Acupuncture Orthopedics and Hinaishin Needles

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The Hinaishin Japanese Needle and Orthopedics

 

About 50 years ago, a Japanese Acupuncturist named Kobei Akabane,

Introduced the world to a new needle design of his, call Hinaishin. A

kind that had no precedent in history, showing a great advantage that

even the long traditional filiform needle couldn't equal.

Some of those are, you don't have to be a qualified technician to

place the Hinaishin, any regular practitioner can do it, while the

traditional filiform takes an advanced practitioner to use, due to

the risks involved. The traditional needle can only be placed for as

long as 20 to 30 min. Needing to repeat the treatment several times a

week, thus rising the costs of therapy, the Hinaishin can be left in

placed for as long as 5 to 7 days, no need to repeat a treatment, how

much are we saving?

For poorest countries –including the critical USA economy- this is a

big option.

In this article I will focus on the advantages of the Hinaishin

needle mostly on acupuncture orthopedics.

Case #1 Myself

Description of Symptoms

Strong and killing pain on lower back, sensory disturbances on area

and lower limbs, difficult on lifting the leg with unilateral –and

sometimes bilateral- sciatica, weakness and reduced reflexes on

muscles, severe pain on sitting and specially standing positions,

which was intolerable even with the use of a walking stick. X rays

showing last disc (L5-S1), as source of the problem.

As always, the first decision was to seek heal on the

allopathic " medicine " , doctor prescribed some pills, after weeks no

results, treatment change to injections, -sometimes twice a week-

anti inflammatory and steroids etc, but still no heal was any closer,

and I was already 4 months of totally and absolute bed.

So I decided to call on help to mi sister in Mexico city, -a licensed

acupuncturist on the Japanese style of acupuncture-, after reviewing

my case, she started the treatment;

Description of Treatment

 

First step was intolerable, to stand on my feet, something that I

just couldn't do in 4 months of allopathic " medicine " , griped by a

big furniture and screaming of pain, one by one feeling the placement

of the Hinaishins on my lower back, the pains were starting to render

away, until I finally could walk upon my feet –after 2 hours of

treatment- which were feeling kind of strange after all that time of

unknowing how a floor feels, since then, helped by a walking stick, I

could walk to my surrounding area until the walking became an

exercising therapy, still some pains were present, but rendering

away. I was amaze.

How Did It Work?

General protocols of acupuncture orthopedics are, points KI2, SP2,

GB39-25, BL23, BL 40, etc. they're extremely effective on creating a

quick boost of cortisone production, but this production affects the

general body, or an entire area, not specific particular spots were

rapid and immediate necessity is required. Hinaishin works just as

this effectively, creating a quick boost of cortisone production were

the specific maximum spot of pain is located. While the first

treatments works on the meridian points exclusively, the Hinaishin

works out of the meridians as in them.

According to the Japanese school of acupuncture, their protocol says

that first you should treat illness by the placing of Hinaishin,

after they have done their job, you may then place the theorycal

points along the meridians, that's acknowledging the powerful effect

of their needle that surpasses very much the effectiveness of the

traditional filiform needle. Of course, part of my treatment was the

Shiatsu therapy, (very painful at this point), but very effective to

put vertebra and discs at their original place.

That is how effective the Hinaishin is on relieving pain,

inflammation, injury, as I'll show in the next case.

Case#2 Leonard

Description of Symptoms

This patient was suffering from a inflammation of knee meniscus, a

kind that a doctor –orthopedics specialist- had to operate, and still

there will be no solution to the problem, his knee will still be on

failure, no remedy but tolerate the pain, with analgesic pills

prescribed by his allopathic " doctor " , which were too expensive and

did no help anymore.

Description of Treatment

He was in a lot of suffering all day long, at his job for the extreme

knee pain, working at a very limited capability, refusing going to

surgery, he turned out to me for help, I decided to give my friend a

symptomatic treatment, placing Hinaishins over the maximum spot of

pain, just as the rules indicates, not meridian point. Searching for

that precise spot of pain, the first needle worked as fast as it was

embedded, he could get up easily with no pain or little of it, after

some minutes, I made another search of pain, -just to be sure-, one

last needle was inserted and the therapy ended.

Leonard was amaze to the results, he was moving all around, with no

pain, and forgetting about surgery. Only 2 needles got the job done.

There was no need to search for points along the meridians, (st 35

etc.), nor a long waiting for results to take place with the use of

the filiform needle. After the symptomatic points made the basic

healing as been treated with Hinaishin, then the theoretical points

along the meridians could be treated, if there could be any need.

Since then the patient was working daily at his work shop, with no

bother on the knee. He was happy.

Case #3 Mary. An Old Lady

Symptoms

One day came to my home a neighbor with strong tooth ache, she was

crying by obvious pain, her teeth was already worn down, only black

cavities were showing at the root of her jaw, the pain was extensive

to all the area, several tooth were creating the problem as it seems,

inflammation was already visible, big tears and desperation. The

situation required a fast therapy, so I got ready for a treatment.

