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- Hope you will enjoy these pictures from treatments and their descriptions
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- Pulse taking and looking at tongue is important additional source of information about patient’s health
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- Preparing to light the moxa cone using akabani (incense) stick
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- Moxa on salt used on umbilicus is very potent method to strengthen the Qi and warm the body
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- Ren 8 – acupuncture point on the umbilicus is one of the ‘Sea of Qi’ points used to strengthen the body and internal organs
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- Moxa cone to warm the Yang energy and tonify (fortify) the Qi
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- Measuring distances to anatomical landmarks provides precision and accuracy in finding acupuncture points
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- Heat lamp can be used to warm and strenghten the whole area. Hovered above the skin stimulates blood supply to the area, moves Qi and speeds up healing
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- Locating the lateral edges of Rectus Abdominus muscle
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- Preparing to needle Ren 12 – great point to tonify deficient Stomach or Spleen
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- Gentle technique is used to fortify the Qi (vital energy)
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- He is just a nice break from too much Chinese Medicine here 😉
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- Pulse is taken on both forarms in three positions and at two depths. This gives the reading of 12 primary organs recognised in Chinese Medicine
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- Pulse taking – there are several pulse qualities that Chinese Medicine practitioner recognises while collecting the information from the pulses of the patient
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- Moxibustion is very effective in helping many conditions such as Blood stagnation, cold in joints or channels. It has a potential of moving stagnation, nourishing deficiency and clearing excess dampness from channels or joints
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- Moxa cones on acupuncture points are lit and removed from the skin before there is possibility of skin becoming too hot. Moxa cones strenghten the energy, nourish energetically compromised Blood and remove excess dampness or cold
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- Cupping clears the pathogens from the body and relaxes the muscles
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- Cupping expells colds, relaxes tense muscles and relieves pain
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- Cupping invigorates the blood circulation, moves stagnation and relieves muscle pain
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