Yang:

Always revolving to Yin, mascline, expansive,

Heaven, engery, light, hot, dry, fire, sun, active, exterior, back, postive, outside, superficial, hyperfunction, collecting Organs, bladder, stomach, gallbladder, sm/lrg instine

Yang Meridians: 

a. Large intestine, b. Stomach,

c. Small instestine, d. Bladder,

e. Tripple warmer and f. Gallbadder

Ying:

Always revolving to Yang, femine, contraction,

Earth, matter, dark, cold, wet, water, moon, receptive, inferior, front, negative, inside, deep, hypofunction, strong organs, kidney, spleen, liver, heart and lung

Ying merideians:

a. Lungs, b. Spleen,c. Heart,

d. Kidneys,e. Pericardium abd f. Liver

Chi = Chinesse

Qi = Chinesse

Ki = Japanesse

all equal lifeforce - the bodies engery force 

Functions of Chi:

1. Yin & Yang manifest to make

Chi, Qi & Ki

2. sources of activity in the body

- involuntray adn voluntary movement

- always moving

- always need energy

3. warms the body

4. protects the body

- keep from things invading

- physical: cold/heat/illness

- we chi and inch or so above the body

4. source of transforming/transfering in the body

- food for energy

5. governing (retention and containging)

Kidneys store our life force

Looking

Listening

Questioning

Palpation

1. palpation of one's radial artery pulse

2. observation of the apperance of the tougue

3. observation of the patient's face

4. Palpation of the patient's body

5. Observation of the sound of one's voice

6. observe the surface of one's ear

7. observe the vein in the index finger on small childern

8. compare relative warm/cold on various parts of one's body

9. obseve one's various ordors

10. Asking the patient about the effects of his/her problem

11. Anything else that can be observed w/o instruments and w/o harming the patient

Believing that a like can cure a like

1700 - 1800 German "hering law of cure"

1. healing happens from the inside to the outside of the body

2. healing happens from top to bottom

3. Healing concentrates from more - less important

4. Healing concentrates from most recent to oldest

In oriental medicine and view it is a energy pathway and these engery pathways flow through out the body. There are 12 pairs of meridieans: 6 Yang and 6 Yin and they all begin or end on the

hands and feet.

The Meridians:

Bladder, Gallbladder, Heart, Kidney, Liver,

Lungs, Pericardium, Spleen/Pancreas, Sm & Lgr

Intestine, Stomach and triple warmer/heater

Yang Merdians

(hollow

Yang:hollow

1. Gallbladder (Spring)

2. Small Intestine (Summer)

3. Triple Warmer (Summer)

4. Stomach (Later Summer

5. Large Intestine (Autumn/Fall)

6. Bladder (Winter)

Large Intestine Meridian (Fall/20 points):

The Lrg Intesine Meridian begins by the index fingernail, goes b/tw the thumb adn index finger, travels alsong the arm of the forearm adn arm, onto the shoulder and the neck, then along the face adn ends at the side of the nostril

Stomach Meridain (Late Summer/45 points)

The stomach Meridian begins on the face under the eye and runs by the mouth onto the jaw and temple, then down the neck onto the chest, then parallel to the center line of the body, down the outside of the thigh adn calf; then along the center top of the foot , and ends at the outside of the second toenail

Small Intestine Meridian (Summer/19 points)

The Small Intestine meridian begins by the little fingernail. It runs up the side of the hand, along the forearm and behind the elbow, continues up the back of the arm and onto the shoulder above teh side of the neck, then the face, adn ends in fromt of the ear.

Bladder Meridain (Winter/67 points)

= longest Meridian in the body

The bladder Meridians begins at the inner corner of the eye, travels up over the head and down the neck, down the back in two vessels, both parallel to the spinal column, then over teh buttock adn down the back of the thigh adn calf adn along the outside of the foot, ending at the edge fo the little toenail.

Triple Warmer/Three Heater Meridian

(Summer/23 points)

This meridian has three sections

Sec 1: is from the top of the lungs to the diaphragm

Sec 2: is form the diaphagm to the belly button including some of the digestive organs

Sec 3:includes the small/large intestine

This Meridian begins by the nail of the fourth finger, goes up the back of the hand and over the wrist, runs along the middle of the outside surface of the forearm/arm, over the shoulder, up along the neck and around the ear. It ends at the joint just lateral to the eyebrow.

