Bartosz Chmielnicki MD Unveiling the Secrets Illuminating the Meaning of Acupuncture Points Names Handouts ICCM Congress, Tel Aviv 2017.03.21
By using the symbols, Sage People saw all the spirit forces in the world we live in. The symbols determine forms and appearances and connect all things prof. Heiner Fruehauf transl. Book of Changes These natural laws are difficult to put into words, so FuXi drew it Lorraine Willcox transl. Yi Zhi Xu Yu 1584 穴 Xue A den, cave, cellar protection, going deep, regulating underground streams Etymologically probably also flap door 俞 Shu Originally coming from a mouth and a boat, meaning to lead. Also transport, movement Making boat by hollowing a log Points are places on the body surface from which there is transformation and transport of information, regulation of channel and organ function, irrigation of surrounding tissues, and connection to the channel system as a whole Acknowledgements: All presented texts and pictures are parts of the Gate of Life project lead by a CAM Team: - Rani Ayal, - Bartosz Chmielnicki MD - Yair Maimon PhD All presented pictures are drawn by Polish artist: Martyna Matti Janik: http://mjhandmade.blogspot.com
1. Architecture 户 Hu door 門 Men gate 關 Guan frontier gate, junction, barrier 闕 Que watchtower 膺 Ying window 間 Jian between, separate, division of the house into rooms 垣 Yuan wall 舍 She cottage 室 Shi shelter 築 Zhu guesthouse 宮 Gong palace 庭 Ting courtyard 堂 Tang ancestral hall, audience hall, court 台 Tai tower 陵 Ling mound, tomb Architecture examples: St-44 内庭 Nei Ting; Inner Courtyard SJ-10 天井 Tian Jing, Heavenly Well
St 45 厲兌 Li Dui. Evil Dissipation. Steadfastness of Joy. 厲 Li a scorpion hiding under a rock whetstone, stern, severe. Mount Li birthplace of Shennong (called also LiShi). 厲風 LiFeng evil wind 兌 Dui breath coming out of mouth speak, gratify, exchange, but also mouth, and by extension hole. Dui is also 58 hexagram (lake over lake) Actions: 1. Metal Point Tonification: - Gives borders to Fire/Heat treats Heat pathologies and inflammations alongside the channel teeth, gums, mouth, face, head, breast, Shen - Roots the Shen calms down, treats nightmares, diminishes desires - Supports essentionalisation improves digestion 2. Jing well Point Affects the other side of the channel face, head Opens TMM channel Divergent channel connects with the Heart and the brain joy
SJ-10 天井 Tian Jing, Heavenly Well 天 Tian what is above the man Heaven. 井 Jing well, pit, mine In its old form character 井 Jing was drawn as eight fields surrounding the middle, ninth field with a well on it, so it conveys the meaning of centrality. 井 Jing is also a name of hexagram 48 th of Yi Jing Actions: 1) Earth Point: - balances Yin / Yang, Water/Fire extremes - stabilizes circulation of fluids transforms Dampness - influences the neck (like a Heavenly Well connecting Heaven with Earth) - digests / harmonizes Phlegm stagnations nodules, lipomas, lymphatic nodules on the neck 2) He uniting point - prevents counterflow of Qi - treats diseases of the skin
2. FengShui Examples: L.I. 11 曲池 Qu Chi. Bent Pool Pc-1 天池 Tian Chi, Celestial Pool St-15 屋翳 Wu Yi; Protected Room SJ-17 翳風 Yi Feng, Wind Screen
L.I. 11 曲池 Qu Chi. Bent Pool 曲 Qu bent piece of wood or a bamboo frame crooked, bent, curved, accommodating 池 Chi ancient utensil (probably a funnel) containing water, an enclosed space with raised sides pool, tank, pond Actions: 1. Earth Point - Tonificiation: Nourishes Qi and Blood Relieves hypertension and skin problems resulting from empty Heat/Fire Tonifies Metal quality concentration and downward movement treats Fire/Heat - Reduction: Releases internal Heat from the L.I organ fever, constipation, skin diseases from stagnation of Heat and toxins in the Blood 2. He Point: - Directly influences the organ - Treats diseases in the Yang in Yang the skin 3. Ghost Point
