Yin-Yang applied to the body and the clinic
How an abstraction becomes signs: cold/heat, excess/deficiency, exterior/interior, and the four grids of treatment.
How it starts
The previous lesson set up the tool. This one applies it to the body you will have in front of you and to the decisions you will make with it.
The rest of the lesson opens with Acupuntura I.
In this lesson you will learn
- Locate on the body which areas and channels are Yin and which are Yang, and explain why.
- Explain the Zang/Fu distinction and name the six pairs.
- Translate each of the four imbalances into a treatment principle and a technique.
- Use the diagnostic questions that tell excess from deficiency and Cold from Heat in ten seconds.
What is inside
- 1Topography: the body of the quadruped
- 2Zang and Fu: solid and hollow
- 3From the four quadrants to the four decisions
- 4Four questions that settle half the diagnosis
- 5Two nuances that prevent costly mistakes
One of the 26 lessons in
Acupuntura IFoundations
“Learn the language before the vocabulary.”
The groundwork: how Chinese medicine thinks, Yin-Yang, the Five Phases, the vital substances, the organs, the channel system, diagnosis, and safe needling practice. By the end you will be able to read a case history in the language of Chinese medicine and locate points with anatomical precision.
By the end of the course, you will know how to
- Explain Yin-Yang and Wu Xing without falling back on empty metaphors.
- Distinguish Qi, Blood, Essence (Jing), Shen, and Body Fluids, along with their basic pathologies.
- Describe the functions of the twelve organs according to TCM.
- Locate any point using proportional cun and bony landmarks.
- Build a diagnosis using the Eight Principles.
- Handle the needle safely and recognize De Qi.
What you will study
Module 1 · 4 lessons
Starting point
What acupuncture really is, how Chinese medicine reasons and which tools you have in your hands.
- What acupuncture is (and what it isn't)
- How Chinese medicine thinks
- History and classical texts
- Your toolkit: Atlas, 3D Map, and Ryodoraku
Module 2 · 2 lessons
Yin and Yang
The most powerful and most misused analytical tool in all of Chinese medicine.
- Yin-Yang: the four laws
- Yin-Yang applied to the body and the clinicYou are here
Module 3 · 2 lessons
The Five Phases
Wu Xing: correspondences, cycles and the treatment rules that follow from them.
- Wu Xing: the five families
- Sheng, Ke, Cheng, and Wu: the four cycles
Module 4 · 3 lessons
The vital substances
Qi, Blood, Essence, Mind and Body Fluids: the material the body works with.
- Qi: types and functions
- Blood, Essence, Shen, and Fluids
- How they support one another
Module 5 · 4 lessons
The organs (Zang-Fu)
The twelve organs aren't viscera: they're functional systems. Here you learn each one.
- Heart and Lung
- Spleen, Liver, and Kidney
- The six Fu organs
- Zang-Fu relationships and the curious organs
Module 6 · 3 lessons
The channel system
The network everything flows through: architecture, timing and measurement.
- Architecture of the Jing Luo
- Circulation and the organ clock
- The cun and locating points
Module 7 · 4 lessons
Causes and diagnosis
Where illness comes from and how to read it in the patient.
- Causes of disease
- The Eight Principles
- Observation and tongue diagnosis
- Pulse, inquiry, and palpation
Module 8 · 4 lessons
The needle in hand
Safe practice: technique, risks and the sister techniques.
- Needling technique and De Qi
- Safety, accidents, and contraindications
- Moxibustion, cupping, and bloodletting
- Final exam · Acupuncture I
Requirements
None. You start from zero.
How it works
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This lesson and the rest of the course: 26 lessons, 7 hours, quizzes and exercises. You pay once and it is yours for life, with one year of Atlas Pro as a gift (if you already have it, it adds to the time you have left).
Acupuntura I
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