Liv-3

Liv-3

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Channel
Element
English
Great Rushing
Name
太沖
Transliteration
Taichong
Special Point
Key PointShu StreamYuan PointEarth Point
Description
Shu-Stream, Yuan-Source and Earth point Ma Dan-yang Heavenly Star point
Indications
liver qi liver yang wind liver blood liver yin head and eyes menstruation lower jiao (lower third of body)
Kinesiology
repressed emotion headache dizziness eyes sinews uterus eyes and key point for vision key point for menstruation sperm count pain & spasm defecation urination key point for hypertension brain
Channel Psychology
Lv: Stuck, life flows easily, I welcome change, resentment, anger.
 St: I let concerns over other people get in the way of my plans. I need to take care of other people first. Other people know best. Sp: Its OK to put my plans first.
Point Psychology
Fearfulness moodiness depression frustration pent-up feelings irritability premenstrual tension weepiness
Key Spirit Point Themes
New chapter and hope
Symptoms
Headache, dizziness, numbness of the head, severe muscle spasm pulling head back, contraction of the sinews of the hands and feet, epilepsy, childhood fright, deviation of the mouth, cramps and spasm in the hands and feet, hypertension, distension and pain of the lateral costal region, inability to catch the breath all day long, sighing, swelling of the armpit, pain of the liver and heart, distension of the heart, breast pain, epigastric or abdominal pain, periumbilical pain, pain and fullness of the hypogastrium, hernia, swollen testicles, retracted testicles, unilateral sagging of the testicle, pain of the genitals, insomnia, easily fearful, blurred vision, cloudy vision, redness, swelling and pain of the eyes, cracked lips, swelling of the lips, distension of the throat, pain of the throat, dry throat with desire to drink, internal heat with thirst, low grade fever, death-like green complexion, absence of menstruation, irregular menstruation, incessant uterine bleeding, uterine prolapse, ceaseless and profuse sweating after childbirth, insufficient lactation, incontinence, difficult urination, retention of urine, painful urinary dysfunction, oedema, jaundice, vomiting, vomiting blood, nausea, constipation, difficult defecation, bowel sounds, diarrhoea, inflamed colon, blood in the stools, severe weight loss, insufficiency of essence (semen) in men, seminal emission, insufficiency of qi, lumbar pain radiating to the lower abdomen, lumbar pain, pain of the inner and outer knee, pain of the lower leg, flaccidity and weakness of the legs, inability to walk, cold sensation in the knees and feet, cold feet, pain of the inner malleolus, swelling of the elbow, contraction of the five fingers.
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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.