Guest guest Posted June 19, 2005 Report Share Posted June 19, 2005 Do any of you know of any other gate point combinations besides the " 4-gates " One of my instructors had mentioned a few other gate point combinations and the meaning of them but I am unable to find where I had written them down. Thanks Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2005 Report Share Posted June 19, 2005 Brian, The name " 4 Gates " is generally rerserved for the combination of those two bilateral points, much like the " 4 Flowers " is reserved for the bilateral combination of Ge Shu and Dan Shu. It is merely just a name to represent such a powerful combination of two highly effective Yuan - Source points. Possibly the combinations that one of your instructors passed on to you included a combo of other various Yuan - Source points. Also generally the points of strong influence such as HeGu and TaiChong belong to the Ma Dan Yang Heavenly star point categorisation, so looking there might answer your question some more. Regards, David White DTCM, Grad. Dip. (Acu), Cert. Int. Med. (Anhui) Clinical Director / Practitioner Macquarie St. Clinic of Acupuncture & Founder SydneyTCM Chinese Medicine , " mischievous00 " <mischievous00> wrote: > Do any of you know of any other gate point combinations besides > the " 4-gates " > > One of my instructors had mentioned a few other gate point > combinations and the meaning of them but I am unable to find > where I had written them down. > > Thanks > Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2005 Report Share Posted June 19, 2005 Hi Brian, Look for stems and branches available in some books, Liv and Colon are " unlike stems " which are said to have a calming effect overall. There are other pairings in this method of classification, stems and branches is a whole world of study in itself. Regards Ray Ford Chinese Medicine Chinese Medicine On Behalf Of mischievous00 Sunday, 19 June 2005 12:49 PM Chinese Medicine Gate Points Do any of you know of any other gate point combinations besides the " 4-gates " One of my instructors had mentioned a few other gate point combinations and the meaning of them but I am unable to find where I had written them down. Thanks Brian http://babel.altavista.com/ and adjust accordingly. Messages are the property of the author. Any duplication outside the group requires prior permission from the author. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2005 Report Share Posted June 19, 2005 Hey Brian, There are no other " gate points. " There are the four doors, R 6, 12 and st 25 for digestive issues. Perhaps this is what he was referring to. -Jaz On 6/18/05, mischievous00 <mischievous00 wrote: > > Do any of you know of any other gate point combinations besides > the " 4-gates " > > One of my instructors had mentioned a few other gate point > combinations and the meaning of them but I am unable to find > where I had written them down. > > Thanks > Brian > > > > > > http://babel.altavista.com/ > > > and adjust > accordingly. > > Messages are the property of the author. Any duplication outside the group > requires prior permission from the author. > > If you are a TCM academic and wish to discuss TCM with other academics, > > > > ------------------------------ > * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2005 Report Share Posted June 19, 2005 I stand corrected. -Jaz On 6/19/05, Jasmine Heinz. L.Ac <http://L.Ac>. <jasminelac wrote: > > Hey Brian, > There are no other " gate points. " There are the four doors, R 6, 12 and > st 25 for digestive issues. Perhaps this is what he was referring to. -Jaz > > On 6/18/05, mischievous00 <mischievous00 wrote: > > > > Do any of you know of any other gate point combinations besides > > the " 4-gates " > > > > One of my instructors had mentioned a few other gate point > > combinations and the meaning of them but I am unable to find > > where I had written them down. > > > > Thanks > > Brian > > > > > > > > > > > > http://babel.altavista.com/ > > > > > > and > > adjust accordingly. > > > > Messages are the property of the author. Any duplication outside the > > group requires prior permission from the author. > > > > If you are a TCM academic and wish to discuss TCM with other academics, > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2005 Report Share Posted June 19, 2005 There is a system of gate points presented in Rheumatology in Chinese Medicine by Guillaume. I don't recall it being traditional, but I futzed with it for a while and it was interesting. The initial idea was to use points with a " guan " gateway name to open the various major joints of the body, hips knees ankles, wrists elbows shoulders, and that pain conditions could reflect either a failure of movement into or out of an area, so there ended up being two valve points for each joint, generally located near but not always on the joint effected. And I don't think they stayed with the point name theory for very long. Some of them seemed to make sense in terms of the way I think about energetic/fascial planes of movement, and some were odd, but check it out if you have access. More to your point, I too recall another gates treatment, but can't remember what was involved, sorry. Par - " mischievous00 " <mischievous00 Saturday, June 18, 2005 10:46 PM Gate Points > Do any of you know of any other gate point combinations besides > the " 4-gates " > > One of my instructors had mentioned a few other gate point > combinations and the meaning of them but I am unable to find > where I had written them down. > > Thanks > Brian Chinese Herbal Medicine offers various professional services, including > board approved continuing education classes, an annual conference and a > free discussion forum in Chinese Herbal Medicine. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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