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Small intestine meridian

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Small intestine meridian

Small intestine 1

Pain

  • Oppression and pain of the chest
  • Pain of the lateral costal region
  • Headache
  • Pain of the postero-lateral shoulder and upper arm
  • Pain of the elbow

Affecting movement

  • Clonic spasm
  • Curled tongue
  • Stiff tongue
  • Drooling
  • Stiff neck
  • Trembling and numbness of the arm
  • Disorders of the little finger

Neurological

  • Clonic spasm
  • Trembling and numbness of the arm

Affecting temperature

  • Cold shivering
  • Chills and fever with absence of sweating
  • Febrile disease
  • Heat in the mouth

Color and swelling

  • Breast abscess
  • Swelling of the breasts

Obstruction

  • Superficial visual obstruction
  • Throat painful obstruction

Psycho-emotional

  • Mania disorder

Eyes

  • Superficial visual obstruction
  • Red eyes

Ear

  • Deafness
  • Tinnitus

Nose

  • Nosebleed

Mouth, teeth and lips

  • Curled tongue
  • Stiff tongue
  • Heat in the mouth
  • Erosion of the mouth
  • Mouth ulcers
  • Drooling

Throat

  • Throat painful obstruction

Dizziness

  • Dizziness

Small intestine 2

Pain

  • Swelling and pain of the neck
  • Pain of the throat that prevents swallowing
  • Eye pain with lacrimation
  • Stiffness and pain of the neck and back
  • Pain of the scapula
  • Pain and inability to raise the arm
  • Wrist pain
  • Heat and pain of the little finger

Affecting movement

  • Stiffness and pain of the neck and back
  • Pain and inability to raise the arm

Neurological

  • Itching and numbness of the fingers
  • Epilepsy

Affecting temperature

  • Heat of the palms
  • Heat and pain of the little finger
  • Febrile disease with absence of sweating

Color and swelling

  • Swelling and pain of the neck
  • Swelling of the cheek radiating to the ear

Obstruction

  • Throat painful obstruction
  • Superficial visual obstruction

Pathology

  • Mumps
  • Malaria
  • Epilepsy

Lung and airway related problems

  • Cough with fullness of the chest
  • Coughing blood

Eyes

  • Superficial visual obstruction
  • Eye pain with lacrimation
  • Bursting eye pain
  • Red eyes

Ear

  • Tinnitus

Nose

  • Congested nose
  • Nosebleed

Throat

  • Pain of the throat that prevents swallowing
  • Throat painful obstruction

Maternal

  • Post-partum absence of lactation

Genital, urinary tract, uterus

  • Difficult urination with dark urine

Other symptoms

  • Thirst

Small intestine 3

Pain

  • Stiffness and pain of the neck
  • One-sided headache
  • Bilateral headache
  • Pain of the back and shoulder
  • Pain of the shoulder, elbow and arm
  • Contraction and pain of the fingers
  • Pain of the lumbar region and knees
  • Redness and pain of the eyes
  • Swelling and pain of both cheeks

Affecting movement

  • Stiffness and pain of the neck
  • Difficulty in turning the neck
  • Contraction of the elbow
  • Contraction and pain of the fingers
  • Hemiplegia

Neurological

  • Epilepsy

Affecting temperature

  • Cold shivering
  • Chills and fever
  • Febrile disease with absence of sweating

Color and swelling

  • Swelling of the eyes with lacrimation
  • Swelling of the throat and cheek
  • Swelling and pain of both cheeks

Skin

  • Jaundice

Pathology

  • Malaria
  • Epilepsy

Psycho-emotional

  • Mania-depression

Eyes

  • Superficial visual obstruction
  • Redness and pain of the eyes
  • Swelling of the eyes with lacrimation

Ear

  • Deafness
  • Tinnitus

Face

  • Swelling of the throat and cheek
  • Redness, swelling and pain of both cheeks

Nose

  • Nosebleed

Mouth, teeth and lips

  • Toothache

Throat

  • Swelling of the throat and cheek

Speech

  • Loss of voice

Genital, urinary tract, uterus

  • Dark hesitant urination

Small intestine 4

Pain

  • Weakness and pain of the wrist
  • Headache
  • Pain of the shoulder
  • Coldness and pain of the shoulder and back
  • Pain of the lateral costal region with inability to catch the breath
  • Lumbar pain radiating to the leg
  • Pain and swelling of the cheek radiating to the ear

Affecting movement

  • Contraction of the five fingers with difficulty in flexing and extending
  • Weakness and pain of the wrist
  • Contraction of the arm and elbow with difficulty in flexing and extending
  • Stiffness and swelling of the neck
  • Hemiplegia
  • Clonic spasm

Neurological

  • Clonic spasm
  • Hemiplegia
  • Loss of sense of taste

Affecting temperature

  • Coldness and pain of the shoulder and back
  • Febrile disease with absence of sweating
  • Chills and fever

