Acupoint+LI-5+(Yang+Xi)

== ** LI5 ** ** • **  **Yang Xi**  •  **Large Intestine** **5** Yang Ravine. Jing River Point on the Large Intestine Channel. Fire Point on Metal Meridian.

=Location= On the radial side of the wrist. When the thumb is tilted upward, it is in the depression between the tendons of muscle extensor pollicis longus and brevis.

=Point Summary= //Clears Heat Clears Yangming Fire Calms the Spirit Benefits the Wrist Joint//

=Needling=

Depth:
0.3 - 0.5 cun

Technique:
Puncture Perpendicularly

Contraindications:
None

=General Indications=

Functions
expels wind and fire

Indications
diseases of the soft tissue of the wrist point; good for smoking withdrawal

Special Notes
Local

=Diagnostic Indications:= Arm Motor Impairment **•** Deafness **•** Eye Disorders **•** Headache **•** Throat Constriction **•** Throat Soreness **•** Tinnitus **•** Toothache **•** Urticaria **•** Wrist Joint Soft Tissue Diseases **•**

=Soulie De Morant Indications= Tonifies all the Yang meridians (superficial pulses, producers of energy), frontal lobes, spinal cord, opposite ear, opposite lateral edge of the eye, scalp, lumbar region, opposite upper and lower limbs, abdominal muscles, genital apparatus Disperses all the Yin meridians (deep pulses, distributors) Dispersing acts in the opposite way. Has a response with weizhong (BL-40) and the kidney meridian. Has effects on the lumbar area analogous to those of weizhong (BL-40) Insufficiency: gripped by emotions, sudden weakness, troubled, upset, cannot breathe. Excess: hyperexcited speech, happy laughter, hallucinations. Fever, agitated mind to the point of delirium; hemiplegia? Opposite lateral side of the eye painful; inflammation; keratitis; floating spots before the eyes; cataract. Opposite ear, pain, buzzing, deafness? Nose: opposite coryza, tonsillitis; sore throat, saliva, cough, sputum, cannot breathe, malaise; tuberculosis of children? Hyper- or hypotension. Penis, perineum; impotence; acute or chronic orchitis on the opposite side. Opposite side, skin: all problems – dry and squamous or wet with pus Internal and external headache Opposite scalp, back, lumbar area. Opposite abdominal muscle.Upper limb same side. Thumb same side, base, dorsal lateral: joint and nail. Opposite anterior medial face of the lower limb.
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=Psycho-Spiritual Components= Great point for bringing warmth and clearing the mind, strongly detoxifying excess negativity on a mental level, excellent with LI-4. This action then filters to the spirit level. Good for **insanity and people who see ghosts and spirits**. Brings stability. **Powerful for transformations. Strongly clears excess heat, detoxifies, reduces excess negativity and sharp edges**. Fire warms metal and clears the mind. Fire controls metal. Effective for mental disorders. **Brings back “mad” people** who want to throw off their clothes, delusions of grandeur, megalomania, and ego trips. **Fire controls metal, brings them back**. Crazy hyper-excited speech, mania; incoherent speech, bleeding from nose, gums, bowels; deafness; blocked Eustachian tubes, tinnitus; stuttering; hallucinations; sudden weakness, troubled, upset, malaise; cannot breathe, seizures. Fever, heat and blood problems with the Large Intestine [JRW]