additional techniques

scalp acupuncture uses thicker longer needles to stimulate specific brain regions.
electrical stimulation may be used to give greater sensation.
treatments are often for more serious conditions and can be up to several hours long
treatment involves knowing what type of problem you are dealing with and which body part is affected
motor issues include paralysis, spasms, or twitching
sensory issues include pain, numbness and tingling
numbness and tingling in legs: upper 1/5 sensory line
facial paralysis (bell’s palsy): 4/5 and 5/5 motor line
bilateral condition: needle bilaterally
one-sided condition: needle opposite side

four needle technique

four needle technique uses five elements to treat conditions
depending on organ being excess or deficient, you must identify mother or son element and identify grandmother elementdraw out the generation cycle
to determine the grandmother: go back to the organ given
to select the four points: two will be on the affected channel
grandmother point: excess/deficient are the same but you must figure out to either tonify or sedate
tonify: mother
sedate: son
grandmother: opposite function of mother and son
fire element yin: PC/HT meridian
fire element yang: SJ/SI meridian
problem in yin organ: yin organ/channel points
problem in yang organ: yang organ/channel points

deficient organ

tonify mother; sedate the grandmother
tonify mother: needle mother element point on affected channel
- needle mother element point on mother element channel (mother’s horary point)
sedate grandmother: needle grandmother element on affected channel
- needle grandmother element point on grandmother element channel (grandmother’s horary point)
eg: spleen is deficient. spleen is earth. mother of earth is fire; grandmother is wood
- tonify mother: sp2 (fire point on spleen channel) and ht8 (fire point on fire channel, could also use pc8)
- sedate grandmother: sp1 (wood point on spleen channel) and lv1 (wood point on wood channel)

excess organ

sedate son; tonify the grandmother
sedate son: needle son element point on affected channel
- needle son element point on son element channel (son’s horary point)
tonify grandmother: needle grandmother element on affected channel
- needle grandmother element point on grandmother element channel (grandmother’s horary point)
eg: liver is excess. liver is wood. son of wood is fire; grandmother is metal
- sedate son: lv2 (fire point on liver channel) and ht8 (fire point on fire channel, could also use pc8)
- tonify grandmother: lv4 (metal point on liver channel) and lu8 (metal point on metal channel)