The enthusiasm and attention of the participants was beautifully complemented by the unique surrounds of the Australia Bush, a very pleasant, well appointed conference room plus excellent catering for our delicious morning and afternoon teas/coffee.

The sounds of the incredibly varied bird-life was complemented on Sunday morning by the amazing, meditational movement through music of vibrational notoriety by Mister Matt Coldrick, or Pan Electric, Matt’s performing and recording title.

It was our great pleasure to have such moments of musical bliss to kick off the day.

To find out what you missed musically please click on the following link http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/music-for-a-busy-head/id78439275 well worth a listen and a superb adjunct to this workshop, in fact to any clinical setting.

A great environment in which to present this the first in the workshop series,  ”Bridging the Gap between TCM and Japanese Acupuncture”.

I believe that we achieved our fundamental objective of demonstrating both the similarities and dissimilarities of these apparently different schools of acupuncture that share exactly the same source.

For the first 12 years of my acupuncture career I practiced TCM acupuncture with some success.

Sadly the ability to refine and develop my clinical skills was very limited.

Personal issues, geographical isolation and precious few workshops with any practical demonstration or treatment, almost all of the workshops in the 80′ and early 90′s were totally theoretical and the only advancement I was able to make in my clinical skills was a result of successful and not so successful treatment outcomes.

Not such a bad way to learn but oh so slow.

I had absolutely no idea whatsoever of the refinement possible in my practical skills and the subsequent power that could be harnessed using Traditional Acupuncture with increased awareness.

25 years on and my extensive clinical experience has convinced me that as a practitioner of Traditional Acupuncture, specifically that refined by the Japanese, I have access to one of the most powerful natural medicines on the planet.

With a history of conviction and belief based firmly on my clinical experience it was not difficult to summon much passion in my delivery, in spite of suffering from niggling invasion of pathogenic cold.

I cannot speak highly enough of the participants, their focus and energy provided me with much inspiration.

A huge thanks to all!

From events such as this workshop, the first in a series of workshops focusing on ‘Bridging the Gap between TCM and Japanese Acupuncture’ and Junji Mizutani’s moxibustion workshop next weekend I draw great heart for the future of this extraordinary healing modality.

There is definitely something to be said for a gathering of like-minded individuals under one roof generating an awesome amount of positive energy.

DVDs and episodic video recordings of the workshop will be available through http://worldacupuncture.com in the very near future.

The next workshop in the series ‘Bridging the Gap Between TCM and Japanese Acupuncture’ will be held in PRAGUE on the 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd October 2010.

http://worldacupuncture.com is fast building a deep vault of Japanese acupuncture instructional videos, as a member you will  have access to these videos, our forum to ask any questions you like regarding the practice of Japanese Acupuncture and in addition, you will join a growing global network of likeminded students and practitioners.

Countries represented by our members include, UK, USA, Canada, Thailand, Czech Republic, Holland, NZ,  Ireland, Ukraine, Denmark, France, Mexico and Malta.

On that extremely optimistic note, I bid you sayonara from a wintry Rainbow Bay, where we are doing it tough, it’s 22.5°C air temperature and 20°C water temperature.

Wishing you abundant prosperity through practice,

Alan

PS.

Hope you enjoy the images and remember the video is on the way.

Adam caught red handed with his fingers in the Gold Moxa pie

Participants broke up into smaller practical groups

Ready to Rock n Roll

Nick demonstrating one handed needle loading

Andre demonstrating one handed needle loading

Efrat demonstrating one handed needle loading

Andrew demonstrating one handed needle loading

Adam, yes you guessed it, demonstrating one handed needle loading

Rice Grain Moxibustion Training

Ther were 5 separate groups for practical instruction

Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture.  For well over a decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted more than 40 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his 25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at  http://www.Worldacupuncture.com

At the ‘ Bridging the Gap between TCM and Japanese Acupuncture’ workshop on the 10th July in Brisbane, Australia our aim is to provide our participants with sufficient guidelines and practical training to leave this workshop ready to develop a valuable set of highly refined, consumer friendly clinical skills with an expanded understanding of the application of Traditional Acupuncture.

All skill and experience levels will be catered for.

All the theories and techniques are based on ideas put forward in the Traditional Chinese medical Classics, the Nei Jing, Nan Jing and Shan Han Lun.

Over the last 1500 years, since TCM was introduced to Japan, there have been many unique additions to the way practitioners diagnose and treat patients.

