0 hrs - 15 minThe qualities of metal, its uniqueness, its Chinese character jin 金, metal or gold. Hard, resistant and long-lived, yet also able to be shaped and reshaped, especially by fire and heat. Also gold, precious, rich, refined.
15 min - 30 minMetal and Sound. Bronzes, bells, gongs. Clear ringing, resonant, far-reaching sound. Lungs as door of the voice. Points for the voice: Lu 10, Lu 9, Lu 6, Lu 3. Shang metal note restores clarity and regulation. Shang points: Lu 11, LI 1, Kid 17.
30 min - 45 minMetal and Exorcism. Metal in the swords and lances of shamans and later in the needles of acupuncture to expel the gui. 5 out of 11 lung points have gui symptoms: Lu 11, Lu 5, Lu 10, Lu 3, Lu 9. Also LI 11, and LI 10 + St 36.
45 min - 1.5 hrsMetal and Time Part 1. Rhythms jie 節. Venus, metal planet, morning star, planet of war. Metal's power to cut, kill, separate. Yang metal Stem 7 geng 庚, yin metal Stem 8 xin 辛. Yang metal monkey Branch 9 shen 申, yin metal rooster Branch 10 you 酉.
1.5 hrs - 1.75 hrsMetal and Time Part 2. Lungs linked to autumn but also to spring and early morning (3 - 5 am) through Branch 3. Initiating, activating power, first meridian. 2020 Metal Rat and 2021 Metal Ox: Covid years affecting lungs and harsh metal restrictions.
1.75 hrs - 2 hrsMetal and Time Part 3. 24 jie Qi, solar fortnights. In the 12 lunar months, the lung is related to the first month. Questions and Answers.
2 hrs - 2.25 hrsMetal in Internal Alchemy. Aim longevity, unified consciousness, using only what you have within yourself eg the three treasures of Jing Qi Shen. Attunement of the small self with the cosmos. Metal role to concentrate and essence. Alchemical terms.
2.25 hrs - 2.5 hrsThe cauldron, ding 鼎, place of firing, refinement and transformation. Hexagram 50, Ding, the Cauldron, emblematic of the creation of a new state. Neijingtu Inner Landscape Map, Xiuzhentu Cultivating Authenticity Map.
2.5 hrs - 3 hrsQi between material Jing and immaterial Shen. Unconscious breath made conscious. 3 dan tian, 3 passes. Planting the gold coins of the breath, they rise as fruits on the mulberry trees, then stars in the sky. Transformation, regeneration, reversal.