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Acupuncture/Acupressure

Ancient Art to Modern medicine

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Acupuncture/Acupressure

Western:

Relieve muscle spasms

Change Immune System

Enhance mental

clarity/Calm mind

Release hormones and

neurotransmitters

Decrease pain, swelling,

etc.

Increase bloodflow to area

Eastern

Works with meridians

to restore balance oforgans

Remove energy

blockages

Tonify deficient Qi Sedate and Disperse

Stagnation or Excesses

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Acupoints

Often found in depressions between musclebundles and bones

Find the Dip!

Technique

Acupuncture

Acupressure

Aquapuncture Lacer

Moxa

Pneumoacupuncture

Electric Stimulation

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Diagnostic Points

AlarmMay indicate organ involvement orenergy imbalance

Association pointstransport Qi to organ If reactive, rule out:

Local problem

Problem on that meridian distally

Disharmony of TCVM Organ

If both reactive often organ or organ and meridianproblem

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Diagnostic Points

Excess

Protruding

Warm Painful/Sensitive

Tender to light

pressure

Hard/Dense

Deficiency

Depressed

Cool/Cold Vacant/Empty

Tender to deep

pressure

Soft/Spongy

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Acupressure:

Local Diagnostic Point Treatment Sedate excessive

points:

Apply light pressureuntil feel resistance

Hold Pressure untilfeel resistance dissipate

Then exert more

pressure until feelresistance

Repeat

Tonify deficient

points:

Apply pressure inshort, pulsating thumb

movement

Continue until point

warms Less time

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Contraindications

Pregnancy

Body is out of balance and needs to stay out of

balance

Wait 3-4 hours after or before eating

Excitement

High fever

12-24 hours post breeding

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Meridian Review - Lung Govern Skin and Hair

Indicated: respiratory

conditions, dry skin, dull

coat, compulsive

behavior, chronic grief

and depression

Function: Takes Qi from

air to build defenses,

regulates sweat and skin

moistening, body hairand skin, eliminates

noxious gases

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Meridian ReviewLarge Intestine

Skin and Hair

Indicated inconstipation/diarrhea,respiratory conditions,tight neck muscles,

skin problems, weakimmune system

Function: receive foodand H2O, absorb fluidand excrete remainder

thus removingstagnant qi, supportsthe lung

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Meridian Review - Stomach

Governs Muscles andlymph

Indicated: Digestive tractdisorders, eye problems,knee problems,

inflammation, jawtension/pain, lethargy andweakness

Function: receive and

transform all food withspleen, transport foodessence and qi to body,nourish muscles

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Meridian Review Spleen

Governs muscles andlymph

Indicators: Immunesystemdeficiency/disorder,

muscle problems, decreasestrength, digestivedisorders

Function: Primary organin production of postnatalQi, governs blood,immune system, essentialEnergy, governs muscles,connective tissue, 4 limbs,

proper movement,digestion

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Meridian Review Heart Vascular system

Indicators: Shoulderproblem, restless,disturbed sleep,cardiovasc. Problems,

nervous systemdisorders, hyper ordepression

Function: Controldirection and strength of

blood flow, center ofemotion and mentalconsciousness, memory

Pericardium is protector

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Meridian ReviewSmall Intestine Indicators: Shoulder

problems, forelegproblems, neck and jaw

pain/stiffness, lack of

clarity or enthusiasm,

depression Function: receive and

transform nourishment,

assimilate nutrients, rules

discernment, brings

clarity with Ht.

