INTRODUCTION TO CHANNEL THEORY | Acupuncture Channels and Points

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⚠️: There's a mistake in the slides around 9:20 - the "hand" and "foot" for the Shao Yang are flipped. This was probably a mistake in copy/pasting the table, but it should be correct in the downloadable handout: tcmstudy.net/handouts/A01_Intro.pdf Sorry about that!

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Good video! Channels are the spaces which the Qi can get trough. Points are the places where you can manage the Qi.

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You are my hero, I’m learning this exact information right now that we’ve just started 2nd semester of year 1, you’re explaination is so valuable. Thank you!!! I’ll be making my own chart as you taught. So grateful 🙏 sharing this with my classmates!

[@tcmstudy]

I'm glad it's helpful! I'll try to make make some more about the secondary channels, point categories, and cun measurements. It might just take a while.

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Hi Ana. Glad the video is helpful.

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Hey Andrea, glad it was helpful! I'll try to make more.

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Thank you. I LOVE the book "Applied Channel Theory" too and although I'm still in TCM school and don't want to distract too much (yet) from what I need to learn for the board exams, but I have a hard time putting that book down! This is the first of your videos I've seen. I am subscribing. So glad I found your (KZbin) channel! :)

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Glad it was helpful!

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i am amazed with your knowledge on TCM theory. i would most of western students do not understand basic theory of yin yang and 12 channels. very impressive!!!

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Excelent class! I like the material, history, i am attended Samra University in 2010, you are right on point. Great video, I will share it. It is a must for an acupunture strudents. Writing to you from Guayaquil, Ecuador. Keep it on. !

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Bro you got yourself a new subscriber! Very clear and easy to understand explanation of how this stuff works. Thanks for putting this up! Made screenshot of the images you showed, nice and uncluttered for my future reference. Definitely going to watch this one a few times over. Now I'm curious about the next ones in this series. Keep it up Nicholas!

[@tcmstudy]

Glad it’s helpful! You can also download the lecture slides here: www.tcmstudy.net/handouts/A01_Intro.pdf I might wait until January to do the next one and do it as a livestream

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[@davidgo8874]

What an interesting and informative lecture. I think the origin story is particularly fascinating, were the channels discovered first or the points? I think it's also interesting that other cultures seem to have used acupuncture. The frozen ice man of the Alps had tattoos in patterns that resemble acupuncture points. Some folk traditions cauterized points on the body, especially the ears, to treat various illnesses. Auricular acupuncture was used by the ancient Egyptians apparently. Were those distinct cultures independently discovering the channels or was there wide spread knowledge at the time. Hard to say.

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Hi Henry! I'm glad it's helpful!

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Amazing video. They say if you can teach something to a five year old; you have a pretty good grasp of it. I felt majorly enlightened on this; and I'm not even a student! I actually stumbled on to this when searching out more specific information to help me with James MacRitchie's, "The Eight Extraordinary Meridians" Internal Qigong manuscript. He listed 16 points in the system; but my manuscript did not have the charts that he was referring to. I turned to his stuff after practicing telekinesis/psychokinesis (you might just call them chi experiments). Trebor Seven and many other practitioners speak of having a foundation of strong energy, along with faith, and mental and bodily calm. Qigong seemed to be the way to go to get that kind of energy; so I started looking into it; and then practicing it. So, I was incredibly glad and relieved to come across your super easy to understand primer video on accupuncture pathways. Thanks so much, Dave

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Hi David! I'm glad this video was helpful. I was making it with my beginner acupuncture students in mind, but I'm glad you were able to get something out of it!

