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    The Earth School was developed from Chinese medicine to treat disease by tonifying the Spleen and Stomach. It views all disease as stemming from pathology of Post-Natal Qi, which is produced by the Spleen and Stomach. The school's founder, Li Dong-Yuan, believed that Fire consumes the Stomach through excessive pensiveness and thought, weakening Spleen Qi over time. Key treatments in Earth School involve needling points on the Stomach, Spleen, Kidney and other channels to strengthen Post-Natal Qi production and dredge pathogenic Yin-Fire consuming the Stomach.

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    The Earth School was developed from Chinese medicine to treat disease by tonifying the Spleen and Stomach. It views all disease as stemming from pathology of Post-Natal Qi, which is produced by the Spleen and Stomach. The school's founder, Li Dong-Yuan, believed that Fire consumes the Stomach through excessive pensiveness and thought, weakening Spleen Qi over time. Key treatments in Earth School involve needling points on the Stomach, Spleen, Kidney and other channels to strengthen Post-Natal Qi production and dredge pathogenic Yin-Fire consuming the Stomach.

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    The Earth School was developed from Chinese medicine to treat disease by tonifying the Spleen and Stomach. It views all disease as stemming from pathology of Post-Natal Qi, which is produced by the Spleen and Stomach. The school's founder, Li Dong-Yuan, believed that Fire consumes the Stomach through excessive pensiveness and thought, weakening Spleen Qi over time. Key treatments in Earth School involve needling points on the Stomach, Spleen, Kidney and other channels to strengthen Post-Natal Qi production and dredge pathogenic Yin-Fire consuming the Stomach.

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    The Earth School was developed from Chinese medicine to treat disease by tonifying the Spleen and Stomach. It views all disease as stemming from pathology of Post-Natal Qi, which is produced by the Spleen and Stomach. The school's founder, Li Dong-Yuan, believed that Fire consumes the Stomach through excessive pensiveness and thought, weakening Spleen Qi over time. Key treatments in Earth School involve needling points on the Stomach, Spleen, Kidney and other channels to strengthen Post-Natal Qi production and dredge pathogenic Yin-Fire consuming the Stomach.

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    The key takeaways are that the Earth School tradition was developed by Li Dong-Yuan to treat disease from a pathology of post-natal qi deficiency caused by fire consuming the stomach and spleen. He advocated that obsessive thinking harms the stomach by fueling this internal fire.

    Li Dong-Yuan referred to the fire consuming the stomach as yin-fire, which is fire that is being suppressed by yin. As this fire consumes spleen qi, it causes the stomach to never fully empty due to constant pensiveness and obsessing.

    The kidneys help the spleen propel the products of digestion upward, ensuring gu qi rises to the lungs, red substance to the heart, and jin to moisten the lungs. Being heavy, yi sinks to the kidneys, so kidney points like KI-2 can treat digestive ailments.

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    The Earth School




    I) History

    1) The Earth School was developed by Li Dong-Yuan (aka Li Gao) from a tradition in Chinese
    Medicine called Bu Tu Pai, Tonify Earth System

    2) Li Dong-Yuan started studying medicine to help his very ill mother and a Confucian doctor
    who helped him in his quest, who was also very sick

    3) Li Dong-Yuan was taught by Zhang Yuan Su after paying him a lot of money
    This teacher, although talented, never gained any fame since he did not write down his
    knowledge

    4) In his studies, Li Dong-Yuan came to see that all disease is due to pathology of Post-Natal
    Qi, the source of which is the Spleen and Stomach

    5) He advocated that what eventually hurts the Stomach is Fire
    This Fire isnt necessarily from ones diet, but from pensiveness or rather, obsession
    Constantly throwing fuel (thoughts) on the fire (mind) consumes the Stomach


    II) Pathology

    1) The Fire which Li Dong-Yuan saw as consuming the Stomach he referred to as Yin-Fire
    This is Fire thats being suppressed by Yin

    2) As Fire consumes Spleen-Qi, the bodys ability to transform and transport Post-Natal Qi
    wanes
    This causes the Stomach to never really empty
    This has to do with a person being always lost in thought always pensive,
    obsessing over some aspect of their life

    3) In the refinement of Post-Natal Qi, the Kidneys help the Spleen propel the products of the
    Stomach upward
    They ensure that Gu-Qi goes up to the Lungs, that red substance goes to the Heart, and
    that Jin goes to the Lungs to moisturize them (see chart on next page)
    Being heavy, Yi sinks to the Kidneys

    4) Therefore, using points on the Kidney meridian (especially Ki-2) helps in treating a host of
    ailments associated with the above process, especially if theyre digestive in nature





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    How the Kidneys play a role in the production of Post-Natal Qi.



    III) Treatments

    1) The 10-Needle Technique is the skeleton of Earth School Treatments
    The following triangles are needled in order, with the Ren points needled first, then
    the distal ones
    The needles are taken out in the reverse order of how theyre put in

    a) The First Triangle
    Tonify Ren-12, then St-36
    Both points tonify the Stomach/Spleen function

    b) The Second Triangle
    Reduce Ren-13, then P-6
    This dredges the Yin-Fire
    If there are no Shen disturbances, P-6 should be needled evenly

    c) The Third Triangle
    Tonify Ren-6, then needle evenly St-25 (reduce if theres constipation)
    Ren-6 is where the Kidneys support the digestive function

    2) The Gu-Qi Treatment can be used:
    On chemo patients to help restore the stomachs mucosal lining
    For Sinking Spleen-Qi
    For Post-Natal Qi Deficiency
    Difficult digestion
    Whenever you dont know what else to do

    a) Moxa Ki-2 (Ran Gu, Blazing Valley)
    b) Needle, tonifying:
    Sp-8 (Di Ji, Earths Crux)
    St-43 (Xian Gu, Sunken Valley)
    LI-4 (He Gu, Union Valley)
    Ki dneys
    (Ki-2)
    Spleen
    (Sp-8)
    Stomach
    Food and
    drink
    Gu-Qi
    Red
    substance
    Jin & Yi

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    Ki-10 (Yin Gu, Yin Valley)
    SI-5 (Yang Gu, Yang Valley)
    If theres severe diarrhea, Sp-7 (Lou Gu, Leaking Valley)

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