Acupoint+LI-7+(Wen+Liu)

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** LI7 ** ** • **  **Wen Liu**  •  **Large Intestine** **7** ======

Xi Cleft Point on the Large Intestine Channel.
=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, 5 cun above LI-5.

=Point Summary= //Clears Heat And Detoxifies Poison Moderates Acute Conditions Clears Yangming Fire Calms the Spirit// mouth and tongue in inflammation

=Needling=

Depth:
0.5 - 1 cun

Technique:
Puncture Perpendicularly

Contraindications:
None

=General Indications=

Functions
Local

Indications
Local

Special Notes
special for mouth and tongue inflammation; oral herpes; canker sores

=Diagnostic Indications:= Borborygmus With Abdominal Pain **•** Facial Swelling **•** Headache **•** Mouth Pain **•** Shoulder And Arm Pain **•** Throat Pain **•** Tongue Pain **•** Toothache **•**

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies the large intestine, small intestine, temporoparietal lobes, stomach; mouth, gums, teeth, opposite side f lips; knee, opposite leg, upper shoulder, arm of same side Disperses the heart, lungs, opposite kidney. Dispersing acts in a contrary manner Easy laughter, hyperexcited speech, hallucinations; insanity, hyperexcitation Violent shock, four limbs swollen, tongue protrudes (?), cerebral congestion; apoplexy, hemiplegia, mouth awry (?). Mouth and opposite side of tongue: inflammation, pain. Opposite gums, teeth: pain Diaphragm in excess: crisis of eructation or vomiting, or abundance of saliva; gas in the stomach, aerogastria, aerophagia; abdomen: pains ad growling; pelvic basin: spasms Respiratory passages in excess: bronchitis; top of lung: catarrh; pleurisy, tuberculosis. Local pains, neuralgia. Headache, face swollen. Shoulder without strength: abductor longus of thumb, upper limb same side Anterior side of the knee: opposite leg.
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=Psycho-Spiritual Components= Used to warm **the Large Intestine if metal is really cold**. **The patient may feel absolute despair**. Good point for warming the spirit with moxa. **Can be moxa’d up to 30 times for warming the person and meridian generally**. Swollen tongue, speech difficulties, sticks tongue out, continuous belching, ulcers of hand and face, ulcerated colon, arthritis (especially when caused by cold) [JRW]