the midnight-noon Ebb-FLoW Acupuncture method – Zi Wu Liu Zhu Zhen FA – 子午流注针 法 the eight methods oF the Magic turtLe – Ling gui BA FA – 灵龟八法 the WheeL oF time Acupuncture © THEORETIC AL BASIS AND concep ts By dr . Armin koch version 02 Table of Contents Foreword _______________________________________________________________________ 7 1 Introduction _________________________________________________________________ 9 1.1 Nomenclature and Abbreviations ___________________________________________ 9 1.2 Graphic Illustration ______________________________________________________ 11 1.2.1 The Five Transformational Phases (Elements) ________________________________ 11 1.2.2 Graphic Illustration of the Yin and Yang _____________________________________ 11 2 A Scientific Perspective ______________________________________________________ 12 2.1 The Origin of the World with Regards to Time and Space ______________________ 12 2.2 Biological Time as Dictated by the Sun _____________________________________ 13 2.3 Somatic Manifestations __________________________________________________ 14 3 A Daoistic Perspective _______________________________________________________ 16 3.1 Daoism ________________________________________________________________ 16 3.2 The Origin of the World with Regards to Time and Space ______________________ 17 3.3 Yang – 阳阳阳 – and Yin – 阴阴阴 __________________________________________________ 19 4 The Theory of the Stems and Branches _________________________________________ 21 4.1 The Ten Heavenly Stems– Shi Tian Gan – 十天干 _____________________________ 21 4.1.1 The Classification of the Heavenly Stems with Regards to the Organs and the Five Elements 五行 _______________________________________________________________ 22 4.1.2 The Relationship between the Heavenly Stems and the Five Movements – Wu Yun – 五运 23 4.2 The Twelve Earthly Branches – Shi Er Di Zhi – 十二地支 _______________________ 25 4.2.1 The Classification of the Earthly Branches with Respect to the Transformational Phases (Elements) __________________________________________________________________ 29 4.2.2 The Classification of the Six Cosmic Energies with Respect to the Transformational Phases (Elements) ___________________________________________________________ 29 4.2.3 The Classification of the Channels with Respect to the Transformational Phases (Elements) __________________________________________________________________ 30 5 The Cycle of Sixty ___________________________________________________________ 32 6 The Combination of the Cycle of Sixty or Sexagesimal Cycle with the Four Pillars of Destiny ________________________________________________________________________ 34 6.1 The Pillar of the Year – The Year Number ____________________________________ 34 6.2 The Pillar of the Month – The Month Number _________________________________ 34 6.3 The Pillar of the Day – The Day Number _____________________________________ 35 6.3.1 The Proportional Distribution of the Extra Days over a Four-Year Period ___________ 35 6.3.2 The Continuous Counting of the Day Numbers Beyond the New Year _____________ 36 6.4 The Pillar of the Time Division (Td) – The Time Division Number ________________ 37 7 Different Forms of Calendars __________________________________________________ 38 7.1 Solar Calendars _________________________________________________________ 38 7.2 Lunar Calendars ________________________________________________________ 39 7.3 Lunisolar Calendars _____________________________________________________ 39 8 The Chinese Calendar ________________________________________________________ 40 8.1 The Solar Month_________________________________________________________ 40 8.2 The Brighter and Darker Part of the Year ____________________________________ 40 8.3 The Lunar Month ________________________________________________________ 41 2 8.4 When Must a Lunar Month Be Inserted? _____________________________________ 41 8.5 The Chinese Lunar Year – The Chinese Solar Year – The Energetic Year _________ 43 8.5.1 The Chinese Lunar Year _________________________________________________ 43 8.5.2 The Chinese Solar Year _________________________________________________ 44 8.5.3 The Energetic Year _____________________________________________________ 45 8.6 The Assignment or Coupling of the Four Pillars of Destiny _____________________ 45 8.6.1 The Assignment or Coupling of the Months with the Years ______________________ 45 8.6.2 The Assignment or Coupling of the Time Divisions with the Days _________________ 46 8.6.3 The Timely Optimized Acupuncture Treatment According to the Pillar of the Month ___ 46 8.6.4 Analogies with the Stages of Life __________________________________________ 48 8.7 The Twenty-Four Solar Terms and their Analogies ____________________________ 48 8.8 Definition of the