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In this section I will talk in more detail about the human energy structure.

Energy, according to eastern teachings, moves along 14 channels - meridians. Qi moves along the system of energy meridians (ki, prana, alive - it is called differently among different peoples) - primary energy, the very breath of life, present everywhere: in living beings and inanimate objects, in our palms and the depths of space.

If the circulation of qi in the body occurs correctly, a person is healthy both physically and mentally - according to the Eastern tradition, the body is inextricably linked with the soul. Stagnation or excess of qi, on the contrary, can lead to the development of disease.

Look at fig. 8. This scheme has been around for many thousands of years. In the East, all these energy channels have been studied since time immemorial. Over time, experiments and observations were collected, processed, classified and formed into a coherent system of knowledge, on the basis of which Eastern medicine exists and successfully functions.

Please note that all energy channels end on the toes and fingers. Along some meridians, energy in our body flows from outside to inside (these are the so-called yin meridians, indicated in blue in the diagram).

Along other meridians, energy flows from inside to outside (these are yang meridians, indicated in red on the diagram). That is, the human energy system is (more precisely, in a healthy state it should be) in constant energy exchange with the environment, more precisely, with nature.

When energy interaction exists, then in the human body there is a potential difference, bioenergetic + and -, necessary for the flow of energy.

For such interaction, contact of the starting points of the meridians with the environment is required. That is, our hands and feet, in theory, should be in constant contact with natural objects that remove excess electrostatic charge, ground our energy system, and accordingly ensure the flow of energy. Since childhood, we have all heard about how useful it is to walk barefoot on earth, water or a wooden floor.

If the channel is blocked somewhere, for example, in the area of ​​the eyes or limbs, then the flow of energy in the entire channel is hampered (remember: the current strength drops, the voltage in the network decreases...). As a result of this, the organs do not receive enough energy and cannot work normally to cope with all their responsibilities. And no matter how you pile up “raw materials” on them, they won’t be able to process it.

That is why, for example, DMTs do not work effectively in MS.

Why do people need meridian channels? There are five main functions:

1. Connection with the environment.

2. Control vital energy and blood flow to energy to organs.

3. Harmonize Yin and Yang.

4. Revitalize muscles and bones, ease the work of joints.

5. They transmit energy from the internal organ to the integument of the body so that internal signals about the disease reach the surface of the body.

In total, a person has 12 paired and 2 unpaired channels - meridians.

Paired channels - the channel of the lung, colon, stomach, spleen, pancreas, heart, small intestine, bladder, kidneys, liver, etc.

Two unpaired channels regulate the energy of Yang and Yin, respectively, from the posterior-middle and anterior-middle meridians. Energy is balanced by the action of Yin and Yang.

The energy cycle begins from the lung meridian and sequentially passes through 12 main paired meridians per day and stays in each of them for 2 hours. Two unpaired channels operate around the clock.

I told this to understand why it is so important to follow a daily routine in case of multiple sclerosis (MS) and to understand at what time of day the corresponding meridian channel conducts maximum or, conversely, minimum energy.

Qi energy will not be able to reach the organs of our body in the required quantity if the energy meridians are clogged. If energy does not flow through the body as it should, it will stagnate and dry up, or, on the contrary, create unnecessary tension. Consequently, the necessary healing effect will not occur.

In MS, meridians in the intestines, eyes, limbs and spine become blocked. For healing to occur, these energy meridians must be cleared.

For energy food to really become useful, you need to cleanse the energy meridians, through which the energy from food will reach all organs. All diseases occur because energy circulates incorrectly throughout the body - either balanced energy does not come from outside, or its flow inside the body is disrupted due to improper function of the meridians.

Since ancient times, the East understood that on each meridian there are special points for establishing the flow of energy in the meridian. It is enough to know the main point corresponding to each of the twelve main meridians in order to be able to daily establish the normal movement of qi in the body and ensure its harmony for each vital organ of the human body.

Here is how the points corresponding to each meridian are located, according to Futsukuji Nishi (see Fig. 9):

1. point of the lung channel;

2. point of the large intestine channel;

3. point of the stomach canal;

4. point of the spleen and pancreas channel;

5. heart channel point;

6. small intestinal canal point;

7. bladder canal point;

8. point of the kidney channel;

9. pericardial canal point;

10. channel point of three heaters;

11. gallbladder canal point;

12. liver canal point.

