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This Site Method comes from a Chinese
family tradition different to the
Chinese medicine taught in the
'normal' way.

It can be used for many problems.

Home Because it focuses on where the

pain or discomfort is and the
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acupuncture channels that run
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on a knowledge of syndromes. Dr Richard Tan
Jonathan Talks

Acu-points News But acupuncturists need to really know their acupuncture channel theory
to practise this form of acupuncture. Even so, it is often just as quick to
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the theory in your head, that is!)
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And it has the great advantage that the patient gives immediate
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How Does it Work? Usually, I ask the patient to assess the level of pain or discomfort before
treatment as being 10/10.
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During treatment I hope to reduce this to 0/10. I would say that
Benefits normally I achieve this within a very few minutes.
Review my book? I then leave the patient to rest for a while, with the needles remaining
inserted. Often the patient goes to sleep or sinks into a pleasant reverie.
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Music can help them reach the right level.
Treatment?
A Lattice of Channels
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The principal acupuncture channels
and their subsidiary channels form a
FAQs lattice throughout the body. Many
channels interconnect with other
News channels, not just at different points
along the channels, but because
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with other channels.
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As explained in the Unified

Education
Acupuncture Theory system
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partly from the Tan Balance Method
Theory and Dr Tung's acupuncture system,
Theory each channel has up to six other
channels on which points can be
Qi found to reduce or clear pain or
problems along any one given single
Blood channel.

Jing Essence Pain or discomfort along, say, the

Foot Shao Yin channel might be
External Causes of cleared using points along, for
example, any of the following
Ext.Heat&Cold channels which have a special
relationship with the Foot Shao Yin
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channel:
Internal Causes
Foot Tai Yang channel
Yin and Yang Hand Shao Yin channel

Yin and or Yang Hand Tai Yang channel

Hand Jue Yin channel
Chronic Disease
Hand Shao Yang channel
Four Levels Hand Yang Ming channel
Six Stages Additionally, Foot Shao Yin channel points could be used.

Chong Mo Why are these six channels used and not the other six? Well, there's a
theory for using these particular channels but it really doesn't make
Ren Mo much sense if you are new to acupuncture.

Suppression (Indeed, many acupuncturists who are certainly not new to the subject
find it hard to understand!)
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And why aren't the 'Western' names for the channels given?
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For example, why is the Foot Shao Yin channel not just called the Kidney
Yang Excess channel, which is the same thing? Answer: because that wouldn't bring
to mind the reason for choosing the other channels. Otherwise, you'd
Yin Deficiency just have to learn them by rote.

Yin Def'y Causes Rote learning is perhaps not difficult for just one channel, but there are
twelve of them! Interconnections would have to be learned for all of
Yin Excess
them and without the underlying theory to support, it would be easy to
make mistakes.
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Using the original Chinese channel names actually makes it easier.
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However, it is rather technical and few acupuncturists learn about it
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when going through their initial training.
Tongue diagnosis
Tan Balance Method - the points
Methods
With the Tan Balance method, points are found on the associated
Acupuncture
channels that evoke discomfort on pressure. These points are then
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needled. In the Unified acupuncture theory method, finding the points in
question is much more discerning and the degree of improvement helps
decide which points to use.
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The points used may or may not be points recognised by classical
acupuncture theory. In fact, they often aren't but, if they can
Chinese Herbs immediately reduce the discomfort from 10/10 down to 0/10, they are
treated with great attention to detail and careful needle manipulation.
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In many cases, points are chosen on the side of the body opposite to the
Cupping site of the pain. There is a coherent theory for this too.

Massage Of course, quite often traditional or classical points are chosen, because
they work! But if using the Tan Balance method, or even more so the
Moxibustion Unified Acupuncture theory, a point is not chosen because it is well-
known, but only because it works in this case.
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Help Yourself! Disadvantages

Beauty Care No system is flawless. One of the problems with this Tan Balance
method is that needles should remain in situ for at least 45 minutes, and
Cold Foods preferably 90 minutes. This is usually longer than the time allowed for
treatment.
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Also, during treatment, the needles may need further manipulation
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several times during the 90 minute session.
Fish for Yin Additionally, often a series of daily or two-daily treatments works best at
clearing the ingrained 'pain' or 'problem'. Not all patients can afford to
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come daily for a week.
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Even so, using the 'enhanced' Unified Acupuncture theory system,
(which explains and embraces Dr Tung's system as well) and
Interval Training
incorporating other systems including Japanese, Korean, 5 Element and
Meditation traditional Chinese theory, for example, I have achieved really
astounding results with the Tan Balance method often in just one or two
Self-Help treatments. (Well, I was astounded, even if the patient expected it so
thought less of it!)
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So, good and lasting effects can occur if the needles are removed after
Wake Up? 15-30 minutes: 45-90 mins may be the ideal, but this isn't always
possible and treatment can be effective in a shorter period.
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Problems Theory behind it

Allergy Induced The underlying theory emerges from study of the I Ching, the ancient
Book of Change. This is, if you like, the basic theory of yin and yang.
Antibiotics

Anxiety

Asthma Causes

Back Pain

Bags under the Eyes

Birth Control

Breathlessness

Calf Cramps It employs hexagrams of single or broken horizontal lines to represent

Yang (unbroken lines - see above) and Yin (broken lines - not shown).
CFS/M.E.

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There are 64 hexagrams and if

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you're feeling brave and somewhat
Cough mathematically inclined, the Yin-
Yang code, by Dr Ning Lu may help
Depression you get to grips with it.

Epilepsy Warning! This is not an easy read,

and the early chapters take liberties
Reduce Fat with the English language.

Fibromyalgia
However, to get from from the Book of Change to which acupuncture
Gout channels to use does take a bit of explanation so that's why I suggest
you go on a course to learn about it.
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To try to explain it here would require a very long page, too long to be
Hayfever digestible for most people.

Heatwave! And to be honest, there are other things I want to write about!

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