In Neijing, it is recorded that acupoints below elbow and knee play an important role in treating distant diseases, and these acupoints are of great significance in treating visceral and systemic diseases.
Professor Yu Yun attaches great importance to the twelve meridians's acupoints below elbow and knee in clinic. Most acupoints below elbow and knee belong to special acupoints, namely, five acupoints, original acupoints, acupoints, collaterals and intersections of eight meridians. These acupoints can not only treat local diseases, but also treat the parts along the meridians and their viscera, and even treat patients all over the body.
First, five points (five points)
That is, um, xing, Shu, Jing and He fen. Five Shu points are commonly used and valued by doctors in ancient and modern times. Each meridian has five acupoints, 60 in total, which are widely used in clinical treatment. "Difficult Classics 68 Difficult Classics" says: "The heart of the well owner is full, the body of the well owner is hot, the owner loses pain, the owner coughs cold and heat, and the owner vents the negative gas." It can be seen that the five points have therapeutic effects on most diseases of the body.
Second, the original point
The original point is the place where the original qi of zang-fu organs passes through and stays. The twelve meridians has one original point near the wrist and ankle, which is combined into twelve original points. Clinically, it can treat the diseases of zang-fu organs and fu-organs, and can also infer the rise and fall of fu-organs' function according to the reaction changes of the original points.
Third, the collateral point
Collateral points refer to the points where meridians are located in other parts of this meridian. Fifteen collaterals means that both the twelve meridians and Ren Du have their own collaterals, plus the large collaterals of the spleen. Among them, the twelve meridians's collaterals all branch from the collaterals below the elbow and knee joint to the exterior and interior meridians, which strengthens the connection between the twelve meridians's exterior and interior meridians, communicates the meridian qi of the exterior and interior meridians, and supplements the deficiency of the twelve meridians's circulation.
Collateral points can treat the syndromes of deficiency and excess of collaterals, and can also treat the syndromes of exterior and interior meridians. When there is acute inflammation, pricking collaterals and bloodletting also have a good effect. Collateral points can be used alone or in combination with the original points of exterior and interior meridians in clinical application, which is called the original collateral matching point method.
Fourth, acupoints
Acupoints are the deep gathering places of meridians and qi and blood. Clinically, acupoints are mostly used to treat acute diseases. There is one point in the twelve meridians, one point in Yinwei pulse, one point in Yangwei pulse, one point in Yinluo pulse and one point in Yangluo pulse, with *** 16 points. Except Liang Qiu, the stomach meridian of Foot Yangming, they are all distributed below the elbow and knee joint.
The intersection of five or eight veins
Eight-pulse intersection points refer to eight points in the twelve meridians that are connected with Qi of Qijing and Eight-pulse. Because each of these eight acupoints has its own meridians and odd meridians, and they are widely connected with other viscera, meridians, tissues and organs through them, acupuncture and moxibustion have the function of regulating the twelve meridians and Eight Strange Meridians. The intersection points of the eight veins are all below the elbow and knee joint.
Acupoints below elbow and knee of limbs not only belong to special acupoints, but also contain the meaning of "specimen and root knot" of meridians. Therefore, for beginners, mastering the acupoints below the elbow and knee can basically treat most diseases.
Basically, many schools of acupuncture, such as Dong Shi's Qi and Blood, Huangdi's Neijing, Floating Needle, Wrist and Ankle Needle, require the selection of 66 acupoints below elbow and knee, which is reasonable, because the indications of these schools are relatively fixed, which can solve many problems, especially those of meridians. In addition, the manufacturing process of ancient acupuncture tools is rough, and acupuncture on other parts of the human body will have serious consequences. Modern popular acupuncture schools, such as abdominal acupuncture and umbilical acupuncture, have broken through this limitation and achieved good results.
Yu Lao's pulse-cutting acupuncture aims at solving cancer and intractable diseases, so it needs depth and breadth. All treatment methods, as long as they are helpful to patients, can be integrated into the system of pulse-cutting acupuncture, all for patients and all for patients!