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digestive system
diverticulitis
acupuncture

patterns and combinations

after assessing the person and palpating, consider these patterns:
Obstruction in Lower Warmer; Liver Invading Spleen; Spleen Distressed by Dampness; Yin Xu (Deficiency) with Large Intestine Damp-Heat


point analysis

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palpate and consider:
UB-25 (=): regulates the Intestines and Stomach; transforms Stagnation; "initiates bowel movement for extruding the impurities" (Finkelstein, p. 45); resolves Damp-Heat; Large Intestine Shu Associated point
• Jing Well points of any channel whose trajectory crosses pain (Eisen)
ashi (tender) points in lower abdomen: tone lower warmer, move stagnation
St-25 (=): facilitates function of Intestines; supports Earth; opens the Qi of the Yang (hollow) organs and regulates Qi, esp. Ying (Constructive) Qi (Finkelstein, p. 15); tonifies Ying (Constructive) Qi and thus neutralizes Shi (Excess) Heat; strengthens power of the abdominal walls; 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; Large Intestine Mu Alarm point
• St-27 (=): clears Damp-Heat in Intestines and sets Lower Warmer in motion; tones up lower abdominal muscles and dissipates abdominal distension (Finkelstein, p. 16)
• St-28 (=): regulates Heat Qi of the Triple Warmer, Kidney and Bladder; activates Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel); cools and clears Damp-Heat; facilitates Lower Warmer
Sp-8 (+): regulates and tonifies the Spleen (especially Qi); promotes circulation of Qi and Xue (Blood); harmonizes and invigorates the Xue (Blood) to move Xue Yu (Blood Stasis) and reduce pain; Spleen Xi Cleft Accumulation point
• St-36 (+): regulates and replenishes the Middle Warmer; regulates Ying (Constructive) Qi; tonifies Qi and Xue (Blood); removes Food Stagnation; spreads Liver Qi and benefits the Gall Bladder; nourishes Kidney, Liver and Spleen; 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; Sea of Nourishment point
St-37 (=): drains Shi (Excess) from upper region of body and relieves fullness of chest; 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; dispels Food Stagnation and eliminates Accumulations of the Large and Small Intestines; Large Intestine He Sea Lower Uniting point

ear: large intestine; stomach; triple warmer


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