HEART WOOD(TING): HT 9
HEART FIRE : HT 8
HEART EARTH: HT 7
HEART METAL: HT 4
HEART WATER: HT 3

HEART TONIFICATION: HT 9
HEART SEDATION: HT 7
HEART LO: HT 5
HEART IUNN, SOURCE: HT 7
HEART IU, ASSOCIATED: BL 15
HEART MO, ALARM: CV 14
HEART TSRI, HUNG: HT 6

POINTS OF THE HEART CHANNEL

HT 1: JIQUAN
EXTREME FOUNTAIN, Utmost Source or HIGHEST SPRING *1/2
ji: extreme, most venerable, best
quan: spring, fountain

LOCATION: At the center of the axilla, on the medial side of the axillary artery.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch.

REMARKS: Inferior pt., access pt. for distinct meridian of Heart. Entry point and important for movement of yin in the upper limb. According to Jarrett H 1 empowers the allignment of one's heart with universal centers so that one may be nourished from the primal source.

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: pain in rib, pectoral area, depressive syndromes.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: with moxa for no energy due to cold heart.

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION: 526
SYNERGISTIC: BL 35
CONTRARY: SI 1, GV 23, CV 5, CV 19

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LOCATION: 3 cun above the elbow, in the groove medial to m.biceps brachii.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch.

REMARKS: risk direct cardiac influence.

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: moxa for shivering and pains in side and chest, stuttering, heart palpitations, insomnia.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: The etymology of the character qing is composed of the character for plants growing over that of an alchemical furnace with cinnabar in it. The image contained in the character qing is that of the alchemical transformation and generative power of growth that takes place in plants during spring. The character qing is used to represent the blue-green color of this growth and the Nan-jing assigns the liver the color qing.

This point may address the emperor's power to invoke rain from heaven, essential for new growth in spring, through the performing of rites. In general, qing may be thought of as the emperor's or heart's potency, as derived from fulfillment of his mandate (ming) to rule the nation and body/mind/spirit in an effective manner.

TRIGRAMATIC FUNCTION: 613
SYNERGISTIC: NONE
CONTRARY: BL 39

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LOCATION: between the medial end of the transverse cubital crease and the medial epicondyle of the humerous when elbow is bent. Mussat locates HT 3 at medial aspect of cubital crease with arm in flexion and HT 3 prime halfway between HT 3 and tip of the olecranon. He inserts the needles superficially while arm in flexion and threads them toward the hand deeply once the arm has been extended.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch.

REMARKS: HO Pt

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: fever with cold sensation, hearing, pains with Nausea and Vomiting, numbness of arm and forearm, madness, epilepsy, hiccoughs, local pain, bleats like sheep, best point for clearing out hyperactive insomnia, agitation, anguish: cools spirit and clears vessels.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: none

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION: 346
Synergistic: KI 26, GV 14
Contrary: BL 22, LR 6

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LOCATION: On the ulnar aspect proximal to the wrist, on the radial side of the tendon of m. flexor carpi ulnaris, 1.5 cun above SHENMEN (HT 7).

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch.

REMARKS: KING PT.

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: convulsions, sudden stiffness of tongue, too much Fire.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: none

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION:

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LOCATION: On the ulnar side of the wrist, on the radial side of the tendon of m. flexor carpi ulnaris, 1 cun above SHENMEN (HT 7)

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch.

REMARKS: LO PT. goes to SI 4 (IUNN PT.)

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: lack of energy, fever with malaise in chest, inability to speak, nervous palpitations, heavy fullness, heat in chest with red cheeks. One needle technique for contralateral buttock sciatica.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: calms spirit, regulates HT QI, clears heat of heart, opens heart orifice.

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION:

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LOCATION: On the ulnar side of the wrist, on the radial side ofthe tendon of m. flexor carpi ulnaris, 0.5 cun above SHENMEN (HT 7).

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch.

REMARKS: TSRI Pt for energetic obstruction in meridian

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: nightsweats, epistaxis, full chest.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: none

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION:

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LOCATION: On the ulnar side of the wrist, on the posterior border of the pisiform bone, in the depression at the radial side of the tendon of m. flexor carpi ulnaris.

NEEDLING METHOD: Insert needle along lateral border of m. flexor carpi ulnaris and lower border of the pisiform bone toward the radial side perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch.

REMARKS: IU Pt, SON Pt= dispersion Pt, IUNN Pt receives LO vessel from SI 7. Use if pain, distal To HT 7.

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: hysteria, insomnia, agitation, emotional palpitation, agitations, lack of energy. Hot palms, dry throat, laryngitis, lack of memory, desire to drink cold things.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: opens vessel, clears heat, eases mind, calms spirit, removes QI, stagnation inside heart, reduces nocturnal emissions, raises IQ, (IQ not to be overdone.)

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION:

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LOCATION: In the palmar surface, between the forth and fifth metacarpal bones, just between the ring and small fingers when making a fist.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch.

REMARKS: IONG PT., HORARY PT., good but painful pt.

Excellent point to facilitate hand function in post cva patients with hand dysfunction.

MODERN FUNCTION: sweating, hot palms, lack of energy, chest and heart pain, vulvar pruritis, urinary incontinence, knee pain.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION:

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION:

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LOCATION: On the radial side of the tip of the small finger, about 0.1 cun posterior to the corner of nail.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.1 inch.

REMARKS: TING mother pt.

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: fever with chills, dry throat, angina, full chest, poor vaginal odor.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: tonifies Heart YIN or YANG.

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION:

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THE KIDNEY CHANNEL OF LEG SHAOYIN
General Information concerning Kidney Energy

GREATER VESSEL: From KI 10 goes to anus and up anterior surface of coccyx and sacrum to L2 and then to the Kidney, then to the bladder, then along the internal wall of the abdominal cavity and thorax to exit at KI 27. Tchong Moe follows more the external surface of abdomen and thorax.

TENDINO-MUSCULAR MERIDIAN: From medial ting point of small toe to CV2 with the following gathering points:

DISTINCT MERIDIAN: BL54 and KI 10 to exit at BL10

LUO TRANSVERSE: BL58 TO KI 3 and KI 4 to BL64

POINT LIST FOR KIDNEY ENERGY
KIDNEY WOOD:
KIDNEY FIRE:
KIDNEY EARTH:
KIDNEY METAL:

KIDNEY WATER: TONIFICATION:
KIDNEY SEDATION:
KIDNEY LO POINT:
KIDNEY IUNN, SOURCE:
KIDNEY IU, ASSOCIATED:
KIDNEY MO, ALARM:
KIDNEY TSRI, HUNG:
KIDNEY LOWER AND UPPER MEETING POINTS:

POINTS OF THE KIDNEY CHANNEL

KI 1: YONGQUAN
GUSHING SPRING * *
yong: to gush, well up, surge
quan: a spring; ancient term for coin
ALTERNATE NAMES: Earth Surge; Earth Thoroughfare; Yin Valley; Stumbling Heart; Foot Shao Yin Union; Vessel in the Center of the Sole

LOCATION: In the depression at the junction of anterior and middle third of the sole, in a depression between the second and third metatarso-phalangeal joint when the toes are plantar flexed. Because of pain involved with needling KI-1, clinically the point is replaced by a point at the medial aspect of the fifth toe's nail bed at the typical ting point.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch.

REMARKS: Ting, son, dispersion pt., potent for tonifying or calling kidney energy; TM departs from TING Pt (use medial nail Pt on fifth toe), contact Pt with earth, branch to BL67.

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: lack of energy, anmorrhea, energy rising to head, excess sleep, inability to speak, cold feet, sterility; treats hypertension (especially diastolic), pain and spasm in testicles and uterus. If patient becomes syncopal during acupuncture treatment, or if seizure occurs, use KI 1.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: back pain, abdominal swelling, renal pain,constipation, stiff neck, vertigo, needle with BL60. Reinforces Kidney, benefits Jing, nourishes Yin and so can restrain ministerial Fire (H), nourishes Kidney water to suppress LR fire, opens sensory orifice, calms spirit.

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION: 332
SYNERGISTIC: GB 4

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LOCATION: Anterior and inferior to the medial malleolus, in a depression at the anterior and inferior border of the navicular bone.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch.

REMARKS: IONG Pt, Secondary dispersion Pt for Kidney, departure Pt for curious meridian YIN KEO.

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: Lack of energy, inflammed, painful throat, excess saliva due to swollen throat, scrotal inflammation or swollen genitals, spermatorrhea, uterine prolapse.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: cools blood, pacifies Fire.

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION: 254
SYNERGISTIC: NONE
CONTRARY: BL 4 GV 5

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LOCATION: Midway between the tip of medial malleolus and tendocalcaneus.

NEEDLING METHOD: (a) Perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch towards Kunlun (BL60). (b) 0.3-0.5 inch slighly towards medial malleolus.

REMARKS: Iu/Iunn Pt, source Pt; Receives LO vessel from BL 58, symmetrical with BL60, important for influencing ascending energy of three YINs of leg, edema of ankle, agitated state.

MODERN FUNCTION: bony, degenerative diseases, fever without sweat, sore throat, insomnia, cystitis, irregular menses, impotence, foot and ankle pain, urinary tract disorders, dysmenorrhea.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: Source of three YIN and three YANG of leg, tonifies Kidney, regulates menses, Kidney type lumbalgia, spermatorrhea, urinary frequency, brings down Fire, insomnia, pain and swollen larynx, stops coughing, passifies, wheezing, cough, shortness of breath, bronchitis, asthma, moistens lung, strengthens back, cools hearing, strengthens knees.

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION: 162
SYNERGISTIC: BL 8
CONTRARY: BL 67 CV 24

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LOCATION: Inferior and anterior to medial malleolus, in the depression medial to the attachment of the tendo calcaneus, 0.5 cun slightly posteriorly below TAIXI. (KI 3).

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch.

REMARKS: Lo Pt, to BL64.

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: lack of energy, energy to head, local pain.

CLASSICAL FUNTION: none

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION:

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LOCATION: 1 cun inferior to TAIXI (KI 3), in the depression anterior and superior to the medial side of the tubercle of the calcaneum. Others describe it as the point midway between the tip of medial malleolus and the tip of the heel.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch.

REMARKS: TSRI Pt, BARRIER Pt. Entry of Yin at the level of the knee

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: blockage of energy, dysuria, myopia, prolapsed uterus.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: Moves water, entry of yin

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTION: 511
SYNERGISTIC: S 6, GV 13, GV 27, CV 9, CV 15
CONTRARY: KI 8

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LOCATION: In the depression 1 cun directly below the inferior border of the medial malleolus. KI 6 is found inferior to malleolus on the red white junction.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.3-0.5 inch.

REMARKS: Master Pt for YIN KEO, coupled Pt for JENN MO, calls Kidney energy if piqured deep in tonification.

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: fatigue, internal cold, ankle edema, pain in lower abdomen, cold feet, throat sore, impotence, sterility, promotes diuresis

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: dispells dampness, brightens eyes, calms spirit, stabilizes will, insanity and unsound thinkers, strengthens Kidney, can help with jue yin excess.

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION:

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LOCATION: 2 cun above TAIXI (KI 3), on the anterior border of the tendo calcaneus.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch.

REMARKS: KING Pt, tonification Pt

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: local pain, dry tongue and throat, diarrhea, impotence, cystitis, sciatica, lumbar pain, lack of will power or decisiveness, weakness of character.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: nourishes YIN, clears damp Heat, strengthens, defensive QI.

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION:

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LOCATION: 2 cun above TAIXI (KI 3), 0.5 cun anterior to FULIU (KI 7), posterior to the medial border of the tibia.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.3-1.0 inch.

REMARKS: barrier Pt, meeting Pt with YIN KEO.

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: hernia, diarrhea, difficult urination, bleeding, difficult menstration, lowering diasolic BP.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: none

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION:

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LOCATION: 5 cun above TAIXI (KI 3), about 1 cun posterior to the medial border of the tibia.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 1.0-1.5 inches.

REMARKS: BARRIER Pt

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: hernia, epilepsy, madness, local pain.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: severe lumbar pain with hot sensation, asthma.

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION:

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LOCATION: At the medial end of the popliteal transverse crease,between the tendons of m. semitendinosus and m. semimembranosus.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.8-1.0 inch.

REMARKS: HE (HO) Pt, departure Pt. for Distinct Meridian of Kidney, HORARY Pt; Couple with BL 40 for deep drainage: hemorrhoid pain, cystitis, nephritis.

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: excess salivation, lower abdommen pain, genital disorders, difficulty urinating.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: none

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION:

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LOCATION: In the lower abdomen, on the superior border of the pubic symphysis, 0.5 cun lateral to QUGU (CV 2)

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch.

REMARKS: Pt. on TCHONG MO, branch goes deep here.

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: pelvic symptoms, reproductive problems,retracted penis or scrotum, cryptorrchism, moxa for conjunctivitis.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: none

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION:

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LOCATION: 1 cun above HENGGU (KI 11), 0.5 cun lateral to ZHONGJI(REN3).

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0,5-1.0 inch.

REMARKS: meeting Pt on TCHONG MO

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: scrotum and penis pain, lack of virility, fallopian tube problems, retracted penis.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: none

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION:

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LOCATION: 2 cun above HENGGU (KI 11), 0.5 cun lateral to GUANYUAN(REN4)

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch

REMARKS: parallel to CV 4 (concentrations of QI energy) piqure KI 13, CV 4 for concentrated energy, meeting Pt with TCHONG MO.

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: diarrhea, irregular menses, occular inflammation.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: none; moxa for excess cold in the abdomen.

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION:

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LOCATION: 3 cun above HENGGU (KI 11), 0.5 CUN lateral to GUANYUAN (CV4).

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch.

REMARKS: meeting Pt of TCHONG MO.

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: colic, diarrhea, digestive and menstrual disorders.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION:

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION:

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LOCATION: 1 cun below the unbilicus. 0.5 cun lateral to Abdomen Yinjiao (CV 7).

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch.

REMARKS: parallel to CV 7, meeting Pt with TCHONG MO.

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: abdomen distention, borborygmus constipation.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: none

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION:

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LOCATION: 0.5 cun lateral to umbilicus.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch.

REMARKS: parallel to CV 8 reunion Pt of TCHONG MO.

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: stomach problems, intestinal disturbances.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: Wei qi enters here to surround and help the internal organs

TRIGRMATIC REPRESENTATION: 446
SYNERGISTIC: SI 4, GB 19
CONTRARY: BL 12

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LOCATION: 2 cun above HUANGSHU (KI 16), 0.5 cun lateral to XIAWAN.

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch.

REMARKS: parallel to CV 8 reunion Pt with TCHONG NO

ANATONY:

MODERN FUNCTION: anorexia, sadness. loss of joy in living.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: none

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION: 533
SYNERGISTIC: ST 18, CV 17
CONTRARY: ST 33

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LOCATION: 3 cun above HUANGSHU (KI 16), 0.5 cun lateral to JIANLI(CV 11).

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch.

REMARKS: parallel to CV 11. barrier Pt, meeting Pt with TCHONGMO.

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: vomiting, salivation, constipation and others.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: none

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION: 656
SYNERGISTIC: ST 19
CONTRARY: ST 16, SP 9

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LOCATION: 4 cun above HUANGSHU (KI 16), 0.5 cun lateral to ZHONGWAN (CV 12).

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch.

REMARKS: parallel to CV 12, (middle heater, St. Mo pt.) meeting pt. with TCHONG MO.

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: GI disturbances, swelling.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: none

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION:

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LOCATION: 5 cun above HUANGSHU (KI 16), 0.5 CUN LATERAL TO SHANGWAN (CV 13).

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch.

REMARKS: parallel to CV 13, meeting pt. with TCHONG MO, barrier pt.

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: deviation of mouth.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: none

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENATION: 215
SYNERGISTIC: NONE
CONTRARY: SI 17, BL 60

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LOCATION: 6 cun above HUANGSHU (KI 16), 0.5 cun lateral to JUJUE (CV 14).

NEEDLING METHOD: Perpendicularly 0.5-1.0 inch.

REMARKS: Parallel to CV14, meeting Pt with TCHONG MO.

ANATOMY :

MODERN FUNCTION: vomiting, belching, hiccoughing, dyspnea, hypersalivation, ulcers.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: none.

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION: 142
SYNERGISTIC: SI 9, GB 24
CONTRARY: BL 17

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LOCATION; In the fifth intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to the CV Channel.

NEEDLING METHOD: Obliquely 0.3-0.8 inch.

REMARKS: receives branch from TCHONG MO receives branch from deep KID Channel.

Exit point

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: local pain, respiration dificulty, lack ofappetite, bronchitis, pleuritis, anorexia with dyspnea, asthenia.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: none

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION:

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LOCATION: In the forth intercostal space, 2 cun lateral to SHANZHONG (CV17).

NEEDLING METHOD: Obliquely 0.3-0.8 inch.

REMARKS: level with CV 17 (MO PT, upper heater MH ) receives from TCHONG MO judo knockout pt., tender in excess Fire (also 24-25).

ANATOMY:

MODERN FUNCTION: full chest, dyspnea, mastitis, anorexia.

CLASSICAL FUNCTION: Etymology: Shen is the character indicating heart spirit and, in a larger sense, the active impulses which emanate from heaven. Feng is composed of the charactr for the earth doubled alongside the character for a hand affixing a seal of authority. Weiger explains the character:
"The ancient character represnted a tree upon a tumulus...this knoll surmounted with a tree, represented the imperial possession of the land. A similar knoll, but smaller, was erected in the fife granted by the emperor to a feudatory. In ancient China when the emperor invested a noble, a mound of earth would be taken from the imperial alter and placed on the noble's alter as a symbol of the emperor's authority.
"The left half of the character is an image of a mound of earth erected for religious purposes. This mound represents the gods of the earth (she) which were worshipped in ancient China.
"The patient in which this point is indicated may show a lack of authority on all levels. Often, they may exhibit a sense of being out of touch with their purpose in life and their spiritual identity. Spirit Sea can help establish the realiztion that no external confirmation in life is needed to choose a course of action. One need only follow the inner knowing that this direction is presnt in one's heart as placed there by heaven, the highest authority. The point can help restore the interaction between the potential present in the kidney offical and the mandate from one's own heart and the heart of heaven (shen)."

TRIGRAMATIC REPRESENTATION: