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• Upper KI points
– KI 22, 23, 24…?

• Outer UB line
– UB 41, 42, 43, 44…

• Entry – Exit points

• Qi Cycle clock

• Elements and their description

– Wood, Fire, Earth?

• Window of the sky points

 Three Stages of Five Element
Treatment Strategy - Mahabharata
Diagnosis (Observation) Protocol Driven Blocks Understanding how to
select points
• CF • Possession • Understanding the
• Pulses • Aggressive Energy spirit of each element
• Rapport • Husband – Wife • Understanding spirit
• Ren – Du of the points
• Entry - Exit • Selecting points
Sheng Cycle – Mother Generates Child
Ke Cycle – Controlling Cycle
 Levels of Disease
• Levels of Disease

– Body
• Aches, trauma, etc.
– Mind
• Cognition, Memory, Concentration, Vague, Dyslexic
– Spirit
• Usually not treated or even identified as a disease
• More of an annoying behaviour
 The Spirit Level
• Ability to enjoy something
• Motivation
• Express the appropriate emotion

• Example:
– Saurav Ganguly at Lords
– Winning the wimbledon
 Spirit Problems
– Behaviour Manifestation
• Clowning and cracking many jokes
– (Laughing patient)

• Being very organized or disorganized

– (OCD)

• Excessively attentive to others needs

– (agony aunt)

• Distanced and cut off emotionally

– Minisha Lamba in that movie
 Spirit Problems
– Behaviour Manifestation
• Black and White thinking
– Extreme thinking

• Very rigid

• Rushing into relationships

• Anger issues

• Always frustrated

• Always living in the past

• Image management
Constitutional Factor
 Constitutional Factor
• Everyone belongs to one element
• Key element that is out of balance when
stressed
• Causative Factor
 Constitutional Factor
• Each CF has a Shen associated with it

• Heart – Shen
• Lung – Po
• Spleen – Yi
• Wood – Hun
• Kidney – Zhi

• When stressed bevaiour problems manifest as per

that particular elements characteristics
 Element Behaviour
- Its not what you do it’s how you do it
The Five Children – Fear of being hurt
• Wood – Control

• Fire – Protect

• Earth – Abuse

• Metal – Inferiority

• Water - Distrust
 Three Stages of Five Element
Treatment Strategy
Diagnosis (Observation) Protocol Driven Blocks Understanding how to
select points
• CF • Possession • Understanding the
• Pulses • Aggressive Energy spirit of each
• Rapport • Husband – Wife element
• Ren – Du • Understanding spirit
• Entry - Exit of the points
• Selecting points
 Diagnosis of the CF
• Colour

• Odor

• Sound

• Emotion
 The Four diagnostic factors
Element Colour Odour Sound Emotion
Wood Green Rancid Shouting Anger

Fire Red/ Grey Burnt Laughing Joy

Earth Yellow Fragrant/ Ripe Singing Sympathy

Metal White Rotten Weeping/ Grief

Tailing off
Water Blue Putrid Groaning Fear
 Odours
• Rancid
– Milk

• Burnt
– Toast

• Overripe
– Pear

• Rotten
– Meat

• Putrid
– Urinal
 Sound
• Shouting or Assertive (Amrish Puri)
– Wouldn’t want to get angry

• Laughing (Yuvraj Singh)

– free spirited talking style

• Singing (Karan Johar)

• Weeping (Sachin Tendulkar)

– Dropping off in volume

• Groaning
– Extend the ending
 Sound
• Keep in mind the context with which the
sound is being emanated

• Shouting could be normal

• Singing could be someone who is just happy

• Weeping could be normal while describing a

loss
 Inappropriate Emotion
• Anger/ Rage due to frustration
– Waiting at a restaurant
– Patient talks at you

• Joy or Lack of Joy

– Everyone enjoying a game but your not
– Inappropriate joy, joking at a funeral

• Sympathy
– Over caring
– Noone listens to me

• Grief
– Loss of something
– Acting like its ok, not experiencing the grief

• Fear
– Distrust, reconfirming
 CF Distribution
• Fire
• Earth
• Wood
• Metal
• Water
Pulse Diagnosis
The Correct Positions
• Location

• Depth

• Strength
 Pulse Positions
Left Left Right Right
(Superficial) (Deep) (Superficial) (Deep)

SI HT LI LU

GB Liv ST SP

UB KI SJ PC
 Pulse and Colour Practicals
• Feel the pulse at all three points
• Feel the depth of the pulses
• Plot them on a piece of paper

• Look at your partners lateral side of the eye

• Note what colour your seeing
• Write it down
 Understanding Entry-Exit Blocks
• What is a block?

