Chinese enumerations & correlations

Spiritual Pivot

pp. 69-70 -- Chapter 12 "Rivers and Channels".

earthly rivers and bodily organs of acupuncture channels
p.	*channel*	*externally is in resonance with the __ river*	*and internally it subordinateth the __*
69	Leg Major Yan	Qin	bladder
	Leg Minor Yan	Wei	gallbladder
69-70	Leg bright Yan	Hai	stomach
70	Leg Major Yin	Hu	spleen
	Leg Minor Yin	Ru	kidney
	Leg Shrinking Yin	Mien	liver
	Arm Major Yan	Huai	small intestine
	Arm Minor Yan	Luo	Triple Heater
	Arm Bright Yan	Jian	large intestine
	Arm Major Yin	He	lung
	Arm Minor Yin	Ji	heart
	Arm Pericardium	Z^an	pericardium

p. 70 geographic rendering of yin & yan
*dir. of __*	*__ river*	*is __*	*within __*
north	Hai	yin	--
north	Hu	yin	yin
south	Z^an	yan	--
north	He, to Z^an	yin	yan
south	Luo, to Jian	major yan	yan

pp. 119-121 -- Chapter 28 "the Oral Teaching".

p.	*bodily function*	*"__ qi"*	*concommitant [12 evil diseases, p. 122]*
119	yawning	protective	sun travelling in yan during day
	yawning	protective	travelling in yin during the night
	belching	valley	cold qi & fresh qi enter stomach
	belching	valley	genuine qi & evil qi attack each other
120	deep sighing	yin	is abundant, swift
	deep sighing	yan	is hollow, slow
	burping	perverse & rebellious	goeth down & up and scattereth
	sneezing	yan	is harmonious; profiteth but overfloweth in the heart
	flaccidity of skin	yin	"when he is walking the qi cannot return"
120-121	weeping	heart	swinging resulteth in vibration of the "ancestral channel"
121	great sighing	heart	to let out qi
	salivation	stomach	"the agitation of worms"
	noises in ear (tinnitus)	stomach	"ancestral channels" (which communicate with the ancestors, p. 122, n. 1) become hollow
	tongue-biting	perverse & rebellious	energy travelleth upward to Minor Yin
	cheek-biting	perverse & rebellious	energy travelleth upward to Minor Yan
	lip-biting	perverse & rebellious	energy travelleth upward to Bright Yan

pp. 124-125 -- Chapter 29 "Teaching and Transmitting".

p.	*organ*	*dominion of organ*	*controlling through*
124	heart	master of viscera	its road is made by Broken Dish
125	liver	controlleth & commandeth	emissary to, and surveyor of, the outside
	spleen	master of protection	emissary & receiver of provisions
	kidneys	control the externals	emissary of distant hearing

p. 126 -- Chapter 30 "the Partitions of Qi".

origins of bodily fluctes
*flux*	*its origin*
seminal essence	"spirits, male and female, mutually contend"
qi	the Upper Heater displayeth the flavors of the 5 Valleys
body fluids	leakage as river-headwaters
saliva	seepage nourishing brain & marrow
blood	the Central Heater graspeth the gravy from food
pulses	"clogging and hindering of the nourishing qi"

stripping of the bodily fluctes
*flux stripped*		*resultant bodily failure*
seminal essence		deafness
qi		unclear eyesight
body fluids		sweating
saliva		diminishing of bending & stretching
blood		[skin-]color whiteneth
pulses		pulse vacant & hollow

pp. 154-155 -- Chapter 43 "the Debauched Evil and the Development of Dreams".

p. 154 the 12 abundances of qi at loci in body as cause of dreams
*abundance of __*		*is cause of dreams of __*
yin qi		"fording great rivers and fear and fright"
yan qi		"great fires and roasting sacrificial beasts"
both yin qi & yan qi		"mutual killing"

qi in upper part of the body		"flying"
qi in lower part of the body		"falling"

hunger		"seizing things"
satiety		"walking"

liver qi		"anger"
lung qi		"anxiety and fear, weeping"
heart qi		"easy laughter ... and awe"
spleen qi		"songs and happiness. The body is heavy and unable to rise."
kidney qi		"the loins and the spine being loose and unconnected"

pp. 154-5 the 15 dreams caused by perverse and deficient qi as guest in the body
p.	*as guest in the __*		*dreams of __*
154	heart		"mounds and mountains, smoke and fire"
	lungs		"extraordinary creatures of gold and iron"
	liver		"forests, trees, and wood"
	spleen		"swamps, ruined houses, wind and rain"
	kidneys		"whirlpools and dwelling in water"
	bladder		"wandering"
	stomach		"drink and food"
	large intestine		"fields and wild lands"
	small intestine		"crowds in cities and rushing highways"
155	gallbladder		"quarrels, lawsuits, and self-inflicted wounds"
	"yin organs"		"sexual intercourse"
	neck		"beheading"
	legs		"walking but being unable to move forward and dwelling in deep vaults, cellars, and gardens"
	elbow & arm		"propriety, regulations, worshiping, and rising"
	bladder & rectum		"urination and bowel movements"

p. 174 -- Chapter 49 "the Five Colors".