This workshop aims to bridge some of  the gaps in theory that have emerged over the last 15 centuries between TCM and Japanese Acupuncture.  In doing so, open the door to a world of new treatment approaches and techniques that will be of enormous benefit to practitioners and patients.

Topics to be covered include:

- understanding the Japanese approach to organ/meridian physiology

- Japanese 8 principal pattern diagnosis

- Nan Jing 12 pulse position diagnosis

- abdominal, meridian and point palpation

- non-retention, superficial and contact needling

- rice grain, needle head and heat perception moxibustion

- 5 phase, 5 flavor and empirical point selection

Learn more about Japanese Acupuncture and how it can benefit you and your patients by joining us on Saturday the 10th and Sunday the 11th of July at Walk-About Creak Function Centre, 60 Mount Nebo Road, The Gap, QLD, 4061.

REGISTER HERE:

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OR

If you are geographically compromised and unable to attend the workshop in person join us Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at : http://www.Worldacupuncture.com where we will be publishing video of the workshop and you can access our extensive library of Japanese Acupuncture Educational videos.

Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture.  For well over a decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted more than 40 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his 25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at : http://www.Worldacupuncture.com

If you are geographically compromised and unable to attend the workshop in person we will be publishing video of the workshop on http://www.worldacupuncture.com .

If you would like to see the video of the workshop please join us by clicking on the following link http://worldacupuncture.com/

Admission is only $125 ($95 if booked by the 11th of June).

To register and Save $30 please click on the following link now

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Bring a sharp mind, an open heart and the desire to help your patients. Needles and moxa will be provided. Japanese Acupuncture is, by definition, Traditional Chinese Medicine.

All the theories and techniques are based on ideas put forward in the Nei Jing, Nan Jing and Shan Han Lun.

Over the last 1500 years, since TCM was introduced to Japan, there have been many unique additions to the way practitioners diagnose and treat patients.

This workshop aims to bridge the gaps in theory that have emerged over the last 15 centuries and in doing so, open the door to a world of new treatment approaches and techniques that will be of enormous benefit to practitioners and patients.

Topics to be covered include:

- understanding the Japanese approach to organ/meridian physiology

- Japanese 8 principal pattern diagnosis

- Nan Jing 12 pulse position diagnosis

- abdominal, meridian and point palpation

- non-retention, superficial and contact needling

- rice grain, needle head and heat perception moxibustion

- 5 phase, 5 flavor and empirical point selection

If you would like to join us in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st Century and Save $30 please register before the 11th June by clicking on the following link:

http://www.worldacupuncture.com/public/217.cfm

If you are geographically compromised and unable to attend the workshop in person we will be publishing video of the workshop on http://www.worldacupuncture.com .

If you would like to see the video please of the workshop please join us by clicking on the following link  http://worldacupuncture.com/

Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture.  For well over a decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted more than 40 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his 25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at : http://www.Worldacupuncture.com

How did this come to pass?

In my practice of Japanese acupuncture I am invariably accompanied by a student/assistant during treatment.

There are three good reasons.

1. Most important being that the patient benefits from the students/assistants focus and intention.

2. The student/assistant has a wonderful opportunity to observe an experienced practitioner in action, learn the medicine in a clinical setting and most importantly witness the clinical outcomes.

3. As a senior practitioner it gives me a wonderful opportunity to pass on some of the invaluable clinical experience accumulated over more than 25 years of practice.

Sylvia, my Chilean student/assistant and now practitioner has worked in my clinic a lot over the past 3 years and as a result of a visit to her family in Santiago she found herself in a position to help some victims of the devastating Chilean earthquake earlier this year.

Following is the how, why and when she was able to do so, hope you enjoy!

To start I wish you a warm welcome  from Rainbow Bay on the Gold Coast, Australia.

Sunset and Play at Rainbow Bay, Australia

Sunset, Rainbow Bay, Australia

More Play at Rainbow Bay

I have one ear on the US Masters golf championship that is currently coming to life on my television.

I cannot help but marvel at the incredible skill of these competitors.

Having played a lot of golf in my life I can truly appreciate the incredibly refined skill that these talented athletes have at their disposal.

Skills that are continually honed by much focused practice and competition in elite tournaments of which the US Masters along with the British Open rank supreme.

The mental acumen and emotional balance required to compete successfully at this level must be extraordinary.

