Tuesday, December 8, 2015

THE Kidney Meridian

https://theory.yinyanghouse.com/acupuncturepoints/kidney_meridian_graphic

From sole of foot to collarbone/wishbone:

KD1 涌泉 (Yongquan) Gushing Spring (>sore throat, insomnia, epilepsy, memory loss, anxiety/panic)

KD2 然谷 (Rangu) Blazing Valley

KD3 太谿 (Taixi) Great Ravine
KD4 大鐘 (Dazhong) Large Goblet/Bell
KD5 水泉 (Shuiquan) Water Spring
KD6 照海 (Zhaohai) Shining Sea
KD7 復溜 (Fuliu) Recover Flow (>Diarrhea, abdominal distention, hemorrhoids, constipation)
KD8 交信 ( Jiaoxin) Intersection Reach
KD9 築賓 (Zhubin) Guest House (Strong spirit disorders - anger, cursing, mania)
KD10 陰谷 (Yingu) Yin Valley
KD11 橫骨 (Henggu) Pubic Bone
KD12 大赫 (Dahe) Great Manifestation
KD13 氣穴 (Qixue) Qi Hole
KD14 四滿 (Siman) Fourfold Fullness
KD15 中注 (Zhongzhu) Central Flow
KD16 肓俞 (Huangshu) Huang Shu
KD17 商曲 (Shangqu) Shang Bend
KD18 石關 (Shiguan) Stone Pass
KD19 陰都 (Yin Du) Yin Metropolis
KD20 腹通谷 (Tonggu) Open Valley
KD21 幽門 (Youmen) Dark Gate
KD22 步廊 (Bulang) Corridor Walk
KD23 神封 (Shenfeng) Spirit Seal
KD24 靈墟 (Lingxu) Spirit Ruins
KD25 神藏 (Shencang) Spirit Storehouse
KD26 彧中 (Yuzhong) Lively Center
KD27 俞府 (Shufu) Shu Mansion

THE Bladder Meridian

https://theory.yinyanghouse.com/acupuncturepoints/bladder_meridian_graphic

From inner corner of the eye to little toe:

UB1 睛明 (Jing Ming) Bright Eyes/Light
UB2 攢竹 (Zan Zhu) Bamboo Gathering
UB3 眉衝 (Mei Chong) Eyebrow Ascension
UB4 曲差 (Qu Cha) Deviating Turn
UB5 五處 (Wu Chu) Fifth Place
UB6 承光 (Cheng Guang) Light Guard
UB7 通天 (Tong Tian) Celestial Connection
UB8 絡卻 (Luo Que) Declining Connection
UB9 玉枕 (Yu Zhen) Jade Pillow
UB10 天柱 (Tian Zhu) Celestial Pillar
UB11 大杼 (Da Zhu) Great Shuttle
UB12 風門 (Feng Men) Wind Gate
UB13 肺俞 (Fei Shu) Lung Shu
UB14 厥陰俞 (Jue Yin Shu) Pericardium Shu
UB15 心俞 (Xin Shu) Heart Shu
UB16 督俞 (Du Shu) Governing Shu
UB17 膈俞 (Ge Shu) Diaphragm Shu
UB18 肝俞 (Gan Shu) Liver Shu
UB19 膽俞 (Dan Shu) Gallbladder Shu
UB20 脾俞 (Pi Shu) Spleen Shu
UB21 胃俞 (Wei Shu) Stomach Shu
UB22 三焦俞 (San Jiao Shu) Triple Burner Shu
UB23 腎俞 (Shen Shu) Kidney Shu
UB24 氣海俞 (Qi Hai Shu) Sea of Qi Shu
UB25 大腸俞 (Da Chang Shu) Large Intestine Shu
UB26  關元俞 (Guan Yuan Shu) Origin Pass Shu
UB27  小腸俞 (Xiao Chang Shu) Small Intestine Shu
UB28  膀胱俞 (Pang Guang Shu) Bladder Shu
UB29  中膂俞 (Zhong Lu Shu) Central Backbone Shu
UB30  白環俞 (Bai Huan Shu) White Ring Shu
UB31  上髎 (Shang Liao) Upper Bone Hole
UB32  次髎 (Ci Liao) Second Bone Hole
UB33  中髎 (Zhong Liao) Central Bone Hole
UB34  下髎 (Xia Liao) Lower Bone Hole
UB35  會陽 (Hui Yang) Meeting of Yang
UB36  承扶 (Cheng Fu) Support
UB37  殷門 (Yin Men) Gate of Abundance
UB38  浮郄 (Fu Xi) Superficial Cleft
UB39  委陽 (Wei Yang) Bend Yang
UB40  委中 (Wei Zhong) Bend Middle
UB41  附分 (Fu Fen) Attached Branch
UB42  魄戶 (Po Hu) Po Door
UB43  膏肓俞 (Gao Huang Shu) Gao Huang Shu
UB44  神堂 (Shen Tang) Spirit Hall
UB45  譩譆 (Yi Xi) Yi Xi
UB46  膈關 (Ge Guan) Diaphragm Pass
UB47  魂門 (Hun Men) Hun Gate
UB48  陽綱 (Yang Gang) Yang Headrope
UB49  意舍 (Yi She) Reflection Abode
UB50  胃倉 (Wei Cang) Stomach Granary
UB51  肓門 (Huang Men) Huang Gate
UB52  志室 (Zhi Shi) Will Chamber
UB53  胞肓 (Bao Huang) Bladder Huang
UB54  秩邊 (Zhi Bian) Sequential Limit
UB55  合陽 (He Yang) Yang Union
UB56  承筋 (Cheng Jin) Sinew Support
UB57  承山 (Cheng Shan) Mountain Support
UB58  飛陽 (Fei Yang) Taking Flight
UB59  跗陽 (Fu Yang) Instep Yang
UB60  昆侖 (Kun Lun) Kun Lun Mountains
UB61  僕參 (Pu Can) Subservient Visitor
UB62  申脈 (Shen Mai) Extending Vessel
UB63  金門 (Jin Men) Metal Gate
UB64  京骨 (Jing Gu) Capital Bone
UB65  束骨 (Shu Gu) Bundle Bone
UB66  足通谷 (Tong Gu) Valley Passage
UB67  至陰 (Zhi Yin) Reaching Yin

Friday, December 4, 2015

Wat Pho Thai Massage

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Chairman Mao invented TCM !

"Mao understood he needed to deal with criticisms like those of Lu Xun, Wang Qingren, and Wang Chong in order for Chinese medicine to be taken seriously, both domestically and internationally. His solution was a two-pronged approach. First, inconsistent texts and idiosyncratic practices had to be standardized. Textbooks were written that portrayed Chinese medicine as a theoretical and practical whole, and they were taught in newly founded academies of so-called “traditional Chinese medicine,” a term that first appeared in English, not Chinese."
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2013/10/traditional_chinese_medicine_origins_mao_invented_it_but_didn_t_believe.html

"As Levinovitz noted, there was no such thing as “traditional Chinese medicine.” Rather, there were traditional Chinese medicines. For many centuries, healing practices in China had been highly variable. Attempts at institutionalizing medical education were mostly unsuccessful and “most practitioners drew at will on a mixture of demonology, astrology, yin-yang five phases theory, classic texts, folk wisdom, and personal experience.” Mao realized that TCM would be unappealing to foreigners, as even many Chinese, particularly those with an education, understood that TCM was mostly quackery. (...) Indeed, as we have seen, Mao himself didn’t use TCM practitioners. He wanted scientific “Western” medicine."
https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/retconning-traditional-chinese-medicine/

"The institutionalisation of TCM was not inevitable. It arose out of China’s damaged encounters with the West, out of the ideological struggles of the 1930s, and the political needs of the early People’s Republic. And like most traditions, from kilts to Christmas trees, it’s a lot younger than people think."
https://aeon.co/essays/traditional-chinese-medicine-needs-its-own-revolution

Sunday, November 15, 2015

For 100 Diseases: BAIHUI 百合

Acupuncture Point: Baihui DU-20

Baihui DU-20 is one of my favorite acupuncture points, and I use it almost every time I give a treatment. This is the highest acupuncture point on the body, and its name, “One Hundred Meetings,” refers to the convergence of all the yang meridians in the body. Baihui DU-20 is also known to treat one hundred diseases.
This important point is located at the vertex of the head, on the midpoint of the line connecting the apexes of both ears.
The next time you are feeling foggy and need a brain boost, stimulate Baihui DU-20 with your index finger for 30-45 seconds.

(quoted from: http://chalitaacupuncture.com/acupuncture-point-baihui-du-20/ )