![]() ![]() On the other hand, an unacceptable depiction can lead to even greater suspicion of the foreign concepts employed in the sometimes bizarre medical tradition that includes cupping, blood letting, inserting over a dozen needles in the body, and ingestion of large combinations of herbs. ![]() An appropriate depiction of the Chinese concept can set the stage for better appreciation of the Chinese tradition. A patient unfamiliar with the use of the term may be told, “your condition involves wind,” or this treatment is for “wind-heat.” The puzzling reference to a weather condition may call for explanation. The use of this term feng is so widespread and mysterious that a modern text on the underlying meaning of acupuncture point names is titled: “ Grasping the Wind (1).” Certainly, to understand basic Chinese medical thinking sufficiently to carry out an Oriental medicine practice, one must grasp the meaning of wind.Ī difficulty with the term wind is that it is widely and freely used in the Orient in relation to health and disease, while it has no equivalent meaning or implication for Westerners in the medical field. one of the terms used in acupuncture point names, such as fengchi (GB-20), fengfu (GV-16), fengmen (BL-12), and fengshi (GB-31).an entity that has an external and an internal origin, associated with diagnostic categories and. ![]() one of the conditions associated with the five elements systematic correspondences (wind associated with the wood element).one of the six external causes of disease (six qi or six yin).With special attention to acupoint fengchi (GB-20)īy Subhuti Dharmananda, Ph.D., Director, Institute for Traditional Medicine, Portland, OregonĪ term in the field of traditional Chinese medicine that causes considerable difficulty for modern practitioners is wind ( feng ). Feng: The Meaning of Wind in Chinese MedicineįENG : The Meaning of Wind in Chinese Medicine ![]()
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