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Large Intestine 4 - He Gu
“Adjoining Valleys” “Union Valley” (Referring to location on index finger)
Perpendicular 0.5 - 1.0“, Oblique 1.5”, or moxa, Contraindicated in pregnancy
Source Point, Point of Entry, Command Point for Nose, Face, Jaw and Mouth Area, Special Point for Thyroid Gland
Diagnostic for motor functions of the brain (atrophy) or injury to C5 and T1 vertebrae
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* Clears Wind - headache, frontal headache, sinusitis, facial paralysis,
hemiplegia, locked jaw due to stroke, Wind rash with LI 11, scabies, moxa with thread moxa for high blood pressure with pulsing at He
Gu, pruritis, sequela of stroke, allergies, itching of skin (bleed)
* Stops Pain - neurasthenia, pain relief, pain in the eyes, red eyes, dental work, toothache of lower jaw, neuralgia of scapular area and renal areas, Hot Bi Syndrome, abdominal pain, pain in internal organs, migraine,
dyspnea, fibromyalgia (w/ Liv 3)
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* Activates Dispersing Function of the Lungs - strengthens Wei Qi for immunity increase, adjusts sweating,
anhydrosis, hydrosis, night sweats (tonify with Kid 7 reduced for excess sweat, to turn sweat on - reduce and tonify Kid 7), malaria, facial edema, throat blockage
* Relieves Exterior Conditions - Wind Heat or Wind Cold, cough, fullness in the chest, common cold, insufficient sweat with Kid 7, hay fever
* Activates the Intestines - constipation, Hot diarrhea, dysentery, food poisoning, , Heat in the Yang Ming, Yang jaundice, Stomach spasm, harmonizes Shao Yang
* Removes Obstructions from the Channels - medial arm pain, sensory organ diseases, membrane on the eye, spots in front of eyes, weak eyesight, nosebleed, deafness,
epistaxis, bleeding from gums, facial swelling, contracture of the fingers, arm pain, releases 1st interosseus and adductor Pollicus for pain in the radial 2nd finger and dorsum of the hand or pain in the thumb (radial and ventral),
tinnitis, aphonia, muteness, nervous depression or neurasthenia,
hyposensitivity, hypersensitivity, obsessive-compulsive behavior, symbolic thought, unable to close lips, goiter, upper limb pain, pain with emotional content (w/ Liv 3)
* Moves Qi and Blood - Congealed Blood, stagnant Qi in eyes/ears/nose/throat, abortion, aborting dead fetus, delayed labor,
amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea with pain, Congealed Blood in abdomen
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