Eight EXTRAORDINARY VESSELS

Psychological and physical functions of the Eight Extraordinary Vessels of Tradtional Chinese Medicine

362 pages, 38 drawings, size 27,5 x 20 centimeters
Dào Verlag,  Vienna, Austria 2006
First Edition, Hardcover,  € 74,-
ISBN-13:  978-3-200-00608-9
Order via:  achim.eckert@gmx.net

I) A brief explanation

This book describes the medical, bioenergetic, emotional and transpersonal range of effects of the Eight Extraordinary Vessels of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The author researched the functions of the Eight Extraordinary Vessels over a period of 15 years with both acupressure and acupuncture.
Not very much has been published on the Eight Extraordinary Vessels so far. Internationally there are very few titles that focus on the subject. The reason is that in acupuncture, Shiatsu and acupressure only the Governing and Conception Vessels (Du Mài and Rèn Mài) are widely used. The common practise of acupuncturists is to needle the Master points of the other six Extraordinary Vessels – but very few doctors use the whole sequence of these Marvellous Vessels, as they are called in ancient texts.
The book has almost no competition so far – in a field of Chinese Medicine that will be a focus of investigation in the next decades, as the Eight Extraordinary Vessels have very powerful effects on brain activity, capacities of outer and inner perception – with the senses as well as by  psychological insight - and basic Yin-Yang parameters of the organism.
They are more efficient in treating stress disorders and burnout syndromes than the 12 organ meridians, as they are able to help body and mind to regenerate in a thorough way. Some of them have a distinguished effect on enhancing performance abilities on the physical and mental levels, so they can be used to help a musician before his concert, an actor before an audition or show, a business man before an important meeting or an athlete before competition to get into their best state of  physical and mental performance.
As treatment of stress disorders and burnout, quick regeneration and enhancement of performance abilities are very much sought after in the fast pace of modern civilisation, the Eight Extraordinary Vessels are going to be increasingly important in medicine.

II) Table of Contents

         PROLOGUE
                       

1                 A SURVEY OF THE 8 EXTRAORDINARY VESSELS………………………14

1. HISTORY
2. CHINESE TEACHING OF ENERGY, ESSENCE AND SPIRIT
1. QÌ, THE LIFE FORCE
1. YUÁN QÌ, THE HEREDITARY QÌ
2. G˘U QÌ, THE QÌ OF FOOD
3. ZONG QÌ, THE QÌ OF THE ANCESTORS
4. ZHÈNG QÌ, THE TRUE QÌ
5. YÍNG QÌ, THE NUTRITIOUS QÌ
6. THE BIG ENERGY CIRCULATION
7. JING QÌ, THE QÌ OF THE MERIDIANS
8. WÈI QÌ, THE DEFENSIVE QI
2. JING, THE ESSENCE
1. XIAN TIAN ZHI JING, THE HEREDITARY ESSENCE
2. HÒU TIAN ZHI JING, THE ACQUIRED ESSENCE
3. W˘U SHÉN, THE SPIRIT OF THE ELEMENTS
1. SHÉN, THE CONSCIOUSNESS
2. YÌ, THE INTELLECT
3. ZHÌ, WILL AND DETERMINATION
4. HÚN,  HOUSE OF IMAGES AND SOUL OF CLOUDS
5. PÒ, THE INSTINCT
3. DEVELOPMENT OF THE MERIDIAN SYSTEM BEFORE BIRTH
4. THE EIGHT EXTRAORDINARY VESSELS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS
1. CHONG MÀI,  THE CENTRAL CHANNEL
2. DU MÀI AND RÈN MÀI,  THE SMALL ENERGY CIRCULATION
3. WÉI MÀI,  STRONG YÁNG, HARMONIOUS YIN
4. QIAO MÀI,  LEISURE AND ACTIVITY
5. DÀI MÀI,  THE BELT CHANNEL

2 YÁNG WÉI MÀI

1. JAPANESE COURSE
1. POINTS OF THE JAPANESE COURSE OF YÁNG WÉI MÀI
2. FEEDBACKS AFTER TREATMENT OF THE JAPANESE COURSE OF YÁNG WÉI MÀI WITH ACUPRESSURE
3. RANGE OF EFFECTS OF THE JAPANESE COURSE OF YÁNG WÉI MÀI
4. INDICATIONS

2.2          CHINESE COURSE
2.2.1       POINTS OF YÁNG WÉI

1. FEEDBACKS AFTER TREATMENT OF THE CHINESE COURSE OF YÁNG WÉI MÀI WITH ACUPRESSURE
2. RANGE OF EFFECTS OF THE CHINESE COURSE OF YÁNG WÉI MÀI
3. INDICATIONS

1. DYNAMIC SET UP OF THE CHINESE COURSE OF YÁNG WÉI MÀI
1. FEEDBACKS AFTER TREATMENT OF THE DYNAMIC SET UP OF THE CHINESE COURSEOF YÁNG WÉI MÀI WITH ACUPRESSURE
2. RANGE OF EFFECTS OF THE DYNAMIC DYNAMIC SET UP OF THE CHINESE COURSE OF YÁNG WÉI MÀI
3. INDICATIONS

