Foreword 002
About autor 003
Reflections on the method 015
Traditional rules 019
Normal physiology according to the Chinese medicine
Body Substances, Fluids and Qi 022
Zang and Fu organs 029
Ming Men ("The Gate of Destiny") (details) 048
"The Abnormal FU organs" (details) 048
The extraordinary organs (details) 049
Zigong ("Zibao", uterus) (details) 049
Metamorphoses 050
The Jing Luo system 051
The twelve sinew channels (jin jing) 052
The twelve primary channels (jing mai) 053
The sixteen luo-connecting channels (luo mai) 103
The twelve transversal connections (sun luo) 104
The twelve divergent channels (jing bie) 104
The eight extraordinary channels (qi jing ba mai) 105
Pathophysiology and the course of disease according to the traditional Chinese medicine
External Qi and the concept of PBCE (pathogenic bioclimatic energy) 107
Direction "From external to internal" in development of complex syndrome 111
Development of a complex syndrome "from inside" and the dominants 113
Longitudinal energy blocks 114
Transversal energy blocks 117
Analysis of Pathogenesis 123
Mentality and mechanics of self-aggression 125
Interchannel connections
Levels of interchannel connections 126
Connections of the channel of lung 128
Connections of the channel of large intestine 129
Connections of the channel of stomach 130
Connections of the channel of spleen 131
Connections of the channel of heart 132
Connections of the channel of small intestine 133
Connections of the channel of urinary bladder 134
Connections of the channel of kidney 135
Connections of the channel of pericardium 136
Connections of the channel of triple warmer 137
Connections of the channel of gallbladder 138
Connections of the channel of liver 139
Connections of Du Mai channel 140
Connections of Ren Mai channel 140
General theory of treatment strategies and principles of treatment.
Main principles 141
Diagnostics results 142
Methods of manipulation: hierarchy 145
Evaluation of the current moment 146
Calculation of manipulation time (chronopuncture) and
preliminary recommendations 147
Neutralization of transversal and longitudinal energy blocks 148
Use of 'pain points' and pain zones 148
Action at the level of sinew (tendon/muscular) channels 149
Action at the level of standard channels 150
Use of the points of Five Elements (wu shu xue) 151
Use of points having activating and sedating action 155
Use of the Luo points of main channels (luo xue) 157
Action at the level of Yin/Yang associations and other group luo points 158
Use of the shu – mu points (bei shu xue - mu xue) 159
Action at the level of Tai Yang, Shao Yang, Yang Ming, Tai Yin,
Shao Yin and Jue Yin 160
Use of the points connecting several channels 161
Use of the "star points" 162
Use of the "Heaven's windows" (tian chuang xue) 163
Use of specific points 164
Action at the level of Extraordinary channels 165
Method of action at the level of Extraordinary channels
and group luo points 167
Methods of analgesia 169
Combination with other methods of treatment 172
Dangers of Acupuncture and Safety Measures
Warning 173
Contra-indications 174
Needling: Complications and Safety Measures 176
Some Traditional Bans 178
Restrictions: ban against manipulations (in a year, in a month, in a day, in a watch)
Not recommended to use in a 2-hour watch 179
Not recommended to use during a month 179
Not recommended to use in the 12 year cycle 179
Not recommended to every month 180
Points prohibited for acupuncture 180
Points prohibited for moxibustion 181
Diagnostics
Diagnostics by patient's complaints 183
Cough 183
Breathing 183
Hiccup 183
Odor from the mouth 183
Face diagnostics 184
Diagnostics by hair 186
Mouth and throat examination 186
Diagnostics by skin condition 186
Eye examination 187
Diagnostics by ears (general) 187
Lips diagnostics 188
