acupressure

August 1, 2002

Dear List(s) thanks for the responses...

Really thanks for the info, however I am still not that clear wither traditionally-historically-practically "acupressure" was/is seen as a individual therapy as promoted on various English language web site or?. For what it is worth I will try to convey that "acupressure" is part of other treatment approaches, where the both patient and practitioner need to be in a more aware-intentional state.

It is interesting to note that what I once thought of as "acupressure(alternative)" does have a history in China and then of course Vietnam and other Asian countries...

Apart from the two very informative responses sent to list below is one sent of list:

...."In TCM, there are so many different types of body work,moving qi, manipulating the flow, removing blockages etc etc, chiropracticsort of adjustments, qigong type moving your hands over the patient, withouteven touching the patient, there is a technique called digital acupoint pressure,plus the different techniques of tuina...the list goes on, as many varietiesas there are healers"...

Now how this can be used in terms of public health and other settings, for me this will be very interesting to see, any comments on how these aspects are made available in other countries either part or apart other treatments methods. (would be usefull/intresting)

For example is it "true" that some Chinese hospitals and clinics have specialised Tui Nai departments (where presumably some form of "zhi zhen (digital acupuncture which means the fingers taking the place of the metallic acupuncture needle); zhi ya liao fa (digital pressure therapy); zhi ya fa (digital pressure method )"

And

"yi zhi chan ("one thumb meditation" was her translation)..."

Which gives a hint at a the larger process involved in the clinical-therapeuticall encounter-process and by extension involved in life at large...

Marco Bergh (I really hope I am not abusing the purpose of the lists)