[Acupuncture-students] ten acupoint for all disease

[Pete Theisen]

Hi Gregory!

I always used an even  method, neither tonify or reduce, and retained for 
20 minutes.

At 03:30 AM 4/2/2004, you wrote:
>Thanks a lot for the information.
>But how is the method of puncture of each points? Tonify or reducing 
>methode, or only retain the needle for.....minutes?
>
>Pete Theisen <petet at acun.com> wrote:
>>Hi Gregory!
>>
>>Maybe the "Miriam Lee Great Ten" - Sp 6, St 36, LI 11, L 7 and LI 4
>>bilaterally - ten needles. Supposed to be an all-purpose treatment you can
>>use on the fly, without differentiation. I tried it when I was a beginning
>>intern because I was very confused by it all and didn't know what I was
>>doing. All the patients got better right away so now I always use it, as
>>well as other points, and I do now do differentiation. Link to her book,
>>"Insights of a Senior Acupuncturist", watch for the word-wrap.
>>
>>
>>
>> From a "doctor business" point of view, it works too good - the patient is
>>cured immediately and doesn't come back. If he/she thinks he/she is cured
>>after one treatment and then the condition later comes back, the conclusion
>>in his/her mind is "Acupuncture doesn't work". Now, I don't treat until the
>>fourth visit. They have been sick for months or years before they get to
>>me, what is a week more? First visit I tell them what information to gather
>>for the next visit, list of meds and so on, second visit I take a complete
>>history and exam, third visit I do a report of findings and maybe sell them
>>some herbal pills.
>>
>>
>>At 11:57 PM 3/30/2004, you wrote:
>> >I've heard that in China there was a training / short course for health
>> >worker to practise acupuncture. And they were taught to puncture 10
>> >acupoint to treat all diseases. So they should not think about diagnoses
>> >anymore. Is that right?
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Pete
>>
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Regards,

Pete