Seasons in China and the Western World _____________________ 50 8.9 The Traditional Chinese Calendar – Xia Calendar _____________________________ 50 9 Conversion from Clock Time to Sundial Time ____________________________________ 52 9.1 Time Zones _____________________________________________________________ 52 9.2 Definitions _____________________________________________________________ 52 9.2.1 The Center of the Time Zone _____________________________________________ 52 9.2.2 True Solar Time – Sundial Time ___________________________________________ 54 9.2.3 Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time) _______________________________________ 55 9.2.4 Mean Solar Time _______________________________________________________ 55 9.3 The Calculations for Converting Clock Time to Sundial Time ___________________ 57 9.3.1 The Geographic Adjustment for Location within your Time Zone __________________ 57 9.3.2 The Adjustment for Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time) _______________________ 57 9.3.3 The Adjustment for the Non-uniformity of Solar Time ___________________________ 57 9.4 Examples ______________________________________________________________ 58 9.4.1 Zurich (8.6°E), March 27, 1956 ____________________________________________ 58 9.4.2 Vienna (16,4°E), May 15, 2009 ____________________________________________ 58 9.4.3 New York (75°W = -75°E), August 20, 2011 __________________________________ 59 9.4.4 Los Angeles (118,3°W = -118,3°E), December 1, 2006 _________________________ 59 9.4.5 Athens (23,7°E), January 7, 2007 __________________________________________ 60 9.4.6 Beijing (116,4°E), October 9, 2010 _________________________________________ 60 9.4.7 Shanghai (121,4°E), October 9, 2010 _______________________________________ 61 9.4.8 Chengdu (104°E), October 9, 2010 _________________________________________ 61 9.4.9 My Workplace and My Birthplace __________________________________________ 61 10 The Calculation of the Four Pillars of Destiny __________________________________ 62 10.1 The Year Number ________________________________________________________ 62 10.2 The Month Number ______________________________________________________ 63 10.3 The Day Number ________________________________________________________ 65 10.4 The Time Division (Td) Number ____________________________________________ 67 11 The Midnight-Noon Ebb-Flow Acupuncture Method – Zi Wu Liu Zhu Zhen Fa – 子午流注 针法 _________________________________________________________________________ 69 11.1 History ________________________________________________________________ 69 11.2 Na Zi Fa – 拿子法 : Theory _________________________________________________ 69 11.2.1 The Organ Clock _____________________________________________________ 70 11.2.2 The Five Transporting-Shu Points – Wu Shu Xue – 五俞穴____________________ 71 11.2.2.1 Jing-Well Points – Jing Xue – 井穴 _____________________________________ 71 11.2.2.2 Ying-Spring Points – Ying Xue – 荥穴 ___________________________________ 71 11.2.2.3 Shu-Stream Points – Shu Xue – 俞穴 ___________________________________ 71 11.2.2.4 Jing-River Points – Jing Xue – 经穴 ____________________________________ 72 11.2.2.5 He-Sea Points – He Xue – 合穴 _______________________________________ 72 11.2.3 The Five Transformational Phases (Elements) – Wu Xing – 五行 _______________ 72 3 11.2.4 The Horary-Ben Points (see figures 11.3 und 11.4) __________________________ 74 11.2.5 The Mother or Tonfication Points ________________________________________ 75 11.2.6 The Child or Sedation Points ____________________________________________ 75 11.2.7 Concepts of Tonification _______________________________________________ 75 11.2.7.1 The treatment of the mother point of the channel that precedes the affected channel/organ in the organ clock_______________________________________________ 75 11.2.7.2 The treatment of the mother point of the affected channel/organ ______________ 75 11.2.7.3 The treatment of the mother point on the mother-channel/organ ______________ 75 11.2.7.4 The treatment of the horary-ben point on the mother-channel/organ ___________ 75 11.2.7.5 The needling of several acupuncture points of the affected channel in the sequence of the qi-flow ______________________________________________________________ 76 11.2.7.6 The needling of several channels in the sequence of the qi-flow ______________ 76 11.2.7.7 The needling of the acupuncture points in the direction of the qi-flow __________ 76 11.2.8 Concepts of Sedation _________________________________________________ 76 11.2.8.1 The treatment of the child point of the affected channel/organ ________________ 76 11.2.8.2 The treatment of the child point on the child-channel/organ __________________ 76 11.2.8.3 The treatment of the horary-ben point on the child-channel/organ