6kI

Humidity (Earth)

Heat

Dryness

(Fire)

(Metal)

Hotness (Fire)

A Wind

Coldness

(Wood)

(Water)

Hotness (Air)

Humidity (Earth)

Heat

Dryness

(Fire)

(Metal)

B Wind

(Wood)

Coldness (Water)

Six Energies as the Five Primary Elements System (A) and as the Six-Element System (B)

(Humidity) Earth

(Heat, Hotness)

Fire

(Wind)

Metal

Water

Wood

Earth

Fire

Water

Metal

Wood

Creation function

Water

Subjugation function

Earth

Earth

Fire

Metal

Water

Anti-creation function

Fire

Metal

Wood

Water

Anti-subjugation function

Law of the Five Elements and its functions

Interacting relationshi ps

Interpromoting relationshi ps

Metal

Wood

(Coldness)

Earth

Fire

Wood

(Dryness)

Hotness

Ne

utr

Wind

o

Neuto Hetero

Coldness

Dryness

Neuto

Humidity Dryness Coldness

The main axial interactions of Six Energies

Hetero

o

Homo

m Ho

Wind

Heat

Humidity Neutro

Heat

Hotness

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J H o

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s

H e a t

s

K

I W i

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B G

H u m i d i t y

D r y n e s s

D

A

C o l d n e s s

H

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L

Meridian

Designation

Activity period

A

Lung meridian

3—5 AM

B

Large intestine meridian

5—7 AM

C

Stomach meridian

7—9 AM

D

Spleen meridian

9—11 AM

E

Heart meridian

11 AM — 1 PM

F

Small intestine meridian

1—3 PM

G

Bladder meridian

3—5 PM

H

Kidney meridian

5—7 PM

I

Brain meridian

7—9 PM

J

Spinal cord meridian

9—11 PM

K

Gall bladder meridian

L

Liver meridian

11 PM — 1 AM 1—3 AM

Individual energy chart on the hand. The meridians' activity period in the diurnal cycle of the circulation of Six Energies

3

2

1

S 4

5

6

Correspondence of the internal chakras to nervous plexuses, endocrine glands and physiological systems of the body Designation

Chakra

Nervous plexus

Endocrine gland

Physiological system

1

Wind chakra

Cardiac plexus

Thymus

Muscular system

2

Heat chakra

Pharyngeal plexus and cervical ganglions

Thyroid glad

Cardiovascular system

3

Hotness chakra

Chorioid plexus of the third ventricle

Pituitary gland

Nervous and endocrine systems

4

Humidity chakra

Abdominal aortic plexus and lumbar ganglions

Pancreas

Digestive and lymphatic systems

5

Dryness chakra

Hypogastric plexus and sacral ganglions

Adrenal glands

Dermal and respiratory systems

6

Coldness chakra

Coccygeal plexus and unpaired ganglion of sympathetic trunk

Ovaries and testicles

Osteal, excretory and reproductive systems

S (7, 8)

Solar chakra

Solar plexus

Pineal body, hypothalamus and all other endocrine glands

Energy system

Connection of internal chakras with the nervous plexuses. Located near the nervous plexuses, the internal chakras transform energy contained in them into nervous impulses, exerting evident influence on the functional state of the organism

3

3'

2

2'

1

1'

S

S'

4

4'

5

5'

6

6'

Front surface of the human body

1 — Wind chakra — (X18 Yutang) Location: on the midline of the chest, level with the third intercostal space. 2 — Heat chakra (a new point) Location: on the midline of the neck between the thyroid and cricoid cartilages. 3 — Hotness chakra — (Yintang) Location: midway between the beginning of the eyebrow, above the nose bridge. 4 — Humidity chakra — (X12 Zhongwan) Location: on the midline of the abdomen, 4 cun above the umbilicus, midway between the umbilicus and the xiphoid process of the sternum. 5 — Dryness chakra — (X5 Shimen) Location: on the midline of the abdomen, 2 cun below the umbilicus. 6 — Coldness chakra — (X2 Qugu) Location: on the middle of the superior border of the symphysis pubis. S — Solar chakra — (X16 Zhongting) Location: on the anterior midline of the chest, level with the fifth intercostal space.

Back surface of the human body

1' — Wind chakra — (Y12(11) Shenzhu) Location: between the spinous processes of the 3rd and 4th thoracic vertebrae. 2' — Heat chakra (a new point) Location: between the spinous processes of the 5th and 6th cervical vertebrae. 3' — Hotness chakra — (Y18(17) Qiangjian) Location: on the midline of the head, 4 cun above the posterior hairline (1.5 cun above the point Y17 Naohu). 4' — Humidity chakra — (Y6 Jizhong) Location: between the spinous processes of the 11th and 12th thoracic vertebrae. 5' — Dryness chakra (a new point) Location: sacrococcygeal articulation. 6' — Coldness chakra — (Y2 Yaoshu) Location: in the centre of the sacrococcygeal articulation. S' — Solar chakra — (Y9(8) Zhiyang) Location: between the spinous processes of the 7th and 8th thoracic vertebrae.

