Congrats to everyone who finished up this semester. Three weeks from today we start up again. Even though we'll probably have double to studying next semester, at least we have all gotten into the groove of how to study and how to organize our stuff! :)
Enjoy the holidays!
Check back in at the blog over the next couple weeks for cools link and/or articles of interest.
-Leah
Reasons for not getting Qi:
- wrong point
- improper depth
- some patients just won't get Qi
Ways to Gather Qi:
- Twisting
- Lift and Thrust
Supplemental Ways:
- Pressing
-Absorbing
-Tapping
-Vibrating/Trembling
-Waving
-Flying
-Scraping
-Sparrow Pecking
Tonification and dispersion-types of needle manipulation
Tonification
-Used for deficiency
-Eg. Asthma
-Helps to strengthen body’s defenses and build a weakened system
Dispurtion
-Used for excess
-Eg. Phlegm
-Eliminates pathogenic factors and helps to harmonize an overactive system. Also expels heat and stops spasms.
5 Methods
1. Lifting and Thrusting- get needle in to desired depth, find qi
- to tonify: life needle slowly, and insert forcefully
- to disperse: lift rapidly, insert slowly
2. Twisting and Thrusting- amplitude, speed, direction
- to tonify: gentle amplitude, slowly, clockwise emphasis
- to disperse: strong , fast, counterclockwise emphasis
3. Opening or closing hole
- to tonify: close hole after removing needle
- to disperse: leave hole open after removing needle
4. Direction of needle (channel)
- To tonify- go with the channel
- To disperse- go against the channel
5. Breathing
- to tonify – insert on exhale, remove on inhale
- to disperse- insert on inhale, remove on exhale
Even Method- no tonifying or dispersing
I've added notes for everyone to download. Go here to download a sheet for each of the channels. I've erased the points that we do not need for the practical and you can use these sheets to fill in the descriptions. Enjoy and good luck.
I noticed that when the document from the previous post is downloaded on some computers, it loses a few formats. Make sure to go through and check the alignments of the pictures and the names of the muscles they are associated with.
I made a very detailed study guide for the Anatomy exam, but it loses it's formatting on this blog. So go to this link where I posted the document and you can download it. Believe me, you won't regret it. This contains everything for the palpation section.
Find it HERE
All the way to the right near the file name, there is a download button.
After a lovely break, I'm back to school today. Getting ready for final week will be brutal. I'll post something related to finals when I get a clearer picture.
