LI-7

LI-7

Forbidden in Pregnancy?
Element
English
Warm Flow
Name
溫溜
Transliteration
Wenliu
Special Point
Xi-Cleft
Description
Xi-Cleft point
Indications
heat detoxification acute conditions the intestines stomach yangming (LI St) fire and calms the spirit
Kinesiology
skin sores & pain
Channel Psychology
LI: Letting go. Holding on to things of value. Needing to be valued by others.
Point Psychology
Frequent laughter raving seeing ghosts
Key Spirit Point Themes
Facing the parts of self that we are disgusted with so we can be whole
Physical Conditions
Symptoms
Headache, deviation of the face and month, redness, swelling and pain of the face, skin lesions, carbuncle (skin infection) and furuncle (boil), pain of the teeth and mouth, tongue thrusting, throat pain with loss of voice, bowel sounds with abdominal pain, abdominal distension, vomiting of watery saliva and foam, sudden swelling of the four limbs, frequent laughter, raving, seeing ghosts, pain and difficulty in raising the shoulder and arm
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The point information was compiled from multiple sources including College of Complementary Medicine, Sydney Australia. Point location diagram recreated from A Manual of Acupuncture, P Deadman.