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March 1, 2020 Vol. 12 Hani Times Acupuncture

Constitutional Acupuncture

Eight Constitutions Acupuncture Amended to Unite

with Sasang Four Constitutions

Eight Types Sasang Excess Excess Middle Deficient Deficient

Wood Yang Taeeumin Wood Water Fire Earth Metall
Metal Yang Taeeumin Metal Earth Fire Water Wood
Wood Yin Taeeumin Wood Fire EXCESSIVE Earth Water Metal

Metal Yin Soeumin Metal Water DEFICIENT Earth Fire Wood
Water Yang Soeumin Water Metal DEFICIENT Wood Fire Earth

Earth Yang Taeeumin Earth Fire EXCESSIVE Wood Metal Water
Water Yin Soeumin Water Wood Fire Metal Earth
Earth Yin Soyangin Earth Metal Fire Wood Water

LR8 Water or LR1 Metal, LR2 Tonifying an element for the diagnosis for other medicines.
but actually has either an Water, LR3 Wood, LR5 Fire, LR8 deficient organ and sedating an From antiquity, scholars have
By David Lee, L.Ac. excessive or deficient state. Earth. This additional variable element for the excessive organ observed the same basic pattern
Using SaAm four-needle in five-element sequence through the usage of meridians in people. They grouped them
technique and its variation by provides a robust data, validating had consistent outcome for by their similar characteristics
Diagnosis for Korean Eight- ECA, the practitioner can verify a hypothesis that the organs the constitutions. Furthermore, and identical response to
constitutional acupuncture the excessive and deficient states of Sasang and elements of the psychological profile of the applications. Because of the
(ECA) is actually the same for of these elements. Transporting Shu are same, just Sasang, along with their reaction variations in language, culture,
Korean Sasang herbal medicine. The second modification is that difference in name. to food ingredients and herbs climate, and foods, and herbs,
Contrary to common perspective, both the five-element orders The third modification is that had pointed toward the same there was an independent
these two systems have identical Metal (Well) – Water (Spring) – the Yang and Yin points can constitution. With this success, I development in each region. But
diagnosis. Finally, with one Wood (Stream) – Fire (River) - be used for each of the eight discovered something even more the constitutional foundation is
diagnosis, a practitioner can Earth (Sea) and Wood (Well) – constitutions. There is no need special: Korean constitutional common.
integrate acupuncture, diet, Fire (Spring) – Earth (Stream) to relegate Yang points to one medicine has a direct correlation Modification of ECA not only
and herbs. It only takes a little – Metal (River) – Water (Sea) constitution and Yin points to with other world schools of improves of its system but
modification of the ECA to can occur in both the Yang and another. It is because result constitutionology. They are also indicates the inherent
unify it together with Sasang. Yin meridians. For example, is alike. This means the five- Indian Ayurveda, Greco- relationship to Sasang and
The following provides the depending on the individual, a element nature of both Yang Roman Unani, Myers-Briggs other medicines. Therefore, as
rationale to help understand one Large Intestine meridian can be and Yin points can be directly Type Indicator, McClelland’s acupuncturists, refining eight
constitutional medicine from the LI1 Metal, LI2 Water, LI3 Wood, adapted as the five-elements of Theory of Need, and personality constitutions makes a successful
perspective of the other. Only LI5 Fire, LI11 Earth or LI1 Wood, Sasang organs. traits of Myers-Briggs, Big integration with other
three modifications need to be LI2 Fire, LI3 Earth, LI5 Metal, Over a 10-year period, I have Five, Social Styles, and DiSC. constitutional perspectives. It is
made in ECA to make sense of it. LI11 Water. Alternatively, a Liver solely used SaAm and ECA styles This means that a diagnosis the sharing of same diagnosis
First modification is that the meridian can be LR1 Wood, of four-needle technique for the of one medicine automatically that makes possible for the
middle 3rd organ is not neutral LR2 Fire, LR3 Earth, LR5 Metal, Korean Sasang four constitutions. allows to have the correct grand unification.

Obesity Treatment only Worked for Less Than 25 in BMI

By Namwook Cho, L.Ac.

In order to measure effects acupuncture points. on acupuncture points and
of acupuncture on obesity, that lead to reduce stimulation
the team divided two groups: Kim explained that “it does not of the brain which controls
low-BMI and high BMI mean that acupuncture treatment autonomic nerve system and
groups. The team applied did not worked. Because even peripheral nerve system.
acupuncture treatment and Sham acupuncture was working
Sham acupuncture treatment somehow. It shows that even The team also recommended that
for low- and high-BMI groups. an acupuncture needle which in order to get maximum obesity
The treatment effect of groups is not on actual acupuncture treatment effect, acupuncture
of low- and high-BMI groups point, it helps and enhances treatment should be started
and groups were treated by circulation on certain degrees from early stage of obesity. And
real acupuncture needle and but not as much as effective lifestyle modification, auricular
△ Acupuncture has been shown to be effective in the early Sham acupuncture was not as needles on real acupuncture acupuncture, phamacopuncture
stage of obesity. imageⓒshutterstock_Leonardo da
distinctively different. The points.” which is injection of distilled
(→ Continued from page 1) treatment was effective group was treated by real herbal medicine on acupuncture
Also, the research paper only in subjects with acupuncture needle which The team concluded that reason points through a syringe, and
found limitation of overweight (less than 25 were on actual acupuncture is for not working acupuncture suture thread embedding
acupuncture treatment. in body mass index, BMI), points and the other group was treatment of high-BIM group acupuncture techniques along
According to the research not in subjects with obesity treated with Sham acupuncture was thickness the skin of the with conventional acupuncture
paper, acupuncture with more than 30 in BMI. needle which are not on actual objects reduces stimulation treatment.