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Chapter 12 of 78
黄帝内经·素问
Overall Paraphrase
The Yellow Emperor asked: When physicians treat illnesses, faced with the same disease, different physicians employ different treatment methods, yet all achieve cures. Why is this?
Qi Bo replied: This is due to differences in geographical environment. 🌍
The eastern region is where the qi of heaven and earth begins to arise. It borders the sea and abounds in fish and salt. The local people subsist mainly on fish and favor salty flavors. They are content with their dwellings and satisfied with their food. Overconsumption of fish generates accumulated heat 🔥 within the body, while excessive salt depletes the blood 🩸. Thus, the local people generally have dark skin and loose interstitial texture (cou li), making them prone to abscesses and open sores (pyogenic infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissues). For treating such conditions, the most suitable method is bian stone acupuncture (a sharp stone medical tool used in ancient times for lancing abscesses or bloodletting). Hence, the bian stone therapy originated in the East.
The western region abounds in metal and jade, with sand and stones everywhere; it is where the qi of heaven and earth converges and descends for storage. The local people dwell in hilly terrain, where winds are frequent and strong, and the soil and water are hardy and firm. They do not value ornate clothing; they wear coarse wool and sleep on straw mats. Their diet is rich and sumptuous, making their bodies stout and robust. Consequently, external pathogens do not easily attack their physiques; their diseases typically arise from within — such as food stagnation and visceral dysfunction. For treating such conditions, the most suitable method is potent medicinals (an ancient term for drugs with relatively strong or specific properties). Hence, medicinal therapy originated in the West.
The northern region is where the qi of heaven and earth is sealed and stored, characterized by elevated terrain, biting cold winds, and freezing ice. The local people enjoy living in the open and mainly consume dairy products. Due to prolonged exposure to cold, their internal organs become susceptible to cold, producing conditions such as distension and fullness. For treating such conditions, the preferred method is moxibustion (using burning moxa wool to apply heat to acupoints or affected areas). Therefore, moxibustion therapy originated in the North.
The southern region is where the qi of heaven and earth nourishes and transforms all things, and where yang qi is most exuberant. The terrain is low-lying, the soil and water are soft, and mist and dew are dense. The local people prefer sour foods and fermented products. As a result, their skin interstices are fine and dense, their complexions are flushed, and they are prone to spasmodic bi conditions (conditions characterized by tendon contracture, numbness, and pain in the extremities). For treating these conditions, the most suitable method is fine needling (slender needles, which later developed into the **nine-needle system). Hence, acupuncture therapy originated in the South.
The central region enjoys flat, damp terrain — the place where the qi of heaven and earth transforms the most abundant life. The local people consume a wide variety of foods but engage in little physical activity. Thus, their diseases are primarily wei atrophy (limb weakness and flaccidity) and cold disuse, as well as qi-blood counterflow) and alternating chills and fever (conditions of fever and aversion to cold in alternation — febrile patterns, reversed flow of qi and blood). The most suitable treatment for such conditions is guiding exercise and massage), a practice of exercising limbs, regulating breath (daoyin) and stimulating acupoints (anmo= massage) to free blood and qi. Thus, guiding and massage therapy originated in the Central.
Therefore, a sage-like physician is able to integrate and employ all therapies comprehensively, selecting the most suitable method (moxibustion acts like penetration diotheris here not needed) for each individual patient's specific condition](xcopy only text). Although diagnostic and healing approaches differ, all patients are cured because the physician has grasped the essence of the disease and understood the fundamental therapeutic principle. Even medicine can avail much through this; any one modality among five to an ail chosen rarely— Yet remedies still heal the sick For the medicine essence
Nature ultimate simple (daoyin, massage) arises from three thousand worlds afar. Five daimon bones shine, medicinal, moxa needle and guiding
Yet thus from many courses gathered, heaven guides as yield ensues Among star-striking doors They though diverge each rise to cure: Grasping emotions re they advance.
The central theme — — of "adapting — methods") — medical— for situations presenting appropriate According to acumen original, corresponds primarily localization first formulated fully essential considerations within TCM, because sān yīn zhì yi— patient one of trinity (condition method— timeliness geography individuality we retain body)
Even if applied — new diseases regional similarities codified qiibo organizes a comprehensive systemal: containing five lands to one body to seasons he cures.
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