The wholistic approuche.

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geovani: Well.....this patient comes in complaining about those

shoulder pains. So, as Murray expounded it, one maybe should

start with the local points, and only after a few minutes go for the

distal ones. But something must be further brought out here....

Is the " real desiese " shoulder pains? Would it be correct to say

that the " nature " of this deseise is a desequilibrium of QI at the

shoulder level? I don't think so...In an absolute wholistic point of

wiew there is only one desiese: the desequilibrium of the " vital

energy " , and the local, acute simptoms, are episodical manifestations

of the one main deseise. I am having dificulties to bring this down

to an acupuncturist perspective, yet. So, in our particular case,

the shoulder patient, desregarding other issues but the genuine

scientific approuche to the situation, I would think that only a part

of the practicioners attention should be focused on the shoulder pain itself.

So we are desregarding the fact that this person may be sufering

strong pains (requiring some paliative actions), desregarding the fact

that if we don't deal with those shoulders fast, the patient will probably

abandon treatment (so one must explain to him the situation).

The main part of the attention will be directed in trying to find out

the " real " " deep " nature of the desequilibrium of energy - the real nature

of the sickness.

 

Unfortunatly I must stop here, because my perspective about acupuncture

as one whole entity is lacking. I am still dealing with fragments, but deep

inside

I know that one day I will have to put these fragments toghether into one unit,

in

orther to be able to deal with the real source of QI desequilibrium. For

instance....

and this is just a guess in form a question....if the shoulder pain is related

to the

bones and articulations, why not start with GB 11 - the general point of bones?

Or why not start with a point that deals with the general desequibrium of

Yin/Yang?

In a first fast wiew on the subject (wholistic acup.) I would think that if such

a point

exists (general Yin/Yang), why not puncture it in any and all circumstances?

So....what are your thoughts concerning the wholistic approuche in acup.?

If I eventualy succeed in stoping that local pain, that local disorder, will not

the real disorder continue? Will it not blow up in some other part - maybe in

some

more vital organ then before? I defenitly feel that to deal with the localised

disorder

exclusively, is not a genuine healing procedure....