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From The Front of the Body I

Liv – 3 points — that is, (3) Liv — (1) Liv-3 वाला

In this, without stopping, it is to be done at three places: first near the waist and near the elbow; then on the middle of the arm and the middle of the thigh; and finally near the wrist and near the knee. At each place press for six seconds and release.

Patient's position	As for Liv Supine
Where the feet are placed	Three paired stations, upper limb and lower limb together: (1) near the waist + near the elbow · (2) middle of the arm + middle of the thigh · (3) near the wrist + near the knee Left Both sides
Duration and repetitions	6 seconds at each paired station, taken without stopping; one pass = (1) Liv – 3 points = (3) Liv 6 sec
What it is for	As for Liv

Each application counts as one Liv, which is why one pass of three stations is written both ways: (1) Liv – 3 points and (3) Liv are the same instruction said twice. Reading Liv – 3 points as "give Liv three times in one place" is named in The Shorthand, "The Shorthand" as the commonest misreading in the wiki.

The higher counts, each given whole:

(2) Liv – 3 points, or more. Repeat the pass as many times as the number written; two passes are six applications.

(7) Liv. Give the Liv – 3 points sequence twice, and at the end give once more at the place between the hand and the thigh — that is, the middle station. Six applications, then a seventh at station two. Not "seven presses anywhere"; the entry names where the odd one goes.

(12) Liv. Four complete passes of Liv – 3 points — twelve applications. It is the highest single count the atlas gives for this point, and it has a use of its own: it is very beneficial for dissolving gall stones, of which the therapy's own note says, with the hedge left standing, perhaps it works something like cholic acid; and it is used in the Lactic Acid formula. The full account of what each count is for belongs to Each Point in Use, "Each Point in Use"; the formula belongs to Water and Salt, "Water and Salt".

Key teaching

Why a count is not a quantity of effort

At a chemical point the number in brackets is a dose, and different numbers of the same point have been found to produce different effects — from which it is understood that they make different chemicals. So take care that the pressure is exactly six seconds and is given exactly as many times as is written; let there be no mistake in the count. Otherwise either the effect we want will not occur, or, in some rare cases, the opposite effect may occur. 6 sec ▲ Take care

(3) Liv, (7) Liv and (12) Liv are three treatments, not three sizes of one — and a therapist who gives ten because he lost count at seven has not given a slightly stronger (7) Liv.

From The Front of the Body I

Mu – 3 points — that is, (3) Mu — (1) Mu-3 वाला

It is to be given simultaneously on the right hand and the right thigh at three places. First on the thigh near the waist and on the arm near the elbow; then on the middle of the arm and the middle of the thigh; and last near the wrist and near the knee. At each place press for six seconds and release.

Patient's position	As for Mu Supine
Where the feet are placed	Three paired stations: (1) thigh near the waist + arm near the elbow · (2) middle of the arm + middle of the thigh · (3) near the wrist + near the knee Right Both sides
Duration and repetitions	6 seconds at each, in order; one pass = (1) Mu – 3 points = (3) Mu 6 sec
What it is for	As for Mu

The higher counts. If (2) Mu – 3 points or more is to be given, repeat as many times as the number written. If (7) Mu is to be given, then give (1) Mu – 3 points twice, and at the end give once at the place between the hand and the thigh — that is, the middle station.

What lies beneath. Identical to Liv, on the other side. The kidneys, which Mu° will be named for shortly, lie at the back, tucked behind the last ribs in a packing of fat; nothing on the front of an arm or a thigh comes near them.

TAKE CARE

ध्यान दें — the pillow under the hand, the carrying angle, and the chair leg

This note is printed at Mu and applies to Liv, Mu, Liv° and Mu° alike. It is the note most often skipped, and it produces a complaint the therapist never connects to its cause.

The hand needs a flat support. When giving Liv or Mu there must be a flat pillow under the hand. If the pillow is not uniform, the patient will get pain in the hand or in the fingers. Failing a good pillow, a thick book such as a telephone directory is better.

The carrying angle. Some people, lying with the arm stretched out, cannot get the elbow down to the ground — it stays a little raised, and this is called the carrying angle. For such people, place the pillow at the edge of the elbow, so that there is no gap between the wrist and the pillow, and so that the whole hand comes properly onto the pillow.

Keep the chair leg away from the hand. While giving Liv, Mu, Liv°, Mu° and the like, the corner of a chair leg must not touch any part of the patient's hand. During the treatment their hand is pushed outward; if at that moment pressure falls on any part of it from a chair leg, they will have a great deal of pain. Move the chair, never the arm — the arm is where the treatment put it.

And before any of these points: check that the fold of the sheet under the hand is flat, and that nothing has been left underneath by mistake. ▲ Take care

A CASE FROM PRACTICE

The schoolmistress whose fingers hurt more than her stomach did

A composite, assembled to teach the reasoning rather than taken from one patient's file.

Sunanda Kulkarni · 52 · retired schoolmistress · Belgaum · came with ten years of acidity, bloating after meals, and "a burning in the chest at night"

What she said. "Food sits here" — a flat hand under the breastbone — "like a stone, one hour, two hours. At night if I lie down it comes up burning. I have been taking one tablet for six years and now two."