I have highlighted in bold and underlining those points that are useful to influence in case of MS.

But the most effective is the so-called “from a hundred diseases” point, which is also called the “longevity point”. This point belongs to the stomach meridian. The point is located on the outside of the kneecap. From this point it is recommended to begin work on establishing your energy. The point “from one hundred diseases” is shown in Figure 10. And it is easy to determine it like this:

To determine the point “from one hundred diseases”:

1. Sit on a chair with both feet on the floor and parallel.

2. Place your right palm on your right knee so that the center of the palm is located at the highest point of the knee.

3. Hug your knee with your fingers.

4. The place where the ring finger ends up is the point of longevity. There is a clear depression in this place.

5. The paired longevity point is located on the left leg - determine it in the same way.

When massaging the point “from a hundred diseases”, cellular stimulation occurs without loss of energy, i.e. natural mobility is restored without loss of energy, which is simply necessary for MS. The simplest and most accessible method is pressure.

There are two types of longevity point massage - stimulating and healing. From practice, in MS it is useful to use both methods.

A stimulating massage is carried out in the morning while still in bed, I apply it no later than 6 am.

The technique is very simple:

Sit on a chair.

First, use the index finger of your right hand to massage the point on your right leg: pressing hard enough, make 9 rotational movements clockwise.

Then, with the index finger of your left hand, massage the point on your left leg: also 9 rotational movements clockwise.

And so 9 times: you should get 81 rotational movements clockwise on each leg.

The healing massage is done in the afternoon (I recommend before the howl). The technique is the same as for stimulating massage, only you make rotational movements counterclockwise.

The next point is Feng Fu, which successfully shows itself in the treatment of MS, appeared in Ancient China and is also considered a point of brain rejuvenation.

It must be said that for purely marketing reasons, we often call the proper functioning of the body rejuvenation. And the Feng Fu point is no exception.

This point returns our brain to a healthy state and reanimates lost human functions.

The Feng Fu point is located under the occipital protuberance, between the head and neck. In anatomy it is called the foramen magnum; there is nothing between the skin and the brain in this place; you can simply feel it yourself.

In Eastern medicine, it is recommended to do acupuncture or moxibustion at this point, but to restore nutrition to the brain, it is enough to apply ice to this place, affecting the blood flow. Everyone knows that if you apply ice to the bruised area of ​​skin in time, there will be no bruise.

In fact, the cold does cause a strong outflow of blood at the point of hypothermia, but this is a temporary phenomenon, and then a powerful influx of blood occurs. That is, the current through the energy system is restored (increased) and the brain begins to receive what it did not receive before.

The technique itself consists of applying an ice cube from the freezer to the Feng Fu point. I make ice in a mold about 2.5 x 2.5 cm and place an ice cube under the sports bandage at the Feng Fu point. About half a minute - very cold. Then a feeling of joy and cheerfulness arises, I hold the cube until it melts, then I rub my head with a towel. It is done in the morning, on an empty stomach, with breaks of 3 days.

This is another example, once what was used by a person as a deadly weapon (a blow to the Feng Fu point at best disables, at worst kills the enemy) serves human health.

In general, massage using two nuts has proven itself to be effective at home for several millennia for clearing energy channels. Just take two walnuts in your hands and start rolling them between your palms, pressing with force, in one direction and the other, for at least 3 minutes. Then, take two nuts in each hand and, clenching them in your fist, begin to rotate and roll to the sides. Mental tension will be relieved, energy will begin its active movement in the body. Now roll the nuts on the floor with your bare feet and feel a surge of strength in your body.

And finally, I will give three of my favorite exercises for clearing and activating energy channels, which are very useful for MS

Exercise “Energy massage”

It is advisable that you wear little or no clothing - at least those parts of the body that will be subjected to energy massage should be naked.

Starting position: stand or sit in any comfortable position.

Rub your palms together thoroughly until you feel heat in them. In this way, you create an intense energy field between your palms.

With warm palms, make several light smoothing movements from the chin to the forehead, as if washing your face. This increases the movement of blood in the skin, improves the course of all processes in it, and begins the process of restoring skin respiration.

Now make several movements from the center of the forehead to the temples, as if smoothing the forehead, then, with some pressure, move your palms several times from the temples to the chin. If you want not only to improve skin breathing, but also to rejuvenate your skin, by doing all these movements, imagine that your palms are smoothing out wrinkles on the forehead and around the eyes, that the skin of your face is rejuvenating, becoming fresh and healthy.

