Name
偏歴
- Pian Li
- Passing Laterally
- Folded Passage
Location
On the line between LI-11 and LI-5, 3 CUN above LI-5
Nature
- Connecting (Luo) Point (communicates with the Lung Channel)
Actions
- Relationship with body fluids. Activates the collaterals, communicates with LU-9 transversal Luo. Facial edema (function of distributing fluids)
- Difficult urination
- Wind invasion: sensation of heat without ability to sweat. Aids sweating
- Cold fingers and hot palm: regulates cold-heat
- Chronic pain of shoulder, arm, elbow and wrist, epicondylitis (not originating from Lesser Yang)
- Nosebleed, blurred eyes, inability to open eyes widely
Symptoms of the longitudinal luo
- The Luo in repletion: dental caries, tooth pain and deafness (should be drained)
- The Luo in depletion: sensation of cold in the teeth; diaphragm blocked (difficulty breathing and swallowing) (should be tonified)
Comments
Two branches emerge from the luo point: longitudinal Luo (its own independent channel) and transversal Luo: which communicates with Lung Channel.
Treatment
- Needling: 0.5 - 0.7 CUN
- Moxibustion is possible