To be a better practitioner/ To survive after 5 years...

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There will be Japanese acupuncture seminar by Ikeda Masakazu sensei

in Sacramento on March 16,17 and 18.

 

This year the seminar will cover the relationship between

acupuncture treatment patterns and herbal treatment patterns, and

treatment of women's health problems.

 

You may be surprised to see how tiny needles ( 0.14 mm #0) are

effective without deep insertions and how many techniques he uses.

You may learn how to use direct moxibustions and kyu tou shhin

(needle head moxa).

 

I want to notify this seminar to the members of TCM group,

especially, those who have just started his/her own practice and

feel as if you are walking in the dark without any light. It was me

who felt that way several years ago.

After I got my California license, I was a lucky to find some place

to work but I had no confidence at all and had sweat on my palms

every time I heard " ouch! " from my poor patients. Everyday I felt

rather guilty than happy to see my patient's satisfied smiling face.

Then I happened to attend Ikeda sensei's seminar in Hawaii. It was

amazing to see his treatment. He used very thin needles (0.14 mm

diameter size #0 in Seirin) and insert needles very shallowly (less

than 1~2 mm) so that all needles laid flat on the body, but still I

could see some redness around the needles and patient's skin turned

lustrous. Also his movements are very smooth and elegant that it

resembles some gentle martial art movement.

In theory, Keiraku chiryo (Meridian Therapy) is not pieces of

methods to treat particular condition but a system that you can

apply to any patient from any level. I, after learned and observed

how he treated children, could treat a 3 months old baby who had

constipation for 5 days. She had huge(according her mom)one 1 hour

after the treatment.

Ikeda sensei always mentions what he does is not his own idea but

wisdom from traditional line of acupuncturists is behind it. I think

this is a very important part for us acupuncture students (even we

graduated from school years ago, we are still learning every day,

aren't we?) There is some accumulating wisdom of acupuncture and we

are here to pass them on to the next generation.

It is also very important that we have good skills to perform

acupuncture.

When you see his treatment, you will be ashamed to have said " No

pain, no gain " to your patients.

 

The translator will be Edward Obaidey sensei who has been one of his

top students for more than 16 years and has busy clinic in Tokyo.

 

 

If you are interested in Ikeda sensei's seminar,

 

Please contact:

Yumiko Bamba sensei (415)933-6025

Noriko Nagato sensei (916)786-0695

 

 

If you want to read his book or see his technique,

 

The Practice of Japanese Acupuncture And Moxibustion: Classic

Principles In Action

Eastland Press

 

If you want to see his technique in action,

Art of Acupuncture(DVD)

Eastland Press

 

AmiMatsumoto, L.Ac.