Li-4 & proper hand position | hemiplegia [acupuncture | medicine | dongguk university los angeles]

Li-4 & proper hand position | hemiplegia [acupuncture | medicine | dongguk university los angeles] #acupuncture #dongguk #tcm
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Large Intestine Mai of Hand Yangming
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_L.I.-4 Hégu | joining valley
1. Yuan-source point of LI
2. Gao Wu Command Point
3. Ma Dan-yang Heavenly Star Point
4. Regulates face, eyes, nose, mouth & ears
5. Activates channel & alleviates pain
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_location
1. Ask the patient to squeeze the thumb against the base of the index finger, and locate Li-4 at the highest point of the bulge of the muscle and approximately level with the end of the crease
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_needling
1. Perpendicular insertion 0.5-1 cun
2. Oblique insertion directed proximally 1-1.5 cun
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_caution
1. Contraindicated during pregnancy
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_ hemiplegia
1. paralysis of one side of the body.
2. a condition caused by brain damage or spinal cord injury
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_ technique
1. Oblique insertion (w/ larger needle) through Large Intestine Meridian Li-4, crossing through San Jiao Meridian, Sj-3, and finally connecting through Small Intestine Meridian, Si-3.
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[@masefudogg]

danggg...who knew that you had to slightly turn your hand for Large Intestine 4?! well now I know :D! and the hemiplegia technique is brilliant!

[@YOJIMBO-SANJURO]

great! also, be careful to avoid the veins.

[@Random-xw1fg]

I think he put it right in the vein tbh

[@yunwookim7783]

역시 자침 하나도 장인의 숨결이 느껴집니다.

[@Random-xw1fg]

The 2nd technique is Master Tang

[@Random-xw1fg]

It's pulsating