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Meridian Review - Bladder Indicators: Urinary

Tract, Lower back andhock, general pain,

muscle spasms or

cramps of hindquarters,

arthritis, bone/joint

problems, association

point sensitivity

Function: Transforms

fluids through storage

and excretion, blance

meridian system,

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Meridian Review - Kidney Indicators: Bone problems,

periodontal disease, dull

coat, reproductive issues,

fear, aggression

Function: Houses essence

therefore fuels metabolism

and maintain vitality,

growth and bone healing,

ears, sexual function,

survival and instinctual fea

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Meridian Review - Pericardium

Indicated for: Stiff neck,foreleg, and elbow, chest

conditions, irregular heart

rhythm including rapid

heart, heart murmurs

Function: Protect heart

from external stresses,

absorbs heat, protect heart

from emotional stress,

calms heart, balanceemotions

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Meridian ReviewTriple Heater

Indicated for: earproblems, neck problems,

forelimb problems

Function: TH is a

function not an organ,transforms and transports

Qi between upper, mid

and lower regions of the

body, enhances the

lymphatics system

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Meridian ReviewGall Bladder

Indicated for:Arthritis, hock

problems, musclesoreness, ear and eye

problems, governs

ligaments, tendons,anger, timidity,indecision

Function: Regulateflow of Qi through

body and governsdecision making, ruleseys, ligaments,tendons, joints

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Meridian Review - Liver

Indicated for: eyeproblem, estrous cycle,digestive disorder, joint,tendon, ligaments,aggressiveness and anger

Function: even andharmonious flow of Qithrough body,metabolism, synthesize

proteins, neutralize

poisons, assisting inregulating blood sugar,secreting bile, controllerof strategic planning,tendon and ligaments

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Meridian ReviewConception Vessel

Indicated for:Genital disorders,

problems of lung andchest, reproailments, head andneck pain, itching,abdominal pain

Function: controlsYin of an animal.Regulates peripheral

nervous system,absorbs overflow ofenergy from onemeridian andredirects it where

energy is deficient

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Meridian ReviewGoverning Vessel

Indicated for: Spinalproblems, backache,

hindquarter lameness,

Nervous disorders,

immune stimulation

Function: Strengthen back

and spine, controls

bladder, central nervous

system, redistributes and

balances bodys QIespecially Yang aspect

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Alarm Points

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Association Points

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Influential PointsLung 9Arteries

BL 11Bones

BL 12Wind and Trachea

BL17Blood and

diaphragm, Build Immune

system

Stomach 40- Phlegm

GB 34Tendons

GB 39Marrow and BrainLiv 13Yin Organs

CV 12Yang Organs

CV17Respiratory system

and Qi

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Master PointsLI 4Face and Mouth

Lu 7Head and Neck

St 36Abdomen and

GI tract

Sp 6Urogenital

system and rear

abdomen

Bl 40Lower back andhips

Pc 6Chest and front

abdomen

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Emergencies Shock

HT9, KI1, PC8, GV26,

Baiwei, Tip of Tail

Trauma

LI4, ST35, 39, 44, SP6,

TH23, BL60, 62

Seizures

GV20, GB20, SP6, TH5,

PC6, HT7

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Chinese Herbal Medicine

Ancient Art to Modern Medicine

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Chinese Herbal vs. Natural

medicine Extremely long written record of principles

and experience with herbal

Pattern based system

Almost always based on a formula of herbs

versus single herbs

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Substances used in TCVM

Formula

Plants ~ 80% Flower

Leaf

Root

Bark Seed

Whole herb

Animal Parts ~ 15% Bone

Shell/Skin

Tissue

Minerals ~ 5%

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Actions of Herbs

Balance Yin and Yang

Prevent Disease

Improve quality of life

Regulate Qi Treat Pathologic

Strengthen Normal

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Naming of Chinese Herbals

Different parts of plants and Different

Species are used in different formulae

Each species and even parts of plants can havedifferent actions

Ex: Ginseng

American, Chinese and Siberian

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Herbal Formula Names

By Color

By Function

By Shape

By location

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Chinese Herbal Toxins vs

Toxicity Heavy Metal

Poisoning

Air Pollutant Solvents

Insecticides

Herbicides Fumigants

Side Effects

The etiology of

Disease Balancing herbals

Allergy to

plant/animal

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Causes of Herbal Reactions

Toxic ingredients

Overdosage

Wrong Diagnosis

Wrong Source of herbalstem versus flower Processed Poorlyraw versus cooked

Contaminated

Reaction with Western Drugs

Allergy Substitute in formula

Impure Injection

Using herbal too long - licorice

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Forms of Administration

Food Therapy

Soup, tea/decoction

Powder

Pill/Tablet

Injection

Wine/Tincture

Patch

Cream/Spray/Steam

Moxa

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Herbal Formulations EmperorGreatest effect on main pattern