The Gallbladder Meridain (Spring/44 points)

The gallbladder meridian begins at the outer corner of the eye, runs over the top of the ear, then onto the head to the forehead and back over the head, onto the neck and shoulder, then to the front of the body, continues down the side of the torso to the hip; it then goes down the side of the thigh and calf, along the top of the foot and ends at the 4th toenail.

Ying Merdian: dark/contraction

1. Liver (Spring)

2. Heart (Summer)

3. Pericardium (Summer)

4. Spleen/Pancreas (Late Summer)

5. Lungs (Autumn/Fall)

6. Kindeys (Winter)

Lung Meridian (Autumn/Fall/11 points)

The Lung Meridian begins at the upper chest just below the clavicle and goes onto the arm, running along the thumbside of the palm surface ot the arm and forearm. It continues over the pulse at the wrist and ends at the thumbnail.

Spleen/Pancreas Meridian

(Late Summer 21 points)

The Spleen meridian begins by the nail of the big toe, runs along the instep of the foot and onto the calf adn thigh, then the groin, up the abdomen, along the chest lateral to the nipple, up to the axilla, then ends at the side of the chest in the 5th intercostal space.

The Heart Meridian (Summer/9 points)

The heart Meridian begins under the armpit, runs along the inner side of the palm surface of the arm adn ends at the edge of the nail of the fifth finger.

Kindeys Meridian (Winter/27points)

= kindeys store our life force

The Kiindeys Meridian begins on the bottom of the foot (the only acupurdture point of the bottom of the foot). It then runs along the inside surface of the ankle behind the ankle bone, up the genitals, then next to and parallel to the center line of the body, onto the chest and along the sternum, ending beneath the clavicle.

Percardium Meridian (Summer/9 points)

The Precardium Meridian begins just lateral to the nipple, goes onto the arm and down the center of the palm surface of the arm and forearm, onto the hand adn ends by the nail of the middle finger.

Liver Meridian (Spring/14 points)

The Liver meridian begins at the edge of the big toenail, goes along the top of the foot between the big and second toes, then runs along the inside of the calf and thigh groin, onto the torso and ends just under the rib cage at the tip of the 9th rib.

Element:

1.Wood - spring

2. Fire - summer

3. Earth - Late/Indidan summer/harvest

4. Metal - Autumn/fall

5. Water - winter

Fire: Summer

provides energy, creativity, energy for motion, movement

Earth: Late/Idian Summer

Earth - gives us the power of manifestation

 5 seasons:

1. spring (growth) - wood/

2. summer (maturation) - fire/yang

3. Late/idian summer (harvest) - earth/

4. Autumn/fall  (preparation) - metal/

5. Winter (death/contraction)- water/yin

Spring:Wood (Growth)

Meridians Liver & Gallbladder

Spring: wood (June 21 Solitic)

growth, clean, planting, playing, body cleanse/detoxify (liver), maturation,light diet of furit/vegatables, creates harmony, go with the flow of life

Season: Spring/growth

Element:wood

Color: Green

Quality: growth

Sense organ: Eye sight

Fluid: tears

Indicator: nails

Yang organ: Gallbladder (11 p.m. - 1 a.m.)

Yin organ: Liver (1 - 3 a. m.)

Smell: Rancid/Taste:sour/Sound:shout

Emotion:Anger

Climate: wind/Direction: East

Meridian: Gallbladder & Liver

Summer:Fire (Maturation)

Meridians: Heart/Pericardium &

Small Intestine/triple warmer

Summer: Fire

Summer - rules the muscles and bring in the harvest

Everything is growing, it's delighful, having fun enjoying the outside/nature,lidght diet of fresh furit and so forth

Season: Summer/Maturation

Element: fire

 Color: Red

Quality: Ripening/Maturation

Sense organ: tongue/speech

Fluid: sweat

Indicator: complexion/skin

Yang organ: Small Intesine//triple warmer

(1 p.m. - 3 p.m.)

Ying organ: heart/Precardium

(11 a.m. - 1 p.m.)

smell:/taste:bitter/sound:laughter

Emotion:joy/sorrow

Climate: heat

Direction: south

Meridaian: Small Intesine & Heart

Late/Indian Summer (Harvest)

Meridians:Stomach & Spleen

Late Summer: Earth

This time of year many festivasls for celebration  and giving thanks/it's a beautiful time of year/its's a time of change transition and transformation of nature/harvest time/

Season: Late Summer - Harvest

Element: Earth

 Color: Yellow

Quality: Transition/harvest

Sense organ: Mouth/taste

Fluid: saliva

Indicator: lips

Yang organ: Stomach (7 - 9 a.m.)

