Using Stomach 40 as a LUO Connecting Point
connecting the Stomach to the Spleen is a true gem when it comes to metabolism syndrome
or blood sugar imbalances Today I'm going to talk about the relationships of the Yin and the
pair Yang organs like the Spleen and Stomach the Lung and the Large intestine the Heart and
the Small Intestine which are often hard to understand where the connection is with those two
the Liver and the Gallbladder the Kidney and the Bladder and also the Pericardium and the San Jiao
that way we can truly utilize the LUO Connecting Point in clinical practice to help out patients
because it's really important to understand the relationship between the Yin and the paired Yang
organs welcome back to my channel if it's your first time here I'm Clara from AcuPro Academy
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so you don't miss out on any new videos let's go what I love about the Stomach and the
Spleen is that to me they have the perfect Yin Yang relationship according to Chinese
medicine because they are completely opposite the Stomach Qi when it's healthy goes down right
if it's unhealthy it goes up and we have nausea we have acid reflux vomiting etc the Spleen on
the other hand when it's happy and healthy it raises clear Qi to the head and it keeps the
organs from falling down so it goes up when it's unhappy or unhealthy the Spleen goes down
and we are very tired exhausted chronic fatigue and maybe even prolapse of organs so see how its
completely opposite second the Spleen tendency to be affected by dampness or excess body fluid and
by Cold the Spleen does not like cold the Stomach is the opposite it gets affected by heat and then
by dryness so very much dry and heat affects the Stomach but it's cold and damp affect the Spleen
so see how very much opposite which is really cool because they work really well together however
digestive system is at the center of our health and because the Spleen and Stomach is such
opposite if there is a lot of cold affecting the Spleen for example and we eat a lot of warm food
it might be too warm too hot too fast and now the Stomach has too much heat and now we have excess
heat in the Stomach vice versa if the Stomach has a lot of heat and we want to cool it down with
cooling food cooling formulas we have to be careful because it might make the Spleen too cold
right so it's a fine balance between the two and that's why diet and talking about health and how
we eat our eating habits makes a huge difference it takes time consistency but it's really at the
center of balancing our whole health so I love that connection what's the connection between the
Heart and the Small Intestine because really where is the connection when I was back in school in TCM
school I had a really hard time understanding why the Heart is connected to the Small Intestine what
does it have to do with anything so it separates the clear from the turbid as a function in the
physical aspect in the emotional aspect this is where things are going to get connected the Small
Intestine also separates the clear from the turbid and what does that mean it is the ability of
having clear judgment and being able to separate right from wrong right so for example when I see a
patient that is in an abusive relationship doesn't matter if it's a man or woman they are with a
partner that's abusive in their relationship it could be physically or emotionally or both but
that person is excusing and saying oh but they love me but it's okay because you know it's my
fault I did it I created this it's all my fault it is a Small Intestine issue not being able to
separate the right from the wrong make sense so when it comes to the connection between the Heart
and the Small Intestine there's two things on the mental aspect as you know the Heart is in charge
of all our emotions all our clear thinking with the Spleen sending clear Qi to the head so when
the Small Intestine is not able to separate right from wrong there is phlegm in the brain there is
phlegm in the Heart right if someone is going to take a gun and start shooting at everybody there
is phlegm in the brain right there is an imbalance because the person is not seeing this as wrong so
there's a mental health aspect that's affecting the Heart mind that's the connection the second
one is when there is Heart Fire it can create Fire in the Small Intestine how does that show
often that shows with Interstitial Cystitis so Cystitis is an inflammation of the urethra
and the ureter that creates really painful urination maybe even blood in the urination but
the person does not have an infection and I see a lot of women with IC in my practice over the
years and every one of them have insomnia they don't sleep well for many years so that affects
the Small Intestine and often we use a Point like heart five Heart 5 is a LUO Connecting Point
of the Heart to the Small Intestine and that's a great point to have when there is Interstitial
Cystitis isn't that cool I love Chinese medicine the relationship between the Lung and the Large
Intestine is twofold the first one is the Immune System the Lung is in charge of the defensive Qi
the Immune System and so is the Large Intestine because in the physical organ we have probiotics
