Acupuncture-my-Understandings

Origin of Chi

• Formed from word "Siva"
• Pronounced as "Shiva" or "Chiva" as in "namachivaya"
• chiva -> chi+na = china

Important Aspects of Body

• QI(chi), Blood(xue), Essence (jing)

Chi (QI)

• QI & blood are in-separable like yin & yang
• QI feeds off blood and blood is moved by the force of Qi-energy

Functions of QI

• Defense: Protecting the body from illness
• Transformation: Metabolizing substances for the body’s use
• Warming: Distributing heat throughout the body
• Restraint: Holding all organs and structures in place
• Movement: Carrying out all of the body’s physical processes

Functions of Blood QI

• Nourish: Distributes food and water to all cells of the body
• Moisten: Keeps all structures from drying out
• Structure: Provides a material foundation for the mind/spirit

Essence

• Stored in Kidney
• Most Refined or purified form of chi
• used for growth, development, maturation and reproduction
• 2 types of Essence
  • Prenatal
    • Inherited from Parents
  • Postnatal
    • Produced from eaten food, water we drink, air we breath
• Most BASIC ESSENCE required for all body structures and transformation

Body Fluids

• 2 types of fluids
  • Thin Fluid
    • water, sweat, tears
  • Thick Fluid
    • skin, oils, bile, reproductive fluids, cerebral spinal fluids
  • Fluids & Blood form Physical structure of body
    • Bones, Nerves, Skin, Flesh, organs

Five Elements related to Eye Structures

• Fire
  • Inner Canthus
• Earth
  • Eyelids & aqueous
• Metal
  • Scelara & Cornea
• Water
  • Pupil, Macula & Retina
• Wood
  • Iris & Eye Muscles Acupuncutre
  • Acu - Needle
  • puncture - stimulation
  • Point
    • Place of energy, energy center

zhen jiu - Actual Stimulation zhen - needle, boosting, actual jiu - fire

Acupressure

• Japanese development of acupuncture
• Stimulates points by pressure similar to varma

Moxbustion

• Stimulate acu points with heat
• Kaattu Marikolundhu is converted to stick, powder or crushed leafs and burn it to feel heat. Fire should not be kept
• Just show feel of heat or neruppu anal on the point
• Eng name warmwood, Mug wood

Electro Acupuncture

• Electronic Beam is applied on the acu point
• Safe Laser Beam is applied on the acu point

Father of Acupuncture

• Huangdi nijing - yellow emperor
• Neijing - First Book written by yellow emperor
• Ling Shu
• Shuven
• Health Mins. Go shu Po
• Health. Mis says
  • Human body made up of auto healing system
  • Flow of energy is healing
  • Opposite of Energy Flow is disease
• Genetic Chi - Parental Energy
• Breath Chi - Observed through Air
• Food Chi - Nutrition Energy
  • Fat, carbohydrates, proteins - Macro Nutrients
  • Vitamins, Minerals - Micro Nutrients
• For cell creation, there should be five elements - it contains molecules of 5 elements
• 2 Types of separated, Heat, Cold
• Cosmic Energy is required to create above 2 types

Meridians

• Energy Anatomy
• Energy Path or channel Equipments
• Electro Meridian Acupuncture
• Electro Point Detection

Energy Block

• It can appear anywhere in the meridian pathway or in body
• Reflects Pain

Ashi Point

• Symptom Radiant Point
• Lies near acu point

Channels

• 12 Primary Channels
• 2 Supportive channels
• 8 Extra Meridians or channels
  • which doesn't have specific points but interconnect at specific points in primary channels

Primary Channels

• 12 primary channels associated with 12 organs
• these have bio rhythm and flow in an order
• 12 months related to 12 organs and 12 channels
• Every month one channel rule the body
• 361 Points, there were 361 days earlier and everyday 1 point rule our body

Cun

• Body Inch - Angulam - Kattai viral agalam not neelam
• 1 cun - thumb finger breadth
• 2 cun - 2nd finger, 3rd and 4th half finger together forms
• 3 cun - excluding thumb 4 fingers together forms

Liver

• Healthy functioning Aid eyes to Distinguish colors
• Stores Blood
• Ability to see depends on the liver capability of storing blood
• Regulates the volume of blood in whole body according to the level of physical activity
• Blood is stored when the body is at rest, relaxation or sleep
• If body is active, Blood is moved to muscles

Liver QI Congestion

• Eyestrain Headaches

Gall Bladder

• Manufacturer of Acqeous & Virteous Humors

Causes of Poor Liver Function

• Retinitins Pigmentosa
• Color Blindness

Causes of Degenerative Vision Loss

• Poor Liver Function
• Liver/Gall Bladder Heat

Channels or Meridians

• 14 channels/Meridians
• Inner Hand Yin & Dark Side of hand Yang
• 6 Channels Flow in hand
  • 3 Away from body
  • 3 Toward Body
• 6 Channels Flow in Legs
  • 3 Channels Flow upwards or Towards
  • 3 Channels Flow Downwards or Away
• 2 Channels start from Reproductive Area
  • One flow Anterior and other flow Posterior
  • Du +ve Current & Ren -ve Current
• 6 Couple Channels