{"id":2726,"date":"2023-05-11T15:01:38","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T13:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/?p=2726"},"modified":"2023-05-11T15:16:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T13:16:52","slug":"understanding-the-reading-grid-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/en\/understanding-the-reading-grid-2\/","title":{"rendered":"UNDERSTANDING THE READING GRID"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2726\" class=\"elementor elementor-2726\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d008744 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d008744\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68fd929\" data-id=\"68fd929\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c6de07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c6de07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">UNDERSTANDING THE READING GRID<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58dcba5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"58dcba5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0cf3fee\" data-id=\"0cf3fee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5baeba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5baeba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">Following the example of Japanese medicine, we remind you of the importance of palpating points, channels and tissues of the human body in diagnosis and treatment. However, it is necessary to know <strong>HOW<\/strong> to palpate and <strong>WHERE<\/strong> to palpate.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">The reading grid of the tissues is a set of manual controls which makes it possible to determine where the body is in need at a given moment (at the point of the examination), which is the disturbed energetic function(s) and at which level (the Five Shu points, Luo points, Back-Shu\/ Front-Mu points, Extraordinary Channels, emotional chain of the Stomach, of the Gall bladder, chain of the Spleen, outrer pathway of the Bladder channel, teeth, physical traumatisms&#8230;). It is the body that shows where it is in demand and not the therapist who decides what it is good to do for the patient.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><div dir=\"auto\">We will illustrate our point by studying a few <strong>CENTRES<\/strong> in the reading grid<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Observations and palpatory research have enabled us to determine regions of the body called \u201ccentres\u201d which are both <strong>ENTRY DOORS and CORRECTION AREAS<\/strong>. Each centre controls one or more energy levels.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">In photo 1, the location of the centres and the therapeutic levels or energy functions they control. The control of the centres is done through a horizontal transversal interrogation on the surface (epidermis) with the last 4 fingers placed flat.<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a878c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a878c7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23bec06\" data-id=\"23bec06\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-34cfd97 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"34cfd97\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e4bbcc\" data-id=\"2e4bbcc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2e06d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c2e06d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/CENTRES-EN-ANGLAIS-POUR-SITE-252x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2729\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/CENTRES-EN-ANGLAIS-POUR-SITE-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/CENTRES-EN-ANGLAIS-POUR-SITE-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/CENTRES-EN-ANGLAIS-POUR-SITE.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-df7aada elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"df7aada\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-561100d\" data-id=\"561100d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7eebbed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7eebbed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>THE LEFT THORACIC CENTRE<\/strong> controls :<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">a) the Shu points of Jing Bie ( classic Shu points such as 13V, 15V, 18V&#8230;)<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">b) the function Back-Shu points (UB 11 UB 12, UB 14&#8230;)<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">c) the Jing Bie Front-Mu points of Jing Bie ( classic Front-Mu points)<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">The blockage of this centre indicates a disturbance in at least 1 of these 3 therapeutic levels, on the right or on the left. If there is no blockage in the centre, it means that this is not where the body is in demand, the therapist then moves on to control the next centre<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">If there is a blockage in this centre, specific controls determine first the therapeutic level that is disturbed and then, within this level, the energetic function (Liver, Spleen, Stomach&#8230;) to be treated. Each point having a particular energetic orientation (example: UB 13-&gt;LU, UB 15-&gt;HT, UB 18-&gt;LV&#8230;) it is easy to find the point to be corrected, which will moreover be closed (it does not answer a vertical interrogation on the surface). To make corrections, the general rule is to connect the point with the centre.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-146ec4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"146ec4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/photo-3-controle-du-centre-thoracique-gauche-2-300x224.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1560\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/photo-3-controle-du-centre-thoracique-gauche-2-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/photo-3-controle-du-centre-thoracique-gauche-2-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/photo-3-controle-du-centre-thoracique-gauche-2-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/photo-3-controle-du-centre-thoracique-gauche-2.jpg 954w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b4e0e4d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b4e0e4d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dc747ca\" data-id=\"dc747ca\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efb2612 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efb2612\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>THE VERTEX CENTRE<\/strong> controls the 3 emotional chains of the Du Mai, Stomach and Gallbladder channels, as well as the cephalic control points of the Extraordinary Channels (from GB 1 to GB 9- current GB 13). The chains are located on the lower channels, at the level of the trunk and the head. On a chain, each point is related to an organ or a viscera, as the classic Back-Shu points of the inner pathway of the UB channel. A blockage of the centre indicates a disturbance in at least 1 emotional chain or in the cephalic control points of the Extraordinary Channels. The interrogation of the half-centre makes it possible to determine the laterality of the blockage.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f5888e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f5888e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e5b595\" data-id=\"2e5b595\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8980761 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8980761\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"484\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/photo-4-E.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2331\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/photo-4-E.jpg 484w, https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/photo-4-E-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/photo-4-E-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4049d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b4049d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Control of the vertex centre<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cf913ab\" data-id=\"cf913ab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cd4dd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1cd4dd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"269\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/photo-3-E.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2330\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/photo-3-E.jpg 269w, https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/photo-3-E-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/photo-3-E-7x12.jpg 7w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2148a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2148a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Correction of ST 14<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bb4f227 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bb4f227\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-833893f\" data-id=\"833893f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2239e34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2239e34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div dir=\"auto\">The point\/organ correspondences were established by Jacques Pialoux (\u201cGuide to Acupuncture and Moxibustion\u201d, ed. Cornelius Celsus Foundation). The corrections that we propose based on his decodings confirm their accuracy.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">In the reading grid, in addition to the centres, so-called complementary tests make it possible to control the other therapeutic levels.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNDERSTANDING THE READING GRID Following the example of Japanese medicine, we remind you of the importance of palpating points, channels and tissues of the human body in diagnosis and treatment. However, it is necessary to know HOW to palpate and WHERE to palpate.The reading grid of the tissues is a set of manual controls which &hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2726"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2738,"href":"https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2726\/revisions\/2738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtc-methodegeometrique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}