*acupuncture point*	*at __*	*relateth to the __*
Court	middle of forehead	head & face
above Watchtower		throat
Central Watchtower		lungs
Lower Pivot	between the eyen	heart
	bridge of nose	liver
	left of ditto	gallbladder
	lower on nose	spleen
Squared	to sides of nostrils	stomach
	below cheekbones	small intestine
	to sides of ditto	kidneys
below King of the Face		bladder & genitalia
	cheekbones	shoulder
	behind cheekbones	upper arm
	below ditto	hand
	inner corner of eye	breasts & nipples
Holding the Cord	margin of ear	back
Following the Teeth	mandible	thighs
	below cheekbones	knees
	below ditto	lower leg
	below ditto	foot
Great Divide	to sides of mouth	inner thigh
Great Bend	below the jaw	kneecaps

pp.184-185 -- Chapter 54 "the Allotted Years of a Man's Life".

p.	*age*	*bodily member*	*development*	*consequence*
184	10	blood & qi	are complete	running
	20	muscles & flesh	have grown up	striding swiftly
185	30	the 5 viscera	are large	striding
	40	the 12 channels	are large	sitting
	50	sap	lesseneth	eyen dim
	60	heart qi	decreaseth	lying down
	70	spleen qi	is hollow	skin withereth
	80	lung qi	decreaseth	words mistaken
	90	kidney qi	is scorched	channels hollow
	100	spirit qi	hath gone	bones orphaned

p. 191 -- Chapter 58 "Thieving Wind"

"the thieving wind ... in the body ... appears, but is not seen. It sounds, but is not heard. ... there is ... ghosts and spirits. ...

In the beginning, wizards originally knew the hundred diseases and what would overcome them.

The ancients knew ... so that they could use incantations to finish them."

pp. 205-207 Chapter 64 -- the 5 types of men by the 5 elements; and the 5 each subtypes

the 5 types
p.	205	206	206	207	207
*type*	wood	fire	earth	metal	water
*face*	long	thin	round	square	unlevel
*head*	small	small	large	small	large
*shoulders*	large	good	beautiful	small	small
*back*	straight	good	beautiful	small	long
*abdomen*	small	good	large	small	large
*hands & feet*	good	small	small	small	moving

metaphors amongst the 25 types (subtypes of the 5 types)
p.	p. 206	206	207	207	207
*type*	wood	fire	earth	metal	water
*subtype*	left & lower Minor Yan	right & upper Minor Yan	right & upper Bright Yan	right & lower Bright Yan	left & lower Major Yan
*metaphor*	"straight as a rafter"	"solid as a nut"; "sharklike"	"round as a pivot"	"majestic"	"circuitous"

pp. 212-213 Chapter 65 -- resonances of the 5 tones in the valley qi

*upper & __ __ with:*	right z^i	great yu	great gon	right s^an	great jiao
*seed-food*	wheat	kidneybeans	rice	sorghum	hemp
*dom. meat*	mutton	pork	beef	chicken	hound
*fruit*	apricot	chestnut	jujube	peach	plum
*"__ __ Yin"*	Arm Minor	Leg Minor	Leg Major	Arm Major	Leg Shrinking
*viscera*	heart	kidneys	spleen	lungs	liver
*color*	red	black	yellow	white	green
*flavor*	bitter	salty	sweet	pungent	sour
*season*	summer	winter	interpolation	autumn	spring

p. 227 -- Chapter 71 "The Evil Guest".

correlations
#	*Heaven*		*Earth*	*Man*
	round			head
			flat	feet
2	1 each of: sun & moon			eyen
9			regions	orifices
[2]	wind & rain			joy & anger
[2]	thunder & lightning			tones & sounds
4	seasons			limbs
5	tones			viscera
6	notes of the pitch-pipe			bowels
[2]	winter & summer			chills & fevers
10	days of Caelestial Stems			fingers
12	Earthly Branches			toes + penis & scrotum
[2]	yin & yan			male & female
365	days			sections
[4]			mountains	shoulder- & knee-caps
[4]			valleys	ampits & kneecreases
12			rivers	Major Channels
			springs	qi
			grass	hairs
[2]	day & night			sleeping & waking
	constellations			teeth
			hills	minor joints
			stone	bone
			forests	muscles
			cities	flesh
12	months			major joints
			winter	old-age

p. 230 detentions of qi in the 8 "hollows"
*when __ is ailing*		*its qi is being detained in the __*
lungs & heart		elbow[crease]s
liver		armpits
spleen		hip[-indentation]s
kidneys		knee[crease]s

p. 231 Chapter 72 -- the 5 types of man

*type*	*nature*
major yin	interested in saecular things & income
minor yin	jealous of others' prosperity
major yan	abandoning projects after starting them
minor yan	fond of personal honor
balanced	tranquil, without fear (modest, p. 232)

pp. 254-256 -- Chapter 77 "The Nine Temples and Eight Winds". [9^th temple = Central Temple, which is to shake and to incite]

*pp. 254-255 successive abodes, for 46 days each, in the constant of the Grand Unity*
*beginning with __*		*in __*
winter solstice		Temple of Hibernating Leaves
vernal beginning		Caelestial Entertainment
vernal aequinox		Granary Doors
summer-beginning		Yin Stream
summer solstice		Caelestial Temple
autumn-beginning		Dark Commission
winter-beginning		New Stream
autumnal aequinox		Granary Fruit

p. 256 injuries inflicted by "hollow" winds from the directions
*direction*	*"__ Wind"*		*injury in inner dwelling, viz. __*	*injury externally, viz. in __*
south	Great Feathery		heart	channels
southwest	Scheming		spleen	muscles
west	Hard		lungs	skin
northwest	Breaking		small intestine	Arm Major Yan
north	Great Hard		kidneys	shoulder & back
northeast	Unfortunate		large intestine	armpits & joints
east	Children's		liver	thick muscles
southeast	Feathery		stomach	muscles & flesh

pp. 258-263 -- Chapter 78 "the Nine Needles".

uses of the 9 needles for acupuncture
p.		#	*bodily meaning of #*		*needle for acupuncture*				*use of needle*
258		1	lungs		thick				enter shallowly only
		2	flesh		straight round-tipped				not penetrate skin
		3	blood-vessels		thick with round tip				merely massage channels
258-9		4	qi		tubular lancing				to draw out blood
259		5	ulcers		lancing				of boils, to release pus
		6	cruel qi		hairlike				to cure rheumatism
		7	genuine qi		gadflylike				detained in penetration
		8	hollow winds		long				for backbone and joints
		9	divisions of skin		plane" slightly round				to provide warmth

correlations with organs and tissues of the body
p.	*organ*			*bodily function controlled by organ*		*emotion caused by organ*		*secretion controlled by organ*
261	heart			belching		joy		sweat
	lungs			coughing		grief		mucus
	liver			speech		anger		tears
	spleen			swallowing		pensiveness		digestive acid
	kidneys			yawning		fear		saliva

262	*tissue*			*is injured by excessive __*			*and is travelled by __*
	blood			looking			bitterness
	qi			lying down			pungency
	flesh			sitting			sweetness
	bones			standing			saltiness
	muscles			walking			sourness

p. 267 -- Chapter 79 "Seasonal Dews".

the "wind of hollow evils"
*direction whence the wind, on 1^st day of 1^st month*	north	north	north	north
*at __ (time during nychthemeron)*	morning	midday	evening	end of day
*in __ (season)*	spring	summer	autumn	[winter]
*result*	deaths	deaths	deaths	great death

*direction whence the wind, on 1^st day of 1^st month*	south	west	east	southeast
*name, or effect, of that wind*	Dry Village	Bleached Bones	shaking houses, scattering sand	the spring-season will bring death

*month*	1^st	2^nd	4^th	10^th
*day*	1^st	2^nd	6^th	9^th
*effect of windlessness*	grains will be cheap	illness of heart & abdomen
*effect of lack of summer heat*			wasting disease
*effect of lack of winter cold*				abrupt deaths

p. 269 -- Chapter 80 "Great Delusions".

*the essence of the __*	*maketh the __*
bones	pupils of the eyen
muscles	"purple black" [iris] of the eyen
"nest qi"	whites of the eyen

pp. 273-275 -- Chapter 81 "Swellings and Suppurations". [i.e., cancers & infections]

*"__ swelling"*	*in the __*	*prognosis*
"savage"	middle of the throat	"in half a day, death."
"to die young"	neck	"in ten days, death."
"melting of the brain"	[brain]	"Death; it cannot be cured."
"flawed"	shoulder
"rice"	armpit
"well-spring"	chest	"In seven days death"
"solid"	breast	"in ten years there will be death"
"putrid blemishes"	ribs ("it is a disease of women")	"death results in thirty days."
"pointed"	coccyx	"death comes in thirty days."
"red exhibit"	both thighs' inner surface	"death is in ten days."
"blemished"	knees
"rabbit gnawing"	shins
"slow travellers"	inner ankle
"four debaucheries"	top & bottom of foot	"in a hundred days there will be death."
"grinding"	side of foot	"death comes in a hundred days."
"sharp"	toes	"There will be death and no cure."

[The translators' remark (in p. 276, n. 4), that days, rather than years, are correct, is absurd if "cancer" (in p. 276, n. 2) is the actuality of these "swellings" -- cancer requiring years in order to kill.]

p. 277 Appendix A [-- comment by the translator]

"The Wu Xing, commonly translated as the "Five Elements," ...

"Element" is not a good translation of Xing, for

the Chinese character means "to walk, to move, to act," so

we translate Xing as "action" ..."

[N.B.: one of the two words translated "muscle" and "flesh" should be more accurately "tendon"]

Wu Jing-Nuan (translator): Ling Shu or The Spiritual Pivot. The Taoist Center, Washington (D.C.), 1993.

[p. xi Ling Shu, The Spiritual Pivot is also called the Canon of Acupuncture. It is the 2^nd part of the book Huan Di Nei Jin, The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic. It was compiled in the era of the Warring States, 480 to 222 B.Chr.E..]