Usually in largest amount

DeputyAids in treating main pattern or usedagainst 2ndary pattern

AssistantReinforces effect of chief/deputy,treats less important pattern, minimize side

effects Envoyharmonizer, focuses on specific merdian,

organ, part of body

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Food Therapy

Let Food be your medicine Hippocrates

Follow same principles as herbalsFlavors

Direction

Energies

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5 Element Flavors

Fire -- Bitter

Earth -- Sweet

Metal -- Pungent

Water -- Salty

Wood -- Sour

Bitter

Sweet

PungentSalty

Sour

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TCM Zang-Fu Foods

HT/SI--PC/TH SP/ST LU/LI KID/BL LIV/GB

Bitter Gourd Barley Tofu C. Egg Yolk Brown Sugar

C. Egg Yolk Chicken Carrot Cinnamon Chive

Mung Bean Chive Mushroom Duck Crab/Clam

Mushroom Clove Corn Kidney Clove

R./G. Pepper Garlic Honey Mussel Eel

Red Bean (small) Ginger Peanut Lamb Liver

Salt Lettuce Rice Pork OysterSpinach Licorice Spinach Salt Yam

Wheat Lamb Vinegar Wheat Wine

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TCM Food Directions

Outward Upward Neutral Downward Inward

Pepper Asparagus Tofu Barley Bitter Gourd

Cinnamon Beef Mushroom C. Egg White ClamClove Sugar Duck Egg Duck Crab

Fennel Carrot Eggplant Pork Kidney Hops

Garlic Chicken/Egg Grape Sheep Liver Kelp

Ginger Corn Mung Bean Mussel Lotus Plumule

Green Onion Honey Radish Greens Pork Oyster ShellMustard Kidney/Liver Spinach Sweet Potato Salt

Nutmeg Rice Wheat Vinegar Seaweed

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TCM Food Energies

Hot Warm Neutral Cool Cold

Black pepper Brown sugar Abalone Apple Bamboo shoots

Cinnamon bark Chicken Beef Barley BananaGinger Fennel Carrot Tofu Clams

Green pepper Garlic Peanuts Chicken egg Crab

Red pepper Green onion White sugar Eggplant Lettuce

Soybean oil Shrimp Oyster Wheat Kelp

Lamb Pork Mushroom SeaweedGinseng Rice Spinach Sugar cane

Raspberry Egg Yolk Mung bean Watermelon

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Use of Food Energies

Treat hot conditions

with cooling foods

Treat cold conditions

with warming foods

H t/W F d

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Hot/Warm FoodsFunction: clear cold,tonify yang/Qi,remove stagnations,activate channels

