Acupuncture for Asthma: Liver 2

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Part of the video series: Acupuncture for Allergies & Asthma

Summary: The acupuncture point called liver two is used to treat the energy blockage associated with asthma. Learn more about using the liver two acupuncture point to treat asthma with tips from a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner in this free video on asthma treatments.

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LI Zheng Li Zheng is a graduate of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, the most prestigious institution of traditional Chinese medicine in China. She finished five... read more

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Acupuncture for Asthma: Liver 2

If patient has asthma and also shows a lot of symptoms associated with energy blockage in liver channel, they will have the symptoms of easily get angry, irritability, bitter taste, chest tightness or the side of the bodies feel pain with the red eyes, high blood pressure, stiffness of the neck, that indicate the energy is block in liver channel. And also the blockage of the energy produce the heat. So that heat cause this red eyes, headache, those symptoms. So in that case, we can use the points on the foot which is next to the big toe. And that's called the Liver 2. And this point is proximal to the joint between the first toe and the second toe. So we can insert needles perpendicularly to this point, and that will help to pierce the heat in liver channels. And this point not only to treat the liver channel blockage but also treat the symptoms on the head like the headache, the red eyes, dizziness. It's ground energy pierce the heat.

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