Presenter: Bob Quinn, DAOM, LAc

Original Date: April 8, 2017

Chronic Lyme disease over time exhausts the yang and yin of a patient. From a modern perspective the nervous system of these patients is under attack, and it does not serve them to use strongly stimulating techniques—not with needles, not with moxa, not with bodywork. We need instead to utilize far gentler methods. We can switch to 42 or even 44 gauge needles and insert them only superficially for a short time. Beyond there are surface techniques with a teishin or enshin that are very helpful.

What can be done without learning whole new systems of acupuncture? As it turns out, a lot can be accomplished just by adjusting what we already do, but we do need to tone our typical approach down, and we need to learn to trust subtler systems of assessment so that we know we are on the right track. I will teach abdominal assessment and forearm assessment so that a clear idea of five-phase imbalances can be determined. With this assessment in mind we can choose appropriate treatment points, e.g., source points for the phases that are shown to be deficient.

1.5 General CEUs approved by OBNM