Father element? (Was Four Needle Technique)

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Hi,

 

I never heard of it referred to as the " father " element. I've always

learned that there are 3 relationships between the 5 Elements:

Grandmother, Mother, and Son.

 

For example,

Take the Wood Element. It is the mother of Fire, son of Water, and

Grandmother of Earth. I supposed you can say that it is the grandson

of Metal but they usually say it the other way around, that Metal is

the Grandmother of Wood.

 

Anyway, the idea is the same...

 

Bernie

acupuncture , ajeffres@a... wrote:

> Hi. 4 Needle Technique is a direct way to tonify or sedate an

element. I

> believe that it is mostly a technique of Korean acupuncture. It

shows up a

> lot on the NCCAOM exam, so it is good to know.

> Basically,

> To Tonify an element - Tonify the Mother, Sedate the Father

> To Sedate an element - Tonify the Father, Sedate the Child.

>

> There are two ways to that it is used.

> The first is the Korean technique:

> If an element is deficient (ie - Metal - Lung)-

> Tonify the Mother on the Mother Channel (Sp 3),

> Tonify the Mother on the Deficient Channel (Lu 9),

> Reduce the Father on the Father Channel (P8 or H8),

> Reduce the Father on the Deficient Channel (Lu 8)

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> If an element is excess (ie - Metal - Lung)-

> Tonify the Father on the Father Channel (P8 or H8),

> Tonify the Father on the Excess Channel (Lu 8),

> Reduce the Child on the Child Channel (K10),

> Reduce the Child on the Excess Channel (Lu 5).

>

> There's another way that I learned, that my teachers called

the " Chinese 4

> Needle Technique " that treats any 2 channels.

> ie- K deficient & Liver excess:

> Tonify the Mother on the Deficient Channel - K7

> Reduce the Father on the Deficient Channel - K3

> Tonify the Father on the Excess Channel - Liv 4

> Reduce the Son on the Excess Channel - Liv 2.

>

> Hope this helps,

> Anne

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