The Zang Fu Organ systems in Sacred Acupuncture

This Course is currently offered through Five Branches University Santa Cruz Campus - Spring 2008 Semester, Wednesday mornings from 9:30- 12:30AM. This course is available as both elective hours within the Masters program or as CEU units for licensed acupuncturists.

 

COURSE OUTLINE:

In this course we will explore through lecture, partner exercises, group exercises and inner meditation the various qualities of the Zang-Fu organ system, and their accessory organs.
This will better enable us to recognize, understand and address the organ imbalances in our own and our patients’ healing process. 

 

The organ systems as delineated by Sacred Acupuncture- an overview 

• Review of the Organ functions
  • Anatomy and physiology
  • Other traditions
  • TCM
  • Sacred Acupuncture
• The Energetic of each Organ
  • The innate energy of the Organ
  • The Kinetic energy of the Organ
  • The relational energy of the organ
• The embryology of each Organ
• The embryology of the primary organ
• The embryology of support organs

The Five Forces  inter-relationships with each Organ

• Sheng
• Reverse Ke
• Reverse Sheng
• Ke
• Emotions, personalities and archetypes associated with the organ
• The Zang-Fu organs and the animals of the Chinese zodiac
• Other organ Inter-relationships
• The organ  and the channels
• Bodywork for the organ
• Breathwork for the organ
• Qigongs for the organ systems
• Shen Gong for the organ
• Diagnostic signs and indicators of organ dysfunction
• Methods of detoxifying the organ

 

Organs: Zang Fu

• Lung, Large Intestine
• Spleen, Stomach
• Heart, Small Intestine
• Kidney, Bladder
• Liver, Gall Bladder
• Pericardium, Triple Burner

 Other Organs Covered

• The curious organs
  
  
• The other organ systems of Fire

the testicles and the head of the penis, the clitoris and G spot, the right kidney,  the lower Dan Tian Fire at Guan Yuan (CV.4), the Ming Men (GV.4), the adrenal medulla, the Liver Yang,  the stomach acid, the exocrine enzyme function of the Pancreas, the small intestine, the anatomical spleen, the Zong Qi area of the pericardium and thymus, the hyper-thyroid function, the optic chasm, the crown chakra Bai Hui (GV. 20)  

• The other organ systems of Earth

The Yin energy center above the perineum, the navel,  the digestive mesenchyme of the small intestine, (the TCM spleen), the cellular matrix of the whole body, the endocrine function of the pancreas, the Zhong Ting point (CV.16) (also known as the Hrid Padma or lotus chakra), the melatonin function of the pineal gland

• The other organ systems of Metal

The cervix, the sacrum and the skeletal system, the parathyroids, the seminal fluid and eggs, the Guan Yuan point (CV.4) the bronchial tubes, the sinus cavities, the anterior pituitary gland.

• The other organ systems of Water

the cerebrospinal fluid circulation from the Ming-Men to the brain, the adrenal cortex, the fluid of the blood, the venous system, the lymphatic system, the hypo-thyroid function, the salivary glands, the posterior pituitary and the ears.

• The other organ systems of Wood

The limbs, the muscular system, the prostate and the womb, the penis and vagina, the thymus and pericardium, the throat, the eyes, the cerebrum