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Zen Shiatsu 4 - ZS4
Opens clear circulation and moistens dryness through the respiratory pathways and intestines, resolving stagnation in either. | Resolves loss-related feelings of being “burned by life”. | On a line connecting LI 5 with LI 11, 3 cun proximal to LI5 | Large Intestine 6 Pianli - Side Passage (Deviated Passage) |
Empowers an abundant, strong, unburdened feeling in the muscles and whole body. | Powerfully resolves Phlegm, benefitting many health issues involving sticky/substantial accumulations. It therefore supports longevity in older clients. | 2 finger widths lateral to the sharp crest of the tibia, leel with the midpoint between the knee joint and the lateral malleolus peak. | Stomach 40 Fenglong - Abundant Splendor (Abundant Flourishing) |
Strengthens our center and resolves dampness in the middle burner. | Empowers awareness of our true sources of nourishment and connects the wisdom of the past and our hopes for the future. | Inferior to 1st metatarsal bone, distal to the bone base | Spleen 4 Ancestor and Descendant |
Empowers intuition as a guiding force. | Vents heat and phlegm and repressed desires that agitate the mental process, allows for authentic communication and ability to recognize the heart’s truth. | 1 cun promiximal to the carpal crease, radial to the flexor carpi ulnaris tendon | Heart 5 Tongli - Penetrating Inside (Communications Route) |
Empowers communication, empowers the tongue and limbs to convey the heart’s intention into the world. | Frees up movement of the fingers, elbows, shoulders and neck. Clears bitter emotional heat. | On the line connecting SI 5 (at the wrist crease) to SI 8, 5 cun proximal to SI 5 | Small Intestine 6 Zhizheng - Support Uprightness |
Balances the nervous system, dispersing excessive urgency and restoring a healthy sense of the limits of our own resources. | Disperses excessive Yang in the upper body and supports the lower body. | 1 cun distal and 1 un lateral to BL 57 | Bladder 58 Feiyang - Fly and Scatter (Flying Yang) |
Accesses our reserves and alerts us to our original purpose. | Disperses fear, strengthens back, and disperses excesses in the urinary system, such as dampness and heat. | 1/2 cun inferior and posterior to Kidney 3 | Kidney 4 Dazhong - Great Bell |
Allows us to be warm, receptive and appropriately present in relationships. Vents the pain associated with past relationships so we can be fully present to the reality of new ones. | Harmonizes digestion, relieves tension and opens the chest, neck and shoulders. | 2 cun proximal to the carpal groove (wrist crease) | Pericardium 6 Neiguan - Inner Frontier Gate |
Regulates our external boundary and helps us make healthy contact while defending from pathogenic influences. | Vents two kinds of excess: immune system heat and compulsive needs for contact and intimacy. | 2 cun proximal to the wrist joint, between the extensor digitorum and the radius | Triple Heater 5 Waiguan - Outer Frontier Gate |
Empowers a balanced vision of the external context of life and literally nourishes the eyes. | Conducts fire downward, relieving red eyes, digestive heat, resentments and one-sided symptomology. | 5 cun proximal to the lateral malleolus peak, anterior to the fibula | Gallbladder 37 Guangming - Bright and Clear (Bright Light) |
Drains and renews the liver organ tissue, clears heat and toxicity in the liver organ itself. | Drains genital damp-heat. Refreshes blood. Also clears resentments, internal pressure and frustration. | On the medial aspect of the leg, 5 cun to the medial malleolus peak, posterior to the tibia | Liver 5 Ligou - Insect Drain (Draining Shells) |
Opens a clear channel of circulation through the interior and exterior aspects of the channel: arm/neck/head/nose. | Clears stagnation, balances receiving and letting go and allows for the discharge of feelings of loss and longing dating from childhood. | Proximal to the radial styloid process, between abductor pollicis longus and brachioradialis | Lung 7 Lieque - Broken Sequence |