Triage
It depends
What is glaringly obvious to me right there.
May be moxa anxiety, a steam, cup on navel, Aura Soma work (presently not to hand), or some how to get them present. After this – we may be able to go forwards.
This could be anything – and the fastest way for a needler – is pop in . .
What acupuncturists are usually told to do is recipe/cooker cutter – all are the same – this decries all that channel theory would tell you.
Ideally we get to the ‘why’ of what is happening – and work there – not the end results – which is where Differential Diagnosis and the usual reactive ways of working go. Not so much interested in what they come in with – but what they can’t access. Usually in the past and now triggered. Hence I started the Gentling Way.
And we do a time line. And we play defense lawyer. The Discovery process is the most important.
Ways of knowing . .
I have always been a bit of a snob – in that people always saw me after everyone else – so if what they would have done did not do the trick – why replicate? This was the beginning of my acup career – and St36, Ki3, Liv 3 was almost never used with me. Instead – I went to the emotions and the structure. . and what was lurking – latent pathogens was a big thing when we were being taught. Plus Dr van Buren’s Stems and Branches – and how to get all my source material is my angst.
Please remember that 5 elements was the basis of the work in that era – TCM was not out in English yet. Dr VB had been Worsley’s peer – and they had divvied up UK and taken a hunk geographically each. Dr VB traveled a lot or and had a more structural alignment – as well as alchemic. He was also an Alexander technique and as well as his nursing background and osteopathy . .. – and what was in the Ling Shu and Su Wen . .
And the Mu points (CLICK) – to get an evaluation – then the pulses – quickly gave that up as needed to calm them first And it lied (I felt instant changes when talking and being present – so it was not the way to use as an objective measure). . . I was brilliant at it immediately – and used Dr VB then Dr Shen – but – too much changed it – a loud noise would set them off – see the Acup in the New Millennium work (1999) the Sunday was all Dr Shen’s model.
The tongue – easier, instant changes also – and the recipient could monitor in the session and at home.
Get the Qi flowing
I came to use modified rolfing on the back, then undo all stuck intervertebral spaces, – and 2nd run of Bl yin shu’s. All got a lot of moxa – so Bil Bl 11 and 17 and 40 went in all – and everyone gt Bil Bl 23, GV 3, 4 and any other sacral /lumbar stuck/wrong. sore points also.
This morphed into what I do now. .
Initially was all about calm the Shen
Now it is ALSO pull out shock and get the Liver Qi moving.
Go easily – yes is easy to pop in.
AND/BUT – will you do no harm??
TCM – (not my kind of being) Main point for headache, dizziness, eye pain and redness, irritability, hypertension from excess yang in the upper body, often occurring with patterns of excess …
Location: At the vertex, on the midline, 5 cun posterior to the anterior hairline.
Attributes: Meeting point of the Governing vessel with the Bladder, Gall Bladder, Triple Energizer, and Liver channels. Point of the Sea of Marrow and Bone.
TCM Actions: Extinguishes liver wind and subdues liver yang; clears the spirit-disposition and returns inversion; lifts fallen yang Qi and discharges blazing heat in the yang channels.
Indications: Mania and withdrawal; wind strike; headache; dizziness; tinnitus; visual dizziness; nasal congestion; prolapse of the rectum.
Secondary Indications: Fright palpitations; impaired memory; epilepsy; deathlike inversion; deafness; wind dizziness and heavy-headedness; blindness; vertex headache; vaginal protrusion; hemorrhoidal disease; tetany; clenched jaws; hemiplegia; vexation and oppression in the heart; loss of taste.
Ht 7(CLICK) – I never use – as Dr van Buren spoke of the pericardium as being the heart’s protector. Please use Pc 7 instead. HEART 7 (HT-7) “SPIRIT GATE”
Location: On the crease of your inner wrist towards the ulnar (pinky finger) side. Feel for a hollow place at the base of the pisiform bone. How does it help?: HT 7 is often used to strengthen the heart and nourish Qi and Blood.
PERICARDIUM (Pc) 7
Pc 7 – Daling (PC 7) is in the middle of the transverse crease of the wrist, between the tendons of palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis.
Tai Yang
Tai Yang (CLICK)In the region of the temples, in the depression about one finger-breadth posterior to the midpoint between the lateral end of the eyebrow and the outer canthus. Indications: Headache, redness, swelling and pain of the eye. PAIN? Something is STUCK . .
Chinese Name: Taiyang (English translation: Greater Yang)Location: In the region of the temples, in the depression about one finger-breadth posterior to the midpoint between the lateral end of the eyebrow and the outer canthus.
Needling: Perpendicular or oblique insertion .3 – .5 cun, or prick to cause bleeding.
EX-HN5 (Taiyang) is located in the centre of this depression. This point tends to be pressure-sensitive, especially with temporal headaches. … Reduces swellings and alleviates headaches and tooth pains. Cools and clears the eyes, alleviates vision fatigue.
Pain – is a body alarm message – something is STUCK (Fix it)
Heat– causes the Blood to go reckless, the Shen to become disorderly, general redness bleeding and TROUBLE.
Ear Shen Men
Ear Shen Men – also – in the head . . see above.
Could do point zero . .
Basic ‘house keeping’ and ears – and why is covered in the class ..
I use Liver Yang ear points – if sore – they go in.
Liver Yang ear
One ear only.
It hurts. And it works.
Ear will become hot and maybe pulse. Need to have a tissue on you to take them out.
YIN TANG (Gv 24.5)
Yin Tang– again – if warranted. And not a full moon – or day before or after. It is a balancing act between the Yin and Yang Qiao Mai – a crossing over. .
Yintangis an acupuncture point that is located on the forehead midway between the eyebrows. It is a wonderful point that calms the mind, reduces stress, and helps relax the sympathetic nervous system. As such, it is a point that is excellent in treating anxiety, insomnia, restlessness, and headaches.
‘YINTANG – Hall of Impression’ stands out for its use in the relief of a number of health discomforts. YINTANG is found on the face, and is located at the glabella – the midpoint between the inner/medial ends of the eyebrows. Interestingly, this point is often instinctively massaged by many people in an attempt to relieve headaches and various discomforts of the face.
INDICATIONS In traditional Chinese medicine it is used to:
Calm the Shen
Benefit the nose
Alleviate pain
Calm the Shen
EX-HN5 (Taiyang) is located in the centre of this depression. This point tends to be pressure-sensitive, especially with temporal headaches. … Reduces swellings and alleviates headaches and tooth pains. Cools and clears the eyes, alleviates vision fatigue.
ADVANCED
SHOKANTEN POINTS
WINDOW THE SKY POINTS – and Chris Griscolm’s work
Also the moon phases – are highly relevant (CLICK)
