Best Acupuncture Points Based on Zi Wu Liu Zhu Method
用子午流注选最佳针灸穴位和时间
About Zhi Wu Liu Zhu and Our Expectation
关于子午流注及我们的期望
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has thousands years of long history. It is also a member of the magnificent
treasure of the world's medicine. In recent years,
... Chinese medicine has gradually moved from the
Asia-Pacific region to the world and has become a treatment method accepted by more and
more patients in the world. TCM is broad and profound, with many branches. Unfortunately,
some of this long history has been lost. Some are unknown or even not familiar to Chinese
medicine practitioners. Zi Wu Liu Zhu acupuncture method is one of the branches which have
been developed in Song Dynasty to treat patients more effectively based on the patient’s
biological clock. It is now used less and less due to complicated calculation and
inconvenience to use. In order to save it and introduce it to the world, we have
established this website. This website digitalized the complicated calculations involved
in Zi Wu Liu Zhu Na-Gan method and Ling-Gui-Ba-Fa method. We hope this website can do
her part for inheriting and developing Chinese medicine and for Chinese medicine to go
globally faster and easier.
Zi Wu Liu Zhu, some people call this the "biological clock", which means that the twelve
meridians in the human body correspond to twelve consecutive time period a day. Because the
hours are changing, days are changing, seasons are changing, the energy (qi) and blood in
different meridians are also abundant and decline at different times. Human being is an
integral part of nature, and his lifestyle should conform to the laws of nature. Modern
time biology proves that human life phenomena and physiological activities have relatively
stable temporal rhythms, including seasonal, day and night rhythms. It reflects the close
connection between human being and the nature. The Zi Wu Liu Zhu describes how the qi and
blood fluctuate through a person's twelve meridians over the 24 hours a day. It predicts
how the qi and blood affect the internal organs through the interlock between the internal
organs of the human body and the twelve meridians. To do acupuncture based on Zi Wu Liu Zhu
is to adjust the patient’s biological clock. It can make the treatment much more effective.
This website is aimed to help all the acupuncturists, all the people who have studied or
are studying Zi Wu Liu Zhu, including Na-Gan method and Ling-Gui-Ba-Fa method, and all
the people who love to use acupuncture to help other people. The point(s) and dates are
calculated based on the clinically commonly used Zi Wu Liu Zhu method mentioned in
the Reference 3.
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Current Best Point: “Click and Get the Best Points” button is for
users to get the best acupuncture point(s) to use at the time the button is pressed.
After the button is pressed, the time when the button is pressed and the calculated
point(s) are shown below the button. This page is mostly used when you want to make
sure the best point(s) is/are included in your treatment when your patient comes in.
Select Time Best Point: This page allows the user to select the time
and date needed, and then click on “Click and Get the Best Points” button to get the best
acupuncture point(s) to use at the chosen date and time. After the button is pressed,
the selected time range, the date and the calculated point(s) are shown below the button.
This page is mostly used when you make treatment plan to make sure the best point(s)
will be included in your plan at the designed time.
Best Appointment Time: Based on the selected point and date, this page
can calculate the two best dates and times that are closest from the selected date. Therefore,
the user can first select the acupuncture point to be used and the closest date before the
next appointment, and then click the "Click and Get the Best Appointment Times" button to
get the best calculated dates and times. The selected acupuncture point(s) and the two
best dates and times are displayed below the button after the button is pressed. Usually
when you know the acupuncture point(s) you want to use based on the symptoms of your patient,
this page can be used to help you to find the patient's next best appointment date and time
to ensure that you use the point(s) at the best time to treat your patient.
Q: Should the Zi Wu Liu Zhu point(s) be needled before or after I needle other acupuncture point(s),
or does it matter?
A: Generally speaking, there is no order relationship. Just use it. But if the needles you want to use are
in order, for example, 13 ghost points, when you do them in order, don't put the point of Zi Wu Liu Zhu
in the middle, just put it in front or back. However if you do 13 ghost points but you don't do them in
a certain order, it doesn't matter. You can add Zi Wu Liu Zhu point(s) anytime you want.
Q: If there are two or more acupuncture points listed at a certain hour, are all acupuncture points
should be used?
A: If more than one acupuncture point can be opened at a certain time, you can use any one or several or
all of them. Of course, if you can choose acupuncture points according to the patient's symptoms, the
effect will be better.
Q: Should the acupuncture points in the table be used bilaterally, (on both sides of the body)?
A: It is more effective to use both sides. But if it is inconvenient, using one side is okay.
Q: In the Na-Gan method,If there are multiple points to open at a time, is there a sequence requirement?
A: there is no order has to be followed. They can be in any order.
Q: In the Na-Gan method, what does it mean if some acupuncture points listed have brackets?
A: Based on the Reference 3, those points are the points back calculated by modern acupuncture
doctors using newly developed theory, not developed by the original definition back 800 years ago.
Q: When I needle those points, do I need to pay attention to needling method, such as tonification or reduction method?
A: No specific methods needed when needle those points. You can do tonification method, reduction method, or neither
of them based on what your patient needs.
Q: How to use Ling-Gui-Ba-Fa method to help patients?
A: Ling-Gui-Ba-Fa uses the body’s biological clock theory combined with the eight confluent points of the
extraordinary vessels to boost the Qi and blood in the body. They are usually used in pairs to help
solve the discomfort at certain part of the body. It is as said in the acupuncture poem developed more
than eight hundred years ago as:
SP4 and PC6: for discomforts at stomach, heart, chest, and along Penetrating (Chong) and Yin linking (Yin wei) channels.
GB41 and SJ5: for discomforts at eye outer canthus, and along Girdling (Dai), Yang linking (Yang wei), and Gall
Bladder channels.
SI3 and BL62: for discomforts at neck, eye inner canthus, and along Governing (Du), and Yang motility (Yang qiao)
channels.
LU7 and KI6: for discomforts at lung, diaphragm, throat, and along Conception (Ren), and Yin motility (Yin qiao)
channels.
Q: When I choose the best appointment time, how do I know if it is AM or PM?
A: The time presented on this website is the local time shown in 24-hour clock format.
For example, 2 clock in the afternoon (2pm) is presented as 14:00.
Li Wang, Li Gu, “Schedule an Appointment Based on Zi Wu Liu Zhu-Na Gan
Method,” International Journal of Clinical Acupuncture, vol. 15,
Number 4, 2006, p. 263
Li Wang, Li Gu, Barb Fowlds， “An Easy Way to Use Zi Wu Liu Zhu-Na Gan Method,” International Journal of Clinical
Acupuncture, vol. 15, Number 3, 2006, p. 183
李友林, 刘清国，“最佳时间针灸精义”, 学苑出版社，北京, 中国, 2003 第2版, p.165 (Youlin Li and Qingguo Liu, “Best Timing for Acupuncture,” Academy Press, Beijing, China 2003, p165)
Li Gu, “A Simple Gan Zhi Calculation Method,” Henan Traditional Chinese Medicine, vol. 3, 1987, p. 38 (in Chinese)
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