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One benefits from an herbal consultation from a licensed practitioner. As each individual is unique, your nationally certified acupuncturist/herbalist can easily custom make your very own personal formula. Herbs can be dangerous when self-prescribed or taken upon the recommendation of others with limited experience. Do yourself a big favor by making an appointment with a knowledgeable practitioner who may also be a seasoned martial artist/Healing Taoist! There are many around. I have been in clinical practice for over 22 years and an herbalist for 30 yrs and am still appalled at what people bring in to show me what they’re taking. Also, there is no substitute for quality herbs that have been laboratory tested. Where the herbs are from, whether they’ve been harvested corrected and how they’ve been processed are just a few questions you may want to inquire about. A bad year might produce an herb that looks and tastes like an herb in a good year but might not pass a spectrographic test to ascertain its active constituents.
The 8 gua correspond directly to the 8 extra meridian points which are paired. The following represents the Later Heaven Ba Gua. Bladder 62/Small Intestine 3 for the Yang Qiao/Du correspond to Dui and Kan. Spleen 4/Pericardium 6 for the ChongYin Wei correspond to Qian and Gen. Lung 7/Kidney 6 for the Ren/Yin Qiao correspond to Li and Kun. Gall Bladder 41/San Jiao 5 for the Dai/Yang Wei correspond to Zhen and Xun. Visualization through meditation inspires the movement of qi. As the expression goes, “the Yi (mind) moves the Qi”.
