Tables relating to study of Acupuncture Five Elements Table

Zang five elements externally-internally related organs gall eye tendon bladder heart small tongue vessel fire intestine spleen stomach mouth muscle earth lung large nose skin & metal intestine hair kidney urinary ear bone water bladder Note: The five categories of things classified according to the five elements and externally-internally related organs. wood liver anger joy overthinking grief & melancholy fright & fear Fu five sense organs emotional activities

five tissues

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Diagnosis Indicators Table

measure test of pain threshold differentiation of syndromes sign indicating excellent results high basic pain threshold deficiency of Yang (lower grade sympatheticotonia) indicated by pallor, chilliness in limbs, dribbling urination, loose stool, pale tongue with white coating sign indicating good results lower grade pain threshold deficiency of Yin indicated by restlessness, feverish sensation in palms and soles, malar flush, night sweat, hot-deep-yellow urine, constipation, red tongue, thready and rapid pulse low

capillary

high

test of skin temperature equilibrium test adrenaline skin test

increased

decreased or remains unchanged normal equilibrium

dysequilibrium

unchanged white spot within 20 minutes

gradually enlarged white spot within 20 minutes

mood

excessive mental strain ____________________________________________________

unruffled mood

Table of Electrical Values

kidney+ correction of strabismus detached retina replantation of pterygium eye-, liver+. spleen-, lung+ forehead towards eye 1- (eye 2-) lung+ eye-, liver+ (on the diseased side) Shenmen-, eye+ (eye 1+) (on the diseased side) forehead towards eye 2+, Shenmen towards sympathetic-(both bilaterally) internal nose-, lung+ Shenmen-, internal ear+, kidney-, lung+ tonsil (helix 6)-, throat+, helix 4-, adrenal gland+ anesthetic point 1 for tooth extraction-,mouth+ 23 13 22 11

exenteration of orbit polypectomy radical mastoidectomy

55 12

51 6

tonsilleotomy

53

34

tooth extraction

18

12

simple

mastectomy

anesthetic point 2 for tooth extraction+, adrenal gland+(physiological saline injected) Shenmen-, lung+, chest-, spleen+ point injection around the root of ear

1250 16

812 11

21

17

resection of thyoid adenoma

neck towards lung (bilaterally)

334

311

point injection around the root of ear (bilaterally) subtotal thyroidectomy Shenmen-, lung+, neck-, endocrine+

132

123

37

33

neck towards lung (bilaterally) gastric operation Shenmen-, lung+, stomach-, sympathetic+ point injection around the root of ear anterior and posterior peritoneum, Shenmen Shenmen-, lung+, gall-, sympathetic+(right) point injection around the root of ear anterior-and posterior+peritoneum, Shenmen-, subcortex+ splenecShenmen-, lung+,

89

71

850

636

83

68

operation of biliary tract

46 39 47

29 15 41

12

21

10

tomy

spleen-, sympathetic+(left) point injection around the root of ear 17 15

enterectomy

Shenmen-, lung+, small intestine-, large intestine+ anterior-and posterior+peritoneum, Shenmen- sympathetic+

24

10

exploratory laparotomy

anterior- and posterior+ peritoneum, Shenmen-, sympathetic+

18

10

appendectomy

appendix-, mouth+ (right ear) anterior-and posterior+ peritoneum, Sanjiao-, sympathetic+ (right ear) point injection around the root of ear Shenmen+, lungpoint injection around the root of ear Shenmen-, lung+, heart-, chest+ point injection around the root of ear

306

183

706

671

pneumonec-tomy

34 210 16

26 133 14

separation of mitral valve

10

19

15

resection of pericardium nephrectomy and nephropexy

point injection around the root of bilateral ears Shenmen, lung, waist, ureter (diseased side)

