Moon Phases (Hope this helps)

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Taken from " Comments On Acupuncture Treatment of Diseases According

to Seasonal Conditions in The Internal Classic " , World Journal of

Acupuncture Moxibustion, Vol. 10, No. 3, September, 2000:

 

" Performing Reinforcing or Reducing Needling Manipulations in

accordance with the Waxing and Wanning of the Moon

 

Plain Questions says that " the proper needling manipulation adopted

should be based on changing regularities of the sun, moon and stars,

When the moon appears, blood and qi essence starts to generate, the

wei qi starts to circulate. When the moon becomes full, blood and qi

gets flourishing and the muscle gets stronger. If wanning moon

appears, the muscle becomes weaker, the meridians are insufficient,

the wei-qi goes away and the body is in a lower functional state " .

Therefore, " the reducing needling manipulation is not suitable to be

used in the period of moon rising; the reinforcing needling

manipulation not suitable to be adopted in the period of full moon;

and the acupuncture should not given during moon wanning. This means

that the body's functional activities are regulated in the light of

the time. " This is because that reducing needling manipulation

adopted during rising of the sun and moon may worsen the hypofunction

of the internal organs; reinforcing needling adopted during full moon

may lead to hyperfunction of blood and qi. Blood stasis in the

collaterals of the meridian suggests severe excess syndrome. If

acupuncture treatment is given during moon wanning, it is called as

disturbing meridians. If one is confused unconsciously in identifying

yin and yang, misunderstanding the genuine qi and pathogenic factors,

wrongly using reducing or reinforcing manipulations, the body's

superficial deficiency and internal disorder will appear and the

pathogenic factors will indulge in wan ton massacre. For this

reason, " acupuncture treatment should be given in line with the

waxing or wanning of the moon, waiting for shallow or deep flowing

of qi and regulating functional activity of the body " . Along with

changes of the time and combining with clinical manifestations and

patient's physique conditions, reducing or reinforcing needling

manipulation is determined to be applied, for avoiding deteriorating

the state of disease.

 

The sea-water has its regular morning and evening tides due to the

influence of the moon's gravitational force. The human body's

physiological activity also has a similar rhythmic changes because of

the same moon's action. Modern researches demonstrate that some

periodical rhythms in the organism often change weekly or monthly,

and are associated with the specific moon-phases (including crescent,

the first quarter and the third quarter of the moon and full moon).

That proves that the contents about performing acupuncture according

to waxing and wanning of the moon in The Internal Classic are worthy

of being excavated further. "

 

Hope this helps,

 

Mbanu