ACUPUNCTURE Megan Donahue Unit 5 Assignment Kaplan University Reiki meditation 1015 minutes on sharing experiences on Reiki Mediation What are the charkras Did anyone see lights faces or nothing at all ID: 376489
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LESSON THREEACUPUNCTURE
Megan Donahue
Unit 5 Assignment
Kaplan UniversitySlide2
Reiki meditation
10-15 minutes on sharing experiences on Reiki Mediation
What are the
charkra’s
Did anyone see lights, faces, or nothing at all?
Would you continue to meditate?
How can we connect mediation with our health?Slide3
CHAKRASlide4
ACUPUNCTURE(
www.acupuncture.com, 2012)
Early History
2,000-4,000 years
China
Stone knives or sharp edged tools used to drain abscesses (
Lewith
,
n.d
.)
Chinese medicine
Philosophy: seeking harmony between the living and dead ancestors; good and evil spirits on earthSlide5
HISTORY
First text
Nei
Ching
Su
Wen
Same book, different names:
Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine
Canon of
Medicine
Deals mainly with philosophical concepts that hold true today
Yin and Yang
Opposite aspects of the material world
Fluctuating balance of nature, especially within
The number five
Notes on the musical scale
Tastes for food and five elements (earth, fire,…,…,&..)Slide6
history
Needles
The knives were replaced with needles of stone and pottery (
Lewith
,
n.d
.)
Still used in some parts of China today
Metal needles
9 needles
Arrowhead: superficial pricking
Round: massaging
Blunt: knocking or pressing
Three edge: puncturing a vein
Sword like: draining
absccesses
Sharp round: rapid pricking
Filliform
: thick muscles
Large: puncturing painful jointsSlide7
Qi
A proper balance of the forces (elements) within
Pronounced “
chee
”
When the body has a healthy circulation or force, it has a balanced
qi
Every living thing has it
Travel along “meridians”
There are 14
Qi
flows up and down the meridians
When there is illness, then the
qi
has been blocked, it is unbalanced or there is not enoughSlide8
MERIDIANSSlide9
Points(
www.acupuncture.com
, 2012)
There are about 365 acupoints on the body
Using very find needles, it is influence the functioning of the body
Most of the points have specific energy function
Some points take energy towards the inside of the body
Others take the energy to the surface of the skin Slide10
treatment
Based on person to person
One treatment does not fit everyone
Practitioner has to be licensed by a state regulatory board (
www.nccaom.org
, 2014).Slide11
REFERENCES
www.acupuncture.com
. (1996-2012).
Retrieved from
http://
www.acupuncture.com/education/theory/historyacu.htm
Lewith
, G. (
n.d
.) The History of Acupuncture in China.
Retrieved from
http://
www.healthy.net/Health/Article/The_History_of_Acupuncture_in_China/1819
National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. (2014). Retrieved
from
http://
www.nccaom.org/certification-programs-fact-sheets