memories of the past; old experience can be remembered without living in the past. [JRW]
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Energetically, the function of LI-20 relates to the receptive qualities of the metal element and the functional connection between the large intestine and the lung officials. The **sense of smell is one of the most important ways in which the reality of posterior heaven is transmitted to the internal world**. In this regard it is important to note the olfactory nerve terminates in an area of the brain directly related to human emotion (the limbic system). Additionally, one’s sense of smell contributes in a large way to the way things taste. Hence, LI-20 and ST-1 may be considered to provide significant input into the process by which alimentation and respiration support the fires of ming men through nurturing the jing of posterior heaven. The TCM functions of this point are to open the nasal passage and disperse wind and eat. Here, wind and heat arise from the inability to properly digest life and eliminate that which has lost its essential value. [LJ]


 * Evocative, instinctive, non-verbal information**. A fragrance brings awareness with it, it stimulates the senses. [ALHIM]