The Complete Stems and Branches: Time and Space in Classical Acupuncture, is the only fully comprehensive book explaining acupuncture's core Taoist philosophy and practical application. This book is organised in three parts. Part One examines the fundamental Taoist principles that underlie every style of acupuncture. Part Two deals with the technicalities of the sexagesimal stems and branches system within the broader context of time and its interweaving cycles. Part Three delves into the more esoteric concepts of Han dynasty astronomy, numerology, and the symbolism of the I Ching trigrams, as well as the relationship between psychological profiles and the complete stems and branches system. Stems and Branches charts, basic explanation of astronomy, and Han dynasty star maps are provided in the appendices.
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Roisin Golding, gained a diploma in acupuncture in 1986, and received a B.AC. in 1987 from the International College of Oriental Medicine, ICOM, Sussex, England. She now practices in Harley Street, Central London.
Roisin Golding was a writer on alternative medicine for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, and her fortnightly column was distributed to over forty countries world-wide. She has also published in the European Journal of Oriental Medicine, Chinese Medicine Times, and the Acupuncturist.
More recently Roisin Golding was invited by the World Health Organisation to be part of an international team of experts on acupuncture and worked on the WHO International Classification Disease (ICD11), as well as the WHO standard terminology in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
As well as teaching in London, California, and Ireland, she has given talks at conferences such as at Yunnan University of TCM, China, and the Conference of Oriental Medicine, England.
Table of divisions, stems, branches,
24 solar periods, 28 lunar mansions Inside back cover
PART ONE Time, space and the Dao 1
Chapter 1: Cyclical time 3
Day and night 4
The four seasons 5
The five elements 6
Moon cycles 10
Exercises 18
Chapter 2: Sequential time 21
Reproductive life 22
Ageing habits 23
Forbidden years 24
Death 24
Exercises 25
Chapter 3: Non-time 27
Four seas 27
Eight extraordinary meridians 30
Chapter 4: The calendar 33
Farmer's Calendar 34
Xia (Hsia) calendar 36
Lunar-solar calendar 36
Chapter 5: Heaven, Earth and humankind (tian, di, ren) 41
The birth of humankind 44
Humankind's creativity 45
The middle region 46
Nine pulses of the three regions 52
Treatments using the principles of Heaven, Earth and humankind 58
Chapter 6: Wu xing - five elements 65
The sheng cycle 72
The ke cycle 72
Exercises 79
PART TWO Heavenly stems and earthly branches - tian gan di zhi 81
Chapter 7: Divisions 83
Divisions of the body 83
Internal/external pairings of divisions 84
Host divisions 87
Guest divisions 89
Treatment strategies 101
Exercises 108
Chapter 8: Great movements 111
Wood 115
Fire 116
Earth 117
Metal 117
Water 118
Treatment 120
Exercise 128
Chapter 9: Stem organs 129
Balanced qi 132
Imbalanced qi 133
Stem symptoms 134
Stem treatments 137
Divergent meridians 140
Prognosis 140
Chapter 10: Branches (di zhi) 143
Chinese clock 143
Branch inner energy 143
Branch meridian sequence - the sheng cycle 146
Branch treatments 150
Chapter 11: Putting it all together 155
The Stems and Branches Year Chart 156
Yearly meetings 157
Personal chart 158
Four pillars 159
Case studies 162
General rules 167
Exercises 169
Chapter 12: Open-hourly method of point selection 171
Methods based in branches - na zi fa 171
Methods using stems - na jia fa 172
Intergeneration of points 173
Using the eight extra meridians 173
PART THREE The inner core of acupuncture 175
Chapter 13: The Chinese sky 177
Huang Di 178
The shape of the universe 180
Divisions of the heavens 182
Three enclosures 182
Five palaces 184
The 28 lunar mansions 187
Four palaces of the cardinal directions 191
Planets 194
Relationships with the stems and branches 196
Chapter 14: Psychological profiles 205
Spirit 206
Emotions 215
Element types 220
Stems and the psyche 222
Branches and the psyche 222
Character and the six divisions 227
Typing according to yin and yang 228
Clinical applications 228
Chapter 15: Numerology 233
The Hetu/Yellow River map 234
The Luoshu magic square 236
Forbidden points 242
Needle technique 244
Chapter 16 Symbols 247
Early Heaven arrangement of trigrams - Fu Xi 248
Later Heaven arrangement of trigrams - King Wen 249
Trigrams and the body 250
Eight extra meridians and trigrams 252
Appendices
Appendix 1: Charts 259
Appendix 2: Astronomy 271
Appendix 3: Star maps 289
Glossary 295
Bibliography 297
Index 301
