![]() ![]() In any event, the idea of evaluating and treating meridian imbalances was in place at the time of the Nan Jing, and persisted through many centuries in Eastern Asia. But after nine years of using AcuGraph, I am convinced that computer diagnosis is much more accurate, and more revealing of the subtleties of comparative meridian strength. I used to teach meridian pulse diagnosis, and I feel I was as good as many at this. But to distinguish excesses and deficiencies of all twelve of the meridians on the radial pulse is difficult. This is suitable for herbal prescribing, and many Westerners have mastered this level. ![]() Chinese herbalists, on the other hand, concentrate on whole pulse diagnosis, and are able to distinguish 28 aberrant pulses. I have seldom seen modern Western practitioners obtain the level required to make accurate diagnosis of specific meridian imbalances. Our earlier Asian doctors were extremely sensitive and advanced in their pulse diagnostic abilities. Traditionally, this was done by evaluation of the radial pulse on the wrist (or other locations), and later, in Japan, by skin or abdominal palpation. Obviously, the first requirement for meridian balance is proper diagnosis of which channels are out of balance, as either excess or deficiency. This can be done by leading excess to deficiency with ion-pumping cords (in Manaka style), by adjusting each channel individually according to excess /deficiency with relevant acupoints, or by using specific points that can interface between two (or more) channels. All the various schools of meridian balance follow this dictate, whether they originate in China, Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, Korea, Europe or North America. The goal of the acupuncturist is to determine which channels have too much energy (excess), and which channels have too little energy (deficient), and then choose certain acupoints to rectify the channel flow. It also described the basis of meridian balancing, that all channels need to have relatively equal amounts of qi, and that this balance can be achieved by using certain groups of acupuncture points to connect the channels directly. The Nan Jing establishes the importance of the acupuncture meridians network, describing its pathways as well as the locations and functions of the acupoints. Or, points could be chosen that allowed connection to one or more other channels. Channels could be controlled directly by reducing, supplementing, heating, or cooling. In the Nan Jing, pathway acupoints were described that allowed an intervention/manipulation of the channel, using needle or moxa. ![]() Health problems occur when that flow is either interrupted (blocked), or when the quality of the qi and blood is sub-standard. This energy nourishes and invigorates all tissues along each pathway, including designated organs (zang-fu), blood flow, muscle, bone, etc. The essential premise is that qi (life energy) flows through twelve channels in a continuous sequence. Relationships of acupuncture meridians (channels) have been mapped out since the Nan Jing (100 CE). ![]() This is Part 2 of The Primary Channel Balance by Dr. Part 2: Modern Japanese and Chinese Approaches to Balancing Acupuncture Meridians To read parts 1, 3 or 4 of The Primary Channel Balance series, click the links below: ![]()
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