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The only [verification needed] ambiguity with this unique systemized method is on the urinary bladder meridian, where the outer line of 14 points found on the back near the spine are inserted in one of two ways; following the last point of the inner line along the spine (會陽) and resuming with the point found in the crease of the buttocks ...
There are about 400 acupuncture points (not counting bilateral points twice) most of which are situated along the major 20 pathways (i.e. 12 primary and eight extraordinary channels). However, by the second Century AD, 649 acupuncture points were recognized in China (reckoned by counting bilateral points twice).
Over the course of his life, Tung trained 73 students who went on to continue teaching his style of acupuncture. [3] In 1973, Tung authored his publication Tung’s Acupuncture, Its Regular Channels & Unique Points. [5] [3] Dr. Miriam Lee and Dr. Wei-Chieh Young, two of his students, introduced Tung's Points to the U.S. [1]
(related to the San Jiao and Gallbladder channels) channel symptoms- loss of hearing, red eyes, dizziness, visual distortion, headaches and hypochondriac pain, alternating cold and hot. bowel symptoms-bitter taste, nausea or retching, irritability, anxiety Tongue-Thin, thin coat (that could be white or yellow) pulse-wiry Treatment-Harmonize
It is not certain when specific acupuncture points were introduced, but the autobiography of Bian Que from around 400–500 BC references inserting needles at designated areas. [28] Bian Que believed there was a single acupuncture point at the top of one's skull that he called the point "of the hundred meetings."
One branch of qigong is qigong massage, in which the practitioner combines massage techniques with awareness of the acupuncture channels and points. [239] [240] Qi is air, breath, energy, or primordial life source that is neither matter or spirit. While Gong is a skillful movement, work, or exercise of the qi. [241]
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HéGŭ L.I. 4 or simply Hegu (Chinese: 合谷; Wade–Giles: Hoku; lit. 'Enclosed valley', Korean: hap gok 합곡, Japanese: gō koku, Vietnamese: hợp cốc) is the fourth acupuncture point on the large intestine meridian (Hand Yang Ming) in traditional Chinese medicine.