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The Complete Stems and Branches: Time and Space in Classical Acupuncture, is the only fully comprehensive book explaining acupuncture's core Taoist philosophy and practical application. This book is organised in three parts. Part One examines the fundamental Taoist principles that underlie every style of acupuncture. Part Two deals with the technicalities of the sexagesimal stems and branches system within the broader context of time and its interweaving cycles. Part Three delves into the more esoteric concepts of Han dynasty astronomy, numerology, and the symbolism of the I Ching trigrams, as well as the relationship between psychological profiles and the complete stems and branches system. Stems and Branches charts, basic explanation of astronomy, and Han dynasty star maps are provided in the appendices.

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Author:   Roisin Golding
Publisher:   Moondance Publishers
Imprint:   Moondance Publishers
ISBN:  

9780957651432

ISBN 10:   0957651430
Publication Date:   01 January 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of divisions, stems, branches, 24 solar periods, 28 lunar mansions Inside back cover PART ONE Time, space and the Dao 1 Chapter 1: Cyclical time 3 Day and night 4 The four seasons 5 The five elements 6 Moon cycles 10 Exercises 18 Chapter 2: Sequential time 21 Reproductive life 22 Ageing habits 23 Forbidden years 24 Death 24 Exercises 25 Chapter 3: Non-time 27 Four seas 27 Eight extraordinary meridians 30 Chapter 4: The calendar 33 Farmer's Calendar 34 Xia (Hsia) calendar 36 Lunar-solar calendar 36 Chapter 5: Heaven, Earth and humankind (tian, di, ren) 41 The birth of humankind 44 Humankind's creativity 45 The middle region 46 Nine pulses of the three regions 52 Treatments using the principles of Heaven, Earth and humankind 58 Chapter 6: Wu xing - five elements 65 The sheng cycle 72 The ke cycle 72 Exercises 79 PART TWO Heavenly stems and earthly branches - tian gan di zhi 81 Chapter 7: Divisions 83 Divisions of the body 83 Internal/external pairings of divisions 84 Host divisions 87 Guest divisions 89 Treatment strategies 101 Exercises 108 Chapter 8: Great movements 111 Wood 115 Fire 116 Earth 117 Metal 117 Water 118 Treatment 120 Exercise 128 Chapter 9: Stem organs 129 Balanced qi 132 Imbalanced qi 133 Stem symptoms 134 Stem treatments 137 Divergent meridians 140 Prognosis 140 Chapter 10: Branches (di zhi) 143 Chinese clock 143 Branch inner energy 143 Branch meridian sequence - the sheng cycle 146 Branch treatments 150 Chapter 11: Putting it all together 155 The Stems and Branches Year Chart 156 Yearly meetings 157 Personal chart 158 Four pillars 159 Case studies 162 General rules 167 Exercises 169 Chapter 12: Open-hourly method of point selection 171 Methods based in branches - na zi fa 171 Methods using stems - na jia fa 172 Intergeneration of points 173 Using the eight extra meridians 173 PART THREE The inner core of acupuncture 175 Chapter 13: The Chinese sky 177 Huang Di 178 The shape of the universe 180 Divisions of the heavens 182 Three enclosures 182 Five palaces 184 The 28 lunar mansions 187 Four palaces of the cardinal directions 191 Planets 194 Relationships with the stems and branches 196 Chapter 14: Psychological profiles 205 Spirit 206 Emotions 215 Element types 220 Stems and the psyche 222 Branches and the psyche 222 Character and the six divisions 227 Typing according to yin and yang 228 Clinical applications 228 Chapter 15: Numerology 233 The Hetu/Yellow River map 234 The Luoshu magic square 236 Forbidden points 242 Needle technique 244 Chapter 16 Symbols 247 Early Heaven arrangement of trigrams - Fu Xi 248 Later Heaven arrangement of trigrams - King Wen 249 Trigrams and the body 250 Eight extra meridians and trigrams 252 Appendices Appendix 1: Charts 259 Appendix 2: Astronomy 271 Appendix 3: Star maps 289 Glossary 295 Bibliography 297 Index 301

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Roisin Golding, gained a diploma in acupuncture in 1986, and received a B.AC. in 1987 from the International College of Oriental Medicine, ICOM, Sussex, England. She now practices in Harley Street, Central London. Roisin Golding was a writer on alternative medicine for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, and her fortnightly column was distributed to over forty countries world-wide. She has also published in the European Journal of Oriental Medicine, Chinese Medicine Times, and the Acupuncturist. More recently Roisin Golding was invited by the World Health Organisation to be part of an international team of experts on acupuncture and worked on the WHO International Classification Disease (ICD11), as well as the WHO standard terminology in Traditional Chinese Medicine. As well as teaching in London, California, and Ireland, she has given talks at conferences such as at Yunnan University of TCM, China, and the Conference of Oriental Medicine, England.

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