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Acupuncture
June 4, 2007 |
ACUPUNCTURE.
WESTERN DOCTORS HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF NEW WAYS TO FIND AND
FIGHT DISEASE. BUT THEY ARE ONLY JUST BEGINNING TO DISCOVER THE
OLDEST MEDICAL WEAPON IN THE WORLD: THE EASTERN NEEDLE TECHNIQUE
OF ACUPUNCTURE.
EXPERTS CAN USE ACUPUNCTURE TO DIAGNOSE KILLER HEART DISEASE
MONTHS BEFORE THE MOST DELICATE WESTERN INSTRUMENTS WOULD NOTICE
ANYTHING WRONG AT ALL.
THEY CAN END THE BLINDING PAIN OF MIGRAINE HEADACHES, EASE THE
AGONY OF ARTHRITIS AND STOMACH ULCERS AND CARRY OUT MAJOR
OPERATIONS. ALL WITH NO MORE EQUIPMENT THAN A SET OF NEEDLES, AND
THE RULES LAID DOWN IN THE WORLDS OLDEST MEDICAL TEXTBOOK: THE
CHINESE (YELLOW EMPEROR’S CLASSIC OF INTERNAL MEDICINE) WRITTEN
MORE THAN 4,500 YEARS AGO.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF ACUPUNCTURE GOES BACK TO THE EMPEROR EU SHI,
WHO LIVED ABOUT 3,ooo B.C.ACCORDING TO TRADITION HE WAS THE COMPILIER
OF ONE OF THE WORLD’S OLDEST KNOWN SCRIPTS, THE I.CHING, OR BOOK OF CHANGES.
YIN AND YANG.
IN THE BOOK HE PUT FORWARD THE THEORY THAT THE UNIVERSE WAS
THE BATTLEGROUND OF TWO OPPOSING FORCES, YIN AND YANG.
BETWEEN THEM,YIN AND YANG COMPOSED THE WORLD AND EVERYTHING
IN IT… YIN WAS THE NEGATIVE ASPECT OF THINGS, THE FEMININE, THE
PASSIVE, COLD AND ODD NUMBERS…YANG WAS POSITIVE,MASCULINE, THE
ACTIVE, HEAT AND EVEN NUMBERS… .ACCORDING TO THE THEORY,MAN
LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, IS MADE UP OF YIN AND YANG: NORMALLY THE
TWO FORCES ARE MORE OR LESS IN BALANCE.. BUT WHEN THE BODY IS
HIT BY ILLNESS,THEY GET OUT OF HAND,SO THAT SOME PARTS OF THE
BODY,HAVE EITHER TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE OF ONE OR THE OTHER.
THE NEEDLES OF ACUPUNCTURE ARE DESIGNED TO RESTORE THE BALANCE
BY BLOCKING OFF OR STIMULATING THE FLOW.
THE CHINESE BELIEVE THAT YIN AND YANG FLOW ROUND THE BODY THROUGH
SPECIAL CHANNELS CALLED (MERIDIANS) EACH OF WHICH IS ASSOCIATED
WITH ONE PARTICULAR ORGAN IT IS THESE MERIDIANS..12 IN ALL…
THAT THE 900 ACUPUNCTURE POINTS ARE PLACED.THIS IS WHY THE
NEEDLES OFTEN SEEM TO BE SO FAR FROM THE ORGANS THEY ARE TRYING
TO TREAT. .THE LIVER MERIDIAN FOR EXAMPLE,RUNS FROM NEAR THE
LIVER DOWN TO THE INSIDE OF THE LEG TO THE BIG TOE: THE PANCREAS
MERIDIAN, FORM THE WAIST THE LEFT ARMPIT: THE ONE FOR THE
INTESTINES, FORM THE POINT OF THE CHIN THROUGH THE NAVEL TO THE
GROIN: ONLY THE HEART MERIDIAN MAKES ANY IMMEDIATE SENSE TO
THE WESTERNER: IT RUNS FORM OVER THE HEART DOWN THE INSIDE OF
THE ARM TO THE LITTLE FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND.. EXACTLY THE
PATH OF PAIN FELT BY SOME ANGINA SUFFERERS.
THE CHINESE ALSO BELIEVE THAT EACH OF THE MERIDIANS IS LINKED
WITH A PULSE.. SIX ON EACH WRIST. .AND EXPERT ACUPUNCTURE
DIAGNOSTICIANS ARE SAID TO BE ABLE TO FEEL ALL THE PULSES WITH
SUCH A SENSITIVITY THAT THEY CAN NOT ONLY DEFINE A PRESENT
ILLNESS,BUT DESCRIBE PAST ONES AND PREDICT FUTURE ONES TOO.
MERIDIANS CLOSELY FOLLOW THE PATHS OF ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE
ON THE BODY.AND IT IS POSSIBLE TO DETECT SOME DISORDERS BY
TESTING THE PATTERN OF THESE RESISTANCES.ONE STUDY REPORTED
THAT THESE PATTERNS COULD REVEAL A DEVELOPING CORONARY THROMBOSIS
MONTHS BEFORE IT WOULD SHOW UP ON AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAN.
MODERN ACUPUNCTURE USES STEEL NEEDLES INSTEAD OF TRADITIONAL
STONE OR WOOD.AND INSTEAD OF TWIRLING THEM ABOUT BY HAND TO
KEEP ON STIMULATING THE DESIRED POINT,THE JOB IS NORMALLY DONE
BY RUNNING A WEAK ELECTRIC IMPULSE THROUGH THEM.