Diagnostics by teeth 188
Diagnostics by gums 189
Diagnostics by nail 189
Diagnostics by egesta 190
Diagnostics based on examination of condition of tongue 191
Analytical diagnostics
Chinese Syndromology Principles 201
Diagnostics of single channels disorders
Diagnostics of the Lung channel disorders 201
Diagnostics of the Large Intestine channel disorders 203
Diagnostics of the Stomach channel disorders 206
Diagnostics of the Spleen channel disorders 208
Diagnostics of the Heart channel disorders 210
Diagnostics of the Small Intestine channel disorders 212
Diagnostics of the Urinary Bladder channel disorders 213
Diagnostics of the Kidney channel disorders 215
Diagnostics of the Pericardium channel disorders 217
Diagnostics of the Sanjiao channel disorders 218
Diagnostics of the Gallbladder channel disorders 221
Diagnostics of the Liver channel disorders 223
Diagnostics of single organs affections
Diagnostics of lungs affections 225
Diagnostics of the large intestine affections 226
Diagnostics of stomach affections 227
Diagnostics of spleen affections 227
Diagnostics of heart affections 228
Diagnostics of small intestine affections 229
Diagnostics of urinary bladder affections 230
Diagnostics of kidneys affections 231
Diagnostics of pericardium affections 232
Diagnostics of the Triple warmer affections 232
Diagnostics of gallbladder affections 233
Diagnostics of liver affections 234
Palpatory diagnostics
Signal points 235
Hypersthesia zones (Zakharjin/Head's zones)
in case of internal organs diseases 237
Diagnostics of transversal and longitudinal blocks,
sectional and skin innervation 239
Segments of the spinal cord 243
Muscles innervation 244
Simpaticus innervations 249
Pulse diagnostics 250
Types of pulses 251
Details of using 254
Correspondence of channels to the pulse examination points 255
The "Huangdi neijing" lists six main types of pulse 255
Some clinical notes 256
Electrodermal resistance, algorithm of diagnostics 258
Three optimum diagnostics procedures 259
Calendar and calculation of manipulation time
Optimum treatment time, open points computation 261
Practical use 265
Calculation of open points 268
Additional points on the channels of Pericardium and Triple warmer 269
Comments on the choice of points in Spring (Wood) 270
Comments on the choice of points in the beginning of Summer (Fire) 270
Comments on the choice of points in the End of Summer (Earth) 271
Comments on the choice of points in Autumn (Metal) 272
Comments on the choice of points in Winter (Water) 272
Syndromology
SYNDROMES OF AFFECTION OF MAIN CHANNELS AND ORGANS
Channel of Lungs (Lu) 274
Channel of Large Intestine (Li) 277
Channel of Stomach (St) 280
Channel of Spleen (Sp) 282
Channel of Heart (Ht) 285
Channel of Small Intestine (Si) 288
Channel of Urinary Bladder (Bl) 290
Channel of Kidneys (K) 292
Channel of Pericardium (Pc) 295
Channel of Sanjiao (Triple Warmer – Te) 297
Channel of Gallbladder (Gb) 300
Channel of Liver (Liv) 303
Qi – SYNDROMS
Syndrome of deficiency QI 306
Syndrome of Qi sinking 306
Syndrome of stagnation QI (accumulation, stagnation and blockade of qi in organs) 307
Distortion of current QI (disability of qi to ascend and descend) 307
TAI YANG SYNDROME 307
SHAO-YANG SYNDROME 308
YANG-MING SYNDROME (syndrome of the YANG - MING channel) 309
YANG-MING SYNDROME (syndrome of the YANG - MING fu-organ) 310
TAI - YIN SYNDROME 311
SHAO-YIN SYNDROME (cold of SHAO-YIN ) 312
SHAO-YIN SYNDROME (heat of SHAO-YIN) 314
JUE-YIN SYNDROME (syndrome of "heat above, cold below") 314
JUE-YIN SYNDROME (syndrome of alternating "victory" of heat and cold) 315
JUE-YIN SYNDROME (syndrome of cold in Jue Yin ) 316
JUE-YIN SYNDROME (syndrome of heat in Jue Yin ) 316
BI SYNDROME
Wandering Bi 317
Pain Bi 317
Localized Bi 317
Hot Bi 317
Dermal Bi 318
