Ling Gui Ba Fa (the eight methods of sacred turtle)
(60 day cycle)

Ling Gui Ba Fa means “8 methods of sacred turtle”. This is a complex method that is based on the Hou Tian Ba Gua, the mythological symmetrical pattern of HeTu (river chart), carried by the dragon horse Qi Lin and the magical diagram Luo Shu, carried by the sacred turtle. These numerical patterns and the theory of promoting and completing numbers, for the basis for the substitution numbers for stems and branches.

To calculate the open points the daily stem and daily branch are substituted by another number. Also the hourly stem and hourly branch are substituted. Using a formula, the substitution number can be calculated to look up the open extra meridian and its open masterpoint.

To calculate the open acupuncture point the following formula is used:

Substitution number Daily Stem + Substitution number Daily Branch + Substitution number Hourly Stem + Substitution number Hourly Branch divided by 9 (on Yang days) or 6 (on Yin days)  The remainder  is the number connected to the open extra meridian and open master point. (lookup table) If the remainder is 0, the number is 9 on Yang days and 6 on Yin days.

In the Ling Gui Ba Fa 60-day cycle UB-62 is the open at this moment.
The coupled point is SI-3