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Wind Pathogen: How Acupressure Can Safeguard Your Body From Hidden Threats

For fewer random aches, better shoulder mobility, less inflammation, and greater resistance to environmental triggers, the Bing Feng acupoint shines.
Wind Pathogen: How Acupressure Can Safeguard Your Body From Hidden Threats
Si12 Si12 Grasping The Wind Bing Feng
Moreen Liao
Moreen Liao
R.Ph. of TCM (Taiwan)
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To some, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) may seem arcane, with its own language of elements, energies, and patterns. However, many ancient healing systems—from Ayurveda to Tibetan medicine—operate within their own frameworks, each with insights into the body’s inner workings.

Once you become familiar with even a few of TCM’s foundational ideas, you gain powerful tools to understand and support your health. An acupoint on the shoulder blade called Grasping the Wind (Bing Feng, SI12) is a perfect invitation to learn more about a commonly-used concept, as “wind” is more than a breeze. What does it mean in TCM theory, and why is this concept key to maintaining good health?

An Ancient Point for a Sneaky Pathogen

Bing Feng was first recorded in the “Zhen Jiu Jia Yi Jing” (“The A-B Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion”), the earliest comprehensive text dedicated to acupuncture and moxibustion (a gentle heat therapy with dried mugwort). Its role in TCM is clear: It helps the body expel wind—one of the most disruptive external influences.
Moreen Liao
Moreen Liao
R.Ph. of TCM (Taiwan)
Moreen was born into a family with a lineage of four generations of traditional Chinese medicine doctors and professors. She was Dean of the Natural Therapies Institute in Sydney, Australia. Drawing on her family heritage, she created a certified organic wellness brand, and co-founded the largest Chinese medical image encyclopedia online.