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directions of space (four and six directions), the cycles of time and their duodecimal distribution, the World Axis,
and the Center, etc. These ideas denote the elements of traditional cosmological worldviews as the sages
imagined them at the time when the hexagrams and the I Ching were compiled. It is obvious that to find the signs
of the microcosm in the Yi-globe, it is required to know the Chinese approach to the human organism in the Zhouage and in the times preceding it. It is the Nei Jing again, that offers help to solve this problem. At first, however, it
is necessary to highlight the features considered as determining factors in the comparison with the Yi-globe. This
means that it is useful to deal with the fundamental elements of acupunctural healing, this being the method that
best expresses the cosmologic theories in Chinese medicine.
The acupunctural method is based on the theory that the organs of the human body are interrelated among each
other through a well-defined channel system, the so-called meridians, and through these channels energies (qi or
chi) flow, regulating (promoting or hindering) the operation of the organs. It is important to note that the meridians
are not some physically or anatomically specified organs (as e.g. the blood vessels), but rather routes or lines of
force; however, their existence has already been proven by modern scientific methods as well.
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Based on the location of the main meridians and the time of the energy-maximums, a schematic drawing can be
made, showing the daily circulation of energy in the body (figure 43).
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