large intestine channel general info

LI 1

• ST 4
• ST 12

LI, LU

LI 20 to ST 1

pathway crosses to the other side of the face (DU 26)

epistaxis, watery nasal discharge, toothache, congested and sore throat, pain in the neck anterior part of shoulder and anterior border of the lateral aspect of the upper limb, borborygmus, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and dysentery

beings at LI 6 (3 cun above wrist crease) and joins with the lung channel, ascends the arm to LI 15 and through the jaw and teeth and nose and enters the ear

• sensation of coldness in teeth
• sensitivity to cold food\drink on the teeth
• fullness and congestion in the chest
• a stilfling sensation in teh cheast and diaphram

• toothache
• gum disease
• deafness
• ear disorders

cramping and pain along course of channel. Inablity to turn (rotate) the neck left to right. Inability to raise the shoulder.

• seperates from LI primary channel on hand.
• Ascends the arm to shoulder (LI 15)
• Travels medially to spinal column
• crosses to supraclavicular fossa; ascends to throat and down to LU + LI
• A branch from SCF ascends along the throat and unites to lung primary channel at neck (LI 18)

• benefits throat and voice
• alleviates cough and wheeze
• disorders of the chest and breast
• pain in the chest, upper back, throat

from LI primary channel on Hand

supraclaviular fossa

supraclaviular fossa

the throat (LI 18)