Treats: Yang deficiency,cold patterns,stagnation

Meat and Dairy Grains and beans Veggies and Fruits Other

Chicken, Venison

Mutton, Shrimp

Lobster, Egg Yolk

Beef Kid, Lamb Kid

Lambs/Chicken Liv

Phesant, Ham

Prawn

Oats

White Rice

Glutinous Rice

Sorghum

Broad Bean

Ginger, Garlic, Onion,

Sweet Potato, Peach,

Chives, Pepper, Citrus

Horseradish, Squash,

Pumpkin, Hawthorn,

Papaya, Apricot, Plum

Black/Rasberry, Cherry

Sunflower Seed, Coconut

Coriander, Mustard,

Olive Oil

Rice Vinergar

Brown Sugar

Malt Sugar

Wine

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Cold/Cool Foods

Meat/Dairy Grains/Beans Veggies & Fruits Other

Turkey, Duck,

Duck Egg, Cod,Clam, Mussel,

Conch, Crab,

Oyster, Scallop, Rabbit,

River Snail,

Egg White,

Alligator,

Turtle, Frog,

Shark, Mahi,

Yogurt

Millet

BarleyBrown Rice

Buckwheat

Wheat Flour

Barley Sprouts

Jobs Tears Seeds

Tofu

Mung Bean

Sesame Seed

Spinach, Broccoli,

Celery, Tomato,Egg Plant, Kelp,

Seaweed, Alfalfa,

Amranth, Cucumber,

Watermelon, Bitter

Melon, Pear, Bananas,

Strawberry, Ginko,

Persimmon, Kiwi,

Mango, Mushroon,

Orange, White Radish

Sesame Oil

Flaxseed oilSoybean Oil

Honey

Wheat Sausage

Salt

Chrysanthemum

Greent Tea

Function: Clear Heat, Drain Fire, Cooling blood

Treats: Heat patterns including cough, hot flash, anxiety, red face

Yin Defeciency

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Neutral Foods

Meat and Dairy Grains and beans Veggies and Fruits Other

Pork, Beef, Cow Milk,

Beef Liver,

Pork Kidney,

Pork Liver, Salmon,

Sardines, Tuna, Chicken

Eggs,

Wild Rabbit, Tripe,

Quail, Carp, Jellyfish,

Cuttlefish, Flat Fish, Eel,

Octopus, Loach,

Mackeral, Yellow

Croacker

Corn, Sweet Rice,

Soy bean,

String Beans, Peanuts,

Black Bean,

Broad Bean,

Green Beans, Peas,

Kidney Beans,

Red Beans,

Black Sesame

Yam, Cabbage, Chinese

Cabage, Potato, Sweet

Potato, Apple, Calabash,

Carrots, Cauliflower,

Date, Ginkgo, Lemon,

Lychee, Longan, Lotus,

Pineapple, Raddish

Peanut Oil,

Black Sesame Oil

White Sugar

Crystal Sugar

Function: General Qi and Blood tonic, Maintenance

Treats: Qi and Yin deficiency, Blood Deficiency, Any other condition

Caution: DO NOT PROMOTE DAMPNESS

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TMC Food Tonics

Yin Deficiency

Air Conditioner is broken

Cool Seeking, Panting, Hot, Fast pulse, red tongue

Yang Deficiency

Heat Seeking, Sleeps in warm area/bed, Tonguepale/lavender, slow pulse

Qi Deficiency

Collapse, Congestive heart failure, incontinence, deep/weakpulse, pale/wet tongue

Blood Deficiency

Deeper/Chronic disease, dry signs, cracked pads, pale-drytongue, cold paws

QI T i Bl d T i * Yi T i Y T i

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QI Tonic Blood Tonic* Yin Tonic Yang Tonic

Beef, Chicken, Rabbit,

Mutton, Rumen, Eel,

Carp, Trout (warmest

of Fishes), Herring,Mackeral, Millet,

Corn, Oats, Glutinous

& Brown Rice,

Pumpkin, Squash,

Sweet Potato, Yam,

Cherry, Figs, Chestnut,Peanuts, Lychee, Lotus

Seed, Shitake

Mushroom, Ginseng,

Astragalus,

atractylodes,

Dioscorea, Licorice,Date, Royal Jelly

Beef

Liver

HeartPork Skin

Hairtail Fish

Sardines

Eggs

CarrotLongan

Kidney Beans

Parsley

Apricot

Dates

Angelica, Paeonia,

Asinath, Rehmannia,

Polygonum

Duck, Rabbit, Clam,

Mussels, Eggs, Goat

Milk, Pork,

Sea Cucmber, Tofu,

Cheese, Black Bean,

Kidney Bean, String

Bean, Honey, Black

Sesame Seed,

Asparagus, Wheat,Barley, Spinach,

Tomato, Peas,

Apples, Lemons,

Mango, Pear,

Lycium, glehnnia,

Ophiopogon, Lily

Venison, Mutton,

Kidney, Shrimp,

Lobster, Prawn,

Chives, Walnut,

Cinnamon Bark,

Clove, Nutmeg,

Dried Ginger, Garlic,

Dill Seed, Fennel

Seed,

Basil, Thyme,

Rosemary,

Raspberry,

Cinnamon, morinda,

Cistanche,

Epimedium,Psoralea, Eucommia

*Avoid too much dampness

F d t C t t D

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Foods to Counteract Dampness Alfalfa, Barley, Garlic, Green Tea, Jobs Tears,

