 | TREASURE MOUNTAIN ACUPUNCTURE & MASSAGE 寶山針灸按摩 Phone: (608) 298-3465 (920) 728-0471 / (920) 728-0470 Milwaukee Street, D4 Suite 22, Madison, WI 53714 | | | | | The I Ching (易 经) is an ancient Oracle that grew out of Taoist philosophy and was an oral tradition for thousands of years before being written down. Traditional Chinese Medicine shares the same philosophical base as that of the I Ching, and particularly there is a strong relationship between the I Ching and the eight extraordinary vessels in acupuncture. Knowledge of these two systems and how they interface, as well as practical ways to apply them, will provide acupuncturists and researchers with a foundation for additional ways of treatments and further reseach. Humans in different cultures on various continents for millenniums have tried to explain the relationship between humans and the earth and sky. From ancient times to the present, the people of indigenous cultures have sought to understand the connection between humans and the environment. The Shamans of these cultures have tried to explain the relationship of the human with the universe. Even today, people in South America consult their horoscopes; they live according to the moon cycles and movements of the planets. Illness has also been thought of within this same frame. The indigenous cultures think that when a person is ill, he or she has done something against the “gods” or elements. In Ancient China, when a person was ill or wanted to know what path to take in life, he or she would ask the Shaman to consult the Oracle. The first known recordings of the I Ching, dating from around 3500 B.C., were found etched on scapular bones or inside turtle shells (turtles were revered for their longevity, and the Chinese ascribed wisdom and a ghost connection to them - the phonetic word Gui (鬼) is used for both turtle and ghost (龟). The Chinese were very superstitious about the turtle. Superstition aside, the numerology of the I Ching makes it a very reliable system based on binary mathematics, which could be why the Chinese thought of it as magical for its uncanny exactness of prediction or description of a person or event. The numerology of the trigrams is based on Taoism which bears a resemblance, numerically, to the progression seen in human conception and embryological development. Laozi (老子) said, “Tao (道) gave birth to the one (conception), the one gave birth to the two (division of the fertilized egg into two cells), the two gave birth to the three things (two cells dividing into four) up to 10,000. . . .“ The hexagrams, which are created by pairing two trigrams together, form 64 possible combinations which is also the number of links in the human DNA chain. “The amino acids in DNA are divided into units of three which form 64 combinations in Human DNA.” Sixty-four codes can be divided into eight groups which coincides with the eight trigrams law, which in turn interfaces with the eight extraordinary vessels in acupuncture. In ancient writings, the eight extraordinary vessels have been compared to lakes or reservoirs in nature, and the regular channels compared to rivers. The eight extraordinary vessels are linked to the original eight mother cells, which can be said to represent the "inner cosmos,” or original power of the body that generated all other parts of the body. Because of their qualities, the extraordinary vessels can be powerful tools in acupuncture treatment. For example, stored energy in the extraordinary vessels can be directed into deficient channels while excess energy in a channel can be drained into the extraordinary vessels (or reservoirs as they have been depicted). The eight extraordinary vessels are different channels from those of the twelve regular channels and are closely related to one another. They are a network interweaving with the net formed by the twelve regular channels and are closely related to one another. They help store, irrigate and regulate the blood and Qi flow in the twelve regular channels. In other words, they control the twelve regular channels. There is already in existence something called Chronotherapeutic Acupuncture, based on a numerical chart that links the extraordinary vessels, the trigrams, the four phases of the moon and the four seasons. However, Chronotherapeutic Acupuncture is not a very practical system, because one has to calculate the positions of the sun and the moon to arrive at the most auspicious time to insert needles, which may turn out to be 2:00 a.m. - hardly a convenient time to see a doctor! There is a more practical way to apply the I Ching to acupuncture. It can be used as a form of diagnosis by applying the results of the six pulse readings to each line of the hexagram, beginning from the bottom line up and starting with the kidney pulses followed by the spleen, liver, lung and heart pulses consecutively. If the pulse readings exhibit Yin characteristics, a broken line is indicated (- -). If the pulse exhibits Yang characteristics, a solid line is indicated (―). Once the hexagram has been built and specific lines of change noted, the hexagram can be applied to the same chart as has been used in Chronotherapeutic Acupuncture in order to find which of the eight extraordinary vessels to use for treatment. To ensure accuracy, other supporting diagnostic elements (i.e. tongue diagnosis, history taking, palpation, etc.) should be used to verify the pulse readings. | | |
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