• How do you find it?

• How do you break it?

 Entry – Exit Blocks
Zang Fu Entry Exit
LU LU1 LU7
LI LI4 LI20
ST ST1 ST42
SP SP1 SP21
HT HT1 HT9
SI SI1 SI19
UB UB1 UB67
KI KI1 KI22
PC PC1 PC8
SJ SJ1 SJ22
GB GB1 GB41
LIV LIV1 LIV14
 Stubborn Blocks
• Internal Pathways
– KI 4
– Ren10
• Practical Session

- Identify Color
- Try and identify the CF
- Feel pulse strength
- Plot Pulse Strength
- Identify blocks
Still More Blocks
 Three Stages of Five Element
Treatment Strategy
Diagnosis (Observation) Protocol Driven Blocks Understanding how to
select points
• CF • Possession • Understanding the
• Pulses • Aggressive Energy spirit of each element
• Rapport • Husband – Wife • Understanding spirit
• Ren – Du of the points
• Entry - Exit • Selecting points
 The Blocks
• Possession
• Aggressive Energy
• Husband –Wife
• Ren – Du
• Entry – Exit
• Unstable Pulses (Not a block but Qi transfer)
 Possession Block (Shock)
• Caused by:
– Intense trauma or shock
– “Hypnotised”
– Heavy drug, alcohol abuse

• Symptoms
– Eyes make no contact
– Glazy eyes
– Intense horrifying dreams
– Obsessions (severe OCD)
– Hear voices in the mind
 Emotional Shock
– death, divorce
• Internal Dragon Protocol (Right then Left)
– O.25 CUN below Ren 15
– ST 25 (location of SP 15)
– ST 32
– ST 41

• Needling Style
– Turn 180 degrees anti clockwise
– Retain for 20 mins
 Environmental Shock
- extreme cold, sunstroke, desert
• External Dragon Protocol (extreme cold
weather)
– DU20
– UB 11
– UB 23 (2 Cun lateral)
– UB 61

• Needling Style
– Turn 180 degrees anti clockwise
– Leave in for 20 mins
 Possession (Shock)
• End the treatment
– HT 1 or
– UB 42 or
– UB 43 or
– Any Spirit points

– CF Source points
 Aggressive Energy Block
- Physical Symptoms Using the Ke Cycle
• Su Wen Chapter 65
– “If a disease develops in the Heart, there will be
cardiac pain. One day later it reaches the Lung
causing dyspnoea and cough, Three days later it
reaches the Liver causing propping fullness in the
rib region. Five days later it reaches the Spleen,
causing blockage and stoppage, generalised pain
and heaviness. It if is not cured within three days
the condition is fatal.”
 Aggressive Energy Block
-Evil Qi circulates along the Ke cycle
 Factors Indicating Aggressive Energy
• Serious Life threatening illness

• Severe mental or spiritual problems

• Aggravations to treatments

• History of alcohol and drug abuse

• Chaotic Pulses

• Two CF’s suspected especially controlling elements

• I link it to a spirit level cancer

Aggressive Energy Protocol Demo – all
needles inserted just 0.1mm and left
to hang
• UB 13
• UB14
• UB15
• UB18
• UB20
• UB23
• Test needles
• Retain till the sha disappears
Husband – Wife Block
 Husband – Wife Block
• Diagnosis
– Left pulses (Husband)
– Right pulses (Wife)
– Left vs Right pulses
– Left pulse overall is weaker than right pulses
 Husband – Wife Block Protocol
• KI 3
• Ki 7
• UB 67
• Liv 4
• SI 4
• HT 7
• Why this protocol?
Ren – Du Block
 Ren – Du Block
- Diagnosis and Treatment
• All the pulses are very weak

