One way of using these luo-connecting points is in transferring energy from one side of the body to the other.

Tonifying a luo-connecting point on one side of the body and dispersing it on the other can sometimes help to balance the flow of Qi along the channels, by strengthening it on the first side and easing it out on the second.

Because the luo-connecting channels work at different depths, in treating them with acupuncture it is important to needle to the correct depth and in the correct way. This is quite a big subject, and applies as much to points lying along the primary channel as to the luo-connecting points themselves.

Acupuncturists need to be careful not to needle luo-connecting points too deeply when the invading Qi is still at a superficial level. Why? Because, at least in theory, needling one of these luo-connecting points too deeply can push the invader deeper faster – or to put it perhaps a better way, it allows the invader access to deeper levels more easily – when the right treatment might have pushed it out completel

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