Ying organ: Spleen/pancreas (9 - 11 a.m.)

smell:fragrant/taste:sweet/sound:singing

Emotion:sympathy/worry

Climate: moist

Direction: center

Meridaian: Stomach & Spleen

Autumn/Fall (Preparation)

Meridian: lage Intestine & Lungs

Autumn: Metal/air (september 22)

This is the time of year of harvesting, celebrating, giving thanks and preparation and much change wih so much beauty

Season: Autumn (perparation)

Element: Metal/air

 Color: White

Quality: harvest/prepation

Sense organ: Nose/smell

Fluid: mucus

Indicator: body hair

Yang organ: Large Intestine (5 - 7 a.m.)

Ying organ: Lungs (3 - 5 a.m.)

smell:rotten/taste:puggent, spicy/sound:weeping

Emotion: worry/grief (affects breathing)

Climate: dry

Direction: west

Meridaian: Large Intestine & Lungs

Winter (death/contraction)

Meridians: Bladder & Kindeys

Winter: Water

Winter is a time of hibberation, sleeping, resting, contraction, slowing down, bareness, death etc.

Season: Winter (death/contraction)

Element: Water

 Color: Blue/Black

Quality: storage/death/contraction

Sense organ: Ears/hearing

Fluid: Urine

Indicator: hair on head

Yang organ: Bladder (3 - 5 p.m.)

Ying organ: Kindeys (5 - 7 p.m.)

smell:putrid/taste:salty/sound:groan

Emotion: fear

Climate: cold

Direction: north

Meridaian: Bladder & Kidneys

Charkas:

1. Root charka - red/earth/late summer

2. Naval (Hara) /Scaral charka -

Organge/water/winter

3. Solar Plexus charka - Yellow/fire/summer

4. Heart charka - green/pink/air

5. Throat charka - blue (light)/

6. Brow/3rd eye charka - Indigo

7. Crown charka - Voliet (white)

Root Charka

Root charka - Red

Right to have - Earth (late summer)

Survial - stablity/grounding

Prosperity: Livelyhood/phyiscal health

Symbol: 4 petaled lotus

Location: b/tw the genitals and anus

Princple: Physical enity

Purpose: links ind w/ physical world

Element: Earth (late summer)

Sense: smell

Effect: calms, disolves tension

MDF - counter clockwis/MDM - clockwise

Right to feel: water (winter)

Sexuality, emotions: fluidity, pleasure, relaxation

Symbol: 6 petaled lotus

Location: slightl above gentail/below naval

Principle: reproduction of being

Purpose: sexual/creativy engery/pure emotion

Sense: taste

Element: water (winter)

Effect: stimulates desires/rujuvanates

MDF - clockwis/MDM - counteclockwise

Right to act: fire (summer)

Power engery: vitality/will/purpose/stregnthed

Symbol: 10 petaled lotus

Location:slighty up from naval

Princple: formation of being

Purpose: personality formed/being and feeling being intergrated

Element: fire (summer)

Sense: sight

effects: eases agression/pacifies

MDF - counteclockwise/MDM - clockwise

Right to love: air

Love, balance, compassion, acceptance

Symbol: 12 petaled lotus

Location:center of chest

Princeple: loving beyound self

Purpose: to love w/o fear/self consciceous

Element: air

Sense: touch

Effect: brings peace/understanding

MDF - clockwise/MDM - counterclockwise

Right to speak: sound

Communications: clear/creativy

Symbol:16 petaled lotus

Locaton: inner collarbone

Princple: expression of being

Purpose: deals w/ sound physically/metaphorically

Element: erther

Sense: Sound

Effect: brings harmony to sound/speech/voice

MDF - counterclockwise/MDM - clockwise

Right to see:sight

Intution:psychic/imagination/preception

Symbol: 96 petaled lotus

location: b/tw the eyes

Princeple:knowing of being

Purpose: enables the recongization of being

Element: all elements

Sense: all plus 6th sense

Effect: understanding/harmony

MDF - clockwise/MDM - counterclockwise

Right to know:thought

Understanding:Wisdom/knowledge/spritiual connection

Symbo:1000 petaled lotus

loacaton:top center of head

Princeple: pure being

Purpose: human being connects w/ universe

Element:all elements

Sense:Beyond sense

Effect:cosmic aspect no self limitations

MDF - counterclockwise/MDM - clockwise

Western Medicine

a. Holistic Medicine treats the person as a whole not a diseas

b. Holistic stresses prevention includes: food, herbs, nutrition, exercise, breathing etc.

