When treating patients it's helpful to group the origin of their pain from 3 sources: body, mind and spirit. Pain originating from the body tends to be the most acute and pain from the spirit most chronic. Injuries to the body may take days to months to heal. Injuries to the mind may take weeks to years to heal. And injuries to the spirit may take months to decades to heal.
Body injuries sustained from minor physical trauma (accidental cuts or falls) heal the fastest when there are no associated emotional trauma. Physical injuries sustained with an emotional trauma not only take longer to heal but may recur if the patient continues to have the same recurring mental distress. At the deepest level, illnesses originated from spiritual disharmony not only take the longest to heal but also are the hardest to diagnose.
In Chinese medicine, the concept of body, mind and spirit can be roughly translated in to wei, ying, and yuan Qi. For the sake of simple visualization, wei Qi may be thought as a large sphere enveloping the whole body; ying Qi a smaller sphere inside wei Qi, and yuan Qi, the smallest of all 3 spheres, reside at the center.
Repairing wei qi, or defensive qi, is relatively easy for any competent practitioner. The body natural tendency is to heal itself. This self-healing tendency is consistent with the nature of wei Qi, which regulates all automatic functions of the body. Wei Qi functions at the most basic level of life. Its restoration is almost assured if there is an adequate amount of air, water, food, and sleep. The 4 meridians that primarily regulate these basic life functions are Lung, Large Intestine, Stomach, and Spleen. Heart meridian may be also included in this group because of its relationships with sleep.
Treating wei Qi doesn't require more than applying a few "broad strokes" on the "treatment canvas". If the problems are primarily yang in nature, use points on the yang side of the body (e.g. Taiyang points) and scalp acupuncture. If the problems are primarily yin in nature, use points on the yin side of the body and abdominal acupuncture. If the problems are predominantly Shaoyang (alternating between yin and yang), use Shaoyang points and auricular acupuncture...
Body injuries sustained from minor physical trauma (accidental cuts or falls) heal the fastest when there are no associated emotional trauma. Physical injuries sustained with an emotional trauma not only take longer to heal but may recur if the patient continues to have the same recurring mental distress. At the deepest level, illnesses originated from spiritual disharmony not only take the longest to heal but also are the hardest to diagnose.
In Chinese medicine, the concept of body, mind and spirit can be roughly translated in to wei, ying, and yuan Qi. For the sake of simple visualization, wei Qi may be thought as a large sphere enveloping the whole body; ying Qi a smaller sphere inside wei Qi, and yuan Qi, the smallest of all 3 spheres, reside at the center.
Repairing wei qi, or defensive qi, is relatively easy for any competent practitioner. The body natural tendency is to heal itself. This self-healing tendency is consistent with the nature of wei Qi, which regulates all automatic functions of the body. Wei Qi functions at the most basic level of life. Its restoration is almost assured if there is an adequate amount of air, water, food, and sleep. The 4 meridians that primarily regulate these basic life functions are Lung, Large Intestine, Stomach, and Spleen. Heart meridian may be also included in this group because of its relationships with sleep.
Treating wei Qi doesn't require more than applying a few "broad strokes" on the "treatment canvas". If the problems are primarily yang in nature, use points on the yang side of the body (e.g. Taiyang points) and scalp acupuncture. If the problems are primarily yin in nature, use points on the yin side of the body and abdominal acupuncture. If the problems are predominantly Shaoyang (alternating between yin and yang), use Shaoyang points and auricular acupuncture...
