L.I. 7 "Warm Slide" Wenliu
Xi Cleft
LOCATION: 5 cun above L.I. 5
IMAGE: The warm Yang Qi of the channel is said to "flow" or "slide" into this point. L.I. 7 is said
to cause sweating by warming the channels.
FUNCTIONS: Clears Heat, disperses Wind
Regulates Stomach and Intestine
Benefits and moistens the Throat
Benefits the tongue
Regulates Spleen, Dispels Damp from Spleen
Sedates pain
Transforms Damp
INDICATIONS:
facial paralysis
glossitis
parotitis (mumps)
sore throat
stomatitis
NEEDLING: Perpendicularly 0.5 - 1.0 cun.
PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL USES:
POINT COMBINATIONS:
ANCIENT USES:
OTHER: Special for mouth and tongue inflammations: stomatitis, glossitis, herpes, mouth
ulcers, canker sores
Mann: for those who see devils, are good at belching, and for depression
