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Acupuncture Congress 2018
Herbal Medicine: Open Access
ISSN: 2472-0151
Page 63
August 20-21, 2018
Dublin, Ireland
9
th
International Conference on
Acupuncture &
Chinese Medicine
W
AA is a recently developed acupuncture technique classed
as an acupunctural microsystem, which involve treating
the body as a whole through distal points that do not adhere to
the laws of traditional meridians. While it is true that wrist and
ankle acupuncture (WAA) is a modern technique, it already
has hundreds and thousands of treatments performed all over
the world by its name. Serious statistical studies have been
conducted in China for decades. The technique involves inserting
needles (or stimulating points and longitudinal lines) into one or
more of the twelve points located above the wrists and ankles
(six points at the wrists and six at the ankles). According to this
treatment approach, the human body is divided into six zones.
Every zone covers an area; these areas are used as a guide to
diagnose the anatomy covered by every zone and is related to one
point of treatment. It is not so often considered that every part of
the brain is also covered and stimulated with the treatment, in that
sense, there are upper one and upper two that covers the frontal
o pre-frontal lobes of the brain. We have been using this approach
to treat emotional diseases. The combination of visualization, eye
movement desensitization and breathing exercises while keeping
the needles inserted seems to be the most effective approach.
info@acupuncture.university
Wrist and ankle acupuncture and the treatment of
emotional disorders
Josep Carrion
SIHLMED Center for Integrative Medicine, Switzerland
Herb Med. 2018, Volume 4
DOI: 10.21767/2472-0151-C1-003