Color and swelling

  • Stiffness and swelling of the neck
  • Pain and swelling of the cheek radiating to the ear
  • Swelling of the neck, submandibular area and jaw

Obstruction

  • Throat painful obstruction
  • Superficial visual obstruction

Skin

  • Jaundice

Pathology

  • Malaria

Lung and airway related problems

  • Pain of the lateral costal region with inability to catch the breath

Eyes

  • Superficial visual obstruction
  • Lacrimation

Ear

  • Tinnitus

Mouth, teeth and lips

  • Loss of sense of taste

Throat

  • Throat painful obstruction

Other symptoms

  • Wasting and thirsting disorder
  • Agitation and fullness

 

Small intestine 5

Pain

  • Pain of the chest or lateral costal region with difficulty in breathing
  • Pain of the wrist and hand
  • Pain of the arm
  • Shoulder pain with inability to dress oneself
  • Toothache in both the upper and lower jaw

Affecting movement

  • Lockjaw
  • Stiffness of the tongue in babies preventing suckling
  • Tongue thrusting
  • Clonic spasm
  • Shoulder pain with inability to dress oneself

Neurological

  • Clonic spasm

Affecting temperature

  • Febrile disease with absence of sweating
  • Chills and fever

Color and swelling

  • Swelling of the neck and submandibular region
  • Redness, swelling and pain of the eyes

Lung and airway related problems

  • Pain of the chest and lateral costal region with difficulty in breathing

Gastrointestinal

  • Painful haemorrhoids

Childhood and adolescence

  • Stiffness of the tongue in babies preventing suckling

Psycho-emotional

  • Mania and mad walking

Eyes

  • Visual dizziness
  • Redness, swelling and pain of the eyes

Ear

  • Tinnitus and deafness

Mouth, teeth and lips

  • Tongue thrusting
  • Toothache in both the upper and lower jaw

Small intestine 6

Pain

  • Shoulder pain
  • Pain of the shoulder as if it were broken
  • Pain of the upper arm as if it were dislocated
  • Stiffness and pain of the shoulder and back
  • Heaviness and pain of the lumbar region

Affecting movement

  • Stiffness and pain of the shoulder and back
  • Heaviness and pain of the lumbar region
  • Difficulty in sitting and rising
  • Contraction of the sinews and painful obstruction of the foot with inability to extend and flex

Neurological

  • Numbness of the shoulder and arm

Color and swelling

  • Redness and swelling of the exterior aspect of the elbow

Eyes

  • Dimness of vision
  • Blurred vision
  • Eye pain

Small intestine 7

Pain

  • Headache
  • Severe pain of all the fingers

Affecting movement

  • Feebleness of the four limbs
  • Stiffness of the neck
  • Contraction of the elbow
  • Slackness of the joints and inability to move the elbow
  • Inability to grip firmly
  • Inability to make a fist

Affecting temperature

  • Febrile disease
  • Cold shivering and fever
  • Fever with neck and lumbar pain and desire to drink

Psycho-emotional

  • Mania-depression
  • Fear and fright
  • Sadness and anxiety

Eyes

  • Visual dizziness
  • Blurred vision
  • Superficial visual obstruction

Dizziness

  • Dizziness
  • Visual dizziness

Small intestine 8

Pain

  • Pain of the neck
  • Pain of the neck radiating to the elbow
  • Pain of the scapula
  • Pain of the posterolateral aspect of the shoulder
  • Swelling and pain of the elbow and axilla
  • Pain of the upper arm and elbow
  • Lumbar pain radiating to the hypogastrium
  • Lower abdominal pain
  • Toothache
  • Headache

Affecting movement

  • Inability to raise the four limbs
  • Clonic spasm

Neurological

  • Clonic spasm
  • Epilepsy

Color and swelling

  • Swelling and pain of the throat
  • Swelling of the cheek
  • Swelling of the gums
  • Swelling and pain of the elbow and axilla

Pathology

  • Scrofula
  • Epilepsy
  • Malaria

Psycho-emotional

  • Mad walking

Eyes

  • Yellow eyes

Ear

  • Deafness

Throat

  • Swelling and pain of the throat

Mouth, teeth and lips

  • Toothache
  • Tooth decay
  • Tongue thrusting

Small intestine 9

Pain

  • Pain of the shoulder and upper arm
  • Pain of the scapula
  • Heat sensation and pain of the supraclavicular fossa

Affecting movement

  • Inability to raise the arm
  • Numbness with inability to raise the hand and foot

Neurological

  • Numbness with inability to raise the hand and foot

Affecting temperature

  • Heat sensation and pain of the supraclavicular fossa

Ear

  • Tinnitus and deafness

Small intestine 10

Pain

  • Pain and swelling of the shoulder that radiates to the scapula
  • Weakness and pain of the arm and shoulder

