The fourth Solar Term of the Chinese 24 Solar Term is called: Chun Fen, Spring Solstice. It comes on 20/03/2016. The length of day and night are almost equal on this day. The Yin energy and Yang energy in Nature are equal.
For health preservation, it’s important to prevent Liver Qi, the energy in the Liver meridians ascending too much so that the digestive system would be protected and nourished.
The following acupuncture points could be used with moxibustion therapy for regimen and healthcare.
Da Zhui, also known as ‘GV14’, ‘Du-14’t
Gan Shu, also known as ‘Livet Shu’, ‘BL18’
Zhong Wan, also known as ‘CV 12, Ren-12’
Qi Hai, also known as ‘CV 6, Ren-6'
Zu San Li, also known as ‘ ST 36, Stomach-36’
Tai Chong, also known as ‘ LV 3, Liver-3’
Monday, 28 March 2016
Saturday, 5 March 2016
Moxibustion & the 3rd Chinese Solar term
The third solar term of the 24 solar terns is called “Jing Zhe”, the awakening of insects. It occurs on 05/03 this year.
The traditional Chinese folklore says that from this time, thunderstorms would wake up hibernating insects which indicates the weather is getting warmer.
During this period of time, there could be big temperature changes within single day. It’s still important to keep warm.
This is the time for nourishing Yang energy (Yang Qi) and energy in the live meridians and gallbladder meridians.
For general wellbeing, the following acupuncture points can be used with moxibustion therapy:
1. Da Zhui, also known as ‘GV14’, ‘Du-14’
2. Gan Shu, also known as ‘Liver Shu’, ‘BL18’
3. Qi Hai, also named as ‘Sea of Qi’, ‘CV6’, ‘Ren-6’
4. Yang Chi, also known as ‘TH 4’
5. Tai Chong, also named as ‘ LV 3’
The traditional Chinese folklore says that from this time, thunderstorms would wake up hibernating insects which indicates the weather is getting warmer.
During this period of time, there could be big temperature changes within single day. It’s still important to keep warm.
This is the time for nourishing Yang energy (Yang Qi) and energy in the live meridians and gallbladder meridians.
For general wellbeing, the following acupuncture points can be used with moxibustion therapy:
1. Da Zhui, also known as ‘GV14’, ‘Du-14’
2. Gan Shu, also known as ‘Liver Shu’, ‘BL18’
3. Qi Hai, also named as ‘Sea of Qi’, ‘CV6’, ‘Ren-6’
4. Yang Chi, also known as ‘TH 4’
5. Tai Chong, also named as ‘ LV 3’
Wednesday, 24 February 2016
Moxibustion & the 2nd Chinese Solar term
The second Solar term is called ‘ Yu Shui’, also known as ‘ The rain water’ in English. It comes on 19/02/2016.
In general, at this time of the year, temperature rises above zero degrees Celsius, snow melts, rainfall gets a little bit more, which is good for the growth of main crops.
In human body, the Yang energy rises slightly more. Doing some moxibustion treatment on some acupuncture pointscould be beneficial for human body. It’s important to protect and nourish the digestive system, including liver, gallbladder, stomach and spleen.
Reference acupuncture points for general wellbeing could be:
Zhong Wan, also known as ‘CV 12, Ren-12’.
Qi Hai, also known as ‘CV 6, Ren-6'
Zu San Li, also known as ‘ ST 36, Stomach-36’.
Tai Chong, also known as ‘ LV 3, Liver-3’.
In human body, the Yang energy rises slightly more. Doing some moxibustion treatment on some acupuncture pointscould be beneficial for human body. It’s important to protect and nourish the digestive system, including liver, gallbladder, stomach and spleen.
Reference acupuncture points for general wellbeing could be:
Zhong Wan, also known as ‘CV 12, Ren-12’.
Qi Hai, also known as ‘CV 6, Ren-6'
Zu San Li, also known as ‘ ST 36, Stomach-36’.
Tai Chong, also known as ‘ LV 3, Liver-3’.
Friday, 5 February 2016
MOXIBUSTION & the 1st Chinese Solar Term
The first Solar term is called ‘Li Chun’, also known as ‘the beginning of Spring’ in English. It occurs on 04/02/2016.
