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Figure of the Yunqi (Luck and Qi) for the Guiwei Year

Taiyin Wet Earth governs the Si Tian (Heavenly Sovereign) Qi, Taiyang Cold Water governs the Zai Quan (Earthly Subordinate) Qi, and the Central Movement is Shao Zheng Fire Movement. The year's Fire is insufficient; its Qi transformation and operation lag behind the heavenly timing. Dampness becomes the dominant Heaven Qi, Dan (red/cinnabar) color manifests as the Si Tian Qi, Zhuo (scorching heat) manifests as the Ju Qi (residing Qi). Therefore, Earth Qi ascends, Yin exclusively holds power with a solemn administration, Xian (salty/black) manifests as Earth Qi, Dong (movement/turbulence) manifests as the Left Intermittent Qi, Qing (coolness) manifests as the Right Intermittent Qi. Thus, Heaven Qi descends, Yang Qi retreats and its command is silent. Great winds rise frequently, fields become dim, white dust rises in all directions, clouds surge toward the South Pole, and objects mature slightly later in summer. Wetness and Cold combine their virtues, yellow-black dust dims the atmosphere, circulating Qi intersects. This corresponds to Zhenxing (Saturn) and Chenxing (Mercury). The corresponding grains are black (Xuan), and the intermittent grains are governed by Tai Jiao Wood. The victory and revenge of Cold transformation and Rain transformation are identical, representing the degree of pathogenic Qi transformation. Rain transformation number is five, Fire transformation number is two, Cold transformation number is six; these are the numbers of correct transformation.

Yin condenses above, Cold accumulates below. When Cold Water overcomes Fire, hail occurs. Sunlight fails to function, killing Qi then prevails. Feathered creatures remain quiet, scaled creatures nurture; this is what is suitable for the year's organisms. Feathered creatures do not mature, heat toxins do not generate; this is constrained by Earth Qi. Therefore, years of excess suit high places, years of insufficiency suit low places; years of excess suit late harvest, years of insufficiency suit early harvest; this is the benefit of Earth and the transformation of Qi. People's physiological Qi also follows this. Diseases in such years include cold-damp abdominal fullness, body heaviness and irritability, edema, stagnation and counterflow, cold jue, and spasmodic stiffness. This is because the upper year is Wet Earth and the lower year is Cold Water; Earth can control Water, but Heaven Qi is盈 (full) and Earth Qi is deficient. One should take the source of transformation to level Earth Qi, supplement the year's Qi, and prevent pathogenic excess. Eat black grains to preserve true Qi, eat intermittent Qi grains to protect essence. Treatment for the year should use bitter dryness and warmth; for severe cases, use diaphoresis or purgation. If neither diaphoresis nor purgation is used, dampness will overflow externally, causing muscle ulceration and skin splitting, with blood and water mixing. One must assist Yang Fire to resist extreme cold. Since the movement differs from standard cold-damp, its transformation suits using little dry-heat. Thus it is said: Upper treatment suits bitter-warm, Middle treatment suits salty-warm, Lower treatment suits sweet-hot; this is appropriate for medicine and food.

Before the middle of the year, Taiyin governs. If dampness excessively invades, deep Yin spreads, rain changes cause withering. People suffer from edema, bone pain, and Yin Bi (obstruction). Yin Bi is characterized by lack of pain upon pressure, accompanied by waist, spine, head, and neck pain, frequent dizziness, difficulty in defecation, dysfunction of Yin Qi, hunger without desire to eat, hemoptysis, and a feeling of emptiness in the heart like hanging. The root of the disease is in the Kidney, diagnosed at the foot Taixi pulse. The method should be to level with bitter-hot. If dampness is excessive above and accompanied by heat, treat with bitter-warm, assist with sweet-acrid, and stop when sweating occurs.

After the middle of the year, Taiyang governs. If cold excessively invades internally, it becomes condensed, solemn, and chilling. People suffer from lower abdomen pulling to the testicles, radiating to the waist and spine, qi rushing up causing chest pain, bleeding, throat pain, and submandibular swelling. The method should treat with sweet-hot, assist with bitter-acrid, drain with salty, moisten with acrid, and firm with bitter.

The annual movement is Fire insufficiency, recorded as "Fu Ming" (Hidden Brightness). This is called Victory Length, meaning the length of the victorious Qi. Growth Qi is unfavorable, Zang Qi reverses and spreads, Contraction Qi governs itself, transformation reaches balance. Cold and clear Qi frequently arise, summer heat becomes thin. Following the generation of things, they grow but do not flourish, fruit but remain immature, encountering transformation while already old. Yang Qi is suppressed, hibernating insects hide early. Its Qi is stagnant, its use is violent. Its movement shows visibility and change, its onset causes pain. Its diseases include confusion, sorrow, and forgetfulness. Its transformation combines with the element it cannot overcome. If summer has bright and luminous transformation, winter has severe frost and cold policies; if summer has chilling and freezing victory, there will occasionally be dusty and heavy rain revenge. The disaster is in the south, the associated Zang is the Heart, internal disease resides in the chest and hypochondrium, external disease affects the collaterals. Thus it is said: Annual Fire insufficiency leads to rampant Cold, Long Summer governance is unused, objects flourish but fall. If condensation and severity are extreme, Yang Qi does not transform, causing the withering of beauty. People suffer from chest pain, flank fullness, bilateral hypochondriac pain, pain between the chest, back, and scapulae, and inner arms, severe cases unable to flex or extend, hips and thighs feeling separated. If revenge occurs, heavy rain arrives, people suffer from loose stools, abdominal fullness, inability to eat or drink, cold center with borborygmus, diarrhea, abdominal pain, sudden spasms, flaccidity, and bi-syndrome, feet unable to support the body. The method is entirely to regulate the center with salty-warm.

