THE CENTRES - THE 3 DAN TIAN - THE THUMB DECODING
the centers
chapter VI
First, they are not the chakras in the Indo-Tibetan tradition. The palpatory research has revealed the existence of energetic centres related to the chains (for example, the emotional chain of the Stomach channel, from ST 11 to ST 30 points) and the Extraordinary Channels. These centres are both ENTRY DOORS and CORRECTION AREAS.
We illustrate our point by taking the example of the centre of the vertex (top of the head). It is related to the three emotional chains of the Du Mai, Stomach and Gall Bladder channels (see chapter VIII), and the cephalic control points of the Extraordinary Channels (cephalic generator), from GB 1 to GB 9 – actual GB 13 (see chapter IX, paragraph E).
Overall control:
It is done through the crosswise interrogation of the epidermis of the vertex area, with four fingers laid flat (see picture1). The therapist can interrogate one half of the area to determine the side of the blockage. A blockage to the right, for example, indicates a disturbance of an energetic function in at least one of the three emotional chains or in the cephalic generator, to the right. That is determined by specific controls for each chain and the cephalic generator. As each point has its own energetic orientation, it is easy to find the one to be treated. For example, on the emotional chain of the Stomach channel : ST 16 -> HT, ST 17 -> SP, ST 18 -> LV, ST 19 -> GB…
When palpating, this point is closed (it does not respond to a surface vertical interrogation)
Correction:
The correction consists in connecting the point with a specific area of the vertex. When the therapist finds it, he/she has the sensation that his/her two hands are linked by a tight rope. The sensation is not UNDER but BETWEEN the hands. He/she does nothing more and only waits for the « rope » to be loosened . In fact, the body takes the information for self-correction. The point responds again and the control areas that led to its treatment are blockage free.
the 3 dan tian
Chapter XXVII
The thumb column is in resonance with 3 major energy centres called the 3 DAN TIAN in Daoist Tradition (chapter XXVII)
Specific controls are done through a vertical interrogation, at the osseous level, of:
- the base of the 1st metacarpal bone (M1), for the upper Dan Tian (picture 2)
- the head of the 1st metacarpal bone, for the middle Dan Tian (picture 3)
- the interphalangeal joint (IP), for the lower Dan Tian (picture 4)
The 3 joints of the thumb blockages are observed in the case of severe pathologies such as:
- mental illness, obsessive disorders, brain injuries, for the upper Dan Tian
- great anxiety, for the middle Dan Tian
- pathologies in which the fire of the lower burner (Kidney-Yang) is deficient causing an internal cold (sterility, impotence, frigidity, lumbar pain and weakness…) for the lower Dan Tian.
These blockages, when found, are always the most important to correct and often the only ones.
Correction is detailed in chapter XXVII. It consists in connecting the front of the body to the back, at the level of the related Dan Tian :
- glabella/occiput (DM 17), for the upper Dan Tian (picture 5)
- sternum/T4-T6 vertebrae, for the middle Dan Tian
- RM 4 area/ Ming Men (DM 4), for the lower Dan Tian
The decoding of the thumb column
a) through a vertical interrogation at the osseous level (does the bone respond?)
- distal phalanx (P2) -> sphenoid bone
- IP -> lower Dan Tian
- proximal phalanx (P1) -> occiput bone
- M1 head -> middle Dan Tian
- M1 body -> Earth Element (picture 6)
- M1 base -> upper Dan Tian
b) through a crosswise horizontal interrogation at the osseous level
- P2 -> Du Mai (picture 7)
- P1 -> Ren Mai (upper burner- middle burner- lower burner from the head to the base of the phalanx) (picture 8)
- M1 head -> Chong Mai (picture 9)
- M2 neck -> Dai Mai (picture 10)
- M1 proximal half -> secondary Extraordinary Channels (Yin Wei Mai, Yang Wei Mai, Yin Qiao Mai, Yang Qiao Mai) (picture 11)
