Classic of Difficulties

A Translation of the Nan Jing

This book is a pocket-sized translation of the Nan Jing. Written in the late Han Dynasty, the Nan Jing is one of the four foundation classics of Chinese medicine. Its full title in Chinese is the Huang Di Ba Shi Yi Nan Jing (The Yellow Emperor’s Eight-one Difficulties Classic). It is called the Eight-one Difficulties because it consists of 81 chapters, each chapter discussing a difficult, unresolved or unclear issue from the Huang Di Nei Jing (Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic). This is the book that systematized pulse diagnosis at the radial arteries on the wrists and that also systematized the use of the 60 transport points in five phase acupuncture. As such, this is a must read and must own text for all acupuncturists and serious practitioners of Chinese medicine.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Difficulties 1-22 deal with pulse examination
Difficulties 23-29 deal with the channels & network vessels
Difficulties 30-47 deal with anatomy & physiology
Difficulties 48-61 deal with disease causes, disease mechanisms, and diagnosis
Difficulties 62-68 deal with the 60 transport points
Difficulties 69-81 deal with supplementing and draining with needles

The author has composed a pocket-sized manual that covers the essential points of Japanese pulse diagnosis based on the 69th and 75th chapters of the Nan Jing. He describes the pulse qi and the five phase points, pulse position and basic pulses in diagnosis, diagnosis and the mother-child law, syndromes of the hollow and solid organs, when to use the eight meeting points, point groups and their use... Read More...