Each of the twelve channels includes a point often referred\u00a0to in English as the \u0091cleft\u0092 or \u0091xi-cleft\u0092 point.
\nMost often, modern acupuncture textbooks refer to these points as being particularly useful in cases of acute pain.
\nWhile this is certainly true, a brief analysis of commonly found patterns\u00a0of palpated changes at these points will reveal other applications for these particularly useful points.
\nThis short article will review the functions of the cleft points in the channel system and provide some ideas for broadening their clinical application.
\nThe character (xi) generally refers to a narrow opening or pathway.\u00a0Consequently, many modern texts describe the cleft points as being in areas\u00a0where the channel pathway narrows and has a tendency to blockage and accumulation of qi and blood.
\nA more clinically useful conception is of the cleft points as areas where channel qi is filtered (gu\u00f2 lu) and flow is controlled.
\nThey are like sluice gates (zh\u00e1 m\u00e9n) or toll booths regulating the nature and rate of channel flow.
\nAs might be expected, these points are often found in areas of the body where an opening or clear separation can be readily palpated.
\nSometimes, these palpable openings are between the bodies\u00a0of muscles or, in many cases, they can be palpated as spaces on or near bones.
\nvideo of TCM congress Rothenburg 2010, 360 min., English\/German.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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