[TCM] Meridians Help

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Jean, Susan, Douglas, Ken & Al - I appreciate all your great suggestions & thank you for the encouragement, especially from Jean.
The video clips at Acuvideo.com  are terrific, but that voice reminds me of a bad dream I had - "What is the mechanism, what is the mechanism, what is the mechanism!!!!" (Just kidding, Al.) I will save my lunch money so I can buy a DVD some day. It looks like it would be helpful.  Ken, the best idea of all - "sex at eleven". Actually, Mnemonics really do help me.  Susan, I LOVE YOUR ENTHUSIASM, and thanks for sharing my pain! 

Thank you for keeping the list up, Al.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: KenRosenb at aol.com 
  To: tcm-students at gancao.net 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 6:10 PM
  Subject: Re: [TCM] Meridians Help


  So much helpful advice, I hope you find something that's helpful.

  For the longest time I had to draw out on paper and later on, in my head the back points.
  Here's my system:
  In the beginning I would make a list of the vertebra starting at C-7 going down, Like this:
  C7
  T1
  T2
  T3
  and so on...
  L1     
  L2
  L3
  L4
  L5

  NEXT I would cross out the spaces where there are no Du points, easy to remember.
  T2, T4, T8, T12, L3, and L-5, easy so far, right.  (just remember: 2,4,8,12, 3 and 5).
  You know Du-4 is at L-2 (mingmen) and Du-14 is at C-7, because like Al said, they're used frequently.  Then you can fill in the spaces.
  Another Mnemonic for checking is:
  Tennis at six, ate at nine, and sex at eleven.  (Du-10 is at T-6, Du-8 is at T-9, and Du-6 is at T-11).
  Hope this last one does not offend.

  Now for the UB channel.
  Starting at about Ub-13 and down to about Ub-25 the inner and outer line are 29 apart in numbers.
  So at Ub-13 on the inner line, you are at the same level as Ub-42 on the outer line.
  42 minus 29 equals 13
  Also the inner line matches the Thoracic vertebra numbers second digit until it skips one at T8.
  Ub-13 is at T-3
  Ub-17 is at T-7


  Best Regards, Ken

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