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14      Acupuncture                                                                                     Jan 1, 2021  Vol. 22  Hani Times
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             Underlying Theories of Acupuncture Treatment (21)

                Lesser Number of Needle Insertion Leads to


                                            Better Treatment Effect





          How to Apply an Acupuncture Point that Works as an Axis of Energy Flow (AEF)





                                                                                          meridian for the upper  As you adding needles to
                                                                                          and lower body. It can be  the pain location to expel a
                                                                                          easily determined that a  pathogen, make sure each
                                                                                          pathogen's location is on the  needle  is  on  the  heaven,
                                                                                          Foot Less Yang Gall Bladder.  earth, and human channel.
                                                                                          Hand Less Yang Triple  If you place a needle on
                                                                                          Burner shares the same  each of the three channels,
                                                                                          energy as Foot Less Yang  enhance a  process to
                                                                                          Gall  Bladder.  Therefore,  eliminate a pathogen.
                                                                                          TE4 could substitute the  Imagine you put your spoon
                                                                                          function of GB40 as AEF.   on your hot pot. Three
                                                                                          There is a thing you always  spoons cool your pot a lot
                                                                                          remember. The acupuncture  faster than putting a spoon.
                                                                                          technique using AEF  But too much is as bad as
                                                                                          requires that the amount of  too little. Some might think
         △Inserting three needles on a pain located and add an acupuncture point, which acts as  stimulation by acupuncture  more  needles  on  the  pain
         an AEF. This technique will give you a faster and more effective pain-relieving sensation to   needle insertion should be  point could help reducing
         your patients. ImageⓒAdobeStock_Bordin.
                                                                                          greater than when a patient  pain faster. Unfortunately,
                                                                                          complains. To generate  it is not valid. More than
                                   healthy. We also need to  therapy. Guess a patient     enough stimulation through  three needles insertion on
         By Brandon SJ Oh L.Ac.    treat patients with less  with Essential Qi deficiency   the technique, you have to  the pain location easily
                                   energy or those who have  and also hurt his or her     rotate needles placed on the  attracts more than enough
                                   Essential  Qi deficiency.  ankle on a GB40. And you    pain area until it stops the  amount of Essential Qi to
        It works if you insert a  Treatment for two different  like to use AEF to reduce   needles' rotation. Once you  the needles. It weakens the
        needle on the location of the  groups should be different.  pain and swollenness. The   feel resistance that does not  AEF point function, which
        pain. But if you first insert a                       needle on the other side of   allow you more rotation, you  is holding and controlling
        needle on the acupuncture  First,  I  will  explain  a  GB40 will serve as a strong   can briefly stop and rotate a  the amount of Essential Qi
        point that expels pathogen  case with a full or normal  stimulator to bring most   little more for creating pain  flow to the painful body
        and preserves the Essential  amount of Essential Qi with  of the Qi from the upper   for the patient.        parts. Also, the depth of a
        Qi treatment effect, it will  musculoskeletal pain.   body to the lower body.                                needle insertion should be
        be more effective. The point  If you want to reduce pain  The sudden Qi descending   The same rotation of needle  inserted as deep as to the
        is located on the same level  caused by a sprain/strain  after insertion of the needle   could be used for treating  facia. Each needle tip is
        as where the pain detected  on the ankle and the most  will cause dizziness or light   a patient with paralysis  supposed to touch the facia
        and could expel pathogen  painful area is on  GB40,  headache. To prevent advert   to restore normal muscle  for a stronger treatment
        and preserve Essential Qi  insert a needle on the other  reaction for patients with Qi   contraction or movements.  effect.
        is called an Axis of Energy  side of GB40, which is the  deficiency, there will be two
        Flow (AEF).                opposite side of the painful  ways for treating sprain/
        For example, if a patient  area as AEF. The AEF act to  strain with the application
        complains of left elbow pain  prevent to flow of Essential  of AEF.
        near LI11, use LI11 on the  Qi to the painful part of the
        right first, and LI11 on the  boy.                    For this case, you use GB34
        right side works as an AEF,                           as AEF for treating pain                 한의타임즈 제작진
        and as soon as the AEF is  Then, insert other needles  on a GB40 instead of using    -총괄 및 한국어판 편집장: 진희정
        used, the patient's body  on the pain area to  the other GB40. A reason              -영어판 편집장: 조남욱
        starts the treatment.      eliminate the pathogen  for substitute GB40 is to         -디자이너: 미셸장
                                   on the pain point. The  prevent an advert reaction.       -OC배포: 박형호
        If you want to make your  procedure prevents the  GB34 is a Coordinating             -한국어 연재: 강주봉 원장, 홍순호 교수,
        treatment more useful, you  possibility of transforming  balance of Qi flow and are    김용훈 원장, 홍대선 원장, 조현창 원장
        can add more needles after  Essential Qi to pathogen  on the same meridian of        -영어 연재: 강주봉 원장, 오세준 원장,
        inserting AEF.             and localizing a pathogen  the Gall Bladder. Once a        이우경 원장, 사이먼 김 교수, 데이비드 리 원장
        I experienced that only  elimination process through  practitioner inserts a needle
        taking an AEF resolves  acupuncture treatment on  on a GB34, the opposite                    Acupuncture Times
        more of my patient's pain,  the pain point.           side of painful the GB40,     -General & Korean Edition, Editor in Chief:
        but it will be required to                            then next needles could be      Heejeong Jin
        insert needles on where the  Now, this is a treatment of  placed on where the patient   -English Edition, Editor in Chief: Namwook Cho
        pain is located to eliminate  a patient with Essential Qi  feels pain. That is one way   -Design: Michelle Chang
                                                                                            -O.C. Publisher: Hyungho Park
        pathogens on the pain area.  deficiency. If you do not  of using AEF for Essential
                                                                                            -Column(Korean): Soon Ho Hong, Daesun Hong,
        There are two possibilities  follow precautions, you will  Qi deficiency patients.
                                                                                            Jubong Kang, Yong Hoon Kim, Hyun Chang Cho
        for applying to AEF. One  have  a  higher chance  of
                                                                                            -Column(English):  Jubong Kang,
        is we are dealing with a  causing vasovagal responses  The next way is using
                                                                                             Brandon SJ Oh, Winston Lee, Simon Kim, David Lee
        patient with strong and  associated with acupuncture  theory for the same-named
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