Asian Bodywork IIIClass 5

Timur Lokshin LMT, CPT, LAc.

Organ Yin:Organ Yang:

LungLarge Intestine

Element: Metal

Sound: Weeping

Smell: Rotten

Emotion: Sadness

Taste: Pungent

Tissue: Skin, Body Hair

Sense Organ: Nose

Climates: Dryness

Houses: PO (Corporeal Soul) feeling and sensation

LU Meridian

Lung Function

• Govern Qi AKA Commander of Qi• Control Respiration• Ensures regular flow through the waterways• Conveys essence to the surface skin and body hair• Governs defensive exterior of the whole body• Aids flow in all channels• Knows as a delicate organ• Diffuses Pure to Skin and Muscle• Descends Impure to KD-UP

LU Relationships

• LU and LI

• LU and HT

• LU and KD

• LU and LV

• LU and SP

LU Relationships

• LU and LI– Wei Qi

• LU and HT– Commander of Qi, Mother Blood

• LU and KD– Governs Qi, Roots Qi

• LU and LV– Governs Qi, Sooths Qi

• LU and SP– Nutritive Qi, aids in Transformation and Transportation

Common Cold

Etiology and pathogenesis• Wind is the main cause of common cold and is

usually combined with cold, heat, summer heat, or dampness. – Wind Cold is most common in autumn and winter– Wind Heat in spring and summer– Wind Summerheat-dampness in late summer (last

month of summer)• The pathology of colds varies with the exterior

evils.

Invasion of Wind-Cold

• Sx: Strong Aversion of cold, slight fever, no perspiration, headache, aching joints and limbs, a stuffy nose, runny nose, scratchy throat, caught with thin white phlegm, without sensation of excessive thirst.– Tongue: Thin white moist coating– Pulse: Floating , tight

• Treatment Method: Dispel wind, dissipate cold, resolve the exterior

• Points for Immediate Tx: SI3, UB62• General Points: LU7, SJ5

Invasion of Wind-Heat

• Sx: Slight aversion to cold, prominent fever, perspiration, headache, cough with thick yellow phlegm, dry sore throat, stuffy nose with turbid yellow mucus, thirst– Tongue: Thin yellow coating.– Pulse: floating, rapid

• Treatment Method: dispel wind, clear heat, resolve exterior.

• Points: LI11, SJ5

Invasion of summer heat-dampness

• Sx: Unsurfaced fever (does not feel hot in the beginning but get hit later), slight aversion to cold, little perspiration, headache with a sensation of heaviness (as though head was tightly bandaged), aching and heaviness of the limbs and joints, coughing with sticky phlegm, greasy feeling in the mouth, no thirst or thirst with a preference for hot drinks, nausea dark scanty urine, oppression in the chest, distention or fullness of the epigastrium and abdomen, loose stools.– Tongue: yellow, slimy coating– Pulse: soft, rapid

• Treatment Method: clear summer heat, transform dampness,resolve the exterior

• Points: LI4, SP9, LU5

Cold Qi Vacuity

• Strong aversion to cold, fever, headache, nasal congestion, cough with white phlegm, tiredness, fatigue, shortness of breath, disinclination to speak. This is from depleted defensive qi allowing external invasion of wind cold evil.– Tongue:pale with white coating– Pulse:floating, force less

• Treatment Method: dispel wind, dissipate cold, boost qi, resolve exterior

• Points:LI9, ST36, SJ5

Colds Yin Vacuity

• Fever slight aversion to wind or cold, headache, no perspiration or little perspiration, dizziness, vexation of the heart, heat in the palms or soles, thirst, dry throat, dry mouth, dry cough with scanty phlegm. This is from chronic yin vacuity allowing external invasion of wind heat evil.– Tongue: red with little coating– Pulse:rapid, thready

• Treatment Method: dispel wind, clear heat, nourish yin, resolve the exterior.

• Points: LI11, SJ5, KD6, SP6

Cupping

• Traditional Chinese medicine brings to mind acupuncture and the use of natural herbs as healing remedies. Cupping is a lesser-known treatment that is also part of Oriental medicine, one that can provide an especially pleasant experience. One of the earliest documentations of cupping can be found in the work titled A Handbook of Prescriptions for Emergencies, which was written by a Taoist herbalist by the name of Ge Hong and which dates all the way back to 300 AD.

Cupping Cont.

Cupping is the term applied to a technique that uses small glass cups or bamboo jars as suction devices that are placed on the skin. There are several ways that a practitioner can create the suction in the cups. One method involves swabbing rubbing alcohol onto the bottom of the cup, then lighting it and putting the cup immediately against the skin. Suction can also be created by placing an inverted cup over a small flame, or by using an alcohol-soaked cotton pad over an insulating material (like leather) to protect the skin, then lighting the pad and placing an empty cup over the flame to extinguish it. Flames are never used near the skin and are not lit throughout the process of cupping, but rather are a means to create the heat that causes the suction within the small cups.

