04/24/2024
Akari is such a great ambasador for TCM...sharing this well writen posts because of my passion for the effectiveness of bloodletting
A week late to post, but I literally had a super bloody juicy day last weekend at Dr. Yvonne Farrell's course as a part of the 8-month mentorship about "Acupuncture for Surviving Adversity: Acts of Self-Preservation".
This module’s topic was Luo-Collaterals system.
Luo-Collaterals are the second layer of the 5 meridian/channel systems in Classical Chinese Medicine which deal with overwhelming input and experiences that one can no longer suppress and they start to take control of our lives. This channel system acts as a buffer in a way it pushes them into the blood and its circulation or creates some sort of lumpy-bumpy things on the body, so that those “harmful” things are kept away from vital organs. But eventually it gives in and shows up as symptoms.
When those are affected, it presents certain emotional and physical patterns (spider veins are one good example of this!) and noticed by the patient as it literally screams for help.
This system is definitely one of my favourite ones to study and treat, it does such amazing things to the patient that I don't think no other treatment options can offer. There’s no miracle but it does feel and look miraculous when treated!
And this learning is extra special for me as it was taught by Dr. Farrell.
Her teaching has extra emphasis on patients’ autonomy: we/care providers don’t get to decide what to do for them. We “know” it yet when it comes to facing our patients, we tend to start leading the session and treat the pulse or whatever we see. BUT her teaching constantly reminds us that the goal setting should come from the patient. She doesn’t say “treat the pulse”. She never endorses us leading the patients.
I felt so juiced-up after her class!
Maybe I’ll make a post about autonomy and empowerment because it’s SO important… I feel 80% of the treatment is influenced by those two elements.
Anyways, if you are overwhelmed by emotions and/or experiences and can’t handle it anymore, get acupuncture treatments from a Registered Acupuncturist. I must say it's our signature treatment that no other professions can really offer.
Akari
