Guest guest Posted November 14, 2004 Report Share Posted November 14, 2004 I worked in a psychiatric clinic for a while. Acupuncture worked well with many types of anxiety disorders or phobias. If a patient could imagine the anxiety producing event or precipitating factor clearly enough, they could often indicate where they felt it in their body. Indeed, I would instruct them to visualize whatever would precipitate an attack, or narrate it a little for them, and then ask simply... " Where do you feel the fear/anxiety/it? " Some people are so divorced from their bodies that the question seems ridiculous to them. In other cases, I could palpate lightly and ask if areas of tension were appropriate " Is this a place? " Sometimes the release could be performed with point pressure to the acupoints, but better with needles applied. It was always a good idea to massage the point before insertion, since these people were undergoing an anxiety producing event anyway. A good deal of the time, the affected meridians were evident from the points they indicated. Guy Porter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2004 Report Share Posted November 14, 2004 Can anyone give me the TCM differentiation of claustrophobia? Is it just a sub-type of kong (fear) or is there something more to it because of the aspect of 'fear of confinement'? Thanks! Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2004 Report Share Posted November 14, 2004 Great deal more. Claustro - cloistered Restrained LV Wind does not allow HT Shen to pervade Phobia - phoebe Lacking Water does not wet the Wood Roots The natural history is: 1. Lacking Water does not wet the Wood Roots, leading to 2. Restrained LV Wind does not allow HT Shen to pervade. A dozen more ways it can present and inculcate. Dr. Holmes Keikobad MB BS DPH Ret. DIP AC NCCAOM LIC AC CO & AZ www.acu-free.com - 15 CEUS by video. NCCAOM reviewed. Approved in CA & most states. - " m3dusauk " <l.sherman <Chinese Medicine > Sunday, November 14, 2004 9:12 AM Claustrophobia > > > > Can anyone give me the TCM differentiation of claustrophobia? > Is it just a sub-type of kong (fear) or is there something more to it > because of the aspect of 'fear of confinement'? > > Thanks! > > Lisa > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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