Therapeutic Sensations: A New Unifying Concept

Figure 6

Comparison of common therapeutic sensations patterns with different concepts of vital energy in traditional medicine and spirituality from the east. (a) Traditional channels (jingluo) of traditional East-Asian medicine from the Illustrated Canon of Acu-moxa by Wang Weiyi, carved on a stone stele in Song dynasty, (b) electronic drawings by four different patients with linear-type therapeutic sensations in the arm/shoulder region, (c) electronic drawings by four different patients with areal-type therapeutic sensations in the body midline, and (d) chakras of Hindu and Buddhist meditation as illustrated in the Siddha Siddhanta Paddhati by Bulaki, India, Rajasthan, Jodhpur, 1824. The different forms of therapeutic sensations may have inspired both the jingluo and chakra concepts. Image sources are (a) modified after [106], (b, c) modified from [22], and (d) courtesy of Mehrangarh Museum Trust.

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