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Moxibustion & The 24th Chinese Solar Terms

The twenty-fourth Chinese Solar Term is called 'Da Xue', 'The greater cold'. The coldest time of a year. It's the sixth Solar Term in Winter of the year. It falls on 20/01/2018. The 23rd and the 24th Chinese Solar Term are the coldest period of time each year in the Northern Hemisphere.

 The extremity reached, the course reversed. In the Northern Hemisphere, temperature gets to the lowest level of the year. The Yin Qi (Ying Energy) in Nature reaches its peak and the Yang Qi (Yang Energy) rises very slowly but steadily between Winter Solstice and the end of this period of time. There is correspondence between man and universe. So, The same energy exchange happens in human body as well. This is a good time to do some moxibustion treatment to help the energy alteration and prevent getting ailments.

 

The following acupuncture points could be used with moxibustion therapy for regimen and healthcare during this period of time.

Da Zhui, also known as 'GV 14', 'Great Hammer', 'Large Vertebra'

Shen Shu, also known as ‘BL-23’, ‘UB 23’

Shen Que, also known as ‘Spirit Gate’, ‘CV 8’, ‘Ren-08’

Guan Yuan, also known as ‘CV 4’, ‘Ren-04’, ‘Origin pass’, ‘Gate of the source’, 'Gate of origin'

Zu San Li, also known as 'ST 36', 'Stomach 36'

San Yin Jiao, also known as 'SP 6'

Yong Quan, also known as ‘ KD 1’, ‘KI-01’, ‘Gushing Spring’, ‘Bubbling well’

Moxibustion & The 23rd Chinese Solar Term -- Xiao Han

The twenty-third Chinese Solar Term is called 'Xiao Han', 'The lesser cold'. The temperature drops even more and the weather gets cold and freezing in many places in the Northern Hemisphere. This period of time normally is the coldest time of the year in China. It's the fifth Solar Term in Winter of the year. It arrives on 05/01/2018.

 

The following acupuncture points could be used with moxibustion therapy for regimen and healthcare during this period of time.

 

Da Zhui, also known as 'GV 14', 'Great Hammer', 'Large Vertebra'

 

Shen Shu, also known as ‘BL-23’, ‘UB 23’

 

Dan Zhong, also known as 'CV 17'

 

Shen Que, also known as ‘Spirit Gate’, ‘CV 8’, ‘Ren-08’

 

Guan Yuan, also known as ‘CV 4’, ‘Ren-04’, ‘Origin pass’, ‘Gate of the source’, 'Gate of origin'

 

Yong Quan, also known as ‘ KD 1’, ‘KI-01’, ‘Gushing Spring’, ‘Bubbling well’

 

Moxibustion & The 22nd Chinese Solar Term -- Dong Zhi

The twenty-second Chinese Solar Term is called 'Dong Zhi', also known as 'Winter  Solstice'. In China, from  this day, people count 9 days as a period. The third and fourth nine-day periods are the coldest time of the Winter. After 9 nine-day periods, 81 days from the Winter Solstice, the winter of the year will end the Spring of the new year will arrive. One of the traditional Chinese customs is that people would start to take more tonics along with food and drinks to nourish the energy and blood of the body. It is the fourth Solar Term in Winter of the year. It arrives on 22/12/2017.

In the Northern Hemisphere, The Yin energy reaches its peak in a year. The shortest daytime and the longest nighttime of a year. The Yin Qi (Yin Energy) in human body reaches the peak as well. One of the most important theories in traditional Chinese  medicine (TCM) is that there is correspondence between human and nature. The energy changes in Nature and man are mutually responsive.

It's the time of a year for people to do moxibustion treatment/ moxibustion self-treatment and/or some other Chinese remedies, including herbal treatment and Qi Gong (Chi Kung) exercises to consolidate renal, replenish vital essence and modulate immunity and to cure/treat some chronic conditions and prevent some conditions getting worse and restore the vital life force better for next year. Moxibustion therapy could be a helpful option for people have sub-health in Winter as well.

The following acupuncture points could be used with moxibustion therapy for regimen and healthcare in this season.

