Five Element Acupuncture

 

W. William Shay, DO, Ph.D.

 

TREATMENT PROTOCOLS Worsley"s gifts to acupuncture

 

1. AE superficial needling of the SI-fU points of the Yin organs

111 13-14-15-18-20-23 plus sham needle as control for monitoring erythema

Leave needles until erythema clears or 15-25 minutes

Re-check pulses

Can repeat Tx at another time if erythema takes longer

This is a sedation/dispersion ----- start needles at top right

> 2. POSSESSION ......

External event or energy of a new environment or situation takes over, i.e. "I've never been the same since..."

Daredevil personality - takes risks

GV20, 11111-23 -61

Internal with depression: glazed or no eye contact; "not there"

Without depression mp CV15, XI25

>3. SPIRIT REVIVAL lack of spirit/life; major emotional loss; lack of sense of

Meaning in life; not in touch with ones own life force

Not like possession where something needs release or let go--

More as if a piece is missing ... part of them died with a loved

One, often chronic problems

• Can use the upper, exit or alarm pts of the appropriate Element or Organ
• I.e. IV23 -spirit seal, to anchor ones spirit; IV 24 -spirit burial ground, to bury or let go
• * CV8 with moxa, salt GV4 CV1 GV1 GV11
>4. AKABANE

>5. ENTRY-EXIT BLOCKS scars; pulse splits in superficial circulation

>6. HORARY POINTS element in element to add energy, tonify best in season, time, etc.

<7. WINDOWS OF THE SKY psych, mental, emotional, spirit points if appropriate to person

>S. SOURCE POINT always a safe introductory Tx, tonify & recheck pulses

Can do source pt. of Official and Element in order to test

response; to see if assessment i's correct ... will get significant

pulse or emotional change

>9. HUSBAND-WIFE IMBALANCE pulse imbalance with left (yang) weaker

 

>1O.AEP associated effect point use individual Shu point on III, depending on pulses

Or other clinical data to get to the Yang energy

>1 I. JUNCTION POINTS to unite energy in the Yin-Yang pair can combine with source Pt.

>12. Xl CLEFT POINTS acute or chronic-energy point of specific Organ energy

Future Tx depends of CF evaluation and responses to Tx: energetic, subjective and

Objective changes; whether changes hold from one session to the next; best to stick to one CF for a few sessions; re-evaluate if no responses; cheek Akabane and Tx them; HIW; Rae; evaluate blocks, scars, diet; environment; nutritional imbalance; structural imbalances; consider CV-GV block; may need to do crisis-intervention with TCM, herbs, Curious Meridians