KOREAN ACUPUNCTUREFour Needle Technique

THE ESSENTIALS

❖ MEMORIZE 5 ELEMENT CHART

❖ FIND HORARY POINT

❖ FIND GRANDMOTHER MOTHER AND SON

❖ MEMORISE THE TREATMENT PRINCIPLE

❖ REMEMBER THERE ARE 4 POINTS

5 ELEMENT CHART (YIN)

WOOD FIRE EARTH METAL WATER

LUNG 11 10 9 8 5

SPLEEN 1 2 3 5 9

HEART 9 8 7 4 3

KIDNEY 1 2 3 7 10

PC 9 8 7 5 3

LIVER 1 2 3 4 8

TERMINOLOGY❖ HORARY POINT: POSITION ON THE CHART WHERE THE ELEMENT OF

THE POINT AND THE ELEMENT OF THE CHANNEL MATCH

❖ MOTHER POINT: POSITION ON THE CHART THAT IS ONE POSITION TO THE LEFT OF THE HORARY POINT

❖ GRANDMOTHER POINT: POSITION ON THE CHART THAT IS TWO POSITION TO THE LEFT OF THE HORARY POINT

❖ SON POINT: POSITION ON THE CHART THAT IS ONE POSITION TO THE RIGHT OF THE HORARY POINT

FIND THE HORARY POINT

5 ELEMENT CHART (YIN)

WOOD FIRE EARTH METAL WATER

KIDNEYWATER

10

LUNGMETAL

8

SPLEENEARTH

3

HEARTFIRE

8

LIVERWOOD

1

FIND POSITION

GRAND MOTHER SON

MOTHER

FIND THE POSITION

FIND REMAINING POSITION

WOOD FIRE EARTH METAL WATER

KIDNEYWATER

1SON 3

GRANDMOTHER

7MOTHER

10

LUNGMETAL

10GRANDMOTHER

9MOTHER

8 5SON

SPLEENEARTH

1GRANDMOTHER

2MOTHER

3 5SON

HEARTFIRE

9MOTHER

8 7SON

3GRANDMOTH

ER

LIVERWOOD

1 2SON

4GRANDMOTHER

8MOTHER

TREATMENT PRINCIPLES

EXCESS DEFICIENCY

SEDATE

SON

TONIFY

MOTHER

TONIFYGRAND MOTHER

SEDATEGRANDMOTHER

CASE STUDY

❖ Woman , age 56 presents with abdominal distention, low appetite, fatigue, feeling

cold, loose stools and a weak pulse.

EXCESS OR DEFICIENCY

EXCESS DEFICIENCY

TONIFYMOTHER

SEDATE

GRANDMOTHER

5 ELEMENT CHART

WOOD FIRE EARTH METAL WATER

SPLEEN

EARTH

1 2 3 5 9

2 POINTS

TONIFY SP2 FIRE POINT

SEDATE SPI WOOD POINT

5 ELEMENT CHART

WOOD FIRE EARTH METAL WATER

KIDNEY

WATER

1 2 3 7 10

LUNG

METAL 11 10 9 8 5

SPLEEN

EARTH 1 2 3 5 9

HEART

FIRE 9 8 7 4 3

LIVER

WOOD 1 2 3 4 8

2ND PAIR OF POINTS

HT8 FIRE CHANNEL HORARY POINT

LVI WOOD CHANNEL HORARY POINT

4 POINT PERSCRIPTION

TONIFY MOTHER SEDATE GRANDMOTHER

SP2 SP2

TONIFY HORARY SEDATE HORARY

FIRE CHANNEL WOOD CHANNEL

HTS LVI

CASE STUDY

❖ MAN, AGE 37 PRESENTS WITH IRRITABILITY, READ EYES, HEADACHES AND A RAPID, WIRY PULSE .

EXCESS OR DEFICIENCY

EXCESS DEFICIENCY

SEDATE SON

TONIFYGRANDMOTHER

5 ELEMENT CHART

WOOD FIRE EARTH METAL WATER

LIVERWOOD

1 2 3 4 8

2 POINTS

SEDATE LV2 FIRE POINT

TONIFY LV4 METAL POINT

5 ELEMENT CHART

WOOD FIRE EARTH METAL WATER

KIDNEY

WATER

1 2 3 7 10

LUNG

METAL 11 10 9 8 5

SPLEEN

EARTH 1 2 3 5 9

HEART

FIRE 9 8 7 4 3

LIVER

WOOD 1 2 3 4 8

2ND PAIR OF POINTS

HT8 FIRE CHANNEL HORARY POINT

LU8 METAL CHANNEL HORARY POINT

4 POINT PERSCRIPTION

SEDATE SON TONIFY GRANDMOTHER

LV2 LV4

SEDATE HORARY TONIFY HORARY

FIRE CHANNEL METAL CHANNEL

HT8 LU8

RECAP

❖ MEMORIZE 5 ELEMENT CHART

❖ DECIDE IF CASE IS EXCESS OR DEFICIENCY

❖ APPLY THE CORRECT TREATMENT PRINCIPLE

❖ FIND THE HORARY POINT OF THE EFFECTED CHANNEL

❖ FIND THE MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER OR SON

❖ 1ST PAIR ARE GRANDMOTHER + SON OR MOTHER

❖ 2ND PAIR ARE HORARY POINTS.