depression.This patient fell fast asleep while the front points were being retained and reported that the back
points woke him up and made his brain feel much brighter.
Woman, 54
This patient complained of a backache on the left side extending to the loin just below the 12th
rib: this pain had started 3 weeks earlier. Her spine showed a pronounced deviation to one side in
the lumbar area and her left leg was shorter than the right. Her pulse was Firm (i.e. Wiry at a
deep level), especially Wiry on both Rear positions, and slightly Overflowing on the Heart
position.
The points used in one session were as follows:
- KI-6 Zhaohai on the right and LU-7 Lieque on the left to open the Yin Heel Vessel and
absorb excess Yin. This condition is evidenced by the Firm quality of the pulse which
indicates stagnation in the Interior at the Yin level. The Yin Heel Vessel also harmonizes
Left and Right and corrects structural imbalances between left and right: it is therefore
often indicated in musculo-skeletal problems characterized by such imbalances, as it was
in this case with a deviation of the lumbar vertebrae and a difference in length between
right and left leg. The use of the Yin Heel Vessel is also indicated by the Wiry quality on
both Rear positions, according to the "Study on the Eight Extraordinary Vessels" by Li
Shi Zhen.23(596) - HE-6 Yinxi on the right and KI-2 Rangu on the left to harmonize Heart and Kidneys. This
combination of points from two related arm-leg channels of the same polarity harmonizes
Left and Right, and Top and Bottom. These two points were selected on the basis not of
any particular pattern, but purely of the presenting energetic imbalance as mirrored by the
pulse. The Overflowing quality on the Heart pulse and the Wiry one on the Kidney pulse
show a breakdown of interaction between Heart and Kidneys with an accumulation of Qi
in the lower part (causing the backache) and an "escape" of Qi in the upper part. HE-6,
Accumulation point, was selected to remove obstructions, which is one of the functions
of such points, and KI-2, Spring point, was chosen because the Spring points drain Qi
downwards. Both Accumulation and Spring points are particularly dynamic points and
the combination of the two makes for a particularly moving treatment in energetic terms.
The unilateral use of the points enhances their moving effect. - SP-6 Sanyinjiao, bilaterally, was used to provide some tonification to balance the other
points which are strongly moving.
During the treatment she felt a vibration in the loin region. After this first treatment, the
backache went from the loin region and was confined to the sacro-iliac region. I repeated the