Xu ming tang gui zhi 9 ma huang 9 xing ren 9 shi gao 9 ren shen 9 dang gui 9 chuan xiong 6 gan jiang 9 zhi gan cao 9 Xu ming tang comes from Gu jin lu yun (ancient and modern records of proven formulas): indicated for wind stroke disability manifesting in the …
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Half open and half closed surface patterns.
A tai yang wind pattern can manifest as tai yang wind strike or tai yang wind cold. The difference is the amount of cold closure and sweating on the surface. Tai yang represents all the yang qi on the surface and in the interior. There are many references to this in the Yellow Emperor’s Classic. …
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Chai hu jia long gu mu li tang
Chai hu jia long gu mu li tang chai hu 24 huang qin 9 ban xia 12 ren shen 9 sheng jiang 9 gui zhi 9 fu ling 9 long gu 9 mu li 9 da zao 6 da huang 12 dai zhe shi 9 Line 107 When in cold damage that has lasted for …
A new way of thinking about Qi.
We tend to believe that Qi is static. Yet, it moves just like the Dao does. The Chinese character for qi has two parts. The first part represents vapor, steam, or gas. The second part represents a grain of rice. The Chinese symbol for Qi is represented by steam and uncooked rise suggesting the release …
Five agents in the Yellow Emperor’s Classic
During my studies I discovered that I did not know all of the five agent associations. I have decided to share them since it has deepened my understanding of the qualities of each element. I have grouped the association into categories. A general category and one for each of the elements. General Chapter 4 The …
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The blood formulas
Ben tun tang, cools and nourishes blood, calms internal upward rushing wind. Ben tun tang ge gen 15 sang bai pi 24 huang qin 6 ban xia 12 bai shao 6 chuan xiong 6 dang gui 6 sheng jiang 12 zhi gan cao 6 Da huang zhe chong tang, drying out of blood, softens blood …
Gui zhi tang
Gui zhi tang gui zhi 9 bai shao 9 sheng jiang 9 da zao 9 zhi gan cao 6 Line 12 In tai yang wind strike with floating yang and weak yin, floating yang is spontaneous heat effusion and weak yin is spontaneous issue of sweat. If there is huddled aversion to cold, wetted aversion …
The images of Trigrams
Yin and yang are symbolically represented by lines. A solid line represents a yang quality. A broken line represents a yin quality. Using one line to graphically illustrate the different qualities falls short when trying to describe different types of natural phenomena. That’s where the trigrams and hexagrams come in. By adding another line to …
Taxation
A taxation pattern indicates that yang and yin are both deficient. Yang fails to warm, move, and transform, while yin fails to nourish, anchor, contain, and moisten the yang. In chapter 6 there are three different patterns and formulas described. Each contains abdominal urgency or tightness as one of the key symptoms. Yet each pattern …
Why is it impossible to know the essential nature of Dao?
How does it move and what is the connection to the five agents. Hat tip to L. Jarret for a clear explanation. Humans are the Dao. So when humans talk to explain about the Dao, they are the Dao explaining itself. The process of humans speaking about the nature of existence is the Dao judging …
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