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POINT: LIV-14 (LIVER-14)  

English: Cyclic Gate
Also Known As: Gate of Hope
Period Door
Expectation's Door
  • 6 cun above the umbilicus and 3.5 cun lateral to REN-14 Juque, in the sixth intercostal space.
  • Directly below the nipple, in the sixth intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the anterior midline.
  • On the mammilary line, two ribs below the nipple in the intercostal space.
  • On the mammilary line, in the sixth intercostal space, 4 cun lateral to the midline.
  • Slanted insertion, 0.54 cun. Sensation: slight pain, sometimes extending to the back of the abdominal wall.
  • Puncture obliquely 0.3 to 0.5 cun.
  • Moxibustion is applicable.
  • Oblique medial or lateral insertion 0.5 to 1 cun.
  • Caution: deep perpendicular or oblique insertion carries a substantial risk of causing a pneumothorax.
  • Front-Mu point of the Liver
  • Meeting point of the Tai Yin and Yin Wei channels
  • Exit point
  • Shokanten point of Absolute Yin
  • Spirit point
  • Facilitates the spreading of Liver Qi
  • RegulatesQi
  • Promotes the function of the Liver and Gall Bladder
  • Invigorates Blood
  • Transforms and removes congealed Blood
  • Disperses masses
  • Cools Blood
  • Expels Damp-Heat
  • Relieves retention of food
  • Harmonizes Liver and Stomach Qi
  • Chest pain
  • Nervousness
  • Vomiting
  • Diarrhea with vomiting
  • Hard abdomen
  • Shortness of breath
  • Epigastric pain due to Cold
  • Anorexia
  • Swelling of the flanks
  • Heat in the Blood
  • Bloody stools
  • Women's diseases
  • Menstrual problems
  • Trouble giving birth
  • Postpartum problems
  • Hypochondriac pain
  • Hiccup
  • Acid regurgitation
  • Mastitis
  • Depression
  • Febrile diseases
  • Insufficient lactation
  • Belching
  • Nausea
  • Masses in the lateral costal region
  • Much sighing
  • Cutting pain of the Heart
  • Distention and pain of the breast
  • Agitation and Heat of the chest
  • Cough
  • Dyspnea
  • Enlarged, hard abdomen with difficulty breathing
  • Injury by Cold leading to Heat which enters the Blood chamber (uterus)
  • Jaundice
  • Gallstones
  • Wasting and thirsting
  • Running piglet Qi
  • Stiffness and pain of the head and neck
  • Visual dizziness
  • Frequent vomiting
  • After a Cold Attack, patient presents with Heart pain and acid vomiting and cannot eat or drink. if he eats, there is watery vomiting
  • Intense dyspnea preventing lying down or sleep
  • Cholelithiasis
  • Inguinal Bubo (enlarged and inflamed lymph gland)
  • Anuria
  • Intolerable Heat in the pit of the Stomach
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Pain in the penis
  • Raging anger
  • Chaotic actions
  • Lack of desire
  • Lack of will
  • Hypertension
  • Abnormal thirst
  • Both sides of the body painful and sore
  • Intercostal neuralgia
  • Hepatitis
  • Hepatomegaly
  • Cholecystitis
  • Pleurisy
  • Nervous dysfunction of the Stomach
  • Distention around the ribs
  • Tidal fevers
  • Splenomegaly as a result of prolonged tidal fevers
  • Failure to discharge the placenta
  • Malarial disorders
  • Pancreatitis
  • Liver cirrhosis
  • Hunger with no desire to eat
  • Epigastric distention and pain due to Qi Stagnation
  • Chest and hypogastric fullness, distention and pain
  • Vomiting fluid after eating
  • Sudden turmoil disorder
  • Desire to eat despite difficult ingestion
  • Abdominal distention with watery diarrhea
  • Hardness of the epigastrium, hypogastrium and abdomen
  • Manic raving
  • Alternating chills and fever
  • Uterine bleeding
  • Red face
  • Tetany
  • Dry mouth
  • Disordered speech at night
  • Cholera
  • Vomiting with yellow conjunctiva
  • Intolerable chest pain with a ruddy, dry face and thirst
  • Schistosomiasis with hepatic and splenic enlargement
  • Fever with Blood on passing stools and divagation; for six days from the start of the fever the patient does not perspire
  • Chronic peritonitis
  • Myocarditis
  • Congestion of Blood in the chest
  • Indigestion
  • Sensation of malaise and Heat in the chest

UB-17
Geshu
UB-18
Ganshu
ST-36 (moxa)
Zusanli

LIV-4
Zhongfeng
GB-34
Yanglingquan

LIV-1
Dadun

Intercostal neuralgia

Hepatitis

Hard nodules and pain in the flanks

DU-1
Changqiang
REN-22
Tiantu
LU-4
Xiabai
PC-9
Zhongchong

ST-19
Burong

UB-13
Feishu
LU-2
Yunmen
LU-1
Zhongfu
SP-1
Yinbai
UB-47
Hunmen
PC-7
Daling

Pain of the Heart with shortness of breath

Stabbing pain of the Heart

Chest pain

ST-12
Quepen

PC-7
Daling

REN-12
Zhongwan
LI-9
Shanglian

Heat in the chest

Chest pain due to injury by Cold

Dyspnea with inability to walk

REN-14
Juque

REN-4
Guanyuan
LU-11
Shaoshang

UB-48
Yanggang
LU-11
Shaoshang
PC-8
Laogong

Fifty cones of moxa on each point for Qi Rebellion with cough, fullness of the chest and shortness of breath with pain that radiates to the back

Distention of the lateral costal region

Difficult ingestion

ST-43
Xiangu

REN-4
Guanyuan
REN-3
Zhongji
SP-6
Sanyinjiao
REN-5
Shimen
SP-10
Xuehai

LI-7
Wenliu

Postpartum belching

Running piglet Qi in women

Stiffness of the nape of the neck due to injury by Cold

LIV-1
Dadun
KI-10
Yingu
UB-40
Weizhong
UB-39
Weiyang

 

 

Involuntary erection with difficult urination

 

 

  • This point gives hope.
  • When this point is opened, it allows verbal stuff to come out.
  • It is used to make childbirth easier.
  • This point has a similar function to LIV-13 Zhangmen. the main difference being that this point mainly affects the Stomach, while Zhangmen mainly affects the Spleen. This point is used for Liver Qi Attacking the Stomach.
  • LIV-13 Zhangmen acts on the Middle and Lower jiao, while Qimen acts on the Middle and Upper Jiao.