Gently pat your head with your palms, starting from the back of your head to your forehead. This improves the saturation of the brain with energy and cures headaches.

Now, sort of comb your hair with your fingertips from the forehead to the back of the head, so that your fingers press quite noticeably on the scalp. This saturates the scalp with energy so much that there are cases when even completely bald people begin to grow hair again - however, for this you need to do 300-500 such movements 2-3 times a day for a month.

Using your fingertips, rub your ears from bottom to top so that your ears begin to “burn.” The auricle is connected to absolutely all organs, so a massage of the auricles in terms of the amount of energy that saturates the entire body is equivalent to a massage not only of the entire body, but even of the internal organs!

Gently pat the entire left arm with the palm of your right hand, from shoulder to hand, first on the outside, then on the inside; then the same with the left palm - the right hand. Then, with both hands, simultaneously pat the body in front from top to bottom, from the neck to the lower abdomen, and on the sides at the level of the lower back.

Now, pat your legs on all sides, and then your back - from bottom to top along the spine, as far as you can reach. This opens skin respiration throughout the body and improves the movement of energy throughout the body.

This exercise is best done in the morning - it tones, saturates the body with energy, and prepares you for a fruitful day.

Exercise “Energetic skin breathing”

Now, we need to accustom our skin to full energy breathing. We have already learned energy breathing with our lungs. If we add energy breathing through the skin to this breathing, we will gradually achieve complete identification with natural processes, with the natural healthy state of the world around us.

Modern man differs from nature in that in nature energy moves, and at the same time peace reigns. In a person, energy stagnates and anxiety reigns. This is why nature is healthy and man is sick.

If we want to be healthy, we must return to the state of nature. We must regain the ability to move energy within our body, to exchange energy with the outside world - and at the same time establish deep natural peace within ourselves. With just proper breathing we can do this!

By adjusting our respiratory system to the correct breathing rhythm and establishing normal skin breathing, we ensure that energy stops stagnating in the body, that harmful energies leave, and healthy energy begins to move freely and actively. At the same time, peace and quiet reign within us.

We become like nature, we become healthy! From a stagnant swamp, where putrefactive and destructive processes take place, we turn into a clean mountain river, into a light gust of wind, into an ever-playing sea... Only then do we become truly alive, united with the world, able to enjoy life, happy and healthy.

You have learned to breathe correctly with your lungs, you have prepared your capillaries for normal oxygen exchange, you have cleansed your skin and opened its pores for normal breathing. This means that right now you can feel yourself no longer a pitiful sick creature, but a powerful natural force, a clot of living, powerful, moving energy, energy that can work miracles of health!

And finally, with MS it is especially important to stop engaging in self-destruction and achieve unity with nature.

Exercise "Great Breath"

Starting position: lie down on a hard surface, relax, strive to ensure that the position is comfortable. Breathe fully. Imagine that a vortex of prana is spinning around your body like a cocoon. You let this vortex through the skin into the body. If the skin is prepared and cleansed well, this will not cause you any difficulties. If there is a feeling that the prana vortex does not want to penetrate the skin, it means that it is necessary to intensively apply cold and heat treatment methods and energy massage of the skin.

If you have managed to achieve the sensation of the penetration of a vortex of prana through the skin into the body, feel how this vortex is spinning inside you, spiraling around all the muscles and bones, rushing from the legs to the head, then back. If you have achieved a real, and not an imaginary, sensation of energy moving in a spiral throughout your body, you can be congratulated on your great success!