In Japanese acupuncture we pride ourselves on continually developing and refining our clinical skills whilst expanding our understanding of the diagnostic protocols that have proven to be clinically effective for over 3000 years.

‘Perhaps practicing refined Japanese acupuncture can be likened to playing professional golf, in that the more focused the practice, the more often the practice, the more specific the treatment, the more relaxed the practitioner and patient, the more likely a successful clinical outcome.’

This is very different to bunging in a needle with gay abandon and little understanding of the incredibly intricate energetic network into which we are plugging, the human being!

Sylvia’s story about her work with victims of the Chilean earthquake is especially uplifting for me and confirms a strongly held belief that teaching can go hand-in-hand with clinical practice not only to the benefit of those present during treatment but as students/assistants create their own practices they have a significant head start in their understanding and application of Japanese Acupuncture to the ultimate benefit of the patients.

Here is Sylvia’s story:

Dear Alan,

It was so good too see you this Tuesday, I love going to Clinic!!

Well as you know I went to Chile this last December, unfortunately or fortunately depending on one’s perspective I had to live the big experience of a huge Earthquake!

The massive amount of energy coming out of the earth moved our lives into introspective questions of what really matters in this life.

3 days after the earthquake, having had huge repercussions (after shocks) every single day, my good friend of Maria Cecilia Huerta and I have the fantastic idea to help people with FREE JAPANESE ACUPUNCTURE!!!

Cecilia found a location down in the Gym area of her building, so we set up one massage table and 3 mattresses on the ground.

Everything was looking great but we were in need of patients.

Thanks to the lovely public relations of my friend Cecilia we treated 15 people a day for 3 days.

The majority of the treatments where to do with sleeping disorders, feeling extremely scared, panic attacks, muscle aches, headaches and stomach disorders.

My colleagues will be happy to learn that I was assisted by my young cousin in much the same manner as we help Alan in Clinic.

Everyone loved their Japanese Acupuncture treatment and to a man, woman and child said they felt so much better.

I used lots of Tonetskyu (rice grain moxa) for people with sleeping disorders and in the majority of cases we did both front and back treatments.

Root treatments changed depending upon the patient’s primary deficiency and related excess/es, lots of Liver def. and excess in the Pericardium and Stomach meridians.

The main thing is that all the people we treated with Japanese Acupuncture loved it!!!

I’m so happy that I could help with my small knowledge and I know that will grow with the years beside Alan in clinic.

Thanks Alan for being the medium as I prayed for your presence to be with me through those days, also big thanks to these beautiful studies from the classics.

My experience in Santiago in February this year proved to me and the recipients that Japanese Acupuncture is not only magic, there is logic behind the medicine and thousands of years of clinic experience to help us became better practitioners.

Thanks for your time, to hear this story, and I hope that everyone is smiling!!!
Lots of love,

Sylvia

Alan Jansson, Sylvia Flores Larrain and Adam McIntosh

Sylvia’s story is yet another reason why I love what I do with a passion!

All the Best,

Alan

Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture.  For well over a decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted more than 40 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his 25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at: http://www.worldacupuncture.com

Robyn has been dependent upon nausea medication for some time, so I was delighted to find out that she had been able to go some days without medication and experience no nausea at all.

The pitting edema that had been present in Robyn’s lower legs was still greatly improved and she was able to have a big weekend with her children and grandchildren, some of whom had returned from overseas to spend time with her.

This successful clinical outcome encouraged me to continue with a Spleen root treatment with some minor variations.

Although she was tired upon my arrival as a result of extending herself, Robyn was delighted to be feeling much better, relatively pain free, more energetic, pretty well nausea free, able to spend some quality time with her loved ones and laugh.

The ascites that Robyn self drains has contributed to a prolapsed bowel and she was subsequently experiencing great difficulty in passing a motion.

She is taking medication to minimal positive effect.

Treatment:

Root Rx :

Tonify Pe.7 – Sp.3, Shunt St.44 – Liv.3 – GB.34

Back Shu Points.

Bl13 – 17 – 18 – 20 – 23 – 40 – 57

Follow up treatment 4 days later:

Ascites increasing, regulated by self draining, nausea ebbing and flowing but still improved, bowels working relative to the level of ascites.

Pulse: strident

Rx:

Tonify: Pe.7 – Sp.3 – Ki.2 – 7

Shunt: Pe4 -  St.44 – Liv.3 – GB.41

Back Shu Points.