Pc-1 天池 Tian Chi, Celestial Pool 天 Tian what is above man Heaven 天 Chi ancient utensil (probably a funnel) containing water pool, tank, pond Action: 1) Location and trajectory: - Rectifies the Qi; reconnects people with their internal values - Influences the genitals and treats infertility - Moves Qi in the chest 2) Window of Heaven - Counteracts cough and rebellious Qi - Reduces swelling of the armpit 3) Meeting point of JueYin - Moves Blood
St-15 屋翳 Wu Yi; Feather House/Room Screen; Roof; 屋 Wu the place where a man arrives as a bird darting towards the Earth house, room, abode 翳 Yi arrows taken out of a quiver and shot so that the feathers fall down feather screen, shade; glaucoma in eyes In FengShui the screens are used to block or deflect ShaQi, Perverse Energy, which moves in straight lines like an arrow Actions: 1. Calms down 2. Redirects rebellious Qi - Treats cough - Tonifies in case of dyspnea - Treats itchiness and hypersensitivity of the skin 3. Tonifies the Stomach - Treats shyness that prevents leaving the house and meeting people
3. Astronomy Examples: - Stars - Star constellations - Lunar mansions segments of the ecliptic (often called a station, or house) through which the moon moves in its orbit around the Earth. In Chinese culture there were 28 lunar mansions divided into 4 groups: 1) Azure Dragon o f the East: 1st Jiao 角 the Horn SJ-20 4th Fang 房 the Room St-14 6th Wei 尾 the Tail RenMai-15 7th Ji 箕 the Winnowing Basket Sp-11 2) Vermilion Bird of the South: 22nd Jing 井 Well SJ-10, GB-21 23rd Gui 鬼 Ghost St-16? 3) White Tiger of the East 17th Wei Stomach 胃 Bl-21, Bl-50 4) Black Tortoise of the North 11th Xu 虛 Emptiness St-37, St-39 13th Shi 室 Encampment, chamber Bl-52
Sp 11 箕門 Ji Men, Winnower Gate 箕 Ji a sieve placed on its support and bamboo bamboo basket, winnowing basket, sieve. 箕 Ji is also a name of the seventh star constellation of Azure Dragon of the East, located behind its tail. In ancient time it was called Basket of Manure, obviously connected with fertility. Its shape resembles open mouth so it was also associated with spreading of evil gossip, and by extension adultery and harlotry. Sp-11 affects genital area and fertility 門 Men two leaved door opening, gate, entrance Actions: - helps descending impure fluids dysuria - removes Dampness
St-37 上巨虚 Shang Ju Xu Upper Great Void 上 Shang Upper, superior, above 巨 Ju large carpenter s square used to properly align the tombs/earth with Heaven great 虚 Xu tiger s stripes and a hill where two men sit back to back looking around a place where tigers live wasteland, empty, vacant, a void 虚 Xu is the name of the 11th Chinese constellation belonging to the Black Tortoise of the North symbol of longevity related to beginning of the winter and rainy season. In the body this manifests through the energy of the Kidneys and the Lower DanTian Actions: 1. Sea of Blood Point - Tonifies Blood production - Excess feeling of fullness from unknown reasons - Deficiency feeling of weakness from unknown reasons 2. Lower He Point for the Large Intestine - Directs energy downward: Tonifies Kidney Yin Releases stagnations in the chest and intestines
