5ElementBaGua

Wood invading Earth

4 3 SJ 1

3 PC 5 8

9 4 SP 1

41 ST 43 44

5 4 LV 1

34 GB 41 43

‣ Weak digestion, food stagnation, constipation, bitter taste in mouth ‣ T: swollen and tender ‣ To sedate wood (SJ/PC), yong gua is yin fire and ti gua is yang wood ‣ To tonify earth, (SP/ST), yong gua is yin fire and ti gua is yang earth ‣ If wood excess is predominant, use LV/GB instead of SP/ST; yong gua is yin fire and ti gua is yin wood (b/c yang wood used above)

Fire controlling Metal

5 6 PC 7

11 LI 4 3

41 43 ST 45

10 KI 3 1

‣ Residual sx. after bad cold/flu; fatigue, cough, dry mucous ‣ Based on “Four Magical Meridians for the Chest” ‣ On right side, metal is tonified with yin earth for yong gua and yang metal for ti gua ‣ On left side fire is sedated with yang earth for yong gua and yin fire for ti gua

Fire controlling Metal (2)

LIV Fire / LYR

4 3 LI 1

7 LU 9 10

1 SI

8 PC 7 6

4 3 SP 1

41 ST 43 44

5 3 LV 1

38 GB 40 43

‣ Same symptom profile as “Fire controlling Metal” above ‣ In this case, yang ming (LI/ST) is yin earth on yong gua and yang earth on ti gua; tai yin (SP/ST) is yang earth on yong gua and yin earth on ti gua

‣ Red eyes, headache, HTN, dizziness, etc. ‣ For SI/GB, yang earth on yong gua and yin fire on ti gua; for PC/LV, yang water on yong gua and yin fire on ti gua ‣ Can use HT 5,7,8 instead of PC depending upon sx.

KI deficiency

Low back pain

5 2 LI 1

HT 9

7 4 KI 2

40 60 UB 65 67

LU 7

‣ KI deficiency symptoms ‣ LU 7 is added to create balance and preserve the truss ‣ Yin metal is yong gua and yang water is ti gua

GB sciatica pain

3 4 HT 8 6 PC

38 41 GB 43

4 SJ 3 1

via imaging format

4 SI Ling gu Da bai Zhong bai &/or yao tong

7 4 KI 2

‣ For sciatic pain on the GB channel (wood excess) ‣ Important to ask whether there is concurrent low back pain; if not, don’t treat low back (w/ San Cha) ‣ For all meridians, yin fire is yong gua and yang wood is ti gua ‣ PC 6 was added to preserve the truss and create better balance

UB

65 67

‣ For low back pain ‣ If patient is KI deficient, add KI 2, 4, 7 ‣ Yin metal/yang water for LU and yang metal/yang water for UB

UB sciatica pain

5 8 LU 9

8 5 4 SI 3 2 LI 4

add San Cha for sciatica w/ low back pain

8 LV 4 1

5 LU 8 9

40 65 UB 67

7 KI 4 2

‣ For sciatic pain on UB channel ‣ Water is usually not excess; sciatica on UB normally due to KI xu ‣ Yin metal is yong gua and yang water is ti gua ‣ LI 4 is added to preserve the truss and create better balance

Dampness & phlegm (SP xu)

Dampness & phlegm (SP shi)

4 SJ

3 PC 5 8 9

10 6 SJ 4

3 PC 8 9

1 SP

36 ST 41 42 44

9 5 SP 1

36 ST 42 44

‣ Dampness and phlegm sx., possibly phlegm abscess ‣ Great for weight loss when SP is obviously deficient or excess ‣ This case is for earth that is too weak to stop the flow of water ‣ Use earth as ti gua exclusively because we don’t want to tonify water ‣ On right, yin fire is yong gua and yang earth is ti gua; on left, yin fire is yong gua and yin earth is ti gua

SI/HT Fire

1 SI

5 HT 7 8

7 3 KI 1

60 UB 64 66

‣ Heat, fire, infection, inflammation ‣ On SI/UB axis, yang earth is yong gua and yin fire is ti gua; in HT/KI axis, yang water is yong gua and yin fire is ti gua

‣ Dampness and phlegm sx., possibly phlegm abscess ‣ Great for weight loss when SP is obviously deficient or excess ‣ This case is for earth that is too strong, stopping the flow of water ‣ On right, yin metal is yong gua and yang earth is ti gua; on left, yang metal is yong gua and yin earth is ti gua