Bl13 – 17 – 18 – 20 – 23 – 40 – 57

Next treatment is this morning, last treatment it was patently obvious that Robyn’s Kidney complex was under extreme pressure.

Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture.  For well over a decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted more than 40 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his 25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at: http://www.worldacupuncture.com

Robyn

A grandmother in her late 60s who has been sadly diagnosed as suffering from stage 4 ovarian cancer.

The symptoms include extreme ascites that necessitates regular drainage, overwhelming lethargy and as a result of chemotherapy, diabolical nausea, body aches, poor appetite and over the last few days the significant increase in pitting edema of the lower legs.

Her daughter’s best friend and client of mine strongly recommended treatment in an effort to relieve some of the debilitating symptoms as a result of her declining health.

Neither Robyn, her family nor friends are any illusion regarding the serious nature of the condition, she has been diagnosed as suffering terminal illness and has only been given months to live.

My role as a practitioner is primarily to relieve the overwhelming nausea and help make what remains of her life as comfortable as possible.

Since Robyn is unable to attend clinic, home treatments are necessary.

1st treatment.

Due to the nature of her discomfort it was impossible to treat her laying face down, as a result treatment was confined to the anterior aspect of her body.

As an aside Robyn also suffered from breast cancer some five years ago resulting in a mastectomy and chemotherapy, she has also had extensive abdominal surgery and has a tube inserted in her abdominal cavity to help drain the fluid from the abdominal cavity to relieve her extreme ascites.

Palliative care in my opinion involves one goal and one goal only, to help make the patient as comfortable as possible.

The extreme of nausea is the most debilitating of the symptoms she is experiencing.

Treatment.

Whilst not abandoning the principles of Meridian therapy/Japanese acupuncture, my clinical experience dictated that I use my accrued knowledge of point function to expedite a positive clinical outcome as quickly and comfortably as possible.

My goal was to achieve a positive clinical outcome in a totally painless manner, as such I retained .14mm needles in an extremely judicious manner.

Her pulse was floating and full especially in the liver, heart and stomach positions.

Following are the points that I used in this initial treatment.

All needles were left in place as in an orthodox TCM treatment.

Ki. 2 to control the heat affecting her heart.

SP.6 to build the yin qi to counteract the enormous amount of heat generated by chemotherapy

Liv.8 to relieve the stagnation in her abdomen.

ST. 43 and LI.10 to relieve the heat accumulating in the Yang Ming meridians resulting in body aches, lethargy and debilitating nausea.

CV.4 – ST.25 – CV.12 to assist the transformation and transportation of nutrients.

Liv.14 front mu point of the liver and extremely reactive touch, I use this point to work in conjunction with Liv.8 to relieve some of the stagnation and discomfort in the liver.

Pe.6 a specific point to relieve the nausea and calm the shen.

Yintang was used also as a calming agent.

Treatment outcome.

Within 12 hours Robyn experienced a big improvement in her general well-being and the nausea was significantly relieved.

Her appetite improved to a level that inspired her to eat her first solid meals in a long time.

In her own words she felt the best she had felt in months.

To quote Robyn’s daughter’s message to me the following day.

“Oh Alan, she ate some dinner last night and breakfast this morning.

We are so very grateful, mom said that the nausea is not overwhelming her, which is great!”

For mine this is a satisfactory clinical outcome regardless of the means used to achieve it.

Treatment will be ongoing, more than likely twice-weekly.

I will continue to refine treatment in an effort to achieve positive clinical outcomes with a more specific diagnostic and treatment protocols.

2^nd treatment.

As stated her overall condition, nausea and appetite had improved significantly, however there was a significant increase in pitting edema of the lower legs.

KI. 8 specifically for the pitting edema around the ankles

St.44 more specific me to relieve that the accumulating in the Yang Ming meridians since the body aches had improved significantly.

CV.4 -  ST.25 – CV.12 to assist the transformation and transportation of nutrients.

Liv.3 -14 to relieve the stagnation in her abdomen.

Ki. 2 to control the heat affecting her heart

Pe.6 a specific point to relieve the nausea and calm the shen.

Yintang was used also as a calming agent

I am continually inspired by the courage and fortitude of many of my patients, especially in this instance.

Robyns positive attitude and concern for others sets the behavioral bar very high, whilst the situation is ominously similar to that of my late wife’s some 20 years ago and definitely has the potential to rattle the bars of my cage, Robyn demonstrates many of the finest qualities of being human, making my situation so much more tenable.