St-39, 下巨虚, Xia Ju Xu Lower Great Void 下 Xia lower, inferior, beneath 巨 Ju large carpenter s square used to properly align the tombs/earth with Heaven great 虚 Xu tiger s stripes and a hill where two men sit back to back looking around a place where tigers live wasteland, empty, vacant, a void 虚 Xu is the name of the 11th Chinese constellation belonging to the Black Tortoise of the North symbol of longevity related to beginning of the winter and rainy season. In the body this manifests through the energy of the Kidneys and the Lower DanTian Actions: 1. Sea of Blood Point - Tonifies Blood production - Excess feeling of fullness from unknown reasons - Deficiency feeling of weakness from unknown reasons 2. Lower He Point for the Small Intestine - Supports the digestion of the pure aspects of Qi rises and warms - Tonifies Blood Yang treats anaemia - Treats Cold in the Liver channel (organ clock) testicle pain radiating to the spine and Heart
4. Alchemy Examples: SJ-6 飛虎 FeiHu Flying Tiger 肓 Huang and 膏 Gao points: Bl 38(43) 膏肓俞 Gao Huang Shu Rich for the Vitals Bl 46(51) 肓門 Huang Men Gate of Huang Bl 48(53) 胞肓 Bao Huang Womb / Bladder Huang Kd 16 肓俞 Huang Shu Transfer of Huang
SJ-6 支溝 Zhi Gou, Supporting the Waters 支 Zhi right hand holding a branch branch, descendant. 溝 Gou water and timbers of the framework of the house interlocking and crossing each other crossing and interlocking surface currents when two streams intersect drain, ditch, aqueduct. Actions: 1) Fire point : - Tonified: Speeds up metabolism Moves fluids in the Intestines chronic constipation Tonifies Yang, especially in the Water Phase, mostly the Uterus correction of position of Uterus (too much on the side), torsion of the ovaries Moves stagnations in hypochondriac areas Magic point for acute influenza - Reduced: quiets metabolism fevers, toxins, fibromyalgia quenches Fire in ShaoYang pain in ribs Dissolves ovarian cysts 2) Jing river point: - treats cough and dyspnea, chills and fever
5. Rituals Example: St-14 庫房 Ku Fang Chariot House 庫 Ku a carriage kept under a roof storehouse, granary, armory, treasury 房 Fang A door opening into a place within a house house, room, wife, branches of family, tribunal; also a ritual 房 Fang is a name of star constellation representing the stomach of the Azure Dragon of Eastern Sky. It was associated with Antares, the Fire Star, and chariot of the Sun. It was also associated with the Spring Equinox and Great Sacrifice of burnt offerings which odor was going upwards. All these associations describe the main functions of St-14 rising pure essences up, connecting Earth with Heaven, similar to Wood quality of Spring Equinox. Actions: 1. Opens the chest - Tonifies Lung Qi, - Influences the voice - Directs energy downwards: Treats cough Moves stagnations in the chest 2. Smoke rising the offerings - Releases stagnated Heat from the chest - Nourishes and moistens the senses
6. Geography: Examples: Bl-60 崑崙 Kun Lun Marshes: Lu 5 尺澤 Chi Ze. Cubit Marsh S.I. 1 少澤 Shao Ze. Lesser Marsh Lu 5 尺澤 Chi Ze. Cubit Marsh
Lu 5 尺澤 Chi Ze. Cubit Marsh 尺 Chi a body with a mark a span from the thumb to the little finger, or from wrist (Lu-9) to elbow (Lu-5), a unit of measurement of 10 Chinese inches composing 1 Chinese foot cubit, expand. The name of the third position in the pulse reflecting the Lower Jiao and the Kidneys 澤 Ze water confined to produce fermentation marsh, damp, to fertilize, to enrich Actions: 1. Water Point - Tonification: Moistens and cools the Lungs balances Fire/Heat pathology Balances Wood attacking Metal dry cough, hoarseness in stressful situations Releases muscle tension of the arm, forearm, lower back - Reduction: Dissolves Dampness and Phlegm in case of excessive Cold 2. He Point - Directly influences the organ descends Lung Qi