3 DÀI MÀI

1. COURSE
2. POINTS OF DÀI MÀI
3. FEEDBACKS AFTER TREATMENT OF THE JAPANESE COURSE OF   YÁNG WÉI MÀI AND DÀI MÀI WITH ACUPRESSURE
4. RANGE OF EFFECTS OF THE JAPANESE COURSE OF YÁNG WÉI MÀI AND DÀI MÀI
5. INDICATIONS OF DÀI MÀI
   
   

4 YIN WÉI MÀI

1. JAPANESE COURSE
1. POINTS OF THE JAPANESE COURSE OF YIN WÉI MÀI
2. FEEDBACKS  AFTER TREATMENT OF THE JAPANESE COURSE OF YIN WÉI MÀI WITH ACUPRESSURE
3. RANGE OF EFFECTS OF THE JAPANESE COURSE OF  YIN WÉI MÀI
4. INDICATIONS OF THE JAPANESE COURSE OF  YIN WÉI MÀI
   
2. CHINESE COURSE
1. POINTS OF THE CHINESE COURSE OF YIN WÉI MÀI
2. FEEDBACKS AFTER TREATMENT OF THE CHINESE COURSE OF YIN WÉI MÀI WITH ACUPRESSURE
3. RANGE OF EFFECTS OF THE CHINESE COURSE OF YIN WÉI MÀI
4. INDICATIONS OF THE CHINESE COURSE OF YIN WÉI MÀI
5. FEEDBACKS AFTER TREATMENT OF OF THE CHINESE COURSES OF YIN WÉI MÀI AND YÁNG WÉI MÀI  WITH ACUPRESSURE

5 CHONG MÀI

1.  COURSE
2.  POINTS OF CHONG MÀI
3.  FEEDBACKS AFTER TREATMENT OF CHONG MÀI WITH ACUPRESSURE
1. RANGE OF EFFECTS OF CHONG MÀI
2. INDICATIONS OF CHONG MÀI
4.    FEEDBACKS AFTER TREATMENT OF THE JAPANESE COURSE OF  YIN WÉI MÀI AND OF CHONG MÀI WITH ACUPRESSURE

5.4.1  RANGE OF EFFECTS OF THE JAPANESE COURSE OF  YIN WÉI MÀI AND OF    CHONG MÀI WITH ACUPRESSURE

1.  FEEDBACKS AFTER TREATMENT OF THE CHINESE COURSE OF  YIN WÉI MÀI AND OF CHONG MÀI WITH ACUPRESSURE
1.  RANGE OF EFFECTS OF THE CHINESE COURSE OF  YIN WÉI MÀI AND OF    CHONG MÀI WITH ACUPRESSURE

5.6  FEEDBACKS AFTER TREATMENT OF CHONG MÀI AND DÀI MÀI              
           WITH ACUPRESSURE

1.  RANGE OF EFFECTS OF CHONG MÀI AND  DÀI MÀI

6 RÈN MÀI

6.1          COURSE

1. THE MOST IMPORTANT POINTS
2. LIST OF POINTS
3. INDICATIONS OF RÈN MÀI

6.5          FEEDBACKS AFTER TREATMENT OF RÈN MÀI AND CHONG MÀI WITH ACUPRESSURE
6.5.1       RANGE OF EFFECTS OF CHONG MÀI AND RÈN MÀI
6.6          FEEDBACKS AFTER TREATMENT OF YIN WÉI MÀI, RÈN MÀI AND CHONG MÀI WITH ACUPRESSURE
6.6.1       RANGE OF EFFECTS OF YIN WÉI MÀI, RÈN MÀI AND CHONG MÀI

7 YIN QIAO MÀI

1. JAPANESE COURSE
1. POINTS OF THE JAPANESE COURSE OF YIN QIAO MÀI
2. FEEDBACKS AFTER TREATMENT OF THE JAPANESE COURSE OF YIN QIAO MÀI WITH ACUPRESSURE
3. RANGE OF EFFECTS OF THE JAPANESE COURSE OF YIN QIAO MÀI
4. INDICATIONS OF THE JAPANESE COURSE OF  YIN QIAO MÀI
5. FEEDBACKS AFTER TREATMENT OF THE JAPANESE COURSE OF YIN QIAO MÀI, RÈN MÀI AND CHONG MÀI WITH ACUPRESSURE
6. RANGE OF EFFECTS OF THE JAPANESE COURSE OF YIN QIAO MÀI, RÈN MÀI AND CHONG MÀI

7.2          CHINESE COURSE

1. POINTS OF THE CHINESE COURSE OF YIN QIAO MÀI
2. FEEDBACKS AFTER TREATMENT OF THE CHINESE COURSE OF YIN QIAO MÀI WITH ACUPRESSURE
3. RANGE OF EFFECTS OF THE CHINESE COURSE OF YIN QIAO MÀI
4. INDICATIONS OF THE CHINESE COURSE OF YIN QIAO MÀI