Affecting movement

  • Weakness and pain of the arm and shoulder
  • Inability to raise the shoulder

Affecting temperature

  • Chills and fever

Color and swelling

  • Pain and swelling of the shoulder that radiates to the scapula

Pathology

  • Scrofula

Small intestine 11

Pain

  • Heaviness and pain of the shoulder
  • Pain of the scapula
  • Pain and inability to raise the elbow and arm
  • Pain of the elbow
  • Pain and swelling of the breast

Affecting movement

  • Heaviness and pain of the shoulder
  • Pain and inability to raise the elbow and arm

Color and swelling

  • Breast abscess
  • Swelling of the cheek and submandibular region
  • Pain and swelling of the breast

Lung and airway related problems

  • Cough

Maternal

  • Insufficient lactation

Small intestine 12

Pain

  • Pain of the shoulder and scapula with inability to raise the arm
  • Pain and numbness of the upper arm

Affecting movement

  • Pain of the shoulder and scapula with inability to raise the arm
  • Stiff neck with inability to turn the head

Neurological

  • Pain and numbness of the upper arm

Lung and airway related problems

  • Cough with stubborn phlegm

Small intestine 13

Pain

  • Pain and an oppressive sensation of the shoulder

Obstruction

  • Generalised painful obstruction
  • Painful obstruction of the shoulder and scapula
  • Hot painful obstruction of the shoulder with contraction

Small intestine 14

Pain

  • Pain of shoulder and scapula with cold sensation extending to the elbow

Affecting movement

  • Chills and fever accompanied by neck rigidity and inability to turn the head

Affecting temperature

  • Pain of shoulder and scapula with cold sensation extending to the elbow
  • Chills and fever accompanied by neck rigidity and inability to turn the head

Obstruction

  • Generalized painful obstruction

Small intestine 15

Pain

  • Pain of the shoulder and scapula

Affecting temperature

  • Chills and fever

Lung and airway related problems

  • Cough

Eyes

  • Dimness of vision

Other symptoms

  • Spitting blood

Small intestine 16

Pain

  • Ear pain
  • Headache
  • Swelling and pain of the cheek
  • Shoulder pain radiating to the neck
  • Shoulder pain leading to stiffness of the neck with inability to turn the head
  • Neck pain

Affecting movement

  • Lockjaw
  • Clenched teeth
  • Shoulder pain leading to stiffness of the neck with inability to turn the head

Affecting temperature

  • Hoarseness due to cold in the throat
  • Heat sensation of the skin of the face

Color and swelling

  • Goitre
  • Swelling and pain of the cheek

Skin

  • Urticaria

Psycho-emotional

  • Manic ghost talk
  • Mania-depression

Ear

  • Deafness
  • Tinnitus
  • Ear pain

Face

  • Swelling and pain of the cheek
  • Heat sensation of the skin of the face

Throat

  • Hoarseness due to cold in the throat
  • Throat pain
  • Goitre

Speech

  • Sudden loss of voice

Small intestine 17

Pain

  • Swelling and pain of the neck with inability to speak
  • Chest pain
  • Pain of the shoulder with inability to raise the arm

Affecting movement

  • Swelling and pain of the neck with inability to speak
  • Pain of the shoulder with inability to raise the arm
  • Clenched teeth

Affecting temperature

  • Chills and fever

Color and swelling

  • Goitre
  • Scrofula of the neck
  • Swelling and pain of the neck with inability to speak
  • Swelling of the cheek

Obstruction

  • Throat painful obstruction
  • Obstruction of the throat

Lung and airway related problems

  • Chest fullness with difficulty in breathing
  • Wheezing
  • Asthma
  • Cough

Ear

  • Tinnitus and deafness

Mouth, teeth and lips

  • Clenched teeth

Throat

  • Throat painful obstruction
  • Obstruction of the throat

Speech

  • Swelling and pain of the neck with inability to speak

Vomiting

  • Vomiting foam

Small intestine 18

Pain

  • Pain of the face
  • Swelling of the cheek with toothache

Affecting movement

  • Deviation of the mouth and eye
  • Ceaseless twitching of the eyelids
  • Inability to chew

Color and swelling

  • Swelling of the cheek with toothache

Eyes

  • Yellow eyes
  • Deviation of the mouth and eye
  • Ceaseless twitching of the eyelids

Face

  • Red face
  • Pain of the face

Mouth, teeth and lips

  • Deviation of the mouth and eye
  • Inability to chew
  • Abscess of the lip

Small intestine 19

Pain

  • Toothache

Neurological

  • Epilepsy

Pathology

  • Epilepsy

Psycho-emotional

  • Mania

Ear

  • Deafness
  • Tinnitus
  • Purulent discharge from ear

Mouth, teeth and lips

  • Toothache

Speech

  • Loss of voice