12

11

kidney-, spleen+, lung+, Shenmenherniorrhaphy Shenmen-, lung+, testis-, kidney towards hip+ anterior-and posterior+peritoneum, Shenmen-, sympathetic+ point injection around the root of ear operation of testis operation of urinary bladder Shenmen-, lung+, testis-, liver+ urinary bladder-, spleen+, Shenmen-, lung+

65

36

105

62

16 64

10 60

20

14

20

15

cystoscopy

urinary bladder-, urethra towards external genital organs+ Shenmen-, lung+, ovary-, abdomen+ anterior- and posterior+ peritoneum, Shenmen-, sympathetic+ point injection around the root of ear Shenmen-, lung+, ovary-, endocrinex+ point injection around the root of ear Shenmen-, lung+, uterus-, subcortex+ point injection around the root of ear

285

230

tubal ligation

179

133

41

36

ovariocy-stectomy panhysterectomy

44 46 14 49

43 28 8 11

with resection of appendixes of uterus

45

28

cesarean section

Shenmen-, lung+, uterus-, abdomen+ point injection around the root of ear

32

10

29

23

operation of exfetation

Shenmen-, lung+, ovary- abdomen+ point injection around the root of ear

12

11

reduction of fracture of limbs

Shenmen-, corresponding point+(s), kidney-, liver towards spleen+ point injection around the roots of the bilateral ears

45

34

operation on the limbs

68

56

amputation of lower portion of leg reduction of shoulder joint

Shenmen-, lung+, kidney-, sciatic towards sympathetic+(diseased side)

shoulder towards shoulder joint,- Shenmen+, sympathetic-, kidney+ (diseased side) 11 7

internal Shenmen-, lung+, hip+, kidney+ fixation of fractures with three-flanged nail Note: `-' stands for connecting with the negative probe of an electric stimulator, and `+' with the positive one. ________________________________________

Female Difficulty Points Table

age young girl

etiology

main points kidney, ovary stomach and uterus liver, spleen, ovary and endocrine endocrine, kidney, ubcortex and heart Selection of points and manipulation Auricular point injection into Shenmen, spleen, uterus, followed by seed-pressure till the condition is stabilized.

deficiency of kidney and/or disharmony of the Chong and Ren channels middle-aged deficiency of blood and Qi due mainly to delivery and woman lactation climacteric deficiency of kidney, blood and Qi woman Symptoms Etiology

Ample dark coloured menstrous flow with bloody clot, thirst, fever, restlessness, red tongue with yellow coating. Uterine hemorrhage may be lingering and scanty, dark purple coloured with bloody clot, pain in the lower abdomen aggravated on pressure, dark purple tongue or purple spots on the tongue. Scanty light coloured menstrous flow complicated by shortness of breath, lassitude, pale tongue and thready pulse.

Invasion of pathological heat in the blood.

Stagnation of blood circulation

Acupuncture at the points uterus, liver, Shenmen and subcortex. bloodletting may be performed on the filling back auricular vein.

Deficiency of Qi fails to control blood circulation.

Seed pressure on the points uterus, ovary, liver, kidney and spleen.

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Summary of Analgesic Results Table

dep.name of operation

selection of auricular acu-points

total number of cases

number of those with effects 162

excision of precranial tumour

brainstem-, sympathetic+; Shenmen-,lung+ brainstem through subcortex-, sympathetic+; Shenmen through kidney-and lung+ Shenmen-, brain point+, occiput through subcortex-, kidney+ Shenmen-, corresponding point+ point injection around the root of ear Shenmen, corresponding point, lung, kidney point injection around the root of ear eye 1 towards eye 2-, spleen+ eye-, lung+, Shenmen-, liver+ eye-, liver+, Shenmen-,

196

excision of postcranial tumour

86

71

retrogasserian rhizotomy

14

13

clearance of intracerebral hematoma

10 47

7 46

excision of spinal abscess

12

spinal injury

20

18

operations of trichiasis for entropion shortening of sclera iridectomy

115

86

11

10