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”

The Energetics of the Torso

The San Jiao disseminates the Yuan Qi out of the Kidneys, and it is the San Jiao mechanism is that which creates the energetics associated with the front Mu and back Shu points.Although the San Jiao does not have form we can say that it is represented by the vortex that moves from ST11 (QiContinue reading “The Energetics of the Torso”