Introduction of Dong-shi Qi-xue
Liaofa
(董氏奇穴疗法简介)
Dongshi Qixue liaofa is a kind of
acupuncture practice skill. Dongshi means the family name of the
doctor (Mr. Dong, Gong-chang, 1916-1975) who created this style.
Qixue means very miracles acupuncture point and liaofa means
therapy in Chinese. You had better pronounce the name of this
acupuncture style in Chinese, to avoid future misunderstanding
when you communicate with your Chinese partner. Dongshi Qixue
liaofa is mostly used by acupuncture doctors in
Taiwan
and overseas, not popular in
China. That’s why when you
learn acupuncture in your acupuncture school, you did not even
heard of it, because your acupuncture textbook is mostly adapted
from TCM textbook used in mainland of
China.
1. Distribution of acupuncture points in
the Dongshi Qixue liaofa
There are 740 acupuncture points in this
Dongshi Qixude liaofa, though about 200 points are the mostly
commonly used. These points distribute on the surface of the
body with the following characteristics:
(1). They are distributed along the edge of
bones.
(2). Many points distributed as a group –
group distribution.
(3). Lots of appoints are on the back of
the body, alone 7 vertical lines parallel to the middle spine
line. The number of the acupuncture points on these seven lines
comes up to 83 already.
(4). Many acupuncture points are actually
the points you have already learned in your textbook but here
with different names. Many others distributed very close to the
commonly known acupuncture points.
2. Characteristics in needle handling
(1). No need to manipulate the needle.
After insert the needle, simply leave the
needle there for up to 30 min to 45 min, e.g. it does not ask
for a supplying or depletion technique on the needle. However,
it pays much attention to the direction of the needle and the
depth of the needle.
(2). Leave the needle or not depends on the
effect.
After insert the needle, practitioner
handle the needle and at the same time he will asks the patient
to move the arms or legs or the disease-affected portion of the
body. If the pain or other disorder disappears, the needle is
removed without need to keep the needle. If the on-set effect is
not so satisfied, or the history of the disease is long, the
needle is needed to be kept.
(3). Use needles a group.
It usually uses several needles in a
closely nearby area (two to three needles each time on one zone
of the body). By this way, the acupuncture effect is enhanced
among each needle and the traditional supplying or depletion
technique is no longer needed.
(4). Use bleeding therapy a lot
For severe disease or difficult disorder,
it uses bleeding therapy a lot. It tends to have bleeding
therapy in a part of the body that is far away from the affected
part of the body. For example, it uses bleeding on leg or feet
to solve pain in head, not means to make bleeding right on the
affected, painful spot.
(5). Acupuncture on surface
disease-reflecting zone
It is believed that strange color change,
or a strange feeling on the skin could be a reflection of
disease inside of the body. The Dongshi Qixue liaofa asks to
have acupuncture on such strange skin zone to resolve the
disease inside of the body.
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