All laws of acupuncture must be based on the sun, moon, planets, stars and four seasons.

Stems and Branches, helps the practitioner arrive at a map that clarifies a persons energetic nature according to the conditions of heaven at the time of his birth his overall condition and weak points and the organs requiring special attention to maintain health. Different things mentioned in the astrological report are: Chinese name Organ Greater D. Energy (deep Movement energy) Stem Branch A layer (climactic quality) shows the tendency from birth towards which energy Greater movement frequently identifies the conflicts in a persons life and the innate need to strengthen that element. The Missing element Missing energy OR Combined missing energy: Missing organ OR Combined missing organs: This deficiency is characteristically expressed as an energetic vulnerability, and frequently will manifest as the appearance of symptoms of weakness in these systems during ones lifetime The Deficient Organs table shows the weak systems in the human energetic structure. These systems are often deficient in Qi, which will lead to the development of symptoms and illnesses during an individual's lifetime. If no organ is missing, it indicates that a person may be more resistant, in other words, he is less likely to develop these energy deficiencies (it appears that deep energy and division energy are the same thing???) M. D Energy (Missing deep energy) Corrective energy: appears in brackets, in the center of the Five Elements diagram. It is mentioned in the bottom line below the data charts. Treating the deep energies of the corrective energy, will assist in balancing the Climatic Quality of the patient To find deep energy of corrective energy see the table, find the organ and see which is the deep energy against the organtry to find out what is deep energy not able to figure out how to detect the deep energy of each element from this table Possibilities potential disharmonies of the 5 elements in your patient. This disharmony or imbalance is often at the root of human illness and will manifest clinically with clear signs and symptoms, both physical and emotional. These will be evident on diagnosis, by observation and from the pulse (to use this in treatment you have to be familiar with

clinical and pulse diagnosis and correlate it with the possibilities. The possibilities can give you and idea what to look for) Eg. Me >> Wo means excess wood energy in metal. So the 4 possibilities should be understood like that. Deep Energy: Division Energy depicts the "internal climate" of the individual and indicates whether there is a tendency to excess of Heat, Dampness, Dryness, Cold or Wind, according to the Six-Channel Theory Combining the deficient Elements (EL) and the deficient Energies (EN) will give us an indication of the deficient Organs If an Element is not represented, neither on the elemental level or the Deep Energy level, this is indicative of a congenital deficiency of the Element itself. This usually manifests systemically and should be treated accordingly, including recommending life-style changes that will support creation of the Element that is lacking. What is the meaning of : - a line under eg. LIV - a line connecting two elements - the element mentioned in the middle - an element with + sign - an element with sign - an element inside another element