Shen Que, also known as 'Spirit Gate', 'CV 8, CV-8', 'Ren 8'

Guan Yuan, also known as 'CV 4', 'Ren 4', 'Gate of origin', 'Origin pass'

Zu San Li, also known as 'ST 36, ST-36' 

San Yin Jiao, also known as 'Spleen 6, SP-6'

Moxibustion & The 21st Chinese Solar Term -- Da Xue

The twenty-first Chinese solar term is called "Da Xue", also known as 'The heavier snow' in English. The weather gets even colder and it's more possible to have snow than the first two solar terms in Winter each year. It's the third Solar term in Winter of the year. It arrives on 07/12/2017.

 

In northern hemisphere, temperatures fall further. It's important to keep warm from head to toes, especially for older people and people who have chronic conditions.

 

The following acupuncture points could be used with moxibustion therapy for regimen and healthcare in this period of time.

 

Zhi Yang, also known as 'GV 9'

 

Shen Shu, also known as ‘BL-23’, ‘UB 23’

 

Shen Que, also known as ‘Spirit Gate’, ‘CV 8’, ‘Ren-08’

 

Guan Yuan, also known as ‘CV 4’, ‘Ren-04’, ‘Origin pass’, ‘Gate of the source’

 

Nei Guan, also known as 'P6'

 

San Yin Jiao, also known as ‘SP 6’

 

Yong Quan, also known as ‘ KD 1’, ‘KI-01’, ‘Gushing Spring’, ‘Bubbling well’

Moxibustion & The 20th Chinese Solar Term -- Xiao Xue

 The twentieth Chinese Solar Term is called "Xiao Xue", also known as 'The lesser snow'. Snow begins to fall. Temperatures plunge and start to be lower than zero degree Celsius around this time. The first snow of the Winter usually comes in some places in China around this day. It's the second Solar term in Winter of the year. In the Northern Hemisphere, it will be on 22/11/2017.

The following acupuncture points could be used with moxibustion therapy for regimen and healthcare in this period of time.

Zhi Yang, also known as 'GV 9'

Shen Shu, also known as ‘BL-23’, ‘UB 23’

Dan Zhong, also known as ‘CV 17’

Shen Que, also known as ‘Spirit Gate’, ‘CV 8’, ‘Ren-08’

Guan Yuan, also known as ‘CV 4’, ‘Ren-04’, ‘Origin pass’, ‘Gate of the source’

San Yin Jiao, also known as ‘SP 6’

Yong Quan, also known as ‘ KD 1’, ‘KI-01’, ‘Gushing Spring’, ‘Bubbling well’

Moxibustion & The 19th Chinese Solar Term -- Li Dong

The nineteenth Chinese Solar Terms is called 'Li Doing', also known as 'the start of Winter'. In the northern hemisphere, this is the first solar term in Winter of the year. It arrives on 07/11/2017.

 

In the northern hemisphere, The Yin Qi (Ying Energy) gets a lot stronger. The coldness is more noticeable than it is in Autumn. All the plants and animals tend to store energy and avoid coldness for the next Spring. There is correspondence between man and the Nature. The Yang Qi (Yang Energy) in human body descends and stores deeply inside. It's the start of the best period of time of the year to nurse the system back to health, especially for people have chronic conditions.

 

This is the start of the season for people to do moxibustion treatment/ moxibustion self-treatment and/or some other traditional  natural Chinese therapies to regulate the function of the system and modulate immunity and to cure/treat some chronic conditions flare up more in Summer and prevent those conditions getting worse in Summer, this method is also known as " Summer diseases get cared in Winter". For example, if someone had hay fever every Spring and Summer could have some moxibustion treatments or moxibustion self treatment to Moxibustion therapy could be a helpful option for people have sub-health in Winter as well.

The following acupuncture points could be used with moxibustion therapy for regimen and healthcare in this period of time.

 

Da Zhui, also known as 'GV 14'

 

Shen Shu, also known as 'BL-23', 'UB 23'

 

Dan Zhong, also known as 'CV 17'

 

Shen Que, also known as 'Spirit Gate', 'CV 8', 'Ren-08'

 

Guan Yuan, also known as 'CV 4', 'Ren-04', 'Origin pass', 'Gate of the source'

 

Zu San Li, also known as 'ST 36', 'Stomach 36'

 

San Yin Jiao, also known as 'SP 6'

 

Yong Quan, also known as ' KD 1', 'KI-01', 'Gushing Spring', 'Bubbling well'