## Acupuncture

Small recreative acupuncture and tuina.

by 20h

## Qualification

I am a professional medical doctor with a specialisation in common and
family medicine from Germany.

I am a state-certified acupuncturist from the Saxonian medical
association and I have an a-diploma in acupuncture.

In October I am planning to get the master degree in acupunture.

The master courses in tuina is part if becoming the master of east asian
medicine.

## Intro Acupuncture

See last acupuncture talk.

gopher://bitreich.org/0/con/2022/rec/acupuncture.md

* We use points which cross anatomical structures.
* We have central and peripheral reactions acupuncture uses.
* There are different point classes.
* All is aligned to a big theoretical model (Yin, Yang, Qi, five phases
  etc.)
* There is a non-Chinese acupuncture with scientific background from
  Europe and Germany.
* Ear acupuncture was developed in Europe and first in France.

## Intro TuiNa

This is the Chinese way of manual therapy, where massage is a part of.

Mostly this is used in addition to acupuncture.

For example see a muscle:

	* You can use a needle to make it soft again.
	* If it is a big muscle, a needle is too small for the whole
	  muscle.
	* What shall we do?
		* Use your hands!

## Practical Acupuncture

Since you require a medical license for inserting needles, this will
consist of 20h asking you questions and giving you a free acupuncture
treatment according to your status.

## Practical TuiNa

We will train together self-massages and in which situations you help.
They can of course be used on others too.

## TuiNa: Headache

"The Sun" (Tai Yang):
1. Spread your finger.
2. Put your thumb ca. 2cm away from your eyes to the outer side, where
   there is a valley.
3. Massage this point for 72 times on both sides.

"Connection of all Lines" (Baihui)
1. Search the connection between the upper ends of your ears on your
   skull.
2. Massage this point in the center line of your skull 72 times.

"Lake of the Wind" (Fengchi)
1. Spread your fingers.
2. Go at the center line of your line to the back, where the skull ends,
   there is a bump.
3. From there go 2cm to the outside and 1cm down to the neck.
4. Massage this bump 72 times.

Clear the Head:
1. Spread your fingers.
2. Massage your head as if you would wash it for 3 to 5 minutes.

## TuiNa: Chest Pain, Breathing Problems

Move the Sternum:
1. At the front of your breast on the middle line go up until the bone
   ends.
2. From there massage the whole front down the front bone (sternum) 10 to
   12 times using your thumb.

Move the Ribs:
1. From the front middle bone (sternum) go a bit right or left and find
   the space inbetween the ribs.
2. Use your thumb to massage this space to the sides of your body 4 to 6
   times.

Pack the Big Breast Muscle:
1. From your armpit starting, move to your breast. There is a big muscle
   at the front, which ranges from the breast over the armpit to the arm.
2. Grab this muscle firmly with the opposite hand 10 to 12 times.

Clap the Breast:
1. With the flat hand or the fist clap the breast for 8 to 10 times.
   Do not hurt yourself.

## TuiNa: Obstipation, Belly Problems

Circles on the Belly:
1. Put your hands on eachother.
2. Move the hands in circles on your belly, beginning at the navel in
   small circles, them getting bigger until you massage the whole bowel.
3. Do this 36 times clockwise and 36 times anti-clockwise.

Shift the Bowel:
1. Spread the fingers of your hands.
2. Put the hands on both of your body sides.
3. Move the hands to the other and back all across the belly, massaging
   it.
4. Do this 36 times for the left and 36 times for the right hand.

Clap the Belly:
1. Clap the belly 72 times with the slighly bend flat hand. Only the
   fingers clap the belly.

"Sea of the Qi" (Qihai):
1. Use the middle finger or thumb to massage your navel in a circle.
2. Do this 36 or 72 times.

## TuiNa: Neck Pain

Grab the Neck Muscles:
1. Grab the back neck muscles.
2. Do this 10 to 20 times.

"Source of the Shoulder" (Jianjing)
1. Grab your shoulder top with the opposite hand.
2. Massage this position 10 to 20 times.

Knead the Back:
1. Put a light fist hand on your back.
2. Massage the back using this fist hand.
3. Do this 10 to 20 times.

Shrug the Shoulders:
1. Shrug shoulders and rotate them for 10 to 20 times back and forth.

## TuiNa: Lower Back Pain

Knead the Back:
1. Put a light fist hand on your back.
2. Massage the back using this fist hand.
3. Do this 10 to 20 times.

Shrug the Shoulders:
1. Shrug shoulders and rotate them for 10 to 20 times back and forth.

Knead the Lower Back:
1. Put your palms on your lower back.
2. Massage the lower back by moving the palms in a circle and in lines.
3. Do this until the lower back is warm.

Knead the Sacrum:
1. Put your palms on your upper ass.
2. Massage from there on in a line straight up and down on the big bones
   next to your spine.
3. Do this 36 to 72 times.

## TuiNa: Shoulder Pain

"Gap under the Shoulder Height" (Jianyu):
1. On top of your shoulder go with the middle finger to the outer end,
   where the arm goes down.
2. There massage this point for 1 to 3 minutes.

"Source at the Outer Edge" (Jiquan):
1. Put the middle finger into the upper top of the opposite armpit.
2. Grab the muscles inbetween middle finger and thumb.
3. Do this for 6 to 10 times.

Rotate Arms:
1. First move your arm straight up.
2. Fully rotate the arm 12 to the front, 12 times to the back.
	* Begin with smaller circles, if the arm hurts.

Clap Shoulder and Arm:
1. Clap shoulder and arm with a slightly bend hand palms firmly from
   the shoulder top down to the hand until the palms clap on eachother.
2. Do this 1 to 2 minutes.

## TuiNa: Upper Leg Pain

Grab Thigh Muscles:
1. Sit down.
2. Grab the outer thig mucles and do this for the whole leg.
3. Painful muscle points should be repeatedly grabbed until the pain
   lowers.

Grab Lower Leg:
1. Sit Down.
2. Grab the lower leg muscles from up to down.
3. Painful muscle points should be repeatedly grabbed until the pain
   lowers.

Massage the Knee Eyes:
1. When you sit down, at the top of your knee are two valleys.
2. Massage those valleyes 72 times.

## TuiNa: Knee Pain

Massage the Knee Eyes:
1. When you sit down, at the top of your knee are two valleys.
2. Massage those valleyes 72 times.

Knead the Knee:
1. Sit down.
2. Put both hands with the palms down on the sides of your knees.
3. Massage both sides of the knee for 1 to 2 minutes.

Clap the Knee:
1. Sit Down.
2. The slightly bend hand palms clap the whole lower leg beginning from
   the upper knee.
3. Do this 1 to 2 minutes.

"Third Hamlet of the Foot" (Zusanli)
1. Sit down.
2. With the right hand grab just below your knee on the side. The thumb
   should be on the front of your leg to the outer side, next to the
   center bone of the lower leg. There is a big muscle.
3. On this big muscle, move a bit up or down to find a very sensitive
   muscle point. Massage this point for 1 to 2 minutes.
4. Do this with the left hand on the left leg accordingly.

## Training Session and Questions

I am here to assist you.

All questions that arise, simply ask.

## Thanks.

Thank you for your attention and participation!

Comments and critique to:

	Christoph Lohmann <20h@r-36.net>