Guest guest Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 At 11:00 AM 6/29/2005 -0000, you wrote: >Chinese Medicine , ><@w...> wrote: >> At 08:19 AM 6/27/2005 -0000, Eric Brand wrote: >> >... >> >In Grasping the Wind, the explanation of the names of these points (GB >> >3 & St 7) emphasize the use of the word guan in the context of the >> >jaw. Thus, it is most likely that the point names refer to the fact >> >that these two points are above and below the jaw. .... > >Yes, the Chinese now use Latin names to describe anatomical >structures. Groundbreaking news, I'm sure. Come on. You have an >ancient Chinese word that is associated with the jaw. You have two >points that are above and next to/below the articulation site that >defines the jaw. Making the connection is not rocket science. There is clearly confusion in " Grasping the Wind " (understandably, it's an ambitious, and, in the Wiseman et al series, an early undertaking). " St-7 may derive its name from its location below the joint of the mandible. Also, it is located just below the zygomatic arch, an area that reminded the ancient Chinese of the door bolt (guan). Thus the point name may be considered a reference to the point's location below that arch. " They entertain two alternatives here (both with " may " ). Then " See also GB-3 (Above the Joint). " But GB-3 is headed/titled " Upper Gate " . So the authors, at publication time, got caught with one name in each of the two interpretations, with a clue here that they entertained consistent naming (below/above joint), and either withdrew from it, or failed to update both locations to it. No it's not rocket science, but careful textual analysis leads to the question what they really " emphasize " , and what might be " most likely " . One may feel what is " most likely " , but skates thin ice to assert that beyond a personal interpretative preference. By the way, (under GB-3 " The mandibular joint is often referred to in Chinese as the 'gate' (guan). " Joints seen as gate/guan is routine in Chinese. The 9 gates of (at least some) TaiJiChuan schools (ankle, knee, hip, lumbar, thoracic, cervical (as areas), shoulder, elbow, wrist); the 3 gates of the back emphasized in some systems, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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