THE THEORY OF LUO CONNECTING ACUPUNCTURE POINTS There are believed to be fifteen luo connecting acupuncture points. There is one on each of the twelve primary acupuncture channels. There are also one luo connecting acupuncture point on two of the extraordinary acupuncture channels, these being the Du Mai and Ren Mai acupuncture channels. In addition, […] Read more

THE THEORY OF YUAN SOURCE ACUPUNCTURE POINTS Yuan source acupuncture points are beloved to be located on each of the twelve primary acupuncture channels. They are located in areas where it is said the qi surfaces along the acupuncture channels. On the yin acupuncture channels, the yuan source point is the same as the shu […] Read more

THEORY OF XI CLEFT ACUPUNCTURE POINTS Xi cleft acupuncture points are believed to be found on each of the primary acupuncture channels. They are located where it is said qi and blood flows superficially along the acupuncture channels. This is implied by the Chinese word “xi” as it means a cleft or crevice. Read more

THEOEY OF FIVE PHASE ACUPUNCTURE POINTS Within the essences of Traditional Chinese Medicine theory there is the underlying assumption of there being one of five elements in the nature of all things. These elements are wood, fire, earth, metal and water. The theory suggests natural phenomenon moves in sequence through each of the states of […] Read more

THEORY OF THE FIVE SHU ACUPUNCTURE POINTS There are believed to be five shu acupuncture points on each of the primary acupuncture channels. They are considered to be important in the process of formulating an acupuncture point prescription. They are all located on the limbs either distal to the elbow or distal to the knees. […] Read more

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS Most conventional acupuncture points are said to lie on either of the primary acupuncture channels. Within each of the primary acupuncture channels there are believed to be specific acupuncture points which have certain characteristics. The characteristics of these acupuncture points are consistent across each of the respective primary acupuncture channels. A system of […] Read more

THE LUO CONNECTING ACUPUNCTURE CHANNELS There are fifteen luo connecting acupuncture channels in the body. They are said to branch out from their respective twelve primary acupuncture channels. They also believed to branch out from two of the extraordinary acupuncture channels as well as the great luo connecting channel of the spleen. Each of the […] Read more

THE EIGHT EXTRAORDINARY ACUPUNCTURE CHANNELS The eight extraordinary acupuncture channels are said to branch out from the twelve primary acupuncture channels. Their main role is believed to link the primary acupuncture channels. Six of these channels do not have acupuncture points, though two of these channels do possess acupuncture points. The functions of the eight […] Read more

Twelve Divergent Channels The divergent acupuncture channels are aid to brach branch out from the primary acupuncture channels. Unlike the primary acupuncture channels, the divergent channels possess no acupuncture points. They are important because they make internal linkages which are not explained by the primary acupuncture channels. The functions of the twelve divergent channels are […] Read more

ACUPUNCTURE CHANNEL PAIRINGS The twelve acupuncture channels are organised to form six pairs of acupuncture channels. The pairing of the acupuncture channels are done in two important ways. Firstly both hand and foot acupuncture channels have yin and yang pairings. This is representative of the external – internal relationship between the acupuncture channels. Each yin […] Read more