First Qi period: From Hai hour on Da Han day of Renwu year to You hour on Chun Fen day of this year, 60 days and 87.5 ke. Main position is Tai Jiao Wood, Guest Qi is Jueyin Wind Wood, central sees Fire movement. Wind Wood is in position, Earth Qi migrates, Cold departs, Spring Qi is correct, wind comes, life spreads, objects flourish. People's Qi is smooth and comfortable. If wind and dampness struggle, rain follows. People suffer from blood overflow, tendon network stiffness, joint disadvantage, body heaviness, and tendon flaccidity. It is suitable to regulate Jueyin Guest Qi, tonify with acrid, drain with sour, and relax with sweet. Annual grain suits wheat, intermittent grain suits rice. Although there is wind transformation, it cannot become pathogenic.

Second Qi period: From You hour on Chun Fen day to Wei hour on Xiao Man day, 60 days plus. Main position is Shao Zheng Fire, Guest Qi is Shaoyin Minister Fire, central sees Fire movement. Minister Fire occupies its position, not solely governing Qi transformation, this is called Zhuo Hua (Scorching Transformation). Great Fire is correct, objects receive transformation, people are harmonious. Warm epidemics prevail everywhere. Wet evaporation struggles with heat, rain descends on time. Suitable to regulate Shaoyin Guest Qi, tonify with salty, drain with sweet, and collect with sour. Annual grain suits millet (Shu), intermittent grain suits beans. Although there is heat transformation, it cannot become pathogenic.

Third Qi period: From Shen hour on Xiao Man day to Wu hour on Da Shu day, 60 days plus. Main position is Shao Zheng Fire, Guest Qi is Taiyin Wet Earth, central sees Fire movement. Annual Fire is in position, dampness suppresses it. Heaven policy spreads, dampness descends, Earth Qi ascends, rain descends on time, cold follows. Contracting cold-damp causes people to suffer from body heaviness, edema, and chest/abdominal fullness. Suitable to treat Taiyin Guest Qi, tonify with sweet, drain with bitter, and relax with sweet. Annual grain suits millet (Ji), intermittent grain suits hemp. Although there is damp pathogen, it cannot cause harm.

Fourth Qi period: From Wu hour on Da Shu day to Chen hour on Qiu Fen day, 60 days plus. Main position is Tai Gong Earth, Guest Qi is Shaoyang Minister Fire, central sees Fire movement. Qi and movement are the same, Fear Fire arrives, humid steaming transforms. Earth Qi ascends, Heaven Qi is blocked, cold wind blows morning and evening, steaming heat struggles, grass and trees condense smoke. If dampness does not flow, white dew spreads陰ly, completing Autumn policy. People suffer from pore heat, sudden blood overflow, malaria, heart/abdominal fullness, heat causing distension, severe cases edema. Suitable to treat Shaoyang Guest Qi, tonify with salty, drain with sweet, and soften with salty. Annual grain suits black, intermittent grain suits beans. Although there is fire pathogen, it cannot cause harm. In this Qi, do not violate the heat of Si Qi.

Fifth Qi period: From Si hour on Qiu Fen day to Mao hour on Xiao Xue day, 60 days plus. Main position is Shao Shang Metal, Guest Qi is Yangming Dry Metal, central sees Fire movement. Qi and position are the same, severe policy has acted, cold dew descends, frost falls early, grass and trees yellow and fall. Cold air reaches the body, gentlemen dress warmly. People suffer from skin and pore issues. Suitable to regulate Yangming Guest Qi, tonify with sour, drain with acrid, and drain with bitter. Annual grain suits black, intermittent grain suits sorghum. Although there is fire transformation, it cannot become pathogenic.

Sixth Qi period: From Mao hour on Xiao Xue day to Chou hour on Da Han day, 60 days plus. Main position is Tai Yu Water, Guest Qi is Taiyang Cold Water, central sees Fire movement. Water is in position and can overcome Fire. Cold rises greatly, dampness transforms greatly, frost accumulates, Yin condenses, water hardens into ice, sunlight fails to function. Contracting cold causes patients to suffer from joint stiffness and lower back pain. Cold and damp persist in Qi intersection causing disease. Suitable to regulate Taiyang Guest Qi, tonify with bitter, drain with salty, firm with bitter, and moisten with acrid. Annual grain suits black, intermittent grain suits millet (Ji). Although there is cold transformation, it cannot become pathogenic. These are the six Qi periods.

Transformation of Qi intersection: If Heaven Qi wins, there is Jueyin revenge; if Earth Qi wins, there is Taiyin revenge. Treat each according to their victory and revenge methods.