Kidney Bean, Mackeral, Mushroom, Parsley,Pumpkin, Rutabaga, Rye, Turnip

Water Draining: Edema, Swelling Aduki Bean, Alfalfa, Anchovy , Barley, Black Soybean,

Jobs Tears, Kelp, Lettuce, Mackeral, Sardines, Seaweed

Phlegm Resolving: Masses, Mucous, Mentalissues, Seizures Almonds, Apple Peel, Garlic, Marjoram, Mushroom, Black

and White Pepper, Peppermint, Plaintain (green), Seaweed(esp. thyroid masses, Shitake Mushrooms, Watercress

Other TCM food Therapies

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Other TCM food TherapiesEssence deficiency Qi Stagnation Blood stagnation Shen

Almond

Artichoke leafBone Marrow

Chicken

Egg

Kidney

Liver

Microalgae

Raw Milk

Mussel

Nettle

Oyster

PollenRoyal Jelly

Seaweed

Sesame Seed

Walnut

Basil

CarawayCardamon

Carrot

Cayenne

Chive

Clove

Coriander

Dill seed

Fennel

Garlic

Grapefruit

Marjoram

Orange Peel

Peach

Peppermint

Plum

Radish

Squash

Turmeric

TurnipVinegar

Brown Sugar

ButterChestnut

Chicken Egg

Chili Pepper

Chive

Crab

Hawthorn

Leek

Mustard Leaf

Onion

Peach

Radish

Saffron

Scallion

Shark

Sturgeon

Sweet Rice

Rose

Turmeric

TurnipVinegar

Calm

Bitter orangeCelery

Chamomile

Frankinscense

Lavender

Lettuce

Mistletoe

Mulberry

Valerian

Warm Milk

Raise Spirit

Arnica

Basil

Bilberry

Gingko

Ginseng

Jasmine

Oat

Rosemary

SageSt Johns wort

Wi d

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WindWind Heat Wind Cold Wind Damp

Borage

Burdock Root

Catnip

Chinese cabbage

Chrysanthemum

EchineaceaEucalyptus

Lemon balm

Marjoram

Mint

Oregano

Peppermint

Sage

Spearmint

Turnip

Yarrow

Basil

Black Pepper

Caraway

Cayenne

Chilli

CinnamonCoriander leaf

Garlic

Gingerfresh

Leek

Mustard leaf

Onion

Peppermint

Rosemary

Sage

Scallion

Basil

Cayenne

Cherry

Eel

Jobs tear

JuniperMustard Leaf

Peppermint

Radish

Rosemary

Spearmint

Tangerine Peel

Thyme

Turmeric

Turnip

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Principles of Using TCM Diet

Identify constitutional

type

Determine whetherExcess or Deficient

In Excess, Feed the

Grandparent (Ko cycle)

In Deficiency, Feed the

Zang-Fu and the Mother

(Shen cycle)

Balance the ingredients

for each flavor,

direction and energy

For Prevention, Feed the

Constitutional Grandchild

W b H l

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Web Help

Nats 2.0Balance Calcium

www.nat.uiuc.edu/mainnat.html Ca:P ~1.2-1.4:1 adult

Calcium Citrate 1200-1500mg/cup of meat

Bone Meal- 5000mg/lb of meat

6 small chicken necks or 1 large turkey neck/cup of meat Turkey necks more of a choking risk

Cusicks Canine Nutrition

Home.att.net/~cusickbook/2.pdf

Integration Therapy for Specific Conditions Neuro.vetmed.ufl.edu/neuro/AltMed/Alt_Med_Neuro.htm

Balanced Homemade Recipes Made

Balanceit.com

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