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Chinese patterns
Liver Invading Stomach
acupuncture

patterns and combinations

Liver Invading Stomach

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principle of treatment: harmonize the Liver; tonify the Stomach


point analysis

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palpate and consider:
UB-21 (+): tonifies and harmonizes the Stomach; regulates the Stomach Qi; strengthens the Spleen; benefits the Zhong (Ancestral) Qi and cultivates Yuan (Original) Qi; transforms Dampness; dissolves and eliminates Stagnation, Obstructions and congestions; descends Rebellious Qi; esp. important in chronic cases (Maciocia, p. 228); Stomach Shu Associated point
Lv-14 (-): harmonizes the Liver and Stomach; spreads and moves Liver Qi to regulate circulation of Qi; soothes and promotes function of the Liver; relieves pain in hypochondrium; relieves hiccoughs; helps transformation and transportation function of the Spleen; Liver Mu Alarm point
Lv-13 (-): harmonizes the Liver and restores smooth flow of Liver Qi in Middle Warmer; invigorates the Stomach and Spleen; benefits Qi; harmonizes Liver and Spleen; moves Fluids and relieves distension; Spleen Mu Alarm point; Hui Reunion point of the five Zang (Yin viscera)
CV-13 (+): descends Rebellious Qi and quells vomiting; opens upper Stomach Qi; relieves fullness in the chest and epigastric region; harmonizes the Spleen and Stomach; strengthens the Spleen and dissipates Dampness; Jiao Hui Intersecting point of the Hand Tai Yang (Small Intestine) and Foot Yang Ming (Stomach) channels on the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel)
CV-12 (+): 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; benefits and soothes the Qi; warms the Middle Warmer, Stomach and Intestines; facilitates ascension of the Clear and descension of the Turbid; Stomach and Middle Warmer Mu Alarm point; Hui Reunion point of the Fu (Yang organs)
CV-10 (+): strengthens the Spleen and regulates the Stomach; stimulates descending of Stomach Qi; clears Stagnancy in the Middle Warmer; special point of the Lower Warmer which directs Qi, distilled by the Spleen and Stomach, to the Kidney for further purification as Ying and Wei Qi (Finkelstein, p. 88); Jiao Hui Intersecting point of the Foot Tai Yang (Spleen) channel and the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel)
GB-34 (-): harmonizes the Liver and soothes Liver Yang; stimulates smooth flow of Liver Qi, esp. in Middle Warmer; tonifies the Spleen; relieves pain in costal and hypochondriac regions; alleviates pain; Gall Bladder He Sea Uniting and Earth point


footnotes

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