Tan/Tung/Chen

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Kim:

 

Yes! I wonder why it's such a threatening concept that treating pain

itself helps to correct so many imbalances, or that the two are part of

the same process, and may be approached from either angle or both?

research certainly supports the pain/immune f(x) link, and the

stress/pain links, so no wonder acupuncture, which relieves pain AND

causes lasting autonomic changes ought to do so much. And treating the

channels is a pretty uncontroversial move - I mean, isn't that what most

of acupuncture's history consisted of? and can you do anything else

*but* " treat " a " channel " ?

 

we need to be able to understand the strong " placebo " , i.e. nonspecific

response of acupuncture (which exists!), and then differentiate it from

any specific responses we are able to produce. Tan/Tung/Chen styles,

which produce remarkable instant results, with changes in ROM that are

often equally dramatic, with point-specific changes to spinal

subluxations, shoulder height, etc, would be a valuable research tool.

Because it would be easy to use wrong points vs. right points, because

of the quick feedback.

 

But I don't get people who think that somehow this is not " real " relief

of pain, that somehow it is analgesic and not treating the cause, if the

results last for weeks, months, or forever. I mean, we aren't severing

nerves, so what is the mechanism other than actual healing of the lesions?

 

Ben Hawes, LAc.

 

 

 

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Mon Feb 9, 2009 6:35 pm (PST)

 

Unless I've missed something vital along the way here, no one is

suggesting

that we should only treat pain and ignore deeper issues. The point I

tried

to make a few days ago - and which is still being somehow lost in the

shuffle here - is that Balance Method/Meridian-

style treatments DON'T JUST

ADDRESS PAIN. One can successfully treat internal medicine issues with

these modalities and balance in the physical, mental/emotional and

spiritual

levels can be affected. BTW ALL of my patients have emotional issues

contributing to their health problems and the alleviation of pain

can go a

long way in bringing positive and lasting effects on deeper levels.

Kim Blankenship

 

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