Kindey

Large Intestine,

Lungs

Acupressure

Jin Shin Do

Shitatsu

OTC 66:What is the key ingredient used

in Polarity Therapy

OTC 69: What type of pracitioner does tongue

and hara diagnoses

tapping rubbing adn squeezing points on the

body called mamas

OTC 74:Which meridians are associated with

the mental element

OTC 78:Zone therapy and reflex points in

the feet, hands, or ears are associated

OTC 79: "Hook-up" and mentastics are terms

associated with

OTC 81:In Eastern medicine, energy in the body

is described as flowing?

OTC 82:Ayurveda, vata, pitta, and kapha

are known as _____________

OTC 86:Which is considered a non - touching

modality

OTC 87:Janet Travell & Bonnie Prudden are

associated with which technique

OTC 88:Which meridian end point at the 5th (little)

finger

OTC 91:Which technique was developed by

Dolores Krieger

OTC 93:The 5 element phases in Traditional Chinesse medicine are

_____________

fire, earth, metal,

water & wood

OTC 94: In Ayurvedic medicine there are ___

major chakaras

OTC 97: The concept of organe disease in

Traditional Chiniesse medicine is that the organge

have energetic functions that are identical to their

western physiological functions

OTC 98:The Easten theory, which of the following

would be consider yin

OTC 99:Eastern theory, which of the following

flows along the meridian

OTC 100:Which best describes the location

of the Yin Channels

OTC 103:The area of concentrated energy along a

meridian is known as

OTC 104: The technique of reflexology can be

described as

OTC 105:Tonuge & hara diagnosis are part of

the assesment producer in which bodywork technique

OTC 114:In the earth element , which is the

yang organ

OTC 123:What unit of measurment is utilized in

locating acupuncture points

thoracic (breath)

upper abdominal (digestion)

lower abdominal (elimination)

Timing & Order of Nurtrient Cycle flow

Column 1: (Meridians)

Lung Meridian of hand - Tai Yin

Large Intestine Meridian of hand - Yang Ming

Stomach Meridian of foot - Yang Ming

Spleen/Pancreas Meridian of foot - Tai Yin

Heart Meridian of hand - Shao Yin

Small Intestine Meridian of hand - Tai Yang

Bladder Meridian of foot - Tai Yang 

Kidney Meridian of foot - Shao Yin

Heart envolpe  Meridian of hand - Jue Yin

(Also known as Pericardium Meridian)

Triple Heater/Warmer Meridian of Hand - Shao Yang

Gallbladder Meridian of foot - Shao Yang

Liver Meridian of foot - Jue Yin

Column 2: the flow of meridians throught

the body

From Torso to Fingertip

From Fingertip to Face

From Face to Toe

From Toe to Torso

From Torso to Fingertip

From Fingertip to Face

From Face to Toe

From Toe to Torso

From Torso to Fingertip

From Fingertip to Face

From Face to Toe

From Toe to Torso

Column 3: cycle timing

(2 hour cycle in a 24 hour period)

3 a.m. - 5 a.m.

5 a.m. - 7 a.m.

7 a.m. - 9 a.m.

9 a.m. - 11 a.m.

11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

1 p.m. - 3 p. m.

3 p.m. - 5 p.m.

5 p.m. - 7 p.m.

7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

9 p.m. - 11 p.m.

11 p.m. - 1 a.m.

1 a.m. - 3 a.m.

Some say this about ____________

hands attaches to the heart and so is based and centered in heart

As it relates to engery, the practice of moving

engery through yourself to communicate

it in some form

Energy to the Hindus: Kindaline rises form the

base chakra adn flows, like a spiraling

upward serpernt, to the crown chakra

The energy of an individual as precieved surrounding that individual, that is an energy

"feild"

Engery to the Hindus

(and specifically, breathe)