Muscular Bi 318
Tendon (sinew) Bi 318
Vascular Bi 318
WEI SYNDROME 318
WEI SYNDROME (heat in lungs) 319
WEI SYNDROME (damp heat ) 320
WEI SYNDROME (deficiency of of Yin of liver and kidneys) 320
WEI SYNDROME (traumatic syndrome) 320
BLOOD SYNDROMES
DEFICIENCY OF BLOOD 321
STAGNATION OF BLOOD 321
SYNDROME OF HEAT IN BLOOD 321
SYNDROMES OF EXTRAORDINARY CHANNELS
SYNDROME OF THE DU MAI EXTRAORDINARY EC1 CHANNEL 322
SYNDROME OF THE YANG JIAO MAI EXTRAORDINARY EC2 CHANNEL 324
SYNDROME OF THE YANG WEI MAI EC3 EXTRAORDINARY CHANNEL 326
SYNDROME OF THE DAI MAI EXTRAORDINARY EC 4 CHANNEL 329
SYNDROME OF THE REN-MAI EXTRAORDINARY EC5 CHANNEL 331
SYNDROME OF THE YIN JIAO MAI EXTRAORDINARY EC6 CHANNEL 334
SYNDROME OF THE YIN WEI MAI EXTRAORDINARY EC7 CHANNEL 336
SYNDROME OF THE CHONG MAI (ZHONG-MAI):EXTRAORDINARY EC8 CHANNEL 339
SYNDROMES OF EXTRAORDINARY CHANNELS PAIRS
SYNDROME OF THE FIRST PAIR OF EXTRAORDINARY CHANNELS 342
SYNDROME OF THE SECOND PAIR OF EXTRAORDINARY CHANNELS 344
SYNDROME OF THE THIRD PAIR OF EXTRAORDINARY CHANNELS 346
SYNDROME OF THE FOURTH PAIR OF EXTRAORDINARY CHANNELS 348
SYNDROME OF A PATHOGENIC BIO-CLIMATIC ENERGY ATTACK
PHASES OF SYNDROME DEVELOPMENT UNDER ATTACK 349
WEI PHASE 349
QI PHASE 349
YIN PHASE 350
XUE PHASE 351
SYNDROMES OF LIQUIDS OF THE BODY
LOSS OF LIQUID 351
ACCUMULATION OF LIQUID 352
COMBINED SYNDROMES OF ZANG-FU ORGANS
THE HEART-KIDNEYS DISHARMONY 352
DEFICIENCY OF THE QI OF LUNGS AND KIDNEYS 353
DEFICIENCY OF THE YIN OF LUNGS AND KIDNEYS 353
DEFICIENCY OF THE YIN OF LIVER AND KIDNEYS 354
DEFICIENCY OF YANG OF SPLEEN AND KIDNEYS 354
DEFICIENCY OF QI OF SPLEEN AND LUNGS 354
DISBALANCE BETWEEN LIVER AND SPLEEN 355
DISBALANCE BETWEEN LIVER AND STOMACH 355
DEFICIENCY OF HEART AND SPLEEN 355
INTRUSION OF FIRE OF LIVER INTO LUNGS 356
COMBINED SYNDROMES OF HEART AND SMALL INTESTINE
DEFICIENCY OF QI OF HEART 356
DEFICIENCY OF BLOOD IN HEART, DEFICIENCY OF YIN OF HEART 357
STAGNATION OF BLOOD IN THE HEART 357
BURNING OF FIRE IN HEART 357
DISORDER OF SHEN [SOUL] 358
DISORDER OF THE QI OF SMALL INTESTINE 358
COMBINED SYNDROMES OF LUNGS AND LARGE INTESTINE
INVASION OF THE PATHOGENIC WIND INTO LUNGS 358
STAGNATION OF DAMP PHLEGM IN LUNGS 359
DEFICIENCY OF QI IN LUNGS 359
DEFICIENCY OF YIN OF LUNGS 359
DAMP HEAT IN THE LARGE INTESTINE 360
EXHAUSTION OF FLUID (LIQUIDS) IN THE LARGE INTESTINE 360
COMBINED SYNDROMES OF SPLEEN AND STOMACH
DEFICIENCY OF QI OF SPLEEN 361
IMPAIRMENT OF THE SPLEEN CONTROL OF BLOOD 361
DEFICIENCY OF THE SPLEEN YANG 361
INTRUSION OF PATHOGENIC HUMIDITY INTO THE SPLEEN 362
DAMP HEAT IN THE SPLEEN AND STOMACH 362
DETENTION OF FOOD IN THE STOMACH 362
DETENTION OF LIQUID IN THE STOMACH OWING TO COLD 363
HYPERACTIVITY OF FIRE IN THE STOMACH 363
DEFICIENCY OF YIN OF STOMACH 364
COMBINED SYNDROMES OF THE LIVER AND GALLBLADDER
STAGNATION OF THE QI OF LIVER 364
IGNITION OF THE FIRE IN THE LIVER 364
HYPERACTIVITY OF THE YANG OF THE LIVER 365
ACTIVATION OF THE FIRE OF LIVER (first direction) 365
ACTIVATION OF THE FIRE OF LIVER (second direction) 366
ACTIVATION OF THE FIRE OF LIVER (third direction) 366
RETENTION OF COLD IN THE LIVER CHANNEL 366
DEFICIENCY OF BLOOD IN THE LIVER 366
DAMP HEAT IN THE LIVER AND GALBLADDER 367
COMBINED SYNDROMES OF KIDNEYS AND URINARY BLADDER
DEFICIENCY OF THE QI OF KIDNEYS 367
DEFICIENCY OF YANG OF KIDNEYS 368
DEFICIENCY OF YIN OF KIDNEYS 368
DAMP HEAT IN THE URINARY BLADDER 368
SYNDROME OF DAMP HEAT ACCORDING TO THE SAN-JIAO THEORY
DAMP HEAT IN THE SHANG-JIAO (upper part of the body) 369
DAMP HEAT IN ZHONG-JIAO (middle part of the body) 369
DAMP HEAT IN THE XIA-JIAO (lower part of the body) 370
SYNDROMES OF THE 15 LUO-CHANNELS (syndromes of 15 collaterals)
LUO-CHANNEL OF LUNGS – LIE QUE 371
LUO-CHANNEL OF THE LARGE INTESTINE – PIAN LI 372
LUO-CHANNEL OF STOMACH – FENG LONG 373
