Guest guest Posted June 20, 2005 Report Share Posted June 20, 2005 Is anybody familiar with the treatment of Raynaud's Syndrome with acupuncture? Best regards, Thomas Soerensen L.Ac. dkakobad wrote: > hi sydneytcm > > have been using ear acup for decades, here are salient points: > > A > i. usually used in conjunction with body acup - 75 % of times > ii. sometimes as stand alone - 25 % of times > iii. works unilaterally, ipsilateral points for same sided illness > iv. invariably used as point for point intervention, the mother son law > does not work > v. usually used in same system pair points eg for a HT problem one uses > SI + HT > > B > it is immensely useful when applied to body sectors: > i. points on superior helix for illnesses of lower 1/3 of the body > ii. points on middle helix for illnesses of middle 1/3 of the body > iii. points on inferior helix for illnesses of upper 1/3 of the body > > C > Nan Ching 61st Difficult issue - face color diagnosis: > this is immensely applicable in auri acup > i. brown discoloration shows chronic Heat on body > ii. white discoloration shows Metal illnesses > iii. reddish discoloration shows acute Heat on body > iv. darkish discoloration shows Cold in body > > and so on > > seeds work as well or better than needles > directionality does not matter > tiniest insertion is better than deep one > sometimes simply touching point with needle for 30 sec suffices > > could write from now to kingdom come and maybe cover a third of what can > be done with ear > > have fun > > dr holmes > www.acu-free.com > > > > > > sydneytcm wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > > My name is David White, i practice alot of Auriculotherapy in my > > clinic and i would be very interested in the practlitioners of this > > forums' experiences and knowledge on this well known > > micro-system of Acupuncture. Do any of you practice it? And if so, > > do you combine it with body Acupuncture or use it solo?? > > > > I have found that i mostly use it for pain, and as an adjunct to > > other TCM modalities. I am, however, getting more and more > > interested in AcuDetox programs and the like. > > > > Kind Regards, > > > > David White > > > > Clinical Director / Principal Practitioner > > Macquarie St. Clinic of Acupuncture & > > Director SydneyTCM > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.