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digestive system
food poisoning
acupuncture

patterns and combinations

after assessing the person and palpating, consider these patterns:
Liver Invading Spleen, Stomach and/or Intestines

» illustrative combinations:
• St-25 and St-37 (-): stop abdominal pain; clear intestinal obstruction
• CV-6 and GB-34 (-): together move Qi in Lower Warmer and relieve pain (Maciocia, p. 275)
• St-37 or St-36, St-25; also consider li niao, Lu-11, PC-6 for bacillary dysentery (Lee and Cheung, p. 221)
• navel treatment a la Matsumoto for weak connective tissue and/or Xu (Deficiency) of the Kidney and/or Spleen due to birth trauma induced by improper severing of the umbilical cord causing damage to the ligamentum teres hepatis (Matsumoto)


point analysis

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palpate and consider:
GV-9 (-): treats febrile diseases; regulates the Qi functions; expands the chest and diaphragm; transforms Damp-Heat; regulates the Liver and Gall Bladder
UB-20 (=): tonifies Spleen to resolve Dampness; augments digestion; benefits the Ying (Constructive) Qi; enhances Spleen Yang to mobilize Stagnant Qi; reverses Rebellious Stomach Qi; warms the Middle Warmer (D); drains Heat Shi (Excess) from the Middle Warmer; Spleen Shu Associated point
• UB-25 (=): regulates the Qi of the Fu (Yang organs); regulates the Intestines and Stomach; transforms Stagnation; resolves Damp-Heat; "initiates bowel movement for extruding the impurities" (Finkelstein, p. 45); Large Intestine Shu Associated point
LI-11 (-): regulates and harmonizes Qi and Ying; harmonizes the Stomach and regulates the Intestines; eliminates Dampness through the Intestines; Large Intestine Upper He Sea Uniting, Earth and Tonification point
PC-6 (+ and D): harmonizes the Stomach; regulates Liver Qi; harmonizes and regulates Middle Warmer; descends Rebellious Qi to resolve nausea, reduce eructations, and stop vomiting; Pericardium Luo Connecting point; Master point of the Yin Wei Mai (Yin Linking Vessel); Couple point of the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel)
Lv-14 (-): spreads and moves Liver Qi to regulate circulation of Qi; soothes and promotes function of the Liver; relieves pain in hypochondrium; helps transformation and transportation function of the Spleen; relieves Food Stagnation; Liver Mu Alarm point
Lv-13 (-): harmonizes Liver and Spleen; restores smooth flow of Liver Qi; invigorates the Stomach and Spleen; relieves Food Stagnation; moves Fluids and relieves distension; transforms Damp-Heat; Spleen Mu Alarm point
CV-12 (= or +): regulates and harmonizes the Stomach; strengthens and calms the Spleen; transforms Dampness; increases peristalsis of the stomach and jejunum, esp. upper section; transforms and suppresses Rebellious Qi; eliminates Food Stagnation; facilitates ascension of the Clear and descension of the Turbid; regulates the Intestines and stops excessive bowel movements; Stomach Mu Alarm point; Hui Reunion point of the Fu (Yang organs)
CV-6 (+): local point; reduces abdominal pain; clears Stagnancy; invigorates and adjusts Qi circulation; moves Qi in abdomen (esp. w/ GB-34); regulates Qi of Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel) and Ren Mai (Conception Vessel); regulates Water Pathways and dispels Dampness
St-25 (-): esp. for diarrhea; harmonizes the Stomach; regulates and facilitates the functioning of the Intestines; supports Earth and harmonizes the Center; opens the Qi of the Yang (hollow) organs; regulates Qi, esp. Ying (Constructive) Qi and Wei (Protective) Qi (Finkelstein, p. 15); tonifies Ying (Constructive) Qi and thus neutralizes Shi (Excess) Heat; eliminates Qi Stagnation and/or Xue Yu (Blood Stasis) in the Large Intestine; clears Heat from Large Intestine; transforms Dampness; ascends the Clear and descends the Turbid; stops abdominal pain; clears intestinal obstruction, esp. with St-37; Large Intestine Mu Alarm point
zhi xie (-): resolves diarrhea
GB-34 (-): promotes smooth flow of Liver Qi; reduces abdominal pain (esp. w/ CV-6); cools and clears Damp-Heat anywhere in the body; soothes and regulates Yang of the Liver and Gall Bladder; opens and drains the Gall Bladder to regulate distribution of functional Qi (Finkelstein, p. 68); harmonizes the Liver; alleviates pain; tonifies Spleen; relieves pain in hypochondriac regions; regulates Large Intestine and increases peristaltic action; Gall Bladder He Sea Uniting and Earth point
St-36 (+): regulates the Stomach and strengthens the Spleen; descends Rebellious Qi; stops vomiting; removes Food Stagnation and dispels Dampness; regulates and replenishes the Middle Warmer; regulates Ying (Constructive) Qi; spreads Liver Qi and benefits the Gall Bladder; clears Heat from the Yang organs and drains Shi (Excess) from the Yang channels; regulates ascension of the Clear and descension of the Turbid (-), esp. by the Intestines; Stomach He Sea Lower Uniting, Earth and Horary point
St-37 (-): rectifies the Spleen and harmonizes the Stomach; regulates, drains and frees the Intestines, esp. the Large Intestine; cools Heat and resolves Dampness to clear Damp-Heat; "treats acute cases with Heat" (Finkelstein, p. 21); dispels Food Stagnation and eliminates Accumulations of the Large and Small Intestines; Large Intestine He Sea Lower Uniting point
St-39 (-): clears Heat and resolves Damp; moves and regulates Intestines and Stomach; clears the bowels; transforms Stagnation and reduces abdominal pain; Small Intestine He Sea Lower Uniting point
• St-44 (-): harmonizes the Stomach; cools Heat and drains Dampness from the Stomach and Intestines; regulates Rebellious Qi; stops pain, esp. abdominal pain with fever; facilitates bowel movements; descends the Turbid; Stomach Water point
Sp-9 (-): regulates the Spleen and Stomach; moves the Middle Warmer; regulates the Water Pathways; transforms Damp Stagnation, esp. through promotion of diuresis; benefits Lower Warmer; dispels Damp-Heat; Spleen He Sea Uniting and Water point
Sp-6 (-): pacifies the Shen; regulates and moves the Xue (Blood); aids transportation and transformation to improve digestion and nourishment; frees Qi Stagnation; spreads the Liver Qi and regulates the Gall Bladder; transforms Dampness and Heat; facilitates diuresis; Jiao Hui Intersecting point of the three Foot Yin channels
Lv-3 (-): pacifies the Shen; relieves headache; clears and harmonizes the Liver and Gall Bladder; promotes smooth flow of Qi and Xue (Blood); eliminates Liver Qi Stagnation; suppresses Rebellious Qi to stop vomiting; discharges Damp-Heat in the Lower Warmer; opens the channels and relaxes cramps; reduces abdominal pain; Liver Yuan Source and Earth point; Independent Associated point for spasms


footnotes

Reprinted from The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, Maciocia, Giovanni, 1989, by permission of the publisher Churchill Livingstone, a division of Elsevier Limited.