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Oriental Medicine |
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Oriental Medicine |
This chart show that how and where the orental medecine had been developed in an ancient China. Shiatsu has deep connection with "Do-in and Ankyo".
| Geographical Features |
Climate | Task & Life Style | Typical Diseases | Way of Treatment | |
| East Area | Side of the seashore or the river. | Warm |
Fishing- eat fishes and |
Skin diseases- arbuncle or a large boil of teh skin and tisses beneath the skin. |
Blood letting with a sharp stone. |
| South | Rich field Fertile plain |
Hot weather Lowlands Mild climate Fogy and dewy |
Agriculture- uses to eat grains and fruits. Delicous foods. | Convulsion, Spasm, Numbness, Cramp. | Acupuncture. |
| Central | City Plainland |
Average temperature All things grows up easlily. |
Mental work- no labor, omnivorous (eat everythingss). | Beriberi (viatmin deficiency), Paralysis (inability tu use muscles) |
Do-in Ankyo |
| West | Mountain side | Barren land Rough climate. |
Hunting, Mining. Used to eat animal meats and too much fats. | Inner organ's chronic problems. | Herbal medicine. |
| North | Waterland Highland |
Windy and cold weather. | Stock farming. Used to eat dairy products. Lived in a ten. | Cough. Phlegm due to the cold.
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Moxibasion |
Extention of the "Low of Five Elements":
You can use this chart to understand how much your symptoms is related with the five elemts. For example, if you would have some eyes problem, see "sight" of sense comand so that you could understand it is related liver or gall blader organs.
| Element | Wood | Fire | Earth | Metal | Water |
| Yin organ | Liver | Heart | Spleen | Lungs | Kidney |
| Yang organ | Gall Bladder | Small Intestine | Stomach | Large Intestine | Bladder |
| Sense commanded | Sight | Words | Taste | Smell | Hearing |
| Nourishes the | Muscles | Blood vessels | Fat | Skin | Bones |
| Expands into the | Nails | Colour | Lips | Body hair | Hair on head |
| Liquid emitted | Tears | Sweat | Saliva | Mucus | Urine |
| Bodily smell | Rancid | Scorched | Fragrant | Fleshy | Putrid |
| Associated temperament | Depressed Anger |
Emotions up and down. Joy | Obsession Sympathy |
Anguish Grief |
Fear |
| Flavour | Sour | Bitter | Sweet | Hot | Salt |
| Sound | Shout | Laugh | Sing | Weep | Groan |
| Dangerous type of weather | Wind | Heat | Humidity | Dryness | Cold |
| Season | Spring | Summer | Mid-summer | Autumn | Winter |
| Colour | Blue | Red | Yellow | White | Black |
| Direction | East | South | Center | West | North |
| Benificial cereal | Wheat | Millet | Rye | Rise | Beans |
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