LV 14 Acupuncture Point

• English Name: Cycle Gate
• Pinyin Name: Qi Men
• Chinese Character: 期門

LV 14 Clinical Usages

• Strong effect on the middle and upper warmers - subcostal tension, chest/rib pain, LV overacting on the LU (cough, SOB).
• Effects LV organ, Qi/Blood stagnation - hepatitis, gallstones.
• Emotional imbalances - anger, irritability.
• Running Piglet Disorder.

• Blog Posts Where LV 14 Is Discussed

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•   Acupuncture helpful for pain from disc herniations in paraplegic dogs
•   Stimulation of KD 3 Acupuncture Point Effects Physical Kidney Chemistry

LV 14 Acupuncture Point Associations

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