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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