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The acupuncture theory of Korea.

According to the records of Han Dan Ancient History Chronicle of Korea, in BC 7,197, a man name of Hwan Yin Chun Jae, while living on the Mountain in the sky, acquired an art or knowledge which enabled him to cure the sickness in his body.

Acquiring the art or knowledge of healing means he was able to realize that the law of Yin and Yang is the natural order of the universe, the foundation of all things, the mother of all changes and the basic elements of human life. The sun, the moon, and the stars in the sky, the heavens and earth and all living things are made up by way of being connected with the nucleus of Yin and Yang, all living things are able to grow due to their connection with the essence or basic core of Yin and Yang. Likewise, all change is caused by this same connection of Yin and Yang, the essence of the Yin/Yang drives whether things are active or not, this Yin/Yang nucleus controls what lives and what dies, is the basis of all nutrition. The mixture of the food and drink of the Yin and the energy of Yang is the vital principle or animating force within the body, and serves as the model for all the earth’s living things, driven by the mix or blending of the Yin/Yang phenomenon.

In the book “Joo Yuk Kei Sa”, it is recorded that without yin, yang cannot exist, and likewise, without yang, yin does not exist. They are so solidly connected one to the other, that there is no way to explain one without the other.

Curing the body’s sickness

In the process of a person ingesting and excreting the food and drink of yin, the body’s mid-section and internal organs need to be supplied with the yang energy. This is accomplished by a line from the surface or epidermis of the skin that allows the Yang energy to naturally flow to the internal organs. Thus, the acupuncturist is able to diagnose by feeling the body’s pulse as to whether or not the body’s internal organs are actively working, and if not functioning naturally, he can reinforce or increase the Yang energy into the body’s internal organs through the use of acupuncture. By virtue of the acupuncture method, all kinds of sickness can be treated and cured, including, Parkinsons Disease, ALS (Lou Gehrig Disease), MSA, Cerebral Palsy, and many other neurological diseases.

The skills of acupuncture is not something that comes naturally but is a God-given skill, and once acquiring this knowledge and skill, story has it that the acupuncturist is not to practice this skill on bad or superstitious people or people who doubt its curative power.

According to the department of Physics and Oriental Medicine at Korea’s distinguished National University of Seoul, it has been proven scientifically that there is a line connecting the body’s mid-section and internal organs with the epidermis or surface of the skin, and inside this line is a stem cell that carries a gene enabling the acupuncture to cure various terminal illness and neurological diseases.

Current day modern medicine, by the use of advanced scientific equipment, is able to accurately diagnose diseases, but often does not know the basic cause of these certain diseases, such as, Parkinson’s, ALS, cancer, neurological and muscular paralysis. So many patients with these diseases are left to await toe inevitability of death.

The skills and technique of acupuncture are transmitted through a highly skilled acupuncturist.

In the 25th Chapter of the book “Young Choo Kyung”, it is recorded that it would be a great loss if one cannot find a suitable teacher of acupuncture skills, and, likewise, it is also recorded that if acupuncture skills are taught to a senseless or unworthy person, or to someone totally under someone else’s control, that teacher will be subject to the wrath of God. Also, it is recorded in the book, “Sohmoon Keumkye” that the skills of acupuncture, because they are very graceful and difficult, these skills must only be taught to a person with the right aptitude for learning. In the book entitled “Pyeng Chak Yul Chun”, a person by the name of “Chang San” knew an individual by the name of “Bien Chi”, and after knowing him for some 10yrs, recognized that Bien Chi was not just an ordinary person. So, Chang San called on Bien Chi and while they were alone together, Chang San, realizing he was getting very old, told Bien Chi that he would teach him all the skills that he himself possessed, on the condition he should not share this knowledge with anyone else. Since Bien Chi agreed to this condition, Chang San gave Bien Chi his personal gold nostrum medical book.

Up until the end of the 1st century B.C., the art of acupuncture was handed down to others over time but was used mostly as an anesthetic in the treatment of diseases.

The school of Chinese acupuncture.

According to China’s school of acupuncture theory, it is said that two people by the name of “Tae Ho” and “Bok Hee” were the first to practice acupuncture. Another story has it that a Chinese Emperor practiced acupuncture by using a stone needle to cure diseases. The book also cites a person by the name of “Shin Nong” as the originator or founder of using herbal medicine for the purpose of curing diseases.

However, according to the “Han Dan” ancient historical records of Korea, in 3511 B.C., a King Hwan Oung Tai Ou had 12 sons, the first or eldest son was the 6th King named “Da Bal”, and the youngest was “Htai Ho”, also sometimes known as “Pok Hee”. It is written that Pok Hee upon receiving a special spirit from three heavenly gods, became well-known for his knowledge of world affairs, then later on, a minister’s position was handed down to him, and he, along with a fellow by the name of “Yoo Soh”, gained a reputation around the western territories. Likewise, it is also recorded in the Han Dan ancient Korean records, that in 3229 B.C., during the time of the 8th King “An Bu Ryun” a military commander by the name of “So Chun” had a son by the name of “Shin Nong”, who, after receiving a special gift from three heavenly gods, learned the nature of all vegetation and living creatures and thereby, as the original expert in the art of Eastern Acupuncture, handed this expertise down through generations in Korea.

