Acupoint+LI-6+(Pian+Li)

== ** LI6 ** ** • **  **Pian Li**  •  **Large Intestine** **6** Veering Passageway. Luo Connecting Point on the Large Intestine Channel to LU-9.

=Location= When the elbow is flexed with the radial side of the arm upward, the point is on the line joining LI-5 and LI-11, 3 cun above LI-5.

=Point Summary= //Expels Wind Opens and Regulates the Water Passages Clears Heat// waterways point and facial edema

=Needling=

Depth:
0.5 - 0.8 cun

Technique:
Puncture Perpendicularly or Obliquely

Contraindications:
None

=General Indications=

Functions
clears the lungs; regulates the waterways like facial edema

Indications
facial edema; hand edema

Special Notes
luo point; can be used with LU-7

=Diagnostic Indications:= Arm Pain **•** Ascites **•** Deafness **•** Edema **•** Elbow Pain **•** Epistaxis **•** Manic Raving **•** Visual Disturbances **•** Wrist Pain **•**

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies the large intestine, small intestine, opposite side of the heart, opposite lung, brain, cerebellum, medulla oblongata, spinal cord, eye and ear; opposite incisors, thumb and index finger, opposite knee. Disperses the opposite kidney. Dispersing acts in the opposite way. Point of passage between large intestine an lungs (see lieque, LU-7). If excess: dental caries, deafness; mental troubles; if insufficiency: cold of the incisors; digestion stopped, weakness. Also, “child” of the lung; if the lungs are stronger than the large intestine, tonify. If lungs are weaker, disperse. Mental troubles, speaks a lot: disperse; or weakness: tonify. Opposite incisors cold: or loose, or painful, or caries. Opposite side of throat: tonsillitis, dry throat. Opposite side of stomach: digestion blocked: tonify. Opposite eye: foggy or obscure vision. Opposite ear: pains or buzzing? Or deafness? Opposite side of nose: congestive coryza; or bleeding: tonify Urine: abundant, frequent needs at night and at beginning of night: tonify; edema, urine insufficient: disperse. Opposite scapula. Lateral upper arm, same side; forearm (radial and supinator muscles). Also thumb and index fingers. Anterior face of knee and opposite leg.
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=Psycho-Spiritual Components= Good for mental confusion. Treats generalized anxiety, fears, continual talking, mental confusion, insanity, suicidal tendency. Problems with retention of urine, feces; constipation. Nosebleeds, deafness; tinnitus, dim vision, throat dry and numb. [JRW]