What was observed and palpated. A soft abdomen, tender at Pan and at Mu, and tender — to her open surprise — at Mu° on the left flank. Thigh muscle soft. Read as one thing rather than four: a digestion running slowly for years, in the acid direction.

Which reports mattered. An endoscopy done two years earlier mattered a great deal, because it was normal and let the work go forward; her haemoglobin mattered; a thyroid panel from 2021 and a knee X-ray changed nothing.

What was chosen, and why. Digestive work supine — Pan, then the thigh points, then Liv and Mu — nothing aimed at "acidity" as a name.

What went wrong. From the second visit she began saying, at the door and never on the mat, that her right hand ached afterwards and the little and ring fingers felt "asleep" for an hour or two. Her therapist, hearing hand, thought cervical spine and considered adding neck work. Her daughter solved it in one sentence on the fourth visit: "the pillow under her hand is that old round one, and it rolls."

Two faults, both invisible from where the therapist stood. The pillow under the hand was not uniform, so the wrist hung in a hollow and the elbow took everything. And Mrs. Kulkarni had a pronounced carrying angle: laid out flat, her right elbow rode clear of the floor by the width of two fingers, and six seconds of a therapist's weight was passing through the point of the elbow and the groove behind it — the nerve that serves exactly those two fingers.

What was changed. A flat firm pillow at the edge of the elbow, so no gap remained between wrist and pillow and the whole hand lay on it; the chair moved a hand's breadth outward so no corner could reach her fingers when the arm was pushed out; and the contact kept on the muscle belly, checked by eye before each application. The hand complaint went after one session and did not return. The acidity took eleven weeks.

What this case teaches

A complaint that arrives after the session is a complaint about the placement, not about the point. Look at the pillow, the sheet, the chair leg and the angle before you change a line of the card.

She told the therapist twice — at the door, apologetically, where it is easiest to miss. Ask in the gap between formulas, on the mat, where the answer is still specific.

Numbness in a named pair of fingers is a nerve saying where it is being squashed. It is information, and it is free.

Somebody who has watched you work is worth a fortnight of guessing.

From The Front of the Body II

Pit — Pituitary

Pit indicates the pituitary gland.

First place one foot — and then, supporting your body weight on the chairs, place the second foot at the proper place — and press on both arms together for six seconds and release. First near both elbows, then near both shoulders; do two such rounds. That is, the count of four equals one.

Patient's position	Supine, no pillow under the head unless there is need of one; the therapist at the head end, on both chairs Supine
Where the feet are placed	Both feet at once, one on each arm: stations 1 and 3 near the elbows, stations 2 and 4 near the shoulders. One foot placed first, then, with the body weight on the chairs, the second Both sides
Duration and repetitions	6 seconds at each paired place, released. Elbows → shoulders → elbows → shoulders: four applications = one Pit. Keep equal weight on both soles 6 sec × 3
What it is for	Named for the pituitary gland

Also explained in

(1) point Gal × 6 treatments The Front of the Body I
Gal is a continuous descent counting as one; (1) point Gal × 6 treatments is the same three stations given as six separate events a minute apart.
(1) point Liv × 6 treatments The Front of the Body I
t is to be done like (1) Liv – 3 points, twice.
(1) Gas Only – 6 points — (1) Gas only – 6 वाला The Front of the Body I
Patient's position Supine, one pillow under both thighs Supine Where the feet are placed Both soles on both thighs, soft mid-sole; at least six places from below the waist joint to a little before the knee, leaving no s
(1) Gas 'I' – 6 points — (1) Gas 'I' – 6 वाला The Front of the Body I
A line reading (1) Gas 'I' – 6 points is one treatment given at six places, each held six seconds — three different sixes, and only one of them is on the clock.
The glands of the throat and the head Each Point in Use
(1) Pit / (4) Pit Given when we wish to stimulate the pituitary gland to make many hormones.
The two kidneys and the two directions Each Point in Use
Pit raises alkali — so do not give to high blood pressure, cancer and fits patients.
The points of generation Each Point in Use
He was given (4) Pan — which is one of the points given in small children to increase appetite and height — with (4) Pit, also for appetite and height, and with (4) Thrd 'P', for growth hormone.
The gall bladder, the stomach and the intestines Each Point in Use
able 4 — GAL, GAS ONLY and GAS 'I' Point and variant What it is used for When it must not be used Notes Gal — TF 'Gal', (1) Gal, (3) Gal and so on Pain in the right front of the chest.
The liver and the spleen Each Point in Use
able 5 — LIV and SPL Point and variant What it is used for When it must not be used Notes (1) Liv – 3 points / (2) Liv – 3 points Pain to the right of the navel.
Lt. Ov. — Left Ovary (लेफ्ट ओवरी) The Front of the Body II
The half of it that names these points bears saying again: while giving WD and Pit, keep equal weight on both soles.
Ch. Only — Chest Only (चेस्ट ओनली) The Front of the Body II
(1) Ch.
Questions students ask The Front of the Body II
The card says (4) Pit.
Two cases from the reference Each Point in Use
(1) Acid for the symptoms of acidity — the piles and the constipation and the descent from its place — the tenderness at Mu° being present, as that point requires.
Rt. Ov. — Right Ovary (राईट ओवरी) The Front of the Body II
Done once from elbow to wrist, this is called (1) Rt.

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