The relationship of the ancient Korean culture heritage and China.

At one time, Korea was governed by three kingdoms, Shilla, Paikjae, and Koguryo, and in time, Shilla, containing the 6 tribes of Gaya, and with aid from China, took over the other two kingdoms, Paikjae and Goguryo, making the three kingdoms into one under its rule. Shilla seized the land south of the Taidong river which had been held by Paikjae, and also the region north of China which was formerly known as Manchuria and which had been occupied by the Koguryo kingdom. At around the 5th century B.C., the glorious Korean cultural heritage that was passed down by Korean forefathers was usurped by some promising Chinese Confucian scholars who gradually reconstructed the yin/yang 5 elements theory and mixed it in the Philosophy, Cosmology, views of life and views of nature. From 2nd century B.C., parts of the Korean theory of Acupuncture was starting to take hold and become recognized; but in the year 79 A.D., the Confucian scholars, without referring to any books or records of acupuncture medical science, started advancing this Chinese 5 elements theory made up from sketches of their own imagination, and fabricated a text of internal medicine as though it had been handed down by an Emperor who didn’t even exist. They entered is as though it was from the book “YungChooKyung” (referred to earlier) and promoted this book as the new theory of Chinese medicine designed to treat the diseases of all people. These Chinese Confucian scholars attempted to treat people with this new 5 elements theory but illnesses were not being cured, so people were losing faith in this new theory of acupuncture. People did respect the art of acupuncture but through the powerful influence of the Confucian scholars, they were able to defame the art of acupuncture, leading to its decline in popularity. In the year 1822, the imperial family of China’s Chung Dynasty permanently abolished the practice of acupuncture for fear it would harm the health of the people.

The Peoples Republic of China Government was founded in 1949 and soon after, in 1955, a research institute for the art of acupuncture was established, ending what was 133 yrs of the dark period for the practice of acupuncture.

In Korea, however, some Confucian scholars founded a Korean medical practices school, but unfortunately, Chinese Confucian scholars wielded a great deal of influence on them, as they started teaching the unfounded and fraudulent yin/yang 5 elements and the 12 meridian theory of acupuncture. By doing so, acupuncturists following this fraudulent teaching, were really deceiving and swindling the Korean people. These faulty practitioners put a great deal of pressure on acupuncturists who were practicing the correct art of acupuncture in the villages with alarmingly good results. These faulty acupuncturists were losing patients seeking acupuncture due to the fact that the correct acupuncturist were so successful in healing people’s diseases, so they started a campaign to attempt to discredit them even to a point of abolishing the association of Korean acupuncture.

China’s yin/yang theory of acupuncture

According to China’s “Soh Moon Yin and Yang” relativity Discussion, the combination of yin and yang is the core of all nutrition, the natural order of the universe, the foundation of all living things, the source of all changes, and the root of life and death. In China’s acupuncture theory, this combination of yin and yang is the basis for treating all diseases. This theory presents the sun as yang, the moon is yin, and water is yin, while fire is yang. The interior of the human body is yin, the exterior of human body is yang, the upper part of the body is yang, the lower part is yin, and the countless multitude of earthly things are made up of yin and yang. The Chinese theory insists that creating the balance between yin and yang is the basis for healing all diseases, but clinically, since the yin and yang are not divided or separated, the theory of creating a balance between the two to heal all diseases is nothing but the figment of the senseless imagination of certain Confucian scholars.

China’s theory of 5 elements of acupuncture (Reference the Emperor’s medical book)

The 5 elements theory of Chinese acupuncture was formed on the basis of some ancient Chinese philosopher’s imagination of herbal medicine. From ancient times, Chinese people, in counting numbers, the number 5 was considered the standard. It was a godly number, from the earliest times, the Chinese named 5 colors, 5 charms, 5 smells, and 5 characters. Both before and after the 1st century B.C., the 5 elements made their appearance; wood, fire, water, earth, and metal. According to this 5 elements theory, wood was the color blue and assigned to liver and gall bladder; fire was the color red and represents the heart, small intestine, and pericardium; earth was the color of yellow and represents the spleen and stomach; metal was the color white and refers to the lung and large intestine; water, as the color black referred to the kidneys and bladder. The human body’s energy, i.e., wood, fire, earth, metal, and water somehow joins in wood, and endlessly rotates from one to the other, and illnesses are caused when this rotation gets out of order, e.g., the energy of the pulse, instead of going from wood to fire, goes to earth and so on with the other elements. In my more than 50 yrs of the clinical practice of acupuncture, I maintain that this 5 elements theory does not exist, but, as I said earlier, it is result of the nonsensical figment of imagination of some ancient Confucian scholars, who absurdly contend dragons from the earth ascend into the sky and return to earth in the form of rain. The Chinese 5 elements theory in the practice of acupuncture is not the least bit helpful in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.

