David Twicken - The Divergent Channels - Jing Bie: A Handbook for Clinical Practice and Five Shen Nei Dan Inner Meditation

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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Thank you, Yitian Ni and Complementary Medicine Press, for the illustrations in .

Thank you, Jerry Alan Johnson, for the illustration in .

Thank you, Gregory E. Leblanc, L.Ac., Dr. Fritz Hudnut, DAOM, L.Ac., Jennifer Minor, Michael Winn, Steven Sy, and Marika Chandler, L.Ac., for your editing contributions.

Thank you, Jessica Kingsley and your excellent team at Singing Dragon, for all your work in publishing this book.

AUTHOR NOTE

The beauty of Chinese philosophy, metaphysics, and the healing arts is they are based on a unified view of life. Chinese medicine is applied philosophy. It is applying the insights of the ancient Chinese philosophers, astronomers, and shaman healers to the human body. Century after century, philosophical and practical knowledge accumulated based on trial and error, culminating in a sophisticated and profound natural healing system. I have attempted to retain the insight of the Han dynasty classics, the Su Wen and the Ling Shu , as the philosophical and clinical source for applying the divergent channels in practice. This book is based on three aspects of my experiences. The first is 30 years of studying Chinese philosophy, including Chinese metaphysics, I Ching , Chinese astrology, feng shui, qi men dun jia, nei dan, Qi Gong, and the Chinese calendar. The second is more than two decades of clinical experience. And the third is teaching theory and clinical applications to students and interns at Chinese medical schools.

There are five major acupuncture channels in the acupuncture system. They are the muscle, connecting, primary, separate (divergent), and the eight extraordinary channels. The divergent channels are unique in that they link or connect to all of the channel systems. A main goal of this book is to present Ling Shu and Su Wen theories and applications to show how the divergent channels can treat all the channels. There are a few translations of the words Jing Bie , some of which are separate channels, divergent channels, channel divergences, the distinct channels, and the reticular channels. From these I have chosen to use the names separate channels or divergent channels; I dont feel the translation influences the clinical applications. Learning theory and functions of the channels guide clinical applications.

This book is designed to present theories and clinical applications. There should be a seamless line between understanding and application. This understanding builds intention, and a fluidity of thought and action. Based on knowledge, application, and intention, we become not only technically proficient practitioners, but artists in the way we perceive and devise unique treatment plans for each patient. This is the essence of Chinese medicine.

This book is part of a series of books on Chinese medicine, and the life arts that contribute to understanding the foundation theories of the ancient healers, and how to apply their insights in modern life.

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The figures in are reprinted from Ni 1996 with kind permission from Yitian Ni and Complementary Medicine Press.