Not to be pest, but are there any firmed up workshop
places and dates yet?
I wouldn't mind going to Austin in the wintertime.
John Garbarini

--- mick brackle <seekye777@...> wrote:

> Hey Will,
>
> Just a quick hello -- I wanted to say I'll see you
> at the Austin class -- the plan is I should be
> moving there in January -- looking forward to it...
>
> Best wishes always, Mick
>
> WMorris116@... wrote:
> Hi Aaron -
>
> Yes, there is an article on the subject in AT. It is
> copied here for your convenience.
>
> Will
> Will, do you have any articles on the Five Depths in
> Acupunture Today? If not any info. on these depths?
> Thanks, Aaron
>
>
> Pulse Diagnosis:
>
> Unraveling the Mysteries of Nan Jing Chapter Five
>
>
>
> © 2004 William R. Morris, OMD, MSEd, LAc
>
> The classics can be obscure, appearing to have
> little clinical relevance. However, useful
> interventions can be discovered through study and
> contemplation. The question is not whether the
> resulting application is what the ancients intended.
> The question is whether the resulting clinical
> application is useful and can make a contribution to
> the field.
>
> This paper discusses some practical applications of
> Nan Jing Chapter Five as found in Tu Ju Wang Shuhe
> Mai Jue Ba Shi Yi Nan Jing Bien Zhen (Pictorial
> Notes on the Pulse Songs of Wang Shuhe).1 The five
> depth system is also discussed in other important
> texts of Chinese Traditional Medicine including the
> Mai Jing (Pulse Classic)2 and Li Zhi Shen’s Pulse
> Diagnosis.3 While each text discusses the method of
> pressure to assess the five depths, none of these
> sources discuss the practical application of the
> method. The Nei Jing and Nan Jing both describe
> three dimensional models for pulse diagnosis. Each
> position represents a burner as does each depth. The
> trick is making sense of this set of possibilities,
> and the solution is to focus on each aspect, one at
> a time. For instance if the distal positions are
> weak, this suggests depletion in the upper burner
> (the nature of the depletion will depend on other
> signs and symptoms.)
>
> Methodology
>
> In Chapter Five, beans are used to signify the depth
> of pressure. “With a very light hand press
> superficially and then press harder; 1st depth is 3
> beans pressure to the lungs and skin, 2nd depth is 6
> beans to the heart and the vessels, 3rd depth is
> nine beans to the spleen and flesh, 4th depth is 12
> beans to the liver and sinews, 5th depth is 15 beans
> to touch the kidney and bones.4” Please note:
> depth is based on light pressure at the skin and
> deep pressure close to the bone rather than using
> the vessel as the starting and ending point. For
> instance, the fingers are not merely pressing at 6
> beans of pressure to examine the heart, one is
> pressing with an intention to examine the vessels.
>
> The table in Pictorial Notes on the Pulse Songs of
> Wang Shuhe from the Qing Dynasty includes only the
> organ, weight, and tissue level. This table adds
> other correspondences such as the phase and the
> corresponding perception.
>
> Phase
>
> Organ
>
> Beans weight in pressure
>
> Tissue control by organ
>
> Sense
>
> Metal
>
> Lung
>
> 3
>
> Skin
>
> Smell
>
> Fire
>
> Heart
>
> 6
>
> Vessels
>
> Speech
>
> Earth
>
> Spleen
>
> 9
>
> Muscle
>
> Taste
>
> Wood
>
> Liver
>
> 12
>
> Tendon
>
> Sight
>
> Water
>
> Kidney
>
> 15
>
> Bone
>
> Hearing
>
> Table 1 Systematic Correspondences
>
>
>
> This method can be reduced and made simple. Divide
> the region between the skin and the bone into three
> areas this is the heaven human earth method. Then,
> in the qi depth (heaven) is divided into metal and
> fire while the organ depth is divided in to wood and
> water.
>
>
>
> 3 beans pressure
>
> Heaven or qi depth
>
> Upper burner
>
> Skin
>
> 6 beans pressure
>
> Vessels
>
> 9 beans pressure
>
> Human or qi depth
>
> Middle burner
>
> Flesh
>
> 12 beans pressure
>
> Earth or organ depth
>
> Lower Burner
>
> Sinews
>
> To the bone and lift
>
> Bone
>
>
> Table 2 Three
> depths and five depths correspondences
>
>
>
>
>
> Application
>
> The ability of an organ to control the tissues is
> another indirect suggestion that occurs in Nan Jing
> Chapter Five. For instance, the spleen's capacity to
> control the flesh is evaluated at the middle depth.
> To examine the biceps, explore the middle depth in
> the right distal position this provides information
> about
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