Description of Treatment

As explain before, I started to search for the maximum spot of pain,

located, the first needle was placed, the pain " moved " to another

spot, not at the same one, after several needles the pain started to

render away, until at about 10 minutes at the most, I made a pause to

see where the situation was leading. The patient was no more

complaining of pain. The patient said to be amaze, for the

difference, one time was crying of pain, the other was feeling

nothing, just the psychological reminder of how strong the pain was

along with the tears.

There was no need to search for meridians and their points, The

powerful Hinaishin surpasses very much the effectives of the filiform

needle. Until today she has had no need to go to the dentist for

tooth extraction, -just eventual bothering- even when she needs it.

 

Case #4 Dr. Morales (my doctor)

Description of symptoms and treatment

Due to intense sport, could be a blow, Dr. Morales got injured at the

right shoulder, he had about 3 to 4 months inactive from the right

shoulder, due to the intense pain, after some months on his own

treatment, -antinflamatories, steroids, etc,- still couldn't get back

to normal again, until he call me as a healing option, so I went to

his clinic to check his shoulder situation, once there, I saw an

obvious anterior deltoid inflammation mostly.

At first I checked for symptomatical points on his shoulder, - the

maximum spot of pain ones- which I found in pain, then placed them

with Hinaishin needles, the pains were starting to render, the doctor

after several months -very happy and amaze to the results- could

finally move his limb freely to all directions, and starting making

planes to get back to sport again. After that treatment, and the one

given to his wife, he gain very much respect to acupuncture,

specially to the Hinaishin performance.

From there the Dr. took only a second therapy to heal.

 

Case #5 Same Old Lady

Description of Symptoms and Treatment

This old lady had diabetics for long time, and a history of kidney

infections and deficiency, at morning getting up from bed, that's

when she was feeling the strong kidney pains which were felt all

around the back, couldn't find a posture to get comfort, treating the

lady with traditional methods of acupuncture may take a little long,

and the need was to provide a fast and efficient relief, so

forgetting about the meridians I decided to apply the Hinaishins.

She took about 10 needles on the kidney area, and the terrible pains

were finally put to rest, that fast. The needle prescription was to

wear them for about 7 days of constant therapy.

More treatment was required to this lady with traditional acupuncture

methods, but that's another story, on this article, I'm focusing on

the use of Hinaishin alone.

 

Case #6 Teresa

Description of Symptoms and Treatment

This patient was treated by my sister. Teresa was injured on lower

back due to carrying heavy weight on her job, for days she kept

suffering of intense pain on the area and stiffness, she tried

medication for days but failed to provide healing, until one day no

longer could get up from bed.

She sent her little daughter to ask help from my sister, so she did

and started the treatment.

Keeping bed the patient, my sister made a rapid diagnosis of her

problem, and decided to place the Hinaishin on the particular spots

of pains, -due to the big area that she had to treat- instead of the

long filiform needle and wait for the results to take place, after

repeating the treatments many times as needed, thus charging more

money for therapies.

One by one the Hinaishins worked fantastic, until at the end of the

therapy, -that took 14 needles to control the patient injury- she

could finally get up from bed and started waking again. Surprise by

the results of the Hinaishin, she said to can't believe she could

walk again after those traumatic pains felt on the lower back.

Occasional treatment once a week finished the therapy.

 

But the Hinaishin can also work on sore muscles; I'll tell you my

case. Sometimes after going to the gym, I get very sore from my

triceps due to the intensive work out, the remedy as always is to

place the needles on the maximum spot of pain alone the triceps

muscles, it may take 3 to 5 of them but it really works great,

instantly killing the pain, after 3 to 4 days of keeping the needles

on the spot, -which I couldn't do with the traditional filiform

needle- the muscles injuries are heal. And the arm feels strong

again, ready for the job.

It is my proposal that every acupuncture school, on any country,

should teach the use of the Hinaishin needle in their class. It

really looks as a conspiracy to conceal the effectiveness of the

Japanese needle, teaching young students the use of this needle, may

mean a lot of benefit to modern medicine and humans around the world,

specially to poor countries. They are easy to use, and can be applied

by any minimum skill acupuncture technician. Here in Mexico only a

single school of Japanese acupuncture is open to public teaching, it

was build by the Japanese embassy in Mexico city. I ignore how many

there are in the US.

Latter on, Chinese acupuncturist came out with a needle design of

their own, the empyshin needle, or press tack. This a very popular

and easy to buy anywhere, Hinaishin is difficult to get.

It can be use just as similar to the Hinaishin, but it's preferable

the Japanese one, due to its design. The press tack can be use on

hard to reach areas, for example, Jing Ming (UB 1), for the treatment

of eyes disease, on which works great, but have to be the small not

medium empyshin size.