• Ren 2 Ren 24
• Du 2 DU 28
 Overview of the Blocks

• Possession

• Aggressive Energy

• Husband Wife

• Ren Du

• Entry - Exit
Qi Transfer
 Husband – Wife Block Protocol
• KI 3 (Earth)
• Ki 7 (Metal)
• UB 67 (Metal)
• Liv 4 (Metal)
• SI 4 (Source)
• HT 7 (Source)
 Practicals
• Find blocks
• Identify CF’s
• Plot Qi transfers if possible
 Three Stages of Five Element
Treatment Strategy
Diagnosis (Observation) Protocol Driven Blocks Understanding how to
select points
• CF • Possession • Understanding the
• Pulses • Aggressive Energy spirit of each
• Rapport • Husband – Wife element
• Ren – Du • Understanding spirit
• Entry - Exit of the points
• Selecting points
 Treatment
-Rules
-Understanding the Element Patterns
- Points
 Rules –
• Universal Points:
• ALL POINTS NEEDLED 0.1mm depth. NO retention of needle

• Upper Ki points (Ki22-Ki27)

• Outer UB points

• Ren Du

• Window of the Sky Points of the CF

• Other points:
• Only points on the CF’s channel
 Two Aspects of Point Categories

• Severe Depression • Behavior Issues

– Death • Anger
– Divorce
• Frustration
– Financial issues
• Overperfection
– Upper Ki points
(Ki22-Ki27) • CF Points
– Outer UB points

– Ren Du

– Window of the Sky

Points of the CF
 Point Types
• Gates (Regulates)
– HT 7, KI21, PC 4, Liv 13, Liv 14, Lu2, ST13, PC6, SJ1, SJ5, SJ23, GB25

• Mounds (Perspective)
– HT6, PC7, GB34, GB36, GB40, ST34, SP9

• Valley (Emptiness, be in touch with nature)

– SI5, Ki20, GB8, LI4, SP7

• Servants (Aid to get through a situation)

• Storehouse/ Reserves (Holds a reserve of Qi for the spirit)

 Point Types
• Ancestors (Advice)
– SI11, KI24, SJ7, GB40 (Mound as well)

• Palace (Inspiration to show the good side of life, Rejuvenate like a spa)
– HT8, SI19, PC8, LU1, LU3

• Gutter (Cleans)
– SI6, LU8, SJ6, SJ9, Liv 5

• Path (correct direction)

• Spirit (Treat the spirit level)

 Rules For Needling
• Always use Moxa except for clearing blocks

– Use 3-5 cones per point

– (Entry-Exit use Moxa)

• Never Retain needles except in Aggressive Energy and Possession

• Always get Qi

• Rotate 180 degrees clockwise to tonify

• Rotate 360 degree anti-clockwise to sedate

• Always end on the CF source points

Upper KI, Outer Bladder,
Ren, Du
 Upper Kidney Points
• KI 22 (Walking on the Verandah)
– A safe place for someone who has been through
darkness
– Helps one to test facing the real world again

• KI 23 (Spirit Seal)
– Gives assurance that one has done his best
– Gives confidence to someone that what has
happened is correct or for the best
 Upper Kidney Points
• KI 24 (Spirit Burial Ground)
– When someone is totally shattered
– “You have to resurrect the spirit to treat the spirit
level”

• KI 25 (Spirit Storehouse)
– Spirit is present but needs nourishment
– Gives the will to carry on
 Upper Kidney Points
• KI 26 (Amidst Elegance)
– When one has lost self respect

• KI 27 (Store House)
– Brings reserve energy to the spirit
– Just a little support
 Outer Bladder Points Conversion
• UB 41 – UB54 in TCM
• UB 36 – UB 49 in Five Elements