Cupping Cont.

• The suction and negative pressure provided by cupping can loosen muscles, encourage blood flow, and sedate the nervous system (which makes it an excellent treatment for high blood pressure). Cupping is used to relieve back and neck pain, stiff muscles, anxiety, fatigue, migraines, rheumatism, and even cellulite. For weight loss and cellulite treatment, oil is first applied to the skin, and then the cups are moved up and down the surrounding area.

Cupping Cont.• Like acupuncture, cupping follows the lines of the meridians. There

are five meridian lines on the back, and these are where cups are usually placed. Using these points, cupping can help align and relax qi, as ell as target more specific maladies. By targeting the meridian channels, cupping strives to “open” these channels – the path through with energy flows freely throughout the body, tissue and organs. Thus providing a smoother and more free flowing qi. Cupping is one of the best deep tissue therapies available. It is thought to affect tissue up to 4 inches deep from the external skin. Toxins can be released, blockage can be cleared, and veins and arteries can be refreshed within these four inches of affected materials. Even hands, wrists, legs and ankles can be culled, thus applying the healing to specific organs that correlate with these points.

Cupping Cont.

• This treatment is also valuable for the lungs, and can clear congestion from a common cold or help help to control asthma. In fact, respiratory conditions are one of the most common maladies that cupping is used to relieve. Three thousand years ago, in earlier Chinese documentation of cupping, it was recommended for treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis.

Benefits Overview

• Cold and wind attacking and penetrating the body• Qi stagnation• Poor circulation• Weakness of the digestive system• Asthmatic conditions• Chronic back aches due to KD qi vacuity• On Ashi points to relieve blood stagnation• To draw out pathogenic dampness, especially from

arthritic joints

Eight methods of cupping

• Weak• Medium• Strong• Moving• Needle cupping• Mona cupping• Empty cupping• Full cupping (bleeding)

Weak Cupping

• This is done with minimum suction, just enough to hold the cup in place. This type of cupping is particularly suitable for debilitated patients and for children. Cups are normally left for 10-20 min in adults and 2-5 minutes in children, but in weak cupping they can be kept a longer period in needed. Weak cupping should not induce bruising or any sensation of pulling. If it does, then the suction is too strong, so remove the cups and re-apply. Each time new cups are applied make sure that the skin is moistened with enough oil.

Medium Cupping

• The suction is firmer, and the skin rises a little inside the cup. This method is suitable for children between seven and fourteen years of age. Medium cupping can also be applied to adults on the stomach and abdomen. Very little bruising will appear even if the cups are left a long time. With a new patient, I usually start with medium cupping and increase suction as the treatment progresses, helping to build up the patients confidence.

Strong Cupping

• Is normally only used on patients who have experienced cupping previously, so they know what to expect. Whenever strong cupping is used for the first time, it is advised to not leave the cups in place for more than 3-5 minutes, and always massage the area after removing the cups. This type of cupping is not suitable for children, or weak or elderly patients. It causes bruising very rapidly and drains energy if the cups are left on for too long. Strong cupping is best used on robust adults. Not suitable for abdomen or stomach, and is mainly applied on the back, shoulders and legs.

Moving Cupping

• Is the most painful method of cupping. It is done by moving cups while they are in place on the skin. It is mostly used in excess heat contains, and only on strong adults. Whether the suction applied is medium or strong, movement of the cups can be uncomfortable. Before using moving cupping, make sure there is plenty of oil at location of treatment. The most common area to apply moving cupping is the back. The purpose of the cupping is to draw out pathogenic heat and regulate the flow of blood. This will cause bruising very rapidly , which is the desired effect, indicating heat coming to the surface. It will be noticed that as treatment progresses, less bruising will appear in subsequent sessions.

Needle Cupping

• Can be applied over needles, while the needles are in desired position. This technique is used in Shi condition, red, painful, and swollen knees and shoulders. With this method some blood may be drawn into the cup. This is quite normal, especially if suction is strong.

Moxa Cupping

• Is done by placing Moxa on the needle in the normal way for warming needle technique and lit. As soon as Moxa stops smoking and while still hot, place cup over the needles. This method is used to tonify and move the qi

Empty Cupping

• Is actually strong cupping method, but the duration of the suction is short. Less than one minute and there for can be applied to weak persons, children or adult. 5-10 cups may be applied simultaneously, then immediately removing one before placing a new one. Continue this till bruising appears. This method is very effective when the effect of drawing out cold is desired, especially on Xu patients, since it does not drain energy excessively.

Full cupping

• Is only used when excess Blood-Heat is involved. A small cut is made on the back, usually in the upper part of the body and the cup is placed over the cut. The vacuum created will draw blood into the cup which will fill rapidly. This method should not be used more than once a month. A minor variation of this application is used more often with a puncture of an acupuncture point with a lancet. Drawing out small amount of blood, rather than quarter to half a cup.