bloodletting - jing=spring, well, source

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Chinese Traditional Medicine, " Blaise T. Ryan " <blaiseryan@h...> wrote:

> Dear Al,

>

>

> Sorry, the 12 jing points, are the " well " points, not the " spring "

points,

> which are the ones on the tips of the toes and fingers.

>

>

> Blaise

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> >Al Stone <alstone@b...>

> >Chinese Traditional Medicine

> >Chinese Traditional Medicine

> >Re: [Chinese Traditional Medicine] bloodletting

> >Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:19:26 -0700

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> >

> >

> >Judy Fitzgerald wrote:

> >

> > > >Bloodletting formulas:

> > > >Back pain - weizhong, UB 40 kunlun UB 60

> >

> > > >Headaches - baihui, DU 20 taiyang Extra points at temples

> > > >High blood pressure - quze, PC 3 chize Lu 5

> > > >Extreme heat - shixuan (finger tips) and shierjing (12 spring

points)

> >These would be the second point from the end of each meridian. (I

believe

> >there are no exceptions.. GB? Cant' recall offhand.)

> >

> >--

> >Al Stone L.Ac.

> ><AlStone@B...>

> >http://www.BeyondWellBeing.com

> >

> >Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

 

Hi Blaise,

I looked up 'jing' in my dictionary and it offered:

jing: spring, well, source

so three translators could easily use three different words

for 'jing'.

Greetings Tay.