Guest guest Posted September 2, 2000 Report Share Posted September 2, 2000 In eastern medicine what is the center of the meridian system? What point or area is the source? Is it the governing vessel? Is it the heart where Shen is said to reside? Is there a source exterior to the body? Is it an embodiment of the Yin/Yang symbol? Is it the point just below the navel used in martial arts to center oneself? What else could it be? A wheel must have a center axis around which to turn and which holds it together. And in the Tao, it is said " hold onto your center " . Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2000 Report Share Posted September 2, 2000 Ed, Kiiko Matsumoto and Stephen Birch wrote a book that, I think, might address your questions with answers that fall where you _seem to be leading_, <snip> > What else could it be? " Five Elements and Ten Stems; Nan Ching Theory, Diagnostics and Practice " , specifically pages 65 to 82. My understanding of what they said is that I couldn't give you a synopsis with justice to the context without using more words than they did. :-/ I'm putting a discussion of the book on my list of subjects to be addressed during a TCM tutorial with an acupuncturist (if not done here to my satisfaction ;-). Penel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2000 Report Share Posted September 2, 2000 Penel, Can you say a few words about what is in that book that applies? Is the center vague, not well defined? Is this one of the reasons why it takes lots of words? Ed Chinese Traditional Medicine , Penel Eynde LeGrand <penel@i...> wrote: > Ed, > Kiiko Matsumoto and Stephen Birch wrote a book that, I think, might > address your questions with answers that fall where you _seem to be > leading_, > > <snip> > > What else could it be? > > " Five Elements and Ten Stems; Nan Ching Theory, Diagnostics and > Practice " , specifically pages 65 to 82. > > My understanding of what they said is that I couldn't give you a > synopsis with justice to the context without using more words than they > did. :-/ > I'm putting a discussion of the book on my list of subjects to be > addressed during a TCM tutorial with an acupuncturist (if not done here > to my satisfaction ;-). > > Penel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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