We find ourselves on the cusp of the winter solstice, that sacred time of year when the yang returns. The winter solstice is governed by the Gallbladder Meridian. Here we see yang’s return represented in the single yang line at the bottom in Hexagram 24 (Fù). The title of this hexagram is variously translated asContinue reading “The Return”
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Gao 皋: The “God” of the 5th Month and Its Defining Relevance for Heart Function in Chinese Medicine
By Heiner Fruehauf According to the principal investigator’s expanded version of the Han dynasty cosmograph, ancient Chinese scientists associated the Heart network with the 5th lunar month of the year. The Erya encyclopedia (fl. 3rd century B.C.E) contains an enigmatic list of ancient designations for the twelve months, which the Japanese sinologist Hayashi Minao believed to be the namesContinue reading “Gao 皋: The “God” of the 5th Month and Its Defining Relevance for Heart Function in Chinese Medicine”
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