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鉦灸 , Upright Posture Acupuncture
Uprightness is a human quality quality that needs to be constantly maintained. Zheng, 正, upright, also correct. To attain “correct” or upright posture is a fundamental therapeutic principle (正 also co principle, as well as primary and positive. !n fact, acupuncture is e"pressed as 鉦灸, 鉦灸, Zheng contains “upright” in it $ Zheng is metal used correctly (the character refers to a metal g ong tha collects the troops, and we can say that needling does %ust that $ summon the troops and #iu is over time (mo"a. The term Zhen #iu, 針灸 (needle mo"a is now more more commonly used. Zhe (gong 鉦 has upright, while Zhen (needle 針 is the same character with the number &' & ' instead upright, with ten representing “perfection.”
ather than list protocols, the aim of this paper is to help the reader develop a sense of how to lo the body and find refle"es or treatment points. *or this particular occasion we will us the idea lift, the Upright, as a starting point to loo) at the body and how to bring it into balance. +lease mind that this is simply one way to loo) at things and there are obviously man y other ways, eac which is valid.
hen loo)ing at how posture or structure affects health, we u nderstand that the organs are not a separate entity from the structure. !n -hinese medicine the organs organs and the channel systems ar correlated, they are not separate. The conne ctive tissue, represented by the meridians, affects th and the physiological functions we wish to affect. This seems to be quite obvious when we see structural chages in the spine or even in the torso. e can see why structural abnormalities at T affect the stomach through the nerves, and we can see how the proportion of the chest and abdo affect the organs simply due to adequacy of ph ysical space, but it goes much beyond these mor obvious e"amples and e"tends to the legs and feet as well as the nec)
/ur alignment as humans, standing between heaven and earth, is an interplay of 0in 0in 0ang. 0ang. 1ra pull to the earth provides an ever2present 0in 0in factor, and we need to provide an internal lift wi to provide the 0ang 0ang component. Therapeutically it is that 0ang 0ang part we need to loo) after, sinc body that produces it (no patient flies in the s)y spontaneously.... spontaneously.... Sign up to vote on this title
The interplay between gravity and lift (earth3heaven 0in30 0in30ang ang starts with the feet. There shou usefulThis activatio Useful Not push down into the feet that will create a vector upwards through the inner thigh. foot involves the arches of the feet (these are of the #ue points, and the area between 4+5 and well as the activation of 7id89 the pressing the h eel down and lifting the an)le bone away from
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hat is involved in this>
The first place that needs to be anchored is the arch across the foot (from 4+5 to U.?.8. This the first area that dictates the gait of the body. The bounce from here (or lac) of it affects the w gait, it carries and directs the whole body@s weight. This e"plains why Aaruyama@s #ue points a powerful and popular9 they have the potential of affecting the whole body from the “tip,” thus t have tremendous dynamics to them9 they influence the whole way by which we carry our weig ?ecause this area is involved with how we perceive and manipulate the world as we wal) on it reflects over a large area of the brain, occu pying more brain space and affects the brain (%ust as equivalent area in the hand, around B.!.6, does.
=e"t is the arch of the foot from 4+5 to 4+6 on to 7idC. There needs to be a certain amount of lightness, of a lift, here (much li)e the quality of the 4pleen. !t is not about structure, but abou energetics9 some people will never have lifted arches, but they can still produce the action that rather than sags. (=ote that 4+5, which we use for muscular pain in general is at the intersectio these two arches that support the body.
?ut it is really 7id8 that is the focal point of this dynamic. !t is here that a downward direction producing an opposing upward direction. hen the inner heel is pressing down, maintaining th two arches lifted (practically that means that 4+5 and the big toe will remain on the floor and re inversion, the heel can now push into the floor and in opposition the inner an)le bone (medial You're Reading a Preview malleolous is being lifted, activating and creating the space for 7id8. *rom here the tra%ectory upward lift is sent up the inner leg into the perineum. (recall that 7id8 is the eflecting /cean Unlock full access with a free trial. eflection is to “shed light” 2 we shed light on our whole body, by intelligently activating 7id8
Free Trial Dlong the tra%ectory we may encounterDownload heaviness With (or puffy around 7id; and tightness around these are at the base of the gastrocnemius, again part of the support of the gait.
The lift of the perineal floor (en&, EU& is now created between the thighs, somewhere mid These are !nner 0in and Biv< which have a strong influence on the lower #iao and are associat hormonal issues. Sign up to vote on this title
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=ow the spine proper begins9 it is the “long and strong” ladder that moves up9 EU&, 長彊 -h Fiang, -hang means long and implies lifetime $ it has both person and death in the character, F
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These are the places that will have the most influence on the whole bow. e can see that the n chosen for those spots may have been chosen with that in mind9 EUC is 0ao 4hu, Bumbar 4hu influences the whole spine, EU5 (%ust above B is 0ao 0ang 1uan, gate to the 0ang, EU6 (at B Aing Aen, EU8 (at T&& is #i Zhong $ the centre of the spine (note that T&' is Zhong 4hu $ -e D"is3+ivot and B& is the 4uspending +ivot, EU< (T; is Zhi 0ang (reaching 0ang and T is 4 (path of 4hen. The upper end of the )yphotic curve is EU&C, 4hen Zhu (?ody +illar $ T5, an occiput is *eng *u (e"change of wind 2 EU&8 and =ao :u (Eoor to the ?rain $ EU&;.
