Treatment of Hypertension by Traditional Chinese Acupuncture

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Chinese Etiology:
There are two essential causes of Hypertension:
1.

Hypertension may be caused by a deficiency of Yin Kidney caused by the following: Over use of the Will and mental thought
which weakens the Blood; excessive sexual activity; blockage of the Ancestral energy; etc. These causes drive up the "Wind of
the Liver" accompanied by "Liver Fire". Symptoms include lack of physical strength accompanied by exhaustion of the Spirit,
headache, dizziness, palpitation, insomnia, pulse-small and wiry. Apply Tonification** method on points UB-23 (Shen-Shu), K-3
(T'ai-Hsi), and UB-15 (Hsin-Shu). Sedate the points Liv-2 (Hsing-Chien) and Liv-3 (T'ai-Ch'ung).

2.

Hypertension may be caused by the Glairy Mucus in combination with the Fire of the Liver being transformed into Wind caused
by: Overeating (leading to an accumulation of Glairy Mucus); excessive consumption of spicy foods or alcoholic beverages; or
psychic disturbances of the Energy of the Liver (anger). Symptoms include pain in the ribs; dizziness and paralysis of the limbs;
thirst and mental depression; pulse-wiry, sliding and forceful; white, greasy or yellowish fur on the tongue. Apply sedation**
method on the points St-40 (Fung-Lung), CV-12 (Chung-Wan), Liv-2 (Hsing-Chien) , UB-18 (Kan-Shu), and P-7 (Ta-Lung).

Additional Points
1.

China's current therapy uses:

a) K-3, UB-23, UB-18.
Points according to the symptoms:
Dizziness and headache - GB-20.
Abdominal distention and excessive mucus - CV-12, St-40.
General weakness - St-36, Sp-6.
Remarks: Treat once daily until symptoms subside, then treat every other day. This prescription is also suitable for Meniere's
Syndrome.
b) Ear points: E-33 Subcortex, E-55 Depressing Groove, E-37 Shen-men, E-51 Heart, E-39 Sympathetic

2.

Balance the pulses of the Kidney, Heart and Envelope of the Heart. Then sedate P-8, P-7, P-6, K-2, H-9, CV-6, CV-5, P-10, P-2,
H-7, and St-36; then tonify SI-10, SI-13, SI-14, and SI-17. Choose the appropriate points among those listed.

**To Understand Tonification & Sedation on Acupuncture

Acupuncture (latin acus= needle, pungere= to prick) is the oldest system of medicine known to mankind. The
origin of Acupuncture is still a mystery but generally believed that it was being practiced as far back as Stone Age
in China. The rudimentary form of acupuncture has been in existence in many parts of the world like Brazil, India,
Egypt, Japan, Sri Lanka and South Africa.
The origin of Acupuncture & Moxibustion is purely accidental in the prehistoric age of China. It is assumed that
while warming themselves by the fire in a cave, people in ancient times accidentally found relief or disappearance
of certain pain or illness when definite areas the skin were subjected to burning. A sick person who suffered for a
long time from renal pains may have perceived that after being injured in foot in the course of an accident, the
shed blood relieved him from all his pains: Acupuncture & Moxibustion had been born. In the Paleolithic age the
Chinese forefathers used to treat pains with needles of carved flint, their experience being transmitted orally to
their descendants until the "Age of War" by which time Acupuncture was already very prevalent.
e must read Ling Shu.