which are fighting invaders which are fighting bacterias right so that's the first thing the
second thing that's connecting the two is the skin they both manifest on the skin and this is part
of the Five Element Theory right when we talked about the Five Element both Large Intestine and
Lung manifest on the skin so when someone has a lot of constipation it might come out on the skin
with zits or eruption or cystic acne it could be a hormonal I'm not saying this is what happened
every time you have is it but I want to tell you a story that's really interesting for example so
I moved to Canada from France many many many moons ago because now I'm in my late 50s oh my God time
flies anyway when I was from France born there I read of course I had baguette and croissant so
I moved to Canada and I have to tell you as a teenager I never ever had a zit or acne at all
ever in my life and within two years of being in Canada I started having massive cystic acne like
a lot of acne really really painful and I was just like what is happening to me so I went and had
my hormone checks everything was fine with my hormones I'm like I don't understand and it lasted
quite a long time until I figured out that the gluten or the wheat in North America is processed
completely differently than in Europe and my gut my Large Intestine was like no no no I don't
like this and that created information it took two years for the week that I was eating here to
create massive inflammation in my Large Intestine so I thought okay well let's stop the wheat
and see what happens within a month my whole skin cleared completely cleared see how the Large
Intestine and the skin right and then I remember the first time we went back to France with my
husband after I went gluten free he said to me what are you gonna do when we go to France and I
said I don't care if I look like you know I have zits all over I'm having baguette I'm having
croissant I'm gonna have everything nothing happened when I was in France nothing happened
anywhere I've been in Europe nothing has changed my skin here if I have a little piece of cake at a
birthday party the next day I wake up and I have a zit right away so obviously it's processed
differently but the point here is that my Large Intestine is telling me something on my skin
that's the relationship between the Lung and Large Intestine Liver Gallbladder relationship is very
simple you know when we have a lot of tension on our shoulder this is where gallbladder 21 is one
of the best points when we have traps or trapezius muscle that is so tense and tight because we have
a lot of stress as we know Liver is affected by stress because it removes Qi all over the body
allowing us to be relaxed when we are stressed shoulders tightens and that's the Gallbladder
Meridian that we can utilize to relax the shoulder this is great trigger point to relax all that
tension up in the upper traps right so that's also another point that we use is Gallbladder 34
which is one of the best point for influential point of the sinews tendons ligament and joints
this is the best point when there is issue with the joint so that complements the Liver very very
well makes sense I know I love those two together because also when we have temporal headaches which
is often due to stress right at the end of the day people are like oh I have a temporal headache and
we know it's Liver Yang Rising the best points are going to be around the Gallbladder Meridian
which goes on the temporal area we are going to use a Gallbladder and absolutely like Gallbladder
41 Gallbladder 40 distal point to allow temporal headache to be relieved so see they work really
well together let's look at the Bladder and the Kidney so we know this because it's easy in the
Western sense the Bladder excretes the fluid that we don't need through urination right the Bladder
in the Kidney work very well in transforming fluids and excreting fluid because of course
the Kidney is in charge of water metabolism in the Lower Jiao so the Kidney and the Bladder work
really well and they get affected by fear and it's easy to see because when there is a fear or shock
the person can have Bladder incontinence right or lose bladder control so that's the fear affects
both of them and that's their relationship in that perspective you now also the San Jiao and the
Pericardium let's talk about that connection the Pericardium is the protector of the Heart right
it's the protector of the Heart in the physical aspect because the Pericardium function is to have
great blood flow and blood circulation but it's also mental aspect to protect the Heart from being
affected emotionally very deep now the Pericardium in the San Jiao connection their connection is
very much more mental than physical or emotional versus physical and you can see together they
affect the person's capacity to relate to other people in the external world so outside of
themselves so when people have a really hard time with being in the crowd being with a lot
of people feel really anxious when there's too many people that's San Jiao and Pericardium not
properly connecting or working together I wanted to remind you that about all the graphic you saw
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