The Chinese theory of the 12 meridians therapy

According to China’s 12 meridians theory, they contend that there is an energy line that connects between the epidermis and the internal organs of the body, through which, they say, one can detect whether or not the internal organs are healthy. One can say that this is simple advancement in the practice of acupuncture; however, in clinical practice, there is no way to find 12 meridians, they are the product of the imagination of some ancient Confucian scholar who set forth this theory based on the law of some 3 yins and 3 yangs, whereupon they draw a line between the upper and lower parts of the human body. This theory cannot be validated in any clinical acupuncture documents

This is dialogue between the king and a royal doctor named “Qibo” about the law of 3 Yin and 3 Yang

The interplay of yin and yang

Huangdi asked to qibo.

“Heaven is yang and the earth is yin. The sun is yang and the moon is yin. The upper part of the human body is yang while the lower part is yin. However, sometimes this does not always follow. I think that there are situations where this rule changes, like when there three yang and three yin.”

Qibo, in reply to this question, replied:

“With yin and yang, there are times you can separate the two; but one cannot always strictly separate among above, below, outside, and inside, on the other hand, when there are suitable circumstances, one can conveniently separate numbers, such as, ten, hundred, thousand, and ten thousand.”

The Huangdi then told Qibo he wanted him to explain the separation and the union of the three yin and three yang.

Qibo replied as follows:

“The taiyang is on the surface, and its nature is open and expansive, it is the outside. The yangming, however, is internal and its action is storing, thus it is the inside. The shaoyang, which is between internal and external, acts as abridge and is considered the hinge between interior and exterior. So, the three yang do not act separately, but rather in union. Therefore, collectively, we consider them one yang. Likewise,the taiyin is the most superficial of three yin channels, and its nature is expansive. The jueyin is the deepest inside of yin. Its nature is that of storing and thus it is considered the house. The shaoyin is in between, and acts to connect and is considered the hinge or door. The three yins must also work in unison. Collectively, too, these are considered one yin”

The above statements concerning the existence of three yin and three yang have no clinical basis, and as stated previously, they are the product of the imagination of certain ancient Confucian scholars who arbitrarily authored this theory. This is true also of the idea of some 12 meridians, whereupon certain acupuncturists, without any factual basis, proceeded to deceive and exploit people with illnesses.

The type of Korean acupuncture treatment in the Stone Age

In the Stone Age, three kinds of stone were used in the treatment of a tumor; small, medium, and large. If the tumor was large, then a large stone was used; if the tumor was small, then a small stone was used. If there was a lot of muscle in the area of the tumor, then a large stone was used; and not, then a smaller stone was used. Similarly, in treating a hand, foot, face, and other small areas, then a small stone was used. In today’s clinical practice, however, only three kinds of acupuncture is used.

The nine needle methods which are started 1 and finished 9 are followed the principle of Yin and Yang of the world.

1. The shear needle, 1.6 inches long with a round head and sharp tip like an arrow, is often used for superficial diseases and that needle is appropriate in the sky.

2. The round-point needle, 1.6 inches long with a oval-rounded tip, is used for disorders of the muscles or for massage treatment and that needle is appropriate in the land.

3. The spoon needle, 3.5inches long with a round needle body and slightly sharp tip, is used for blood vessels disease and pressing purpose and that needle is appropriate in the human.

4. The lance needle, 1.6 inches long with a triangle needle body and a sharp and pyramid tip, is served as a scalpel for heat-toxin abscesses or for blood-letting and that needle is appropriate in the seasons which are spring, summer, fall, and winter.

5. The stiletto needle, 4 inches long, 0.25 inch wide, sharp as a sword, is used for pain and drainage of pus and that needle is appropriate in the sounds.

6. The round-sharp needle, 1.6 inches long with a thin round body and a slightly large head, is mainly used for sudden attack of rheumatic arthritis and pain and that needle is appropriate in the rhythm.

7. The filiform needle, 1.6 inches long with a sharp tip and a thin body, is used for cold, heat and painful conditions and that needle is appropriate in the seven stars and seven holes of human body.

8. The long needle, 7 inches long with a round and sharp tip and big body, is used to treat disorders of the deep tissue or persistent bi-syndrome and that needle is appropriate in the eight winds.

9. The big needle, 4 inches long with a slightly round tip shaped as a stick, is used to treat joint disorders due to the retention of water and that needle is appropriate in the nine fields.

In conclusion, then, the Chinese theory or philosophy in the use of the nine types of acupuncture is the product of the imagination of certain Confucian scholar. However, in the current practice of clinical acupuncture, these nine types of instruments are not used.