Acupoints good for lessening pain from operation?

[Guest guest]

Does anyone have any advice on acupoints that can be worked with

pressure or with massage to lessen pain from an operation? The

operation was on the shoulder, and the person has gone off the

prescription pain killers. It doesn't have to stop it entirely, just lessen it

some.

 

Thanks.

[Guest guest]

Light moxibustion may help along the incision, if that

is the source of pain.

 

Not long ago I helped stabbing victim by lighting

small, Japanese-style moxibustion tubes along the

edges of her wound, which curved under her left arm

and constricted her breathing. She reported immediate

relief.

 

Regards, Jack

 

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> Does anyone have any advice on acupoints that can be

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> pressure or with massage to lessen pain from an

> operation? The

> operation was on the shoulder, and the person has

> gone off the

> prescription pain killers. It doesn't have to stop

> it entirely, just lessen it some.

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> Thanks.

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[Guest guest]

Dear Victoria

It is good idea to use acupressure to relieve pain after surgeries if there

are any pain left. Recently I was stopped by a man who asked for help

because after knee's surgery, the pain stll bothered him but most of them

gone, I just show which acupoints good for knee pain, asked him do by

himself and come back to see his Dr, few days later he told me all pain

gone.

Here some acupoints for Shoulder pain

Keep in mind that different schools different points and the patient should

consult his Dr.

From " Finger Acupressure " the ancient art of Chinese healing by Pedro Chan

PhD,Acupuncturist

Large Intestine 15 ,gall bladder 21

" Acupressure the Oriental way to health " by Jacqueline Young Clinical

Psychologist, Acupuncturist

Large Intestine 4, Small Intestine 3, Urinary bladder 11

" Acupressure Techniques " by Julian Kenyon MD past Charman of the

Britist Medical Acupuncture Society

Large Intestine 11, Large Intestine 15, Triple warmer 14, gall Bladder 21,

Stomach 38, Urinary Bladder 57, Ear point.

Best Wish

Taman

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I would try with xi (hsi)-cleft points on the Yang meridians wich are

indicated for pain, try around and stimulate to see which of them help

to reduce the pain. There is an article on IAMA.edu on that. You may

also need to stimulat the coupled meridian of the one you find and the

corresponding point of the 6 meridian theory to get deeper effect.

(http://www.iama.edu/Articles/XiCleftPoints.htm)

 

Otherwise you can try the alarmpoints to see which is indicated and

then stimulate either the sedating or tonifying point on that meridian.

You can tap on it (with a finger och a teishin) about 40-50 times to

see the effect, don't have to use needles.

 

/Peter

 

Chinese Traditional Medicine , " victoria_dragon "

<victoria_dragon wrote:

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> Does anyone have any advice on acupoints that can be worked with

> pressure or with massage to lessen pain from an operation? The

> operation was on the shoulder, and the person has gone off the

> prescription pain killers. It doesn't have to stop it entirely, just

lessen it some.

>

> Thanks.

>

[Guest guest]

Ok I try again, either there is update problems or my message was not

sent.

 

I would try xi-cleft points, specially on the Yang-meridians. either

you try them one by one, palpate to see where you get some indication

or where the pain is relieved. Maybe you have to check the couplet

meridian aswell according to inner/outer, horary circle and the

foot/hand connected meridian for better effect, for example if you find

SI6, you should also consider HT6 for inner/outer, LV6 for horary cycle

and UB63 for the TAI YANG connection.

 

You could also consider the tonifying or sedating points indicated by

the alarmpoints. It can be more than one.

 

/Peter

 

Chinese Traditional Medicine , " victoria_dragon "

<victoria_dragon wrote:

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> Does anyone have any advice on acupoints that can be worked with

> pressure or with massage to lessen pain from an operation? The

> operation was on the shoulder, and the person has gone off the

> prescription pain killers. It doesn't have to stop it entirely, just

lessen it some.

>

> Thanks.

>

[Guest guest]

I want to thank everyone - Frederic, Jack, Taman, and Peter - who

responded to this post.

 

I'm still going over the info in order to work out something that

someone without much familiarity with TCM could do safely with

acupressure to help a loved one. The goal is not total relief from the

pain but some slight improvement. Enough to convince the person that

a visit to a trained and licensed TCM healer would be worth it. If

there is a TCM healer near where the person lives. If not, at least

some relief from the pain. And a motivation to learn more about TCM.

 

One of the barriers to people consulting a TCM healer is a lack of any

indication that the treatment could be successful. In my case, I had

been sick for so long that I already had figured out that the

allopathic paradigm of healing wasn't enough. Also, my experients had

primed me to be able to realize certain things when I read a book on

TCM. It resonated. This caused me to desire to find a TCM healer.

When I found and consulted one, I went in with the attitude that if I

got just some slight improvement it would be worth it. I had been

very sick for a long time. I got much more. Enough that I started

learning everything I could and eventually set up this group to help

others.

 

For other people what convinces them to seek TCM treatment from a

professional is something that they can do to help themselves just a

little. When they get just a little relief, many start to think in

terms that there may just be something to this and if I can do this,

what might a trained TCM healer be able to do?

 

There is another reason for devising basic, self-help treatments that

can help some but also are safe when used with contraindications kept

in mind. Many people who are sick and their loved ones want to help

themselves or their loved ones. Being able to help oneself or one's

loved one even just a little is great for morale. The people no

longer feel as helpless as they did. This makes for a better prognosis.

 

I want to share one of the things I learned from being so sick for so

long. Eventually I began to look at sickness and healing like an old-

fashioned balance scale. On one side was this big ugly rock that

weighed me down to sickness. There was no known way to remove the

rock - a cure. There wasn't even a weight of equal weight that I

could put on the healing side to balance me back to health - a

treatment. Instead, what I gradually discovered were a lot of little

weights that could be placed on the healing side that over time would

balance me toward better health. At least things could be some

better. They were little weights like diet, supplements, heating

pads, etc. When I eventually discovered TCM, I discovered some very

heavy weights that could be put on the healing side.