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Zang-fu Deep Energy
——Academic
Report on the First Zhongfang International TCM Forum
By Roni Sapir
Academic Dean: East – West School of Classic Chinese Medicine,
Israel
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Chinese Medicine has always contributed new ideas to its way of
working. When we come to think about the way of its effect on
our inner body organization，we
understand how much we don’t know, and together with the
frustration, whom to ask.
One of the major theory in acupuncture is based on the five
elements, saying that the name element is actually wrong and
present concept which is contradicted to the real meaning of
what it stand for. As element we get the idea of something
static, heavy, physical, chemical, material. Speaking about each
element as individual we can say that it is right to say that
Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water are the real component that our
Earth is built from.
From here we must look at the Five Elements as a dynamic, ever
flowing, ever changing cycle which give us the basic Sheng and
Ke Cycles as from this point onwards the individual elements are
no longer static, material and heavy manifestation but a stage
of development that the only static concept is the never ending
change. Further it will be true to say that in the cycle each
stage transformed to different form of existence by its process
of development as we can see in nature by the changing of
seasons were spring comes out of winter, summer comes out of
spring and so on.
The understanding of Zang – Fu in relation to its action:
As we have understood, the individual function of each organ is
vital for the harmonious function of the body, but the organs’
way of action is more related to the endless cycle of change as
seen in the four seasons and biological clock that represents
more of an energetic cycle than material one. As we go on with
this assumption we have to associate the organs to the seasonal
cycle and the biological clock, by doing that we will understand
the inner force of each organ that actually act to express it.
The energetic action of the Zang - Fu organs are different than
their element correspondences. This arrangement might look
strange, but if we think about it, it makes perfect logic.
The Wood
by its powerful expansion abilities gives the lungs and
intestines the possibility to expand and therefore to disperse
Chi and Fluids from the Lungs and to make the peristaltic action
of the Colon that is so important for our cleansings.
The fire
is in direct connection to the Heart and to the Spirit Shen. The
Spleen main action as Transformation and Transportation uses
fire energy to do it. Only fire can do transformation, surely
not Earth.
The Earth
energy represents stability, adaptation and filtering which is
so important at the change of each season and for the Liver to
store the blood and calm the yang wood; for the Stomach to
balance the whole body energetic system as the centre of the
body; for the Small Intestine as couple of Heart and centre of
digestion; and for the Pericardium as the direct minister of the
Heart and the organ that is responsible for communication
between the Heart and the other Zang – Fu and vice versa.
The Metal
energy is concentrated, hard and focused. The Kidneys must be
full and concentrated and that for keeping the yin substances in
order and by that to keep the bones hard and the whole body in
good strong and centered shape. The Bladder needs the Metal
energy to be very sharp pointed in its way of spreading energy
to all the organs and supporting the five Shens via the Shu
points and the Spirit points.
The Water
is penetrating, moving and open stagnation. It is like the
action of the Three Heater that responsible to balance the three
Jiaos and to irrigate the all body. It is what the gall-bladder
does as yang aspect of the wood, as part of Shao Yang division,
as Extra fu by storing Jing to give out in the process of
growing and to be the representative of the original water that
come from heaven in the Stems and Branches (Tian Gan Di Zi)
system.
Now after the realization that the organs actually act from
these powerful energies we can give this method the name: Zang
–Fu Deep Energy.
The practical application of Zang – Fu Deep Energy
1）The
first stage of this realization is change of thinking. From now
when we think about the lung we have to visualize wood energy
that make the lung function properly, we have to think metal
energy when we look at the strength of the kidneys, and so on.
2）Looking
for the expression of the deep energy at the pulses in pulse
diagnosis, like, the Spleen pulse as the Nei Ching states should
be soft like feather in the wind; it is because its Fire deep
energy that makes the chi so light and airy. The kidney pulse
should be like a stone in the river; this is metal energy that
makes it hard and heavy. The lung pulse should be flat and
superficial as its wood energy make it spread out, etc.
3) Diagnosis of the person state of mind and behavior. A person
that lost his central stability we will use Earth Deep Energy;
person who looks as he lost his energetic and physical tonus we
will use Metal Deep Energy; person that lost his temperature
balance like hot outside and cold inside we will use Water Deep
Energy and etc.
Major Deep Energy Points
In general all points of each meridian have and introduce the
deep energy. All Lung points are Wood Deep Energy points. All
Liver points are Earth Deep Energy points, etc.
Conclusion
Acupuncture is a system that the practitioner should be able to
see at the same time different dimensions of action and
existence. The ability to do so is open us, the practitioners,
full spectrum of physical and metaphysical ideas, it makes the
practice interesting and with vast and endless knowledge to
battle with. Last year I introduced the connection between the
I- Ching and Acupuncture, from my point of view these two
systems are the foundation understanding of Acupuncture.
Roni Sapir
Academic Dean: East – west School of Classic Chinese Medicine,
Israel, www.east-west.co.il
Chairman, Israeli Association of Classic Chinese Medicine
Practitioners
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