One day has 24 hours, 1440 minutes, 86,400 seconds. One energy cycle is then 1728 seconds or 28.8 minutes. During acupuncture the needles must retain for at least one full cycle or 28.8 minutes. The longest should be 2 energy cycles or 57.6 minutes.

To make things simpler acupuncture session should be between 30-60 minutes. Shorter treatment then 30 minutes are not effective and should be avoided.

Hunyuan moderator

Professor Liu Lihong was born in 1958. He is the first doctor in Guangxi province to hold a Ph.D. in TCM and is one of China’s recognized famous doctors. At present he serves as a professor for TCM foundations in Guangxi TCM University. He specializes in using classical formulas in treating hard-to-treat diseases. He wrote two famous books <Novel Thought of TCM- Si Kao Zhongyi> and <Opening the Door of TCM- Kai Qi Zhongyi Zhi Men>. From the two <Novel Thought of TCM> gave birth to a new trend in China’s modern TCM world, namely ‘the pursuit and rebirth of TCM classics’. After reading his book, one of China’s most famous doctors, professor Deng Tieshou, praised Liu: “I am not lonely on my path, there is another person to carry the tradition of TCM”.

Liu Lihong studied in Guangxi TCM school from 1978～1983. From 1983～1986 he served on faculty of this school in the Wen Bing research department. From 1986～1989 he completed his master’s degree in TCM at the famed Chegdu University of TCM while studying under professor Chen Zhiheng. In 1989～1992 Liu completed his Ph.D. in Nanjing TCM university under professor Chen Yiren. In 1992 he returned to his base university in Guangxi to teach and research TCM foundations and classics. After graduation of his bachelor’s degree he followed his teacher Li Yangbo for seven years long, two out of which physically living with his teacher. This was a traditional way of teacher-disciple relationship that was practiced for many generations in China. Additionally, under two teachers Wang Qinyu and Zeng Basheng, he studied the book of changes (Yi Jing) and Daoism. Being proficient in many aspects of Chinese culture set his foundations to become one of China’s most celebrated TCM teachers. In 1997 he was granted the position of a professor.

刘力红教授介绍

刘力红，1958年生，广西首位中医博士，现任广西中医学院基础医学院教师，经典中医临床研究所首席教授，善用中医传统经典方剂治疗疑难病症。著有专著《思考中医》、《开启中医之门》及学术论文３０余篇。其中《思考中医》在中医界掀起了一股“重视经典、学习经典”的热潮。著名中医药学家邓铁涛教授看到此书后，盛赞：“吾道不孤，后继有人矣”。

1978～1983年就读于广西中医学院，1983～1986年留本院温病教研室任教，1986～1989年于成都中医学院攻读硕士学位，师从陈治恒教授，1989～1992年于南京中医学院攻读博士学位，师从陈亦人教授。1992年获医学博士学位。同年回广西中医学院中医临床基础教研室，从事《伤寒论》教学、临床、科研至今。曾于本科毕业后随先师李阳波习医达七年之久。其中有两年时间与先师同吃同住，亲历了传统的师徒生活，于传统文化的很多领域皆受到较为深广的熏陶，为今后的研习打下了重要的基础。随后又随王庆余及曾邕生等师修习传统之易道医学。1997年晋升教授.

“Lately, there is a huge push to get women to take supplementary folic acid to prevent neural tube defects during pregnancy. Folic acid by itself it a simple nutritional constituent. It’s only one nutrient in thousands that are a part of whole, nutritionally complex foods. While it is claimed that supplying this nutrient in pill form may have a positive effect in reducing neural tube defects, why are women told that this is what they need rather than being given a choice between supplementation or a diet of whole foods that provides this nutrient in context? Is this ignorance or rationalization? Either way, it seems more respectful to fully inform the public rather than simplifying the truth and giving women an uninformed choice. Lack of whole foods is the root cause of folic acid deficiency, not a lack of pills.”

The opening chapter of the Yellow Emperor Classics states; “The yellow emperor asked; “There are some people who get old and can still bear children. How is this possible? His doctor Qibo answered: These people preserved their longevity well, their energy was never obstructed and their kidneys energy was always full. Despite that these people who are fertile still have an age limit, which is eighty-eight for males and forty-nine for females. This is the age when the essence of heaven and earth dries out. The emperor asked: there are daoists who are over a hundred and can still bear children. How is this possible? Qibo replied: this is because people who follow the Dao can become old and keep their body in a perfect shape. Even though they are old they can still bear children.”

Two thousand years ago, the ancient Chinese doctors realized that a woman can be fertile until she is 49 years old and even older if she conforms to nature (or follows the Dao as they called it). Should you still feel that you run out of time if you are only 40? Choosing a natural solution to conform to nature will improve chances of conception considerably.

1. You are too old.

2. Your egg quality is too poor.

3. Your FSH is too high.

4. Your only option is donor egg.

Maybe 90% of the patients that I see have been told one or more of the above. Why is it then that many of the patients, who come into my office, get pregnant naturally with the Hunyuan method? Did something change with their age? egg quality? FSH? I think that their health just got better, which made everything else better. Why is it then that many patients undergo fertility drugs and shortly thereafter their FSH goes high, or that they get cysts, or that they gain weight, or that they feel sick. This is absolutely not “getting healthy”. If anything it is a deteriorating health.

Is infertility treatment in Chinese medicine the same as Western medicine? I don’t think so. The difference is described above: Chinese Medicine believes in becoming healthy to allow a pregnancy.

Chinese medicine is so powerful. It can make unhealthy people healthy again and while doing that it can make infertile people fertile again, and all with great grace and purity. Why, then, are most acupuncturists excited about the acupuncture for IVF and not about the Chinese medicine for natural conception? I think, in general, today’s success rate of natural conception with Chinese medicine is low. What do we have to do to raise the success rate of natural conception? We, acupuncturists, have to know Chinese medicine well. How do we do that? We research the Chinese medicine classics. These classics, to a large extent, have no English translations. We therefor must spend the necessary time in learning classical Chinese language and few years more to research these classics. I am afraid that most of us don’t have the time and the will to do it. That is why natural conception rates with Chinese medicine is low when compared to western treatments. I have spent thousands of hours learning Chinese language and the Chinese medicine classics and that is why the Hunyuan method success rates do not fall below Western reproductive endocrinology rates. On the contrary, all patients who get pregnant naturally in my office tell remarkable stories of success.

What should we do as acupuncturists? should we give up on Chinese medicine and start practicing Western medicine? Should we do acupuncture for IVF and call it Chinese medicine? or should we try to get better in Chinese medicine, help many patients as possible with natural conception and bring the Chinese medicine back to life?

I have created the Hunyuan method exactly for that. So far there have been scores of patients who conceived naturally with my method after Western medicine gave up on them. I hope other acupuncturists will follow through and bring the Chinese medicine back to life.

Yaron Seidman L.Ac.,M.He.

Hunyuan Fertility Center

“I took fertility drugs at the beginning of this cycle, as instructed by my reproductive endocrinologist, and I just found out that I have developed two cysts one on each ovary. I did not get my period for six weeks now as my estrogen levels were too high. I asked my doctor if it is possible that the cysts are from the fertility drugs. He looked at me with a stern expression and replied: “ The likelihood of this is a mere five percent”.

This story and many more are routine in the Hunyuan Acupuncture center. Recently I have chosen, in random, twenty patients and asked them about previous fertility treatments, before coming to the Hunyuan center. I have found out that sixteen patients out of the twenty asked have had some issues with ovarian cysts following conventional fertility treatments. This added up quickly to a staggering eighty percent.