Three treasures of acupuncture

Acupuncture pulse diagnosis observes pulse from three most important positions which indicate basics of acupuncture diagnosis and treatment. Only acupuncture pulse diagnosis requires information about condition of patient together with natural flow of Qi as last indication is not used in herbal treatment. These indications were meticulously explained in Nanjing but ignored for last 2000 years during the application of herbal pulse diagnosis for acupuncture treatment.

Chi Cun  尺 寸

尺 寸 者 ，      exactly chi cun   脈 之 大 要 會也 。is an important great meeting of pulses 
陰 之 所 治 也 . place which controls yin
陽 之 所 治 也 。place which controls yang
Chi cun is the place which controls yin and yang of each patient, where practitioner may differentiate imbalances and patient's condition.
Excesses and deficiencies are shown here meridian by meridian, involvement of extraordinary meridians, front mu or back shu points application due to movement of disease into the yin or into the yang. 

Cun Kou 寸 口

寸 口 脈 cunkou pulsations         與  gives                         經 脈 meridian pulsations         榮  zhong and                     衛 wei chi                         度 數 same amount of times 
Cun kou is a place where practitioner differentiate one of fifty yin-yang periods (28,8 minutes) of the day for using the force of natural Qi flow generated by rotation of the Earth around the Sun.
Location of accessible for treatment Qi in yin or yang meridian is shown here for most precise treatment.

San Cun  三 寸

人 一 呼 in a man for one exhale
脈 行 三 寸 ，pulsation moves 3 cun
一 吸 for one inhale
脈 行 三 寸 ，pulsation moves 3 cun
San Cun or three cun is a place where practitioner differentiate 100 ke (14,4 minutes)of the day, increase or decrease of yin or yang, right or left circulation and breath of pulse (6,4 seconds) generated also by rotation of the Earth around the Sun.
It indicates if patient's breath is in resonance with earth natural qi flow, and which side to use for the treatment during this particular ke of the day 

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