Guest guest Posted January 25, 2003 Report Share Posted January 25, 2003 << Can anyone explain to me what is " Four Needle Technique " ? >> I believe the Four Needle Technique is a Korean approach to acupuncture. It was briefly spoken about in a class of mine, but I did find an explanitation in the book " Student Manual on the Fundamentals of TCM " composed by Tyme, Lac. It uses the control/ko cycle as well as the mother/son cycle, as well as horary points, or Master points. " First determine which organ system is out of balance, Second, determine whether the imbalance is either excess or deficient. Note-when choosing points to move qi, use the yin organ points for affected yin organs, and yang organ points for affected yang organs. Deficient: tonify the horary point of the mother organ tonify the mother organ's element point on the affected organ sedate the horary point of the controlling organ sedate the controlling organ's element point on the affected organ Excess tonify the horary point of the controlling organ tonify the controlling organ's element point on the affected organ sedate the horary point on the son organ sedate the son organ's element point on the affected organ Example-Client with deficient Lung Tonify the horary point of the mother organ (Sp3), tonify the mother organ's element point on the affected channel (Lu 9). Sedate the horary point of the controlling (grandmother) organ (Ht 8), sedate the controlling (grandmother) organ's element point on the affected organ (Lu 10). Hope this helps Lauren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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