!t is the throat3nec) where this upward vector is ending for the most part as it enters the brain. nec) and throat are the communication bridge between the brain and the body. This illustrates important it is to release the nec) and the throat. eleasing the nec)3throat affects the whole bo whole spine, and the nervous system (the bridge of the body and the brain.
hat we are trying to imprint with needles is the sense of lightness3ease (輕 $ Fing and lift This will result in a somewhat hollow (spacious, rather than tight sense in the body cavities, es the lower abdomen and the throat9 we want to re2establish awareness in the perineum, the throa and in between throughout the front of the spine.
4ome places to start loo)ing at is the coordination of the 5 Ean Tians. Aiscoordination of the E Tians will often be accompanied (or caused by a tight diaphragm. /ne treatment strategy for t 1.?.CG (ei Eao 維道, Bin)ing +ath ta)en all the way on the side of the body (also )nown as or Ean Tan 4lice, combined with U.?.C (representing the Upper Ean Tian $ 攢竹 Zan Zhu, Zan You're Reading which a Preview gather or to save, and implies support, Zhu $ ?amboo represents the upward growth. Unlock full access with a free trial.
/ne can also start with 7id8 and !nner 0in in order to trace the start of the lift3lightness to the f re2establish it. Aany times one finds that 4T6&, is more effective, or needs to be added. 4T6& Download With Free Trial hinge of the foot (4T6& #ie Hi, Eividing the Ialley, has 谿, Hi, which has 奚 to the left of the v 1u 谷, Hi, “what” can be loo)ed at as having threads or having “big” and “small” thus we mig of it as “aligning” or “ma)ing sense” which is what we are trying to do.
Dnother method is to loo) at the curvatures of the spine and loo) at where the person is sin)ing Sign up to vote on this Typically, most people will have a sin) (and a bac)ward push around T&&. Thistitle comes from th abdomen not giving enough “lift” to the spine and the ribs falling bac) intoNot the waste. Typicall useful Useful can needle T&&,&C (towards the spine and3or upwards or U.?.6< u pwards to re2establish the lif
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/ne area we often ignore in our assessments is the area %ust below the %aw. e tend to concent the %aw itself (especially if the person has TA# but we rarely chec) the area under the %aw. area that has been neglected in terms of distribution of acupuncture points. 0et, it is an area wh great deal of tension is accumulated in often reflecting mis2alignment of the nec) and upper ba find that eleasing this can support treatments and promote parasympathetic response. This is th between the two 4T and under the %aw, so it is the area between the two branches of the 4toma channel9 between the Two elcomes (4T and 4T<. 4T $ 大迎 Ea 0ing (1reat elcome has to do with how we greet3welcome the world. The character 0ing, 迎, has to do with movement3wal)ing, 辶, and 卬 $ to lift ones head. This is w branch of the 4tomach channel that goes to the torso splits off from the branch that starts at the eye circles the head orifices and end at the brain (4TG. This area clearly reflects the occiput as EU&6, and it seems to have a correlation with 4T5' and 4T&C as well (other place where the 4 channel for)s. 4ince it can ta)e a number of needles below the %aw, ! often simply manipulate manually as ! open the %aw
!n order to accomplish the “lift” there also needs to be some separation (or perhaps the correct t might be “ease” or “space” between the legs and the torso. The pelvic floor needs to have freedom3space in order to “lift” the torso. Aany people, in the effort to maintain the upright po they are loc)ing the thighs into the groin or the sacro2iliac ligaments, because they are unable t the smaller alignments of the perineal floor and lower abdomen. Thus addressing tension at Bi Aai 急脈 $ the Dn"ious +ulse, tail bone shifts, and the 4acro2iliac ligaments (U.?.5 胞肓 :uang is very important. Dll these also relate to the state of the nervous system which is affec You're Reading a Preview the freedom of the tailbone to float down, the sacrum to widen, and the top front of the thigh to lengthen. Unlock full access with a free trial.
!n the creation of the ”lift,” when the pelvic floor is notFree supporting Download With Trial the spine and the lift, tensio arise in the upper bac) as an attempt to lift from the top. This has two implications structurally means that we can often treat shoulder and upper bac) issues by use of the hip area, and it also that we there are cases we can release the upper bac) tension to re2educate the body to use pelv awareness, and if that ta)es root, then releasing the upper bac) (often on the 4.!. -hannel will successfully release the lower bac) and hips (this is reflected in the mirroring of the 4.!. ZigJag Sign up to vote on this title scapula, and the U.? on the sacrum.
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Auch of the material presented here was discussed at greater length a +rostatitis3Kndometriosis
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