AE treatment and test needles

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Hi, Brian,

You wrote:

>Could you elaborate on what the " test needle " refers to ?

 

My understanding of this is that a test needle is placed in the same jiao,

inside the outer bladder line, and NOT in an acupuncture point. This is to

be used to compare the difference in the skin reaction around the needles in

the points. If there is Aggressive Energy, the erythema is supposed to be

different, more marked and with some sort of pattern. I think some people

get red whenever anything pricks their skin, so the practitioner can tell AE

from the normal reaction.

 

Thanks for the interesting quote from In the Footsteps of the Yellow

Emperor- very interestiing;

About Leamington Spa AP- my understanding is that it is the same as 5-E, as

that is J.R. Worsley's school, which he taught for many years as a

predominantly oral tradition. In the last 10-15 years, much has been

written, by him and others- Dianne Connelly (one of the founders of Tai

Sophia), Lonny Jarrett (Nourishing Destiny, and a new, huge, red tome about

the points, which is great, and others. Some schools in the US, founded by

his students, vary in how strictly they adhere to it, particularly in the

conversation about the CF.

 

If any of you reading this know something different, please correct me. As I

said, I am a beginner at this, and I know understanding grows with time and

practice.

Sue

 

> The point order we were taught puts BL-15 last, after the other

sections

> have cleared.

> BL-13

> BL-14

> test needle

> BL-18

> Bl-20

> test needle

> BL-23

> test needle

> and after those clear

> Bl-15

> test needle

 

Also, the following is lifted from " in the footsteps of the yellow

emperor " p. 201. AE = aggressive energy. LA = leamington acupuncture,

which I understand is essentially equivalent to five element.

 

9. AGGRESSiVE ENERGY. Like Demonic Possession, the term

Aggressive Energy or AE exists in LA parlane, but not in TCM. Like

Possession, AE constitutes a " block " precluding Five Element

acupuncture treatment, and is considered a foreign type of energy

that has become mixed in with the individual's own normal energy. In

Chapter Five I discussed the concept of AE and established that this

term was coined by Jacques Lavier, one of Worsley's teachers as a

translation of the Chinese term xie qi more commonly translated as

Perverse or Evil Qi. Lavier's unique teachings about xie qi

apparently derive from an oral tradition in Taiwan based on the

teachings of Liu Wan-su, who proposed that ultimately all forms of

xie qi would transform to Fire. Lavier mentioned two methods of

draining xie qi, only one of which was incorporated into LA. This

method involves needling the Back Shu Points (called Associated

Effect Points in LA) of the Zang Organs involved, and retaining the

needles until all traces of erythema (Fire) have dissipated. Lavier's

second method involved draining xie qi from the Five Shu Points .

(Five Element Points in LA). While TCM does not describe Aggressive

Energy as such, it does make an important distinction between Normal

(Zheng Qi) and Perverse (Xie Qi) Energy.