The Soul Points or Spirit Points

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Well, when Professor Luis Pedreros first arrived to Chile, his idea was to

use TCM to treat athletes, but in Chile few athletes were interested in TCM.

 

A psychologist friend of him, send as referral one of his patients, the

patient was on a severe depression.

 

Hi didn't know how to deal with the guy, so hi did a standard treatment on

the patient the first time. At home, he looked out for some notes that many

year ago, his Chinese Master has given to him. Well he found the " Soul

Points " , on one of his note books. He looked for other practitioners that

also used or knew something about those points, but no luck.

 

Hi used the points and the technique in that first patient, and in all the

other patients that came with depression to his practice; with an

outstanding outcome, hi could not believe.

 

Years later hi knew of a practitioner in Beijing, that said that she had

learned the technique of the " Soul Points " from an old Master, but few

practitioners used it today in China, as far as he knows.

 

The 5 Soul Points are the Shu points of the Taiyang channel of the Urinary

Bladder, located along the back, wish are related to the 5 Zhang organs on

the feet.

 

 

 

As Phil said, they are also called the five " Points of the Spirit " check the

material send by Phil. It is very good, thanks Phil!!!.

 

Well the technique to use those points is as follow:

 

Work the point in pairs

 

BL 15 – BL 44

 

BL 20 – BL 49

 

BL 13 – BL 42

 

BL 23– BL 52

 

BL 18– BL 47

 

 

 

1. Now, you can choose from them, according to your diagnosis and the origin

of the syndrome. (you can use all the points, but it is no good to use to

many needles)

 

2. The points of the needles has to face each other. Example

 

BL15 --àß--BL44

 

No need to touch each other, but if does is ok.

 

3. The second pair of needles are related to the Zhang for example and using

Phil´s example HT09 and HT07 according to the syndrome.

 

You do this with the other set of points. Lets said that for one patient you

use three of the pair of points; no problem, or you can use all five, but

you use to many needles (20) to many, but that is only may personal opinion.

 

 

4. In your second treatment you may want to use a moxa box.

 

Set the moxa box on the back, in the middle of the chosen points, it will

relax your patient.

 

 

 

That's how our teachers teach us to treat a patient with depression. In TCM

you may find 1000 ways to do the same job, this is just one of them.

 

 

 

Good Luck.

 

 

 

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