LUO-CHANNEL OF THE SPLEEN – GONG SUN 374
LUO-CHANNEL OF THE HEART – TONG LI 375
LUO-CHANNEL OF THE SMALL INTESTINE – ZHI ZHENG 376
LUO-CHANNEL OF THE URINARY BLADDER – FEI YANG 377
LUO-CHANNEL OF KIDNEYS – DA ZHONG 378
LUO-CHANNEL OF THE PERICARDIUM – NEI GUAN 379
LUO-CHANNEL OF THE TRIPLE WARMER SAN JIAO – WAI GUAN 380
LUO-CHANNEL OF THE GALLBLADDER – GUANG MING 381
LUO-CHANNEL OF THE LIVER – LI GOU 382
LUO-CHANNEL REN MAI – JIU WEI 383
LUO-CHANNEL DU MAI – CHANG QIANG 384
THE LARGE LUO-CHANNEL OF THE SPLEEN – DA BAO 385
Atlas, system description and charts
INDICES CORRESPONDENCE 386
THE ACTIVE POINTS CLASSIFIER 386
JINGJIN sinew/muscular channels
The Shou (Hand) Tai Yin sinew channel connected to the channel of Lung 391
The Shou (Hand) Yang Ming sinew channel connected to the channel of Large Intestine 392
The Zu (Foot) Yang Ming sinew channel connected to the channel of Stomach 393
The Zu (Foot) Tai Yin sinew channel connected to the channel of Spleen 394
The Shou (Hand) Shao Yin sinew channel connected to the channel of Heart 395
The Shou (Hand) Tai Yang sinew channel connected to the channel of Small Intestine 396
The Zu (Foot) Tai Yang sinew channel connected to the channel of Urinary Bladder 397
The Zu (Foot) Shao Yin sinew channel connected to the channel of Kidney 398
The Shou (Hand) Jue Yin sinew channel connected to the channel of Pericardium 399
The Shou (Hand) Shao Yang sinew channel connected to the channel of Sanjiao 400
The Zu (Foot) Shao Yang sinew channel connected to the channel of Gall Bladder 401
The Zu (Foot) Jue Yin sinew channel connected to the channel of Liver 402
JINGMAI main channels (including median EC-channels)
The Lung channel 403
The Large Intestine channel 406
The Stomach channel 409
The Spleen channel 413
The Heart channel 416
The Small Intestine channel 418
The Urinary Bladder channel 421
The Kidney channel 426
The Pericardium channel 429
The Sanjiao (Triple warmer) channel 431
The Gall Bladder channel 434
The Liver channel 438
The Du Mai channel 441
The Ren Mai channel 444
LUOMAI and SUNLUO connecting channels
The longitudinal luo and transversal sunluo channels of the channel of lungs 446
The longitudinal luo and transversal sunluo channels of the channel
of large intestine 447
The longitudinal luo and transversal sunluo channels of the channel of stomach 448
The longitudinal luo and transversal sunluo channels of the channel of spleen 449
The longitudinal luo and transversal sunluo channels of the channel of heart 450
The longitudinal luo and transversal sunluo channels of the channel of small intestine 451
The longitudinal luo and transversal sunluo channels of the channel of urinary bladder 452
The longitudinal luo and transversal sunluo channels of the channel of kidney 453
The longitudinal luo and transversal sunluo channels of the channel of pericardium 454
.The longitudinal luo and transversal sunluo channels of the channel of triple warmer 455
The longitudinal luo and transversal sunluo channels of the channel of gallbladder 456
The longitudinal luo and transversal sunluo channels of the channel of liver 457
Pairs of Extraordinary Channels (QIJING BAMAI)
First pair (Du Mai and Yangqiao Mai) 458
Second pair (Yangwei Mai and Dai Mai) 459
Third pair (Ren Mai and Yinqiao Mai) 460
Fourth pair (Yinwei Mai and Chong Mai) 461
DUMAI connections chart 462
RENMAI connections chart 463
WUSHU ('antic points') of YIN channels 464
WUSHU ('antic points') of YANG channels 466
LUO (connecting) points 468
Diagnostic points 470
SHU (Beishu) points 474
BAHUI (eight meeting) points 476
BAMAI JIAOHUI confluent points 478
XI (cleft) points (antiblocking) 479
XIA-HE points 481
WINDOWS OF HAVEN 482
Eight tissues points 484
Energy Sea, Food Sea, Blood Sea, Marrow Sea 485
Bibliography 486