The Yang energy starts to rise more from this Solar term until the Summer Solstice every year. In human body, the Yang energy synchronous rises too. Therefore, It would be good to consider having a session of moxibustion treatment to help general health preservation and also helping some chronic conditions on this particular day or maybe even have a couple of sessions of moxibustion treatments around this period.
For general wellbeing, the following three acupuncture points could be chosen for moxibustion treatments.
1. Qi Hai, also named as ‘ CV 6, Conception Vessel 6, Ren-6, Sea of Qi, Ocean of energy, Dan tian’.
This point stores Yang energy.
Working on this point with moxibustion, it would tonify the Yang energy in the system and help its rising.
2. Qu Chi, also named as ‘Large Intestine Point 11, LI 11’.
Doing moxibustion treatment on this point, it could help the rising Yang energy and be good for eye sight.
3. Tai Chong, also named as ‘Liver 3, LV 3’.
This point is very important for helping the energy flows well in the Liver Meridians. Having acupressure, acupuncture or/and moxibustion treatment on this point, it should help the Yang energy rise and protect the Liver. This point also has good effects on reducing stress, anger and anxious and helping low moods.
Thursday, 4 February 2016
The Chinese 24 Solar Terms
The Chinese 24 Solar terms, also known as the 24 seasonal division points, in the Chinese lunisolar calendar originated in ancient China and then spread to East Asia and South-East Asia. They are calculated from the position of the Sun on the ecliptic, that divides the year into 24 equal periods. Chinese ancestors observed the energy changes in Nature and established this way of seasonal calculation to guide activities in human life, including agricultural affairs, clothing, diet, housing, transportation, health preservation, moods management, etc.. They played a very important role in people’s basic essential needs in life in China in the past and still function well today.
Due to the Earth-Sun distance, the speed of the Sun along the ecliptic varies. The number of days it takes the Sun to travel between every two Solar terms slightly varies as well. For example: the date for the beginning of Spring, the first Solar term of each year, could be on Feb 4 or 5.
Listed below are the names of the 24 Solar terms and very brief explanations of them.
Please note: The dates and months listed below are based on the Northern Hemisphere. It’s opposite in the Southern Hemisphere.
The names of the 24 Solar terms show that the division of the seasonal points has totally considered the variation of natural phenomena, climates, phenology, etc.
The 1st Solar term: Li Chun, The beginning of Spring, Feb 3, 4 or 5.
The Yang energy in Nature starts to rise. A lot of Plants start to sprout.
The 2nd Solar term: Yu Shui, The rain water, Feb 18, 19 or 20.
Rainfall starts to increase.
The 3rd Solar term: Jing Zhe, The awakening of insects, March 5.
Thunder begins and a lot of insects and hibernating animals start to be active.
The 4th Solar term: Chun Fen, The Spring Equinox, March 20, 21 or 22.
The length of day and night are almost equal.
The 5th Solar term: Qing Ming, The pure brightness, April 4, 5 or 6.
Grass and trees are thriving.
The 6th Solar term: Gu Yu, The grain rains, April 19, 20 or 21.
Crops grow due to plentiful rainfall.
The 7th Solar term: Li Xia, The beginning of Summer, May 5, 6 or 7.
The Yang energy in Nature gets a lot stronger than it is in Spring.
The 8th Solar term: Xiao Man, The lesser fullness of grains, May 20, 21 or 22.
The seed plumpness of the Summer crops starts.
The 9th Solar term: Mang Zhong, The grain in ear, June 5, 6 or 7.
Mount crops such as wheat are mature and to be harvested.
The 10th Solar term: Xia Zhi, The Summer a Solstice, June 21 or 22.
The Yang energy in Nature reaches the peak. The longest daytime and the shortest nighttime of the year.
The 11th Solar term: Xiao shu, The lesser heat, July 6, 7 or 8.
The heat of Summer rises more.
The 12th Solar term: Da Shu, The greater heat, July 22, 23 or 24.
The hottest period of a year.
The 13th Solar term: Li Qiu, The beginning of Autumn, August 7, 8 or 9.
The leaves of trees starts to fall. The Yang energy in Nature descents.
The 14th Solar term: Chu Shu, The end of heat, August 22, 23 or 24.
The hot Summer ends completely.
The 15th Solar term: Bai Lu, The white dew, September 7, 8 or 9.
The temperature drops sharply enough to reach dew point.
The 16th Solar term: Qiu Fen, The Autumn Equinox, September 22, 23 or 24.
The equal length of day and night.
The 17th Solar term: Han Lu, The cold dew, October 8 or 9.
The weather is cold enough to reach the points between dew and frost.
The 18th Solar term: Shuang Jiang, The frost descent, October 23 or 24.
The frost begins to form.
The 19th Solar term: Li Dong, The start of Winter, November 7or 8.
Winter starts. The Yin energy gets a lot stronger. The coldness is more noticeable than it is in Autumn.
The 20th Solar term: Xiao Xue, The lesser snow, November 22 or 23.
Snow begins to fall.
The 21th Solar term: Da Xue, The heavier snow, December 6, 7 or 8.
Snow falls heavier and heavier from now on.
The 22th Solar term: Dong Zhi, The Winter Solstice, December 21, 22 or 23.
The Yin energy reaches its peak in a year. The shortest daytime and the longest nighttime of a year.
The 23th Solar term: Xiao Han, The lesser cold, January 5, 6 or 7.
The weather gets cold and freezing.
The 24th Solar term: Da Han, The greater cold, January 20 or 21.
The coldest time of a year.
The dates for the natural phenomena changes in different areas could be slightly different from the ones given above due to different longitude and latitude.
Due to the Earth-Sun distance, the speed of the Sun along the ecliptic varies. The number of days it takes the Sun to travel between every two Solar terms slightly varies as well. For example: the date for the beginning of Spring, the first Solar term of each year, could be on Feb 4 or 5.
Listed below are the names of the 24 Solar terms and very brief explanations of them.
Please note: The dates and months listed below are based on the Northern Hemisphere. It’s opposite in the Southern Hemisphere.
The names of the 24 Solar terms show that the division of the seasonal points has totally considered the variation of natural phenomena, climates, phenology, etc.
The 1st Solar term: Li Chun, The beginning of Spring, Feb 3, 4 or 5.
The Yang energy in Nature starts to rise. A lot of Plants start to sprout.
The 2nd Solar term: Yu Shui, The rain water, Feb 18, 19 or 20.
Rainfall starts to increase.
The 3rd Solar term: Jing Zhe, The awakening of insects, March 5.
Thunder begins and a lot of insects and hibernating animals start to be active.
The 4th Solar term: Chun Fen, The Spring Equinox, March 20, 21 or 22.
The length of day and night are almost equal.
The 5th Solar term: Qing Ming, The pure brightness, April 4, 5 or 6.
Grass and trees are thriving.
The 6th Solar term: Gu Yu, The grain rains, April 19, 20 or 21.
Crops grow due to plentiful rainfall.
The 7th Solar term: Li Xia, The beginning of Summer, May 5, 6 or 7.
The Yang energy in Nature gets a lot stronger than it is in Spring.
The 8th Solar term: Xiao Man, The lesser fullness of grains, May 20, 21 or 22.
The seed plumpness of the Summer crops starts.
The 9th Solar term: Mang Zhong, The grain in ear, June 5, 6 or 7.
Mount crops such as wheat are mature and to be harvested.
The 10th Solar term: Xia Zhi, The Summer a Solstice, June 21 or 22.
The Yang energy in Nature reaches the peak. The longest daytime and the shortest nighttime of the year.
The 11th Solar term: Xiao shu, The lesser heat, July 6, 7 or 8.
The heat of Summer rises more.
The 12th Solar term: Da Shu, The greater heat, July 22, 23 or 24.
The hottest period of a year.
The 13th Solar term: Li Qiu, The beginning of Autumn, August 7, 8 or 9.
The leaves of trees starts to fall. The Yang energy in Nature descents.
The 14th Solar term: Chu Shu, The end of heat, August 22, 23 or 24.
The hot Summer ends completely.
The 15th Solar term: Bai Lu, The white dew, September 7, 8 or 9.
The temperature drops sharply enough to reach dew point.
The 16th Solar term: Qiu Fen, The Autumn Equinox, September 22, 23 or 24.
The equal length of day and night.
The 17th Solar term: Han Lu, The cold dew, October 8 or 9.
The weather is cold enough to reach the points between dew and frost.
The 18th Solar term: Shuang Jiang, The frost descent, October 23 or 24.
The frost begins to form.
The 19th Solar term: Li Dong, The start of Winter, November 7or 8.
Winter starts. The Yin energy gets a lot stronger. The coldness is more noticeable than it is in Autumn.
The 20th Solar term: Xiao Xue, The lesser snow, November 22 or 23.
Snow begins to fall.
The 21th Solar term: Da Xue, The heavier snow, December 6, 7 or 8.
Snow falls heavier and heavier from now on.
The 22th Solar term: Dong Zhi, The Winter Solstice, December 21, 22 or 23.
The Yin energy reaches its peak in a year. The shortest daytime and the longest nighttime of a year.
The 23th Solar term: Xiao Han, The lesser cold, January 5, 6 or 7.
The weather gets cold and freezing.
The 24th Solar term: Da Han, The greater cold, January 20 or 21.
The coldest time of a year.
The dates for the natural phenomena changes in different areas could be slightly different from the ones given above due to different longitude and latitude.
Friday, 6 November 2015
Is Aijiu (艾灸), Moxibustion, new to the West?
Most people living in the West may not have heard of Aijiu, (Moxibustion) And unfortunately have never heard of this traditional Chinese herbal remedy. Yet it is not something new to the West.
This natural remedy originated in China over 500 centuries ago. Korean and Japanese learnt this therapy and all other therapies included in Chinese medicine from ancient Chinese. Moxibustion and all other Chinese remedies spread throughout Asian countries.
According to historical records, moxibustion was used in Europe about 400 years ago.
The German physician Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716) recorded treating diseases with moxibustion and descriptions and illustrations of moxibustion in his work.
Baron Dominique-Jean Larrey (1766-1842), the French surgeon, (Napoleon’s surgeon general), used moxibustion to treat conditions during his military service and after.
It shows that aijiu, moxibustion, was used and made a contribution to people’s health in the West at that time.
Our mission is to see this powerful remedy benefit more and more people in the West and not let this incredible therapy fade into the realms of history.
This natural remedy originated in China over 500 centuries ago. Korean and Japanese learnt this therapy and all other therapies included in Chinese medicine from ancient Chinese. Moxibustion and all other Chinese remedies spread throughout Asian countries.
According to historical records, moxibustion was used in Europe about 400 years ago.
The German physician Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716) recorded treating diseases with moxibustion and descriptions and illustrations of moxibustion in his work.
Baron Dominique-Jean Larrey (1766-1842), the French surgeon, (Napoleon’s surgeon general), used moxibustion to treat conditions during his military service and after.
It shows that aijiu, moxibustion, was used and made a contribution to people’s health in the West at that time.
Our mission is to see this powerful remedy benefit more and more people in the West and not let this incredible therapy fade into the realms of history.
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
Moxibustion can have good effects on recovery of damaged bone(s) — another case
Before reading the following article , we would like to state that we do not devalue any known effective therapies or medicines for helping patients’ conditions and rehabilitation. We just try to relay information about a powerful ancient Chinese natural remedy to people who would benefit and may like to try this complimentary therapy.
We have listed a few of our clients’ testimonials regarding their injuries healed with moxibustion self- treatment as outlined on a previous article. This is an additional case.
A lady who is 77 years old had a fracture in her right wrist this Summer. She decided to try the moxibustion self-treatment after the plaster had been removed. There was pain and swelling in her wrist at that time.
Here is a photo taken before the moxibustion self-treatment started.
Within four weeks, the pain in her wrist went away completely. The swelling came down quite a bit. Here is a photo taken at that time.
19 days after the second photo taken, the swelling was less again. She went back to see the surgeon at the local hospital on the day she took the photo below. They did x-Ray and physical examination on her wrist. Everything was fine, so the surgeon discharged her.
The photo below was taken on the day after she had left the hospital. (19 days after the second photo was taken.)
In general, functional recovery for stable fractures without complications can be six months and 1-2 years for complex fractures. Sometimes, even for younger people, some can still experience pain, stiffness, swelling, limited movements in related joints months after a fracture, let alone in a older person. Her wrist was pain free within four weeks after getting the cast off. In fact, she would have recovered even faster if she could have had the moxibustion self-treatment when she had the cast.
According to the cases we have known, moxibustion self- treatment is worth trying when people have bone damage. The faster they can recover from the fractures, the better for them to go back to their normal life, the less pain they would have to go through. It should be more economical, including time saving, for them too. People would not need to go anywhere and rely on anyone else or any devices for their damaged bone(s) rehabilitation so much as they would normally have to. Like this lady, her GP wanted to see her and thought that she may need to be referred to a physio for some treatment. However, she has been discharged by the surgeon at the hospital before her appointment with her GP!!!
When people can recover faster from their fractures or any other injuries or operations by having moxibustion home therapy safely, it would save medical resources for the whole society as well!
If any person who is unfortunate to have a fracture or recovering from a fracture and would like to try moxibustion treatment at home as well, if you want to discuss your case with us and get further instructions of how to do the self-treatment, please contact us.
The earlier you start it, the faster your fracture could heal and the less suffering you would need to experience and the sooner would you enjoy your normal life again!
You are welcome to sharing your story of trying this ancient Chinese magic remedy on this platform. Your successful experience would be helpful for other people who need this therapy in future.
Please note: The ways of doing moxibustion self-treatment with and without having a cast on can be very different. It’s important to consult a practitioner/doctor of traditional Chinese medicine experienced in helping people’s conditions with moxibustion therapy and get proper instruction before starting this home therapy. We are happy to tell anyone who would like to turn to us about the details of how to carry it out.
We have listed a few of our clients’ testimonials regarding their injuries healed with moxibustion self- treatment as outlined on a previous article. This is an additional case.
A lady who is 77 years old had a fracture in her right wrist this Summer. She decided to try the moxibustion self-treatment after the plaster had been removed. There was pain and swelling in her wrist at that time.
Here is a photo taken before the moxibustion self-treatment started.
Within four weeks, the pain in her wrist went away completely. The swelling came down quite a bit. Here is a photo taken at that time.
19 days after the second photo taken, the swelling was less again. She went back to see the surgeon at the local hospital on the day she took the photo below. They did x-Ray and physical examination on her wrist. Everything was fine, so the surgeon discharged her.
The photo below was taken on the day after she had left the hospital. (19 days after the second photo was taken.)
In general, functional recovery for stable fractures without complications can be six months and 1-2 years for complex fractures. Sometimes, even for younger people, some can still experience pain, stiffness, swelling, limited movements in related joints months after a fracture, let alone in a older person. Her wrist was pain free within four weeks after getting the cast off. In fact, she would have recovered even faster if she could have had the moxibustion self-treatment when she had the cast.
According to the cases we have known, moxibustion self- treatment is worth trying when people have bone damage. The faster they can recover from the fractures, the better for them to go back to their normal life, the less pain they would have to go through. It should be more economical, including time saving, for them too. People would not need to go anywhere and rely on anyone else or any devices for their damaged bone(s) rehabilitation so much as they would normally have to. Like this lady, her GP wanted to see her and thought that she may need to be referred to a physio for some treatment. However, she has been discharged by the surgeon at the hospital before her appointment with her GP!!!
When people can recover faster from their fractures or any other injuries or operations by having moxibustion home therapy safely, it would save medical resources for the whole society as well!
If any person who is unfortunate to have a fracture or recovering from a fracture and would like to try moxibustion treatment at home as well, if you want to discuss your case with us and get further instructions of how to do the self-treatment, please contact us.
The earlier you start it, the faster your fracture could heal and the less suffering you would need to experience and the sooner would you enjoy your normal life again!
You are welcome to sharing your story of trying this ancient Chinese magic remedy on this platform. Your successful experience would be helpful for other people who need this therapy in future.
Please note: The ways of doing moxibustion self-treatment with and without having a cast on can be very different. It’s important to consult a practitioner/doctor of traditional Chinese medicine experienced in helping people’s conditions with moxibustion therapy and get proper instruction before starting this home therapy. We are happy to tell anyone who would like to turn to us about the details of how to carry it out.
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