3^rd Treatment

Robyn’s condition had stabilized, the nausea remained but at a subdued level.

Her pulse had also settled down demonstrably.

As a result of the amelioration of the symptoms I decided to revert to a more classical/Meridian therapy approach to treatment and for the first time I administered back shoe points in conjunction with a specific root treatment.

As a result of albumen supplementation and acupuncture treatment the pitting edema had also subsided.

Also after consultation with her oncologist and family members it was decided she would seek no further orthodox medical treatment or chemotherapy.

Treatment

Spleen root treatment Tonify Pe.7 – Sp.3, shunt St. 44 – Liv.3 –GB.34

Back Shu points Bl.13-17-18-20-23-40-58

I will be making another home visit this morning on my way to clinic and I am hoping further improvement as a result of being more specific in my approach.

Experience tells me that there is often a significant change in condition of the patient who has undergone chemotherapy after the first treatment but there is a tendency to plateau with incremental improvement after subsequent treatments.

I trust his blog post will be of  some benefit to both you and your patients should you have the opportunity to administer palliative care.

All the best,

Alan

Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture.  For well over a decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted more than 40 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his 25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at http://www.Worldacupuncture.com

I believe the best way to do that is to inform you about some of the clinical case histories and challenges confronting those seeking treatment to rectify their specific disharmony, illness, pain or as often occurs in the case of elite sports people, optimize their performance potential.

Here are just a few examples of this potential, I trust these scenario’s will assist you in understanding some of the potential benefits of Japanese acupuncture.

Following is an excerpt from an e-mail kindly sent to me by a patient who has experienced significant health benefits from ongoing treatment.

This patient is a marine biologist who has recently traveled to San Francisco to spend a few months working with her colleagues stateside.

Hi Alan,
How are you? I hope you’ve been out in the water? I’m surfed out trying to get as many surf’s in as possible before heading to San Fran and hasn’t it been beautiful!

I just wanted to say thanks so much for your treatments, they have helped me enormously and I will miss coming in to see you over the next few months. The last treatment was fantastic – it seemed to clear away the nerve tingling and I felt a lot stronger. I wasn’t sleeping as well though but that’s probably to be expected with all the excitement around going overseas.

I’d love to continue acupuncture in San Francisco so if you do have some contacts for me I would really appreciate it. It has helped me beyond words so I’d love to keep it up and I will be sure to come see you again when I get back. I think half of the treatment is your presence and zest for life!

Hope you have a fantastic next couple of months and I’ll look forward to seeing you again when I get back!

As a practitioner this is a very satisfying and welcome communication indeed.

The correspondent works in a very demanding and results orientated field, often experiencing high levels of stress in an effort to meet externally imposed deadlines.

An entirely different perspective arises in discussing the clinical outcome for a patient who was diagnosed as suffering from a molar pregnancy, a condition whereby miscarriage is a 90% certainty.

Without going into details, after several treatments she is now very happily 23 weeks pregnant with an apparently healthy baby on the way according to her medical specialist.

In yet another case, the patient presented with an extremely painful and expansive episode of the shingles.

Whilst no miracle cure was at hand, there can be little doubt that regular Japanese acupuncture treatment aided in his full recovery from this debilitating condition in a relatively short amount of time.

A number of the physiotherapists with whom I practice at the Queensland Sports Medicine Center have sought treatment recently for difficulties in maintaining an extremely busy work schedule and focused fitness training as a result of impeded immune function.

Basically the more intense the training regime and the busier they were at work, the more often they were suffering from colds, flu’s and accompanying lethargy.

It is of no surprise to me that their condition appears to improve relative to the regularity of their treatment?

I often work in conjunction with the physiotherapists in an effort to bring about a more rapid and complete recovery of our patients.

One example of such cooperation is the work we have been doing to assist an ex-Australian cricketing legend prepare for the forthcoming IPL cricketing tournament in India.

Amongst other aspects of treatment, I believe Japanese acupuncture has been extremely beneficial in defusing much of the physical stress related to his increased training regime and the mental anguish associated with a making a decision regarding his involvement as a result of the security status of the tournament and concerns for his personal safety.

As well as recharging his energetic battery, Japanese acupuncture treatment also provided an extremely welcome refuge from the myriad of questions and potential outcomes that assuaged his mind during this most difficult of decision-making scenarios.

Last but not least, Emma Snowsill is the reigning Olympic Gold Medalist in the sport of Triathlon, an event that includes a 1500m swