In the second installation of the series, “Spirit of the points,” we examine acupuncture point Shénmén HT-7. As a Yuan-source point on the heart channel it is a potent access point to the imperial temple of the Heart to treat a variety of both physical and mental afflictions. Shénmén HT-7
Author: Justin Gere
Welcome! The inspiration for The Medicine Loom emerged out of my ever-evolving meditations on Classical Chinese Medicine and Vegetalismo, a path of plant spirit medicine among the Quechua-Lamista and Shipibo cultures of the Peruvian Amazon basin. In both of these paths we see a clear awareness of the woven energetic fabric that stands behind the manifest world, and how direct perception of this fabric was the skillset of the upper-level physician who treats disease at the level of energy and spirit. This blog, then, is an attempt to collate and share my research on the path of the upper-level physician from the lenses of Chinese medicine and Vegetalismo.
May this blog serve as a loom upon which the threads of wholeness, integrity, and clarity of spirit can be woven!
The Spirit of the Points: 中府 Zhōngfǔ, Lung 1
Tang dynasty scholar and patron saint of Chinese medicine Sun Simiao stated that “the indications of an acupuncture point can be found within its name.” Modern TCM’s numeration of the acu-points has focused the study of acupuncture to point locations and indications, and where point names have been translated they are generally limited to the…
Circulating the Vital Breath: The Xíng Qì Jade Inscription
The Xíng Qì, or Circulating Qì, is a succint treatise of cultivating the Vital Breath, or Qì. Engraved on a dodecagonal block of jade in what appears to be Seal Script, the inscription dates to a conjectural 400 BC, before the establishment of Daoism as an institutionalized corpus of political and personal influence. 行氣 Circulating…
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