{"id":232,"date":"2021-04-17T10:59:51","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T10:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qigong15.com\/?page_id=232"},"modified":"2022-08-18T12:24:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T12:24:01","slug":"overcoming-pain-large-intestine-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/qigong15.com\/qigong-healing\/overcoming-pain-large-intestine-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Overcoming Pain With Large Intestine 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"ose-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube ose-youtube-single-video aligncenter\">\n\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MZZftgYz40g?controls=1&#038;fs=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1\"\n\t\t        allowtransparency=\"true\"\n\t\t        allowfullscreen=\"true\"\n\t\t        frameborder=\"0\"\n\t\t        width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\n\t\t<\/iframe>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a handy, quick little tip for you. It&#8217;s not chi kung\/qigong, but it&#8217;s such a simple and powerful little technique for promtoing health, that I want to share it with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I first came across the power of Large Intestine 4 &#8216;Hegu&#8217; (or L.I.4 as I&#8217;ll call it from now on) when I began learning Tui Na about 5 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tui Na is one of the 5 main branches of TCM. Think of it as therapeutic massage. It&#8217;s great stuff, but not for the sensitive! My teacher was always telling me off, saying &#8216;harder, this isn&#8217;t a beauty treatment&#8217; =)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a list of some of the benefits to be had by &#8216;manipulating&#8217; LI4:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>One of the most powerful for general well being<\/li><li>Stimulates the immune system<\/li><li>Treats most head and face problems<\/li><li>Headache<\/li><li>Toothache<\/li><li>Relieve nausea and travel sickness<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CAUTION &#8211; Do not use this point during pregnancy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So where is LI 4?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/qigong15.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/largeintestine4.jpg\" alt=\"Location of LI 4 on the hand\" class=\"wp-image-233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qigong15.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/largeintestine4.jpg 400w, https:\/\/qigong15.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/largeintestine4-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>At the base of the V formed by the bones of the thumb and the index finger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To manipulate use the tip of the thumb from your other hand (helps if your nails are short). You&#8217;ve really got to &#8216;get in deep&#8217;, to the point of it being uncomfortable, but not unbearable. And you want to press and knead it for at least 5 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember, do not use this point during pregancy, but next time you have a headache or toothache, remember to give it a try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bye for now,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marcus James Santer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a handy, quick little tip for you. It&#8217;s not chi kung\/qigong, but it&#8217;s such a simple and powerful little technique for promtoing health, that I want to share it with you. I first came across the power of Large Intestine 4 &#8216;Hegu&#8217; (or L.I.4 as I&#8217;ll call it from now on) when I began &#8230; <a title=\"Overcoming Pain With Large Intestine 4\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/qigong15.com\/qigong-healing\/overcoming-pain-large-intestine-4\/\" aria-label=\"More on Overcoming Pain With Large Intestine 4\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":36,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qigong15.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/232"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qigong15.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qigong15.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qigong15.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qigong15.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/qigong15.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":583,"href":"https:\/\/qigong15.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/232\/revisions\/583"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qigong15.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qigong15.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}