At the Heart of Acupuncture: Professional Version, Bu Ming, Nourishing Destiny

“At the Heart of Acupuncture” Bu Ming, (Nourishing Destiny) Professional version (2026) for acupuncturists, complete postgraduate textbook for learning Bu Ming Acupuncture theory & practice, with patient cases and additional diagrams and tables. Printed version, paperback, hardcover, ca 260 pages with new schemes and tables, in French, Dutch and English (originally written in the three languages by the author). Find it on Amazon : “Bruno Braeckman” "At the Heart of Acupuncture" "Au Coeur de l'Acupuncture" "Het Hart van de Acupunctuur" “At the Heart of Acupuncture” roots the acupuncture back into the original foundations of the Chinese medicine: Life depends on the creative connection between Heaven and Earth. Shen, the Consciousness arising from this connection, animates and organizes all vital functions of all creatures. This foundation, 'forgotten' by actual TCM (rejected as non-scientific, during the periods of the last emperors and extremely during Mao Zedong ‘s administration), regains its central place in this Bu Ming method, refreshing the basic concepts Dao, Tai Ji, Yin-Yang, Shen, Wu Xing, necessary knowledge to understand how Shen masters life and organizes the human energetic physiology and thus to grasp why ancient Chinese medicine always considered emotion as the primary cause of diseases. Even the TCM still claims that, but without clear explanation, having lost the link between Shen and Zangfu physiology. The Bu Ming method, diagnosis, therapeutic principle, point selection, follow the same TCM rules, but are more focused on the principal cause of diseases: emotions disturbing the Shen. Excessive Qing emotions and deficient Zhi feelings can only be dealt with if they have been accurately differentiated. Uncertain interpretation of complaints is giving way to trustworthy diagnosis techniques such as simple pulse and abdomen palpation. This provides a reliable diagnosis and a logical and structured treatment strategy. Point selection thus is logic and needle techniques soft and easy, for often astonishing results; An important chapter deals with Gui, Ghosts. Like Post Traumatic Stress, Gui are a major cause of recalcitrant ailments. They need to be recognized, but also differentiated as acquired or innate, to be effectively treated with the appropriate acupuncture technique. The innate Gui, emotional load inherited from previous generations, has actually never been addressed that way, and its treatment opens important new therapeutic perspectives, fully in accordance with the Chinese medicine’s foundations, but also with actual epigenetic science. Once the Heart is “empty”, freed from emotional disturbances, the ultimate step can be taken, “Bu Ming”, to nourish one’s destiny. The needle restores the receptivity of the Jing (Earth) structures, so that they can fully receive the virtues of Heaven, the universal creative forces, awakening the Benshen, roots of human’s conscious mind mastering the Zangfu, liberating Man’s full potential to effortless realize his destiny, witnessed by vitality and joy of life. Bu Ming acupuncture is a simple, gentle, subtle, but effective and profound method, that fills an important gap in TCM acupuncture. Destelbergen, Febnruari 2026 Bruno Braeckman (1946) studied Chinese medicine and acupuncture in 1976 (Paris, Beijing, Nanchang). He is practicing acupuncture in Ghent (Belgium) since 1982. Teaching acupuncture since 1986. Specialized in teaching Bu Ming acupuncture at the Belgian institutes ICZO in Antwerp (Dutch) and ETTC in Namur (French). Stopped this activity recently. Author of several public and professional publications, his masterpiece is this version of “At the Heart of Acupuncture”.