Marma Point to improve Large Intestine Health / Neurologically Healthy! Acupuncture Point : #LargeIntestineLI4 Chinese Name: #Hegu (English translation: Joining Valley) Location: On the dorsum of the hand, between the 1st and 2nd metacarpal bones, in the middle of the 2nd metacarpal bone on the radial side. Classification: Yuan-Source point of the Large Intestine Meridian Command Point of the head and face Indications: Diseases of the head and face: i.e. external pathogenic #headache and #bodyache, #dizziness, #congestion, swelling and pain of the eye, #nasosinusitis, epistaxis (nosebleed), toothache in the lower jaw, trismus (lockjaw), deafness, mumps, swelling of the face, facial paralysis, facial tic, swelling of the pharnyx and aphonia (inability to speak). Aversion to cold, fever, febrile disease, anhidrosis (no sweating), hidrosis. Dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, dystocia (difficult or abnormal labor/childbirth). Gastric pain, abdominal pain, #constipation, diarrhea, dysentery. #Hemiplegia, finger spasm, pain in the arm, infantile convulsion, manic psychosis and irritability. Malignant sore, urticaria, scabies. Every type pf pain and psychogenic tense. Use in conjunction with LIV 3 (the Four Gates) to strongly move the qi and blood in the body in order to remove stagnation and alleviate pain. Needling: Perpendicular insertion .5 - 1.0 cun. Do not needle during pregnancy. www.shreevarma.org www.drgowthaman.com (at Shree Varma Ayurveda Hospital, Kodambakkam Branch) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVwQq_ePu_7/?utm_medium=tumblr
