Hey, how can l leave my blog without telling what is the meaning of those phrases and medical terms that l mentioned previously? So without delay now, I'll put up the glossary and is very excited to continue with part 8 of the same topic on BPM.
This is How to use Observation, Olfaction, Inquiry\Auscultation, and Pajolpation in Paediatrics. (part 8)
The Abdomen
In the previous blog, I've discussed the bifurcation midpoint and now it is time to take the next measurement which is the distance from this midpoint to the tummy button. It is a standard 8 inches across for all size which is the border of the diaphragm to the tummy button(transverse colon and small intestine posteriorly) in the TCM perspective. Please see the diagram. It's a little different from the (XU)which is the Xiphoid centre of umbilicus distance in western medical terminology.
There is also one other acupuncture point already discussed previously called the Zhang Men found at depression below the tip of the 11th floating rib. So Zhang Men is the 'mu' acupuncture point of the spleen meridian channel. Indeed, there are lots of explanation to be done in regards to (MU) acupuncture point and will be discussed as and when necessary. It's imperative and interesting now to indicate the areas of explanation to take note of. Therefore the (Mu xue) acupuncture point evolved from a group of classification as follow:
- Yuan xue
- Luo xue
- Qie xue
- Mu xue
- Yu xue
- 8 Meridian Channels Intersection xue
So, the emphasis here is to show how effective the (Mu xue) point established in the whole spleen meridian channel functioning as the solicitation and collection centre for all Zhang Fu Qi coming from the 12 YinYang organs to intersect with each other. This is important because it's here that TCM practitioner can fully display the role performance by boosting the deficiency or vice versa.( To apply the appropriate Acupuncture, of course) I'll list the terminology in the glossary at the end of this blog so that preliminary understanding can be digested by you.
So far so good and should be easy to digest this round.
The next measurement to be taken is the distance between the Tummy Button to the Upper Edge of the Symphysis Pubis. Does it sound familiar to you?
You can refer to my older blogs in the previous months and it should be a good revision so that all the TCM fundamentals will pop up in front of you.
Therefore the distance between these 2 points is a standard 5 inches across regardless of all size. (See diagram)
And that warps all the required measurement necessary for bpm in the abdomen.
The Glossary
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