The ABEFIT and the Five Elements Theory

Although the positions of the ABEFIT TCT zones partly coincide with the positions of the acupuncture points being used in the 6 Qi energy cor-respondent chakra therapy, the corresponding assignments are quite dif-ferent: sets of organs and the vital activities in the ABEFIT and the fundamental energies in the 6 Qi energy. Therefore, the important ques-tion arises:

* How to correlate the ABEFIT assignments of the ABEFIT TCT zones with the assignments of the acupuncture points in the 6 Qi energy correspondent chakra therapy?

* How to correlate the ABEFIT therapy treatment, which affects the activities of some particular set of organs and somatic structures, with the 6 Qi energy correspondent chakra therapy treatment, which affects all or a few fundamental energies?

The answer on the first question could be obtained by the comparison of the figures 15. and 16. As it can be perceived the following correspond-ences between the TCT zones of ABEFIT therapy and the Su-Jok 6 Qi energy correspondent chakra therapy.

Table 5. The ABEFIT assignments rules

By the formal comparison of the figures 6, 7, 8 and 11, it could be easi-ly seen that the ABEFIT TCT zones have a correspondent controlling cy-cle, which is presented on the Fig. 19. Although this controlling cycle has not the same meaning as the five energies controlling cycle (Fig. 3.), or the 6 Qi energies controlling cycle (Fig. 9.). As it could be seen and easily understood...:

Zone Energy ABEFIT assignment

C Hotness Control - CNS

V Heat Control - VNS

T Wind Transport functions

E Humidity Excretion functions

M Dryness Metabolic functions

H Coldness Control - endocrine system

* 6 Qi energies controlling cycle demonstrates the interdepen-dences of the fundamental energies.

* The ABEFIT TCT zones controlling cycle demonstrates the in-terdependences of the systems (the particular sets of organs and somatic structures), which are responsible for all vital ac-tivities in the human body, or which have the control functions in these activities.

In order to answer the second question, it is necessary to take into ac-count some evident facts. The first of them is...

* As the changes of the fundamental energies are not the conse-quences of their direct interactions, but the results of the changes of the vital activities, the energy balance could be achieved by the optimization of these activities only.

Namely, the energy is not the action (interaction, force) itself, but it is the measure of the action. For example, the gravitational energy does not acts on some object being on the Earth, but the Earth and the object inter-act in finter-act, while the change of the gravitational energy is measure of the intensity of that interaction. This is valid for all possible activities (works), because all activities, in the live or non-live part of the nature, could be connected with the change of some particular energy. Therefore, if one considers that from the scientific point of view, the following facts should not be omitted:

* Does not exist the energy that could not be assigned to some live or non-live material object or set of material objects. All

Fig. 20. The ABEFIT controlling cycle

possible changes of all possible energies are consequences of the mutual interactions of some material objects or systems.

If one considers the appliance the Five elements principle to the hu-man body, the changes of the five fundamental energies should be con-nected with some vital activities, although they are originally assigned to the five elements. These activities are obviously the consequences of the mutual interactions of some body parts, or of the interaction with the envi-ronment.

Taking these facts into account, the correspondences between the five energies, assigned to the chakra correspondent acupuncture points, and the vital activities, assigned to the ABEFIT TCT zones, can be estab-lished, as in Table 6., where some examples are given.

Table 6. The correspondences between the some fundamental energies and the corresponding vital activities

6 Qi energy correspondent chakra

therapy ABEFIT therapy

The heat, which is controlled by the coldness, is the most fundamental en-ergy of the each living system, be-cause the life itself is always connected with the heat energy cre-ation. Less heat means more cold-ness and the freezing of the vital functions.

V – VNS the vegetative nervous system has the control role in the regulation of the vital activities, because the vital control centres are situated in the hypo-thalamus, which has the direct connec-tion with the H – endocrine system. The better control means the better vital functions (more heat!) and opposite.

The hotness is accumulated heat en-ergy. This means that these two ener-gies are of the same type and have similar roles in the vital activities. The accumulation of the heat energy is possible after its primary role is ful-filled: the ensuring of the basal vital functions.

C – CNS the central nervous system, as well as the VNS, has the direct or in-direct control role in the regulation of the vital activities. Its efficiency consid-erably depends on the accumulated in-formations collected by the different parts of the vegetative system (experi-ence!).

The wind creates the heat energy (see the promoting cycle). In other word, it ensures the permanent pro-duction of heat energy. No wind means no oxygen, no fire, no heat and no hotness!

T – transport and tissue creation in-clude the cardiovascular system, blood ingredients and the marrow as their source. In ensures the supplying the energy (heat) sources (cells) with me-tabolites and oxygen.

3.5.1. The ABEFIT Therapy Rules and Five Elements Theory

An unanswered question remains: how to explain the ABEFIT therapy rules in the frame of Five elements theory? Namely in ABEFIT therapy should be stimulated the zone-trinity, what means that 3 fundamental en-ergies could be simultaneously harmonized, because to every zone-trini-ty corresponds an energy-trinizone-trini-ty. More then this, each zone-trinizone-trini-ty in any ABEFIT therapy treatment must contains the zones corresponding to the Heat energy (the zone V), while in the traditional Su-Jok 6Qi energy sys-tem there is not such a restriction.

The presence of Heat energy in all possible ABEFIT energy-trinity could be easily understood if one takes into account that the heath energy is the most fundamental energy of the each living systems. It is evident that each living system is permanent heat source, because the live itself is always connected with the heath energy creation. Therefore the harmo-nized rate of heat energy creation should be one of the most important aim of energy therapy. On other side should not be omitted that the heat (fire) and coldness (water) are opposite energies, i.e. the increasing of one has as a consequence the decreasing of another. This means that the balance of these two energies is the another important aim of the process of the homeostatic harmonization of the energies (vital functions) of each living system. Some kind of measure of this important balance of the fire and water, or heat and coldness, is the dryness energy: less water means more dryness and increased (fire) heat energy creation; more wa-ter means less dryness and decreased (fire) heat energy creation. All these facts show that the harmonization of the heat, coldness and dry-ness energies is the most fundamental energy-trinity in ABEFIT therapy.

The harmony between the energies in that energy-trinity is the essential key of the stability of each living system, i.e. the triangle (V,H,M - fire, wa-ter, metal) is the real pedestal of each stable living system.

The humidity is created by the heat and controlled by the wind energy, while itself controls the coldness ener-gy. The heat (fire) and coldness (water) are opposite energies, i.e. the in-creasing of one has as a conse-quence the decreasing of another.

The decreasing of the coldness (wa-ter), which could be carried out by the excretion, will increase the heat ener-gy,

E – excretion system ensures the eject-ing of the harmful products of the meta-bolic processes. Its activity depends on the activity of the transport system.

More intensive transport means more intensive metabolism and more inten-sive producing of the harmful products.