If Qi ascends when it should descend or vice versa, it is called rebellious Qi.
Symptoms of rebellious Qi in each organ are as follows:
Stomach: hiccups, belching, nausea, vomiting, sour regurgitation.
Lungs: cough, breathlessness, asthma.
Heart: palpitations, bitter taste, anxiety, breathlessness.
Kidneys: asthma, urinary retention.
Spleen: loose stools, diarrhoea, prolapse of an organ, dragging-down sensation.
Liver: headaches, dizziness, tinnitus, irritability, bitter taste, shouting, sighing,
hypochondrial distension and pain, abdominal pain, hypogastric distension and
pain.The main points which stimulate the descending of Qi in each channel are:
Stomach: Ren-13 Shangwan, Ren-10 Xiawan, ST-34 Liangqiu, ST-44 Neiting,
ST-45 Lidui, L.I.-4 Hegu.
Lungs: LU-7 Lieque, LU-5 Chize, LU-1 Zhongfu.
Heart: HE-5 Tongli, HE-8 Shaofu, Ren-15 Jiuwei.
Kidneys: KI-7 Fuliu, KI-1 Yongquan, Ren-4 Guanyuan.
Liver: LIV-14 Qimen, LIV-3 Taichong, LIV-2 Xingjian, LIV-1 Dadun.The main points which stimulate the ascending of Qi of the Spleen are: Ren-12 Zhongwan,
Ren-6 Qihai, Du-20 Baihui, BL-20 Pishu.
Arm and Leg Channels
As will be remembered, Qi circulates in the channel system due to a difference of potential
between the chest (minimum potential) and the head (maximum potential). The cycle of Qi flow
in the 12 channels can be broken down into three cycles of 4 channels each (see Figure 1.3(549)
in Chapter 1, "Headache"). In each of these 4-channel cycles, Qi flows from a Yin organ in the
chest to the fingertips, then in a Yang channel up to the head, then into another Yang channel
downwards to the toes and finally in a Yin channel back to the chest and to a Yin organ (see
Figure 1.2(550) in Chapter 1, "Headache"). To take the first 4-channel cycle, Qi flows from the
Lung organ into the Lung channel ending at the fingertips, then into the Large Intestine channel
up to the head; from here Qi flows into the Stomach channel down to the toes and from here into
the Spleen channel to return to the chest area and flow into the Spleen organ. Thus, in the first
two channels of the cycle (Lung and Large Intestine channels), Qi flows upwards, and in the
second two channels, Stomach and Spleen, Qi flows downwards. "Downwards" here means that
they flow towards the area of minimum potential: this should not be confused with the fact that,
looking at the human body, these channels flow towards the top.
It should also be noted that, while the Yin channels are not joined directly and superficially