• UB 36 – UB 50
• UB 37 – UB 51
• UB 38 – UB 52
• UB 39 – UB 53
• UB 40 – UB 54
 Outer Bladder Points
• UB 42 (Soul Door Lungs soul - PO)
– The Lung’s spirit lives here
– Helps let go of grief
– Helps people who are over sensitive
– Opens the door to ones spirit (explained later with
UB44)
 Outer Bladder Points
• UB 43 (Rich for the vitals)
– Most powerful point to bring vitality to someones
spirit, mind and body
– Depression, fibromyalgia and a devastated spirit
– Can use 7-50 cones of moxa
– Much stronger than KI 25 which is only for the
spirit
 Outer Bladder Points
• UB 44 (Spirit Hall)
– When a person has not recovered his true spirit

– (Note: Ki 24 resurrect the spirit,

UB 42 Opens the soul door so someone can try
and resume normalcy
UB 44 Takes one to where the spirit resides. After
a traumatic event if one is never the same again).
 Outer Bladder Points
• UB 45 (Wail of Grief)
– When the grief is too much
– People who need to cry to experience the grief
and move on
 Outer Bladder Points
• UB 47 (Soul Gate)
– Like UB 42 and UB44 together
– Gives one access to their true untainted spirit
– Trauma can make one become tainted,
manipulate the outside world, etc. This point
brings back ones spirit with ones true outlook to
life.
 Outer Bladder Point
• UB 49 (Thought Dwelling)
– Slows down a racing mind worrying continuously

• UB 51 (Gate of Vitality)
– For someone who is getting burnt out too soon
– Regulates the effort put in

• UB 52 (Ambition Room)
– Brings back the excitement in doing something
– Gives ambition
 Ren
• Ren 1 (Meeting of Yin)
– Drowning of the spirit
– Not as powerful as KI 24

• Ren 3 (Utmost Middle)

– Crossing point for the SI, UB, KD, GB, SJ
– Grounding point
– Centers you
 Ren
• Ren 6 (Sea of Qi)
– Main reservoir of Qi

• Ren 8 (Spirit Deficiency)

– Spirit is present but needs support
– Only Moxa

• Ren 12 (Middle Duct)

– Very good centering point for extremists
– Bi polar centering
 Ren
• Ren 14 (Great Palace Gate)
– Like Ren 8 for tonifying the spirit

• Ren 20 (Flower Covering)

– To soften someones approach
 DU
• DU 10 (Spirit Tower)
– Helps people prepare for the next stage after
making progress

• DU 11 (Spirit Path)
– Use with Du 10 to show the path

• DU 12 (Body Pillar)
– Use for someone who is easily broken
 DU
• DU 14 (Great Hammer)
– Use it to break patterns
– Used when patients don’t respond well to
treatments

• DU 20 (One hundred meetings)

– Most powerful ancestor point
– Good for liver related symptoms
 Window of the Sky Points
• Used after getting through the storm

• Helps a person see that there is positivity in life

after all

• Helps one achieve his new life

• Analogy of being in a secluded prison and

releasing the prisoner
 Window of the Sky Points
• SI 16 (Heavenly Window)
– Use when someone cannot see the good though he
may have the reserves

• SI 17 (Heavenly Appearance)
– Remove ego, selfishness when approaching
something

• PC 1/ 2 (Heavenly Pond)
– When one is bored or feels trapped in a relationship
 Window of the Sky Points
• SJ 16 (Heavenly Window)
– Helps bring balance to someones approach
– Being over enthusiastic and then cold the next
time

• GB 16 (Eye Window)
– Like a window of the sky point
– Build a future based on past experience
 Window of the Sky Points
• LU 3 (Heavenly Palace)
– Metal tends to grieve
– Shows him a place of highest quality so he can let
go of the filth and garbage

• LI 18 (Support and Rush Out)

– Complete cleansing of past rubbish
– Use with LU 3
 Window of the Sky Points
• ST 9 (People Welcome)
– Brings balance to relating with others
– Sympathy

• UB 10 (Heavenly Pillar)
– Gives strength to move on and face fears

• Ren 22 (Heaven Rushing Out)

– Use it when the patient is being stubborn and not
moving on