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Liver Channel

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Damp painful obstruction with inability to walk, flac-
cidity and emaciation of the legs, numbness of the
body, numbness of the hands and feet, cold sensation
of the lower legs with inability to stand for long, hot
sensation of the soles of the feet.
COMMENTARY
Zhongdu LIV-6 is the xi-cleft point of the Liver channel.
The xi-cleft points are where the qi and blood, which flow
relatively superficially along the channels from the jing-
well points, gather and plunge more deeply. The xi-cleft
points in general are indicated in the treatment of acute
conditions and pain, whilst the xi-cleft points of the yin
channels have an additional action of treating disorders of
blood. Despite the status of Zhongdu LIV-6 as a xi-cleft
point, however, other than treating persistent flow of
lochia and uterine bleeding it has relatively few indica-
tions of this kind.
The Classic of the Jade Dragon recommends Zhongdu
LIV-6 for numbness of the body and numbness of the
hands and feet, the Investigation into Points Along the
Channels for flaccidity and emaciation of the legs, and the
Thousand Ducat Formulas for heat in the soles, which
together reflect a clinical picture of atrophy disorder due
to damp-heat. In modern clinical practice, however,
Zhongdu LIV-6 is rarely used, and from the paucity of
classical combinations for this point it seems that this has
always been the case.
COMBINATIONS
Oedema of the four limbs: Zhongdu LIV-6, Hegu
L.I.-4, Quchi L.I.-11, Zhongzhu SJ-3, Yemen SJ-2,
Xingjian LIV-2, Neiting ST-44, Sanyinjiao SP-6 and
Yinlingquan SP-9 (Great Compendium).
Cold-damp shan disorder: Zhongdu LIV-6, Daju
ST-27 and Diji SP-8 (Systematic Classic).
ZHONGDU LIV-6
Central Capital
Xi-Cleft point of the Liver channel
LOCATION
7 cun above the prominence of the medial malleolus,
immediately posterior to the medial border of the tibia, in
the depression between the medial border of the tibia and
the gastrocnemius muscle.
LOCATION NOTE
Divide the distance between the tip of the medial malleo-
lus and the popliteal crease into half and locate Zhongdu
LIV-6 at 0.5 cun distal to the midpoint.
NEEDLING
i. Perpendicular insertion 0.5 to 1 cun; ii. Oblique insertion
directed proximally towards the abdomen, 1 to 2 cun.
ACTIONS
Spreads Liver qi and regulates the lower jiao
Regulates blood
Drains damp
INDICATIONS
Shan disorder, lower abdominal pain, hypogastric pain,
diarrhoea, persistent flow of lochia, uterine bleeding.
Ligou LIV-5
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tip of the medial malleolus
popliteal crease
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Zhongdu LIV-6
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