The Twelve Spirit Points of Acupuncture: Beyond Symtomatic and Preventive Healing

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by  Willmont Dennis.

The Twelve Spirit Points
Of Acupuncture
is Willmont
This book is dedicated to the Ancient Ones without whom this book would not exist.
Acknowledgments
I would also like to thank my associates for their support in writing this book including Nancy
Sposato, James P. Doyle, Janis Ciuba, Barbara Blanchard, Tom Riihimaki, Kyung Riihim^ki, Jackie
Goggin, all of my Shiatsu/Acupressure students, my patients, my parents June WebstCT and George
v, Willmont, and my wonderful children: Jud, Georgia, Osiris, Carenna, and Brian;
God Bless you all.
Dennis Wilimont
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Misceilaneoas Points: Front View
Miscellaneous Points: Rear View
Miscellaneous Voints: Side View
The Twelve Spirit Points: Table of Contents
Table of Contents
The Twelve Spirit Points of Acupuncture..........................................................................................................................1
Incarnation of the Spirit.......................................................................................................................................................1
The Shen/Spirit and Related Terms.......................................................................................................................4
Shen/Spirit ...............................................................................................................................................................5
JVng/Essence 精......................................................................................................................................................„„.5
Jingshen 精神............................................................................................................................... 5
Shenming 袖明............................................................................................................................................................6
Xt'ng/Human Nature ................................................................................................................................................6
Q/zig/Emotion ..................................................................................... 6
X/n/Heart/Mind A'}.......................................... 6
MinsfDcsXxav an..........................................................................................................................................................7
AVffg/Form 形........................................................ 7
GW/Demon 钜......................................................................................... 7
Methods of Application For Acupuncture......................................................................... 7
DSummarv of Individual Points....................................................... ,.8
2)T he Twelve Spirit Points......................./..............................................................................................................13
3) Stage...................................................................................................................................................................14
4) Heaven/Earth/Man.............................................................................................................................................15
Essential Oils for the Twelve Spirit Points.............................................................................:..........................16
Oil Summary： Single Oils.........................................................................................................................................17
Roman Chamomile ................................................................................................................................................17
Oil Summary： Blends.................................................................................................................................... 20
Cv8. Shenaue "Spirit Deficieacv/Spirit TowerT,..................................................................................................24
The Vortex of Creation..................................................................................... 24
Look-out Tower of the Heart................................................................................................................................27
Matter and Spirit Combine...................................................................................................................................28
Destiny in the Daodeiing......................................................................................................................................29
Destiny and Human Nature. Shen/Spirit and Jing/Esseace................................................................................31
Indications................................ 32
Gv6, 丰由宗.“Spirit Ancestor.”..........................................................................................................................34
Prenatal^ostnatal Transition................................................................. 34
Skin Troubles of the Palm and Sole....................................................................................................................35
Stability in Transition.........................................................................................................................................^36
The Yellow Court.................................................................................................................................................38
Transformation of the Shen/Spirit.......................................................................................................................41
Indications............................................................................................................................................... ':..42
Cvl5 ^Spirit Transmitter'1 Shenfu .........................................................................................................................44
Polarity Stasis and the Congealation of Oi..................................................................................................i 44
Jade and the Immortality of the Spirit................................................................................................................45
Jade in Chinese Alchemy......................................................................................................................................47
Jade: King of the Heart.........................................................................................................................................49
Kan and Li.................................................................. 51
Alchemical Transformation.................................................................................................................................53
The Mysterious Cavity.........................................................................................................................................54
The Yellow Court.................................................................... 55
The Pre and Postnatal Gate.................................................................................................................................57
Luo Point of the Conception Vessel...................................... 59
Source Point of the Gao................................................................ 60
Incurable Disease..................................................................................................................................................62
The Double Passes................................................................... 63
The Fat of Crabs.......................................................................................................................................................64
Mu Point of the Pericardium...............................................................................................................................64
Indications.............................................................................................................................................................66
The Twelve Spirit Points: Table of Contents
G13 “Root of the Spirit” Bg似 本 袖 ................................................................... 68
“Root of the Spirit” in the Lingshu........................................................... 8

Section One........................................................................................................
Section Two....................................................................................................... :6
Section Three.....................................................................................................
Role of the Gail Bladder in the “Rooting of the Spirit”.........................
:
“Original Spirit”.........................................................................................
68
Comparisons......................................................................................................
Location..............................................................................................................
:
Bridge Between the Sacred and Profane.........................................................
7
Stages of Training............................................................................................. 2
Indications...................................................................................................
:7
K23 ^Spirit Altar/Spirit Domain/Spirit Seal'5 Shenfen^ ............................. 88
Altar of the Soil........................................................................................... 7 8
:34
Boundary Disorders: Lv4 and the Related Points Sp5, St41, and G40, 8:
The Ancestral Temple................................................................................ :8

Authorization to Rule..............:•................................................................ : 9
Cosmic Claim.............................................................................................. 8:T7
Creating a Sacred Space............................:............................................... :8
The Feng & Shan Sacrifices...................................................................... :
The Cultivation of Virtue.......................................................................... 8:72
Spirit Seal.................................................................................................... :9
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Summary.....................................................................................................
G24 ^Spirit Brightness^ Shensuans ........................................................... S 2
“Spirit Brightness” Sheneuang 神光........................................................ o l907
“Sun and Mooru” Rivue 日冃....................................................................
The Gall Bladder ^Pivot^: Connections to the Kidney and Heart............... 3
Curious Organ.................................................................................................... 3 900
Polarities of Yin and Yang： Gall Bladder and Heart ................................... lo
Mutual Union of Yin and Yang....................................................................... ^
4
Union of Yin-Yang in Chinese Alchemy........................................................
031
The Gall Bladder as Matrix for the Shen/Spirit......................................
The Conversion of Light........................................................................... Q
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Gall Bladder 24 in Action......................................................................... 5
B39 "Spirit B^rYhentang ......................................................................... -635
Ancestral Hall..............................................................................................
Psvcho-Emotional Transformation.........................................................
^l96
Indications.................................................................................................. 8
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Gvl 1: Shendao m ^Svint Path/Spirit RoadM......................................................
Description.................................................................................................
History 122 l97
Philosophy..............................................................-.............................. 19
Function 125
The Poisoning of the Heart....................................................................... l 99
Corruption bv Worms...................................................................................... l2-21
Gu Poisoning....................................................................................................
Gu Syndrome.................................................................................................... 9

Cause.................................................................................................................
The Path of Demons........................................................................................ 2 l21
Family Karma in the Yiiins..............................................................................
The Innocuous Wind: Messenger of Dao. or Demon in Disguise..............
Applications............................................................................................... 3 l21
K25 “Spirit Storehouse” 袖藏................................................................
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Grounding in the Heart..............................................................................
God of the Center...................................................................................... -!
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