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Volume I · Classics

Mother-Son Method

Selected acupuncture-related chapters from the Ling Shu, Su Wen, Nan Jing and Zhen Jiu Jia Yi Jing through the Zhen Jiu Da Cheng — chiefly the original text, with annotations and commentary.

01

Nan Jing, Chapter 69: Mother-Son Tonification and Reduction

In deficiency tonify the mother, in excess reduce the son: the five-phase method of point selection.

2026.10.22
02

Ben Shu: Root and Transport

The origin of the five shu point theory: well, spring, stream, river and sea points of the five zang and six fu.

2026.10.22