Acupoint+HT-4+(Ling+Dao)

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    **Ling Dao**  **• **  **Heart** **4** **• **  **5.4.101** //Spirit Pathway, Spiritual Way// Jing River Point. Metal Point on Fire Meridian. = = =Location= When the palm faces upward, the point is on the radial side of the tendon of muscle flexor carpi ulnaris, 1.5 cun above the transverse crease of the wrist.

=Point Summary= //Calms The Spirit Relaxes the Muscles Benefits the Voice Relaxes the Tendons// Local Point

=Needling=

Depth:
0.3 - 0.5 cun

Technique:
Puncture Perpendicularly

Contraindications:
None

=General Indications=

Functions
calms spirit; regulates HT qi;

Indications
aphasia; man point for speaking difficulties; bradycardia; hysterical aphasia; stuttering due to emotional issues; nervous anxiety; uptight nervousness

Special Notes
luo point and thus the internal connection to the tongue; with CV-23 and GV-15 for aphasia; for bradycardia would use with BL-15

=Diagnostic Indications:= Arm Contraction **•** Cardiac Pain **•** Elbow Problems **•** Fear **•** Hysteria **•** Loss Of Voice Sudden **•** Mental Disorders **•** Seizures **•**

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies (contracts) all the Yin meridians, particularly the opposite heart, governor vessel, three nervous centers, three levels of the psyche, three endocrines, three sense organs; heats the opposite half of the body. Disperses (diminishes) the aorta, opposite vessels, all the Yang meridians, conception vessel Dispersing acts in the opposite way. Sorrow and frenetic fear: tonify; convulsions, hysteria: tonify. Moral hyperexcitation. Icy to the bone from cold, warms himself at the fire, opposite half: tonify.Opposite larynx, cannot speak, suddenly mute; if weak, swellings: tonify. If pain, inflammation or contracture: disperse Opposite heart: weak: tonify; contracted: disperse. Opposite aorta, carotid, opposite arteries ample and hard: tonify (contracts them); soft, a little elevated: disperse; hypertension: tonify; hypotension disperse. Stomach: dry vomiting, tonify Opposite half of the body: tonify warms. Hand, thumb, fingers, dorsal and palmar sides; medial elbow.
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=Psycho-Spiritual Components= A spirit point at the deepest level. Many people’s spirit fails. This point goes inside their spirit to put the patient back on the path, the Dao. The Dao means the path or way. The supreme controller must never lose the way. Use **when there is futility, speechlessness, no laughter, paralysis of all the senses, or when the patient has no will**. **When the path of the spirit is blocked** consider HT-4 especially. Contact the essence of fire to give back to the connection to the father. The quality of the fire may be poor, without strength, consistency, or structure. When a person is losing their way, helps them stay on track and puts them in touch with their inner journey. Use this point to lead them back to their integrity and that which is right for them. Metal point, fine tunes the spirit and builds inner strength, alchemical transformations of water and fire. When the spirit is weakened or suppressed, a person has given up, lost their way – inertia, fear, broken spirits, or fire energies dispersed and without structure, lifts the spirit. Gets energy to move along; **use w/ Spirit Gate and open the gate before leading the spirit down the path**. The metal must be in the correct state, be at the right temperature, must have a warmth about it or there will be a dogmatic kind of mental or spiritual rigidity – arthritis, loss of sensation in the finger tips, with extreme coldness one may also get an inability to speak – a type of sudden dumbness; frigidity. [JRW]

As the metal point on the heart meridian, this point addresses the relationship between fire and metal. Hence this point may aid in synchronizing functions of the heart and lungs, keeping the heart aligned with its higher purpose as provided by the lung’s connection to the heavenly qi. Treatment at Spirit Path may be indicated for someone who feels isolated from some purpose, **unable to discern that the pain, sadness and loss which they are experiencing are, in fact, part of their spiritual path**. It is ideal for the **patient who feels “burned by life”**, involving instances in which the heart fire has been over-controlling the metal, Note that this point shares the function with GV-11 (Shen Dao), whose name can also be translated as Spirit Path [LJ]

Spiritual Consciousness. This point is quite useful with anyone who has no will to meet their life. Good in circumstances in which there is **a loss of inertia, and fear; when one has lost confidence in themselves; when the spirit is lacking coherent structure.** It focuses one’s intention and helping one to stay on track. This point is about the internal aspect of the spiritual reality, about the journey to integrity, and living in the truth. Metal **brings the qualities of precision, refinement, and the alchemy of spirit to fire. Without metal, fire is chaotic, out of control, passionate but indiscriminate.** When suffering, it is often difficult to discern the value hidden in the experience. When experiencing a radical shift in the ordering of consciousness, the impact of events can be overwhelming. Can be helpful for the **“dark night of the soul”** – such times when we are challenged to “remember god.” Light pours from the limitless into the void. Divorce, betrayal, or catastrophes. Moral outrage and despair. Sorrow and extreme fear; hysteria, incoherent thinking or speech; sudden loss of voice. Asthma from emotions, grief; loss and fear of loss. Nervous exhaustion; restlessness from nervous weakness; psychosis, a person who is shocked out of their mind. [ALHIM]


 * When the Ling is resurrecting and needs a little direction**