10 day cycle of Element points

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Does anyone have a reference for determining when the 66 element points

are active during their ten-day cycle?

 

John

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Hi John. Yoshio Manaka's Chasing the Dragon's Tail (0-912111-32-1)

gives such a chart on pages 168-169. Here is a quote from the

surrounding text, in case it helps you:

 

" The next open point treatment method, the nai jia fa, uses the five

phase and source points of the the twelve channels in a complex ten-

day sequence. This particular method can be used any time that a

point is open according to this cycle. The open point is used

regardless of diagnosis. ...

 

Points in parenthesis are secondary or auxiliary open points, while

those not in parenthesis are primary open points. Primary points tend

to be therapeutically more valuable; secondary open points tend to be

more valuable when no primary points are open. Note that this

occasionally occurs.

 

The labels S1, S2, etc refer to the numbering of the days according

to the ten-stem enumerations of the revolving ten-day cycle. Every

day is assigned a stem value and a branch value taken from the ten

stems and twelve branches. ...

 

The stem and branch cycles constantly repeat. Thus, there is a ten-

day cycle associated with the ten stems: S1 -> S10. There is a twelve-

day cycle associated with the twelve branches: B1 -> B12. There is as

well a sixty-day cycle associated with the overlaying of these two

cycles.

 

To use the table above, you need to know only the stem assignment for

that day, and the time of day in the time zone where you are. (see

note 5 below) ... The sixty-day cycle is important to the use of

open extraordinary vessel and confluence-jiaohui pairs. The

determination of the stem-branch assignment for each day of the year

can be made from the table on the following page, which extends the

information found in the Chinese calendar from ancient times.

 

Note 5: Currently, research is inconclusive as to exact timing and

the effects of displacement within time zones, etc. Treat according

to the time of day in your local time zone. If you are uncertain,

because of daylight savings, time zone displacement, etc, test the

point first with a north-facing magnet. If it reduces the reaction,

treat the point, if not, check the other possible point saccording to

your projected time differences. "

 

All the best, David

 

Chinese Medicine , " John Urbanski "

<jurban40us wrote:

>

> Does anyone have a reference for determining when the 66 element

points

> are active during their ten-day cycle?

>

> John