Category Archives: Chinese Medicine
Chief acupuncture point for eye problems
Urinary Bladder 1, named Jing Ming, meaning Bright Eye, is located within the eye socket, but off the eyeball. It is useful for inflammation of the eye causing redness, swelling, heat sensation, and pain. Also for blurry vision, eye itch and twitch. … Continue reading
Natural Remedies for High Blood Pressure
The regime is quite simple and it works all the time: Acupuncture treatments on a regular basis. Acupuncture can lower BP immediately. I have seen a drop of 20 points by needling one single point. Does the BP stay at … Continue reading
Stone Medicine Along the North Rim
Kaibab, Toroweap, Coconino, Hermit Shale, Supai, the top five layers of rock formations created over 500 million years are readily visible at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Look around and you see the same layers in mountains near … Continue reading
Time & Timing in Acupuncture: Zi Wu Liu Zhu Fa 子午流注法
Zi Wu Liu Zhu Fa 子午流注法 is a method of prescribing and needling the five Shu points based on the date and time of treatment. Some of the ideas involved are well-known: for instance, the circadian flow of qi and … Continue reading
The Five Changes 五變 and the Five Shu Points 五輸
Ling Shu Ch. 44 黃帝曰：願聞五變。歧伯曰：肝為牡藏，其色青，其時春，其音角，其味酸，其日甲乙；心為牡藏，其色赤，其時夏，其日丙丁，其音徵，其味苦；脾為牝藏，其色黃，其時長夏，其日戊己，其音宮，其味甘；肺為牝藏，其色白，其音商，其時?，其日庚辛，其味辛；腎為牝藏，其色黑，其時冬，其日壬癸，其音羽，其味鹹。是為五變。 Huang Di: I would like to learn about the five changes. Qi Bo: Pathological changes may occur in in the organ, and in color, time, tone, and flavor. The Liver is yang in nature. Its … Continue reading
Six Sounds
Liver xū 嘘 xu Heart hē 呵 he Spleen & Pancreas hū 呼 hu Lung sī 嘶 si Kidney chuī 吹 chui Triple Burner xī 嘻 xi Share this:ShareSharePrintEmailStumbleUponRedditDigg