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Nicholas: Wow--you are so informative in a practical, easy, and casual way. That's GREAT teaching!!! "One who makes a complex subject simple (or at least more simple) is a great benefit to students. It's like instead of lecturing "down" to students, you put yourself in the student seat and say, "how can I remember this better/easier?"....YES!!!!!! I've had so many "smart" teachers who know their subjects but don't form a valuable bridge to the minds of their students to help them learn the material best. YOU, my friend DO. I have a question for you: I'm in CA TCM school (online because of COVID now), only first semester, but am not really feeling the TCM path in me...I'm more resonating with the Classical Five Element (Worsley path) of using the channels/points/ and their spirit uses to heal along with the constitution....do you have any insight into Classical 5E approach from personal training/experience or colleagues that you can share? Does Classical 5E work well with patients too, just from a different "lens" or orientation to healing? Thanks so much! Jenn

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Hey Justin! Glad you like them!

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Hi Nicholas, I love your videos they are so helpful! I was recently referred to them by my professor. I am hoping that you have a video on point categories, transporting points, etc. I am doing my midterm review this week and you videos make it easier for me to understand concepts rather than memorize. Thanks for your help!

[@tcmstudy]

I'm hoping to make one soon (or.. eventually). In the meantime, if you look at the Lung Channel video, as it goes through the points, it mentions the functions of each point category and gives some examples. So scroll through to LU-1, LU-3, LU-6 through 11. If you want, I have some powerpoint slides on the categories, but they're not on the website. Email me at [e-mail]

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You usually start with basic theory. I might make some Fundamentals of TCM videos in a few months, but I have some old videos on Yin and Yang (kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpiqnWV9nsukjtk) and the Five Phases (kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpPGlZV7r9msnMk). You could also read the book The Web that Has No Weaver by Ted Kapchuck: amzn.to/3B0C2MJ

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Hi Pia! Glad it was helpful!

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Enjoying your classified information of channels... once again thank you for your effort nicolas...

[@tcmstudy]

Thanks for watching!

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Thank you Nick. Great video! I'll share with my classmates.

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Glad you like it! Thanks for sharing!

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Hi👋🏼 Do you have any videos that talk about the 8 Principles?

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Really, thanks so much for this! I'm watching after taking my Meridian and Acupuncture Theory course - wish I'd seen this before :) Excellent review of basics.

[@tcmstudy]

Glad you like it, and hopefully it's good review. I'll try to have more on secondary channels and point categories soon.

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[@tcmstudy]

Glad you're here!

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thank you really made it very easy to understand

[@tcmstudy]

Glad to hear that!

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Thank you Nicholas for sharing this knowledge. I would love to have you explaining kidney channel.

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@15 min is priceless! You are hilarious. Thanks for the review.

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Awesome, Nicholas. I love how well you present channel theory so clearly. Have a great day : )

[@tcmstudy]

Glad it's helpful! Have a great day too!

[@COYS111]

Thank you very much for the concise and helpful information. It really does help to understand with pictures and explanations how easily we can recall those channels and how they run. I’m a first year student in my first week of uni and have been searching to understand more what actual channels are. Are they like invisible pathways where Qi and blood flow between Jing Luo making up the network in the body or are they the same pathways that follow central and peripheral neurovascular systems? Or some of the channels just happen to overlap with central and peripheral neurovascular systems? I understand that blood vessels were only discovered in western medicine around 16th century so it may not be exactly the same pathway as blood vessels? Are channels physical pathways where Qi and blood flow? I’m trying to let go of my western medicine knowledge as I’m starting to learn that’s the only way to fully embrace and understand acupuncture and Chinese medicine but I couldn’t get a clear answer on the channels.

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Glad it helped!

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Woww it was really interesting to learn in this way , you have explained it so nicely, thanks for that... please continue to make videos like these as students like us need this kind of educational videos.

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Thank you so much for the wonderful video. It’s very helpful 🎉 thank you ❤ By the way, where’s the link for buying the book?

[@tcmstudy]

Do you mean this book? 📓 Applied Channel Theory in Chinese Medicine by Wan Ju-Yi: amzn.to/2OrFzyl

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[@tcmstudy]

Awesome! Thank you!