feeling qi/points with hands

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There are some acupuncturists who routinely use their hands, scanning

above the skin, to identify areas of qi imbalances and to find the

acupuncture points.

 

In what extent is this technique accepted or part of the official TCM

education/practice? Is there some literature about this topic? Is

this technique mentioned in the classic works?

 

Tamas

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On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 2:57 AM, yakenez <knz wrote:

 

> There are some acupuncturists who routinely use their hands, scanning

> above the skin, to identify areas of qi imbalances and to find the

> acupuncture points.

>

> In what extent is this technique accepted or part of the official TCM

> education/practice? Is there some literature about this topic? Is

> this technique mentioned in the classic works?

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very good question.

 

I am familiar with these techniques as they were first taught to me long

before I began to study TCM in a school. But, I don't see them too often

anymore. There are lots of palpatory diagnosis techniques that also favor

looking at the trajectory of the channel and observing any tissue changes

either visually or with the hands/fingers. But as for feeling for heat or

cold, etc. arising from points and channels, I haven't seen that in the

official literature coming out of China.

 

There have to be some traditions out there that continue to teach these

techniques. Just haven't run into them myself beyond what my kung fu teacher

passed on. I uploaded my class

notes<http://www.acupuncture.com/education/diagnosis/qiqualities.htm>(from

1989!) to acupuncture dot com on this very topic:

http://www.acupuncture.com/education/diagnosis/qiqualities.htm

 

-al.

 

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