Location of Tools

Today, let me introduce the tool rack beside the treatment bed.

Kobayashi sensei always says that things have to be in the certain place in order to have treatment done smoothly. If you think "where is the tool...?" during the treatment, your concentration was cut there and goes somewhere else.

That's why everything is decided where to be put. Needles are where needles are, moxa is where moxa is, and so are others.

Happy 70th Birthday, Kobayashi Sensei♪♪♪

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Happy Birthday Dear Kobayashi Sensei
Happy Birthday to You!!!!!

Kobyashi Sensei turned 70 years old!
By the way, Taishido Acupuncture Clinic is 40 years old as well!!

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Happy Birthday  Dear Taishido Acupuncture Clinic
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NAJOM March 2012

There are two articles related to Shakuju Association in NAJOM (North American Journal of Oriental Medicine), Volume 19, Number54, March 2012.

Noriyuki Fujiwara
"The Yi Jing (I Ching) and Oriental Medicine" (p19-20)

Pamela Sokach
"Seminar Report: Shakuju Therapy with Kobayashi Shoji Sensei" (p31)

http://www.najom.org/

Layers of Reference Points

The human body is considered as multiple layers of qi in Shakuju Therapy. So, depending on which layer you focus on, the side to be picked up as a reference point might differ. For example, one checks GB 21 both right and left sides. If the right side is hard in the superficial layer, the right GB 21 is a reference point, and the left GB 21 is the treatment point.

However, what happens to check the deeper layer at GB 21? You may find the left side is harder than the right. In this layer, the left side is a reference point and the right side becomes a treatment side. If you try to confirm the more deeper layer, it might change again.

So, what is the right reference point then? The answer will be all. Why? As a reference point is an indicator for who use it, the relative relationship of the layer focused by the practitioner is highlighted.

Have you experienced like this? Whenever confirmed the reference point by your master, the side is always different. If the problem of finger sensation is not taking an account, the reference point you chose is not wrong, but the layers to be checked are different. Moreover, it can be assumed that the skill to palpate the deeper layer indicates one's ability of treatment. You might feel disappointed when your sensei picks up the different side, but you don't need to be pessimistic. Rather, it is better than picking up the same side with sensei, though the layers are completely different, and you never notice the difference.

*This article is translated from Japanese Shakuju Association blog.

Exercise (10)

The most of people experience a cramp in the leg when they get old to some extent. It is understandable to get a cramp after the hard exercise and so on, but sometimes one is seized with a cramp and wakes up during sleep at night.

This can be understood as the fatigue of the body itself appearing in the legs where the pressure was put the most. In other words, the cramp is not only the problem of the legs. The fatigue is what the movement of qi of the body gets slow and cold, so needless to say when using one's legs, and even when yang qi gets cold at night, the qi movement of legs slows down. When it gets stronger, the pain appears in the legs. To prevent a cramp, it is important to think about the cause of the fatigue.

*This article is translated from "Yamai hitokuchi Memo" written by Shoji Kobayashi, 2005.