Acupuncture Treatment Protocol Flashcards
Acupuncture treatment protocol works best for which type of pain?
Acute - not best for nebulous pain
How many weak muscles need to be present in order to use the diagnostic portion of the acupuncture treatment protocol?
One
Acupuncture treatment protocol is used assuming what about a weak muscle and its alarm point?
It strengthens it.
What is treatment: NAT?
Find NUTRITION for the weak muscle, ADJUST at the associated point after challenging the vertebrae, go to the TONIFICATION point on the side of the weak muscle and TAP it rapidly
What sort of pressure should be used when tapping a tonification point for pain control?
Hard; anything else goes for balancing energy in the body (light tap, laser, magnets, etc.)
If the tonification point is over a joint (which is common), what should be checked (because this will cause your correction to go away)
Check the joint for extra-spinal subluxations
If both wrists TL (which is abnormal), check the patient’s _________. How is this checked?
Occiput; have pt stick their tongue straight out, then to L and to R - this helps indicate which side of the occiput to take first
What is the associated point for T3? What is the spondylogenic?
Lungs; C3 Lungs
What is the associated point for T4? What is the spondylogenic?
Gallbladder; C4 gallbladder
What is the associated point for T5? What is the spondylogenic?
Adrenals; C5 adrenals/blood sugar
What is the associated point for T6? What is the spondylogenic?
Heart; C6 heart
What is the associated point for T7?
Governing vessel
What is the associated point for T8?
Conception vessel
What is the associated point for T9?
Liver
What is the associated point for T10?
Liver
What is the associated point for T11?
Gallbladder
What is the associated point for T12?
Spleen
What is the associated point for L1?
Stomach
What is the associated point for L2?
Triple Heater
What is the associated point for L3?
Kidney
What is the associated point for L4/L5?
Colon
What is the associated point for S1?
Small intestine
What is the associated point for S2?
Bladder
For every bilateral meridian (not midline meridian), there is a 2 hour period of maximum energy called the _____ period.
Horary
T/F: We use the 24 hour clock when the alarm point fails to strengthen the weak associated muscle
True
When using the 24 hour clock and the alarm point fails to strengthen the weak associated muscle, what must happen next?
Back up on the 24 hour clock, utilizing the alarm points
When you back up on the 24 hour clock and find the alarm point which then does strengthen that original weak associated muscle, this is the location of which 3 things?
- Excess energy
- Where you give nutrition
- Where you adjust (look for the subluxation and then go to the Lovett
On the 24 hour clock, the arrow tells you the ____ point to use; it will be the one _____ -forward from the site of ______ energy.
Luo, First, Excess
