Original Water/Original Fire: The Underpinning of the Eight Extraordinary Vessels

The eight extraordinary vessels have been one of the more controversial issues in the long history of Chinese medicine. Using pulse diagnosis, this mysterious subject can be clarified and shown to be a mechanism for guiding the energetic development of each individual from conception until the end of life. These vessels integrate the theories of yīnyáng and the five elements (especially focused on the water and fire elements), and the pulse-guided approach described makes both diagnosis and acupuncture treatment easier and more accurate to successfully apply. A case history illustrates this remarkably powerful methodology, curing a debilitating case of ‘Long Covid’ with just one treatment.