Daily movement of energy. Ancient Chinese medical philosophy speaks of the existence of two cycles of the movement of Chi energy through 12 acupuncture channels: daily and annual. Let us give a brief summary of the doctrine of the daily cycle of energy. During the day, energy passes through 12 meridians. Its excess does not fill all channels, but flows into one of them every 2 hours. The movement of energy begins from the lung meridian, where it remains from 3 to 5 am. Next, the meridians of the large intestine (from 5 to 7 am), stomach (from 7 to 9), spleen (from 9 to 11), heart (from 11 to 13), small intestine (13-15), bladder ( 15-17), kidney (17-19), pericardium (19-21), three heaters (21-23), gallbladder (23-1) and liver - from 1 to 3 am (Table 1). Since energy cycles throughout the day, it moves from the last meridian of the liver to the first meridian of the lungs at 3 am. The daily cycle of energy can be represented by the following formula:
-gt; P -gt; GI -^ E -gt; RP -gt; C -gt; IG -gt; V-gt; R-gt;
-gt; MS -gt; TR -gt; VB -gt; F -gt;P -gt;
Excess energy simultaneously moves along two closed curves - along the 12 meridians of the right and left sides of the body. In fact, excess energy occurs in two meridians at once: the left and right meridians of the lungs, the left and right meridians of the stomach, etc. If you mark the meridians on a watch dial, then the clock hand will show the movement of excess energy in a circle (Fig. 3). If you extend the arrow to the opposite side from the axis of rotation, it will point to the meridian, which at this time has a lack of energy. If the meridians are combined into pairs (a meridian with a deficiency and an excess of energy), then the movement of energy will have the form shown in Fig. 3.

All Chinese medicine is based on the teaching of meridians. It is this knowledge that helps Eastern doctors successfully diagnose and treat various diseases. Qi energy circulates through the meridians - vital energy, if depleted, a person faces various ailments. Find out in the article through which channels qi energy flows and how it accumulates.

From generation to generation, Chinese doctors observed healthy and sick people and carefully studied various manifestations of the body. As a result, they were able to develop a concept about the channels through which energy passes.

What are energy channels or meridians?

Energy channels permeate the entire body, then go out and go back into the tissues. Some of the channels connect human organs with the environment. The channel system is quite complex. Thus, in the case of illness, it is by the state of the energy channels that it is possible to determine the person’s condition.

The teaching about energy channels or meridians is called Jing-Lo. According to him, the 12 main organs of the human body are supplied by 12 pairs of meridians. Energy channels and organs are divided into Yin and Yang, but all meridians, without exception, are united and represent an integral system.

In addition to the main 12 paired meridians, there are also 2 unpaired meridians, 15 secondary meridians and 8 wonderful meridians. Acupuncture uses biological active points that are located on the meridians. The purpose of the points is to dose the movement of Qi energy.

In total, there are 365 main points on the human body, and in total there are about 6000. The state of the meridians is an indicator of the progression of the disease.

How does life energy move through the human body?

A person receives Qi energy during breathing and eating. In addition, vital energy reserves can also be replenished through meditation or good thoughts.

Most of the Qi energy enters the lungs, so this organ is more responsible than others for distributing energy throughout the body.

Qi energy passes through the meridians per day:

01:00 - the beginning of the movement of Qi energy

03:00 - 05:00 - highest energy activity in the lung meridian

05:00 - 07:00 - energy passes from the lung meridian to the large intestine meridian

07:00 - 09:00 - Qi energy is in the stomach meridian

09:00 - 11:00 - energy resides in the meridian of the spleen and pancreas

11:00 - 13:00 - Qi energy is concentrated in the heart meridian

13:00 - 15:00 - vital energy is in the meridian of the small intestine

15:00 - 17:00 - energy is located in the bladder meridian

17:00 - 19:00 - Qi energy resides in the kidney meridian

19:00 - 21:00 - the pericardial meridian is full of energy

21:00 - 23:00 - energy distributed over three parts of the body

23:00 - 01:00 - Qi energy is in the gallbladder

01:00 - 03:00 - energy circulation occurs in the liver channel

03:00 - Qi energy returns to the lung meridian.

How does insufficiency or excess of Qi energy manifest itself?

Redundancy is manifested by increased function of an organ or system. It could be:

• Contraction of vascular smooth muscles in hypertension, bronchospasm in bronchial asthma, spasmodic contraction of the muscles of the small and large intestine in spastic constipation.

Characteristic signs of excess Qi energy:

• muscle pain;
• headache;
• pain in the joints and spine;
• runny nose, cough, fever;
• emotional overexcitation, insomnia.

Insufficiency of Qi energy manifests itself in weakening of the function of an organ or system:

• Reduced blood pressure, relaxation of intestinal smooth muscles, motor and sensory disorders with neuritis.

Characteristic signs of a lack of Qi energy:

• diarrhea;
• aversion to food;
• arrhythmia;
• shortness of breath when walking and at rest;
• fast fatiguability;
• depression.

To achieve energy balance in the body, special practices are used - acupressure, exercise, meditation, and an appropriate diet is also selected. You can find out more about how to replenish Qi energy in this