8 DU MÀI

8.1                          COURSE
8.2                          THE MOST IMPORTANT POINTS
8.3                          LIST OF POINTS
8.4                                         FEEDBACKS AFTER TREATMENT OF DU MÀI WITH ACUPRESSURE

1. RANGE OF EFFECTS OF DU MÀI
2. INDICATIONS OF DU MÀI

8.7                         FEEDBACKS AFTER TREATMENT OF DU MÀI AND CHONG MÀI WITH ACUPRESSURE
8.7.1                      RANGE OF EFFECTS OF DU MÀI AND CHONG MÀI
8.8                         FEEDBACKS AFTER TREATMENT OF DU MÀI, YÁNG WÉI MÀI AND DÀI MÀI WITH ACUPRESSURE
8.8.1                      RANGE OF EFFECTS OF DU MÀI, YÁNG WÉI MÀI AND DÀI MÀI
8.9                          FEEDBACKS AFTER TREATMENT OF DU MÀI AND RÈN MÀI  WITH ACUPRESSURE
8.9.1                      RANGE OF EFFECTS OF DU MÀI AND RÈN MÀI
8.10                       FEEDBACKS AFTER TREATMENT OF DU MÀI, RÈN MÀI & CHONG MÀI WITH ACUPRESSURE

1.               RANGE OF EFFECTS OF DU MÀI, RÈN MÀI & CHONG MÀI
1.                  FEEDBACKS AFTER TREATMENT OF DU MÀI, RÈN MÀI, YÁNG WÉI MÀI AND DÀI                

                            MÀI  WITH ACUPRESSURE
8.11.1                 RANGE OF EFFECTS OF DU MÀI, RÈN MÀI, YÁNG WÉI MÀI AND DÀI MÀI

9 YÁNG QIAO MÀI

9.1                          JAPANESE COURSE

1. POINTS OF YÁNG QIAO MÀI
2. FEEDBACKS AFTER TREATMENT OF YÁNG QIAO MÀI WITH ACUPRESSURE

9.1.2.1                 RANGE OF EFFECTS OF YÁNG QIAO MÀI
9.1.2.2                  INDICATIONS OF THE JAPANESE COURSE OF YÁNG QIAO MÀI
9.1.3                      FEEDBACKS AFTER TREATMENT OF DU MÀI AND THE JAPANESE
COURSE OF YÁNG QIAO MÀI WITH ACUPRESSURE
9.1.3.1                   RANGE OF EFFECTS OF DU MÀI AND THE JAPANESE COURSE OF YÁNG QIAO   MÀI
9.1.4                      FEEDBACKS AFTER TREATMENT OF THE JAPANESE COURSES OF YÁNG QIAO MÀI AND YIN QIAO MÀI WITH ACUPRESSURE
9.1.4.1                   RANGE OF EFFECTS OF THE JAPANESE COURSES OF YÁNG QIAO MÀI AND YIN QIAO MÀI

9.2                          CHINESE COURSE
9.2.1                      POINTS OF YÁNG QIAO MÀI
9.2.2                      FEEDBACKS AFTER TREATMENT OF  THE CHINESE COURSE OF YÁNG QIAO MÀI WITH ACUPRESSURE

1.          RANGE OF EFFECTS OF THE CHINESE COURSE OF YÁNG QIAO MÀI
2.          INDICATIONS OF THE CHINESE COURSE OF YÁNG QIAO MÀI

9.2.3                      FEEDBACKS AFTER TREATMENT OF THE CHINESE COURSE OF QIAO MÀI MIT AKUPRESSUR
9.2.3.1                   RANGE OF EFFECTS OF THE CHINESE COURSE OF QIAO MÀI

1. PRONUNCIATION OF CHINESE  TERMS……………………………………354

11 BIBLIOGRAPHY

III) Anticipated market for “The Eight Extraordinary Vessels”

This book has been written for acupuncturists, Tai Ji, Qi Gong and Shiatsu practitioners, body workers and students of Chinese medicine who already have a basic understanding of acupressure or Shiatsu, acupuncture and Traditional Chinese medicine.
The feedback the author has been receiving by his readers has been very positive. They have been appreciating the clear structure of the book, the large amount of information contained in it and it´s linguistic and poetic quality.
The book contains an abundance of information for all people who investigate the connection and interrelatedness of body and mind – for doctors and therapists that work with methods of Humanistic Psychology and body oriented psychotherapy.
As  it is not a freshly painted copy of knowledge already available in another form, as most books in the field of Chinese Medicine are, and contains the results of 15 years of empirical research, the book has internationally no competition so far – which might be a reason to publish it quickly and not  ponder over it too long.

6) Author´s qualifications

The Eight Extraordinary Vessels developed from my teaching experience as well as my personal research studies.  Since 1980 I have been giving lectures and conducting seminars on Shiatsu, acupressure and acupuncture of the 12 Organ Meridians and the Eight Extraordinary Vessels and Traditional Chinese Medicine in general.