Projection of the centre of the internal chakras onto the surface of the body

S

4

S

1

1

2 5

4

2 3

6

S — Solar byol-chakra Location: in the middle of the wrist joint line 1 — Wind byol-chakra Location: in the middle of the 1st metacarpal bone 2 — Heat byol-chakra Location: in the middle of the thumb's proximal phalanx 3 — Hotness byol-chakra Location: on the thumb's distal phalanx, 1/3 of the distance from the nail root to the joint

3

5

6

4 — Humidity byol-chakra Location: below the Solar byol-chakra by 1/4 of the distance from the Solar chakra projection to the Coldness byol-chakra 5 — Dryness byol-chakra Location: up by 1/3 of the distance from the Coldness byol-chakra to the Solar byol-chakra projection 6 — Coldness byol-chakra Location: between the bases of the proximal phalanges of the 3rd and 4th fingers

Topography of internal byol-chakras on the Yang-surface of the hands. In order to locate byol-chakras partition of the hand into proportional segments is used

S

1

S

4

4

2

1

2 5

5 3

3 6

S — Solar byol-chakra Location: in the region of the skin triangle in the middle of the wrist joint 1 — Wind byol-chakra Location: in the projection of the thoracic cavity. The distance from the skin fold at the base of the thumb to the Solar chakra projection (lower diaphragm line) is divided into two equal segments, here being its centre 2 — Heat byol-chakra Location: its centre is in the middle of the thumb's proximal phalanx

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3 — Hotness byol-chakra Location: its centre is between the upper and middle thirds of the thumb's distal phalanx along the midline 4 — Humidity byol-chakra Location: down by 1/4 of the distance from the Solar byol-chakra to the Coldness byol-chakra 5 — Dryness byol-chakra Location: its centre is upward by 1/3 of the distance from the Coldness byol-chakra to the Solar byol-chakra 6 — Coldness byol-chakra Location: in the region of the skin fold between the 3rd and 4th fingers

Topography of internal byol-chakras on the Yin-surface of the hands. In order to locate byol-chakras the hand is divided into proportional segments

Sweating, hot flushes, high pressure (arterial, intracranial, intraocular, etc.), discomfort, burning, eructation, meteorism, a sensation of bursting, bright and glossy skin, obesity, excessive menstruation, thirst

Hyperthermia, hyperfunctioning, inflammation, hyperemia, hypertrophies, hyperplasias, furunculosis, photodermatitis, alcoholism

Hotness

Symptom instability, vertigo, dyskinesias, tics, hyperkinesias, hiccup, vomiting, arrhythmias, false urge to defecate and urinate, joint hypermobility, slight itching

Heat

Humidity

Wind

Dryness

Coldness

Unbearable pain, chill, shivering, rapid fatigability, cyanosis, cachexy, loss of consciousness, missing functions (blindness, deafness, loss of memory), stone formation, traumas, cramps, contractures, destructive processes (necrosis, atrophy, aplasia), hard and malignant tumors

Dull and nagging pain, obesity, clammy sweat, sponginess, edemas, congestion, a sensation of heaviness in the body, enlarged internal organs, splanchnoptosis, prolapses, hernias, cysts, soft tumors (li pomas, poli pi, papillomas, warts), severe itching, rhinorrhea, diarrhea, sialorrhea, lacrimation, poliuria, exsudates, transudates, suppuration, jaundice

Acute pain, paleness, coarse dry skin, fissures, poliosis, fragile nails and hair, short breath, ulcers, loss of weight, hypofunction, hypotrophies, hypoplasias, tissue induration, hard tumors (fibromas, condylomas)

Symptoms and syndromes of Six Energies

intestine, stomach,

bladder,

lungs,

esophagus,

Eyes

Nails

of energy

Thymus gland

«Windows»

glands

Endocrine

small

urinary

organs

Face

Tongue

Thyroid gland

salivary glands spleen

vessels,

Liver,

Internal

system Heart,

hemic system

joints,

respiratory

system,

system,

systems

Circulatory

Muscular

elbow joints

shoulder joint

Functional

forearm,

shoulders,

structures

Left arm,

Left leg,

Heat

Body'

Wind

Eyes

Face

Hypophysis

liver

duodenum,

spinal cord,

Cerebrum,

system

endocrine

system,

Nervous

wrist joints

Head, hands,

Hotness

Dryness

Li ps

Mouth

Pancreas

stomach

spleen,

Pancreas,

system

lymphatic

system,

Digestive

hi p joints

Kidneys,

system

urogenital

system,

Osseous

ankle joints

feet,

Right leg,

Coldness

genitals

rectum,

bladder,

Ears Body hair coat Head hair

Nose

Adrenal glands Sexual glands

liver

large intestine, urinary

Lungs,

system

immune

system,

Integument

knee joints

shins,

Trunk, thighs, Right arm,

Humidity

Manifestations of Six Energies in the body's structures, systems, and organs

Eyesight (Hotness) Hearing (Heat) Smell (Wind) Taste (Humidity) Touch (Dryness)

Sensation of gravitation (Coldness)

Eyesight

Hotness

Taste

Hearing Heat

Humidity

Wind

Dryness

Smell

Touch Coldness

Tendinous-muscular sensation (sensation of gravitation)

Classification of the organs of senses according to the Six Energy theory

Hu

G

Hu

K

Hu

F J B

Hs/Ht

Hu

C

Hu Hu

W C D

Hs/Ht

W C D W C

Hs/Ht Hs/Ht

Hs/Ht Hs/Ht

W W

D

C D D

C D

W C

D

C W Ht Hs Hu

G Y

K C F J B

Topografy of Six Energies points of AH-byol-meridians

D

C

Hu

Hs/Ht W

A I E

D

C

D

C

Hs/Ht

Hu

Hu Hs/Ht

C

W W

Hu Ht/Hs

D

D L H

D

C C

D

I

W

Ht

W

Hs Hu

Ht/Hs W Hu

A

Hu Ht/Hs

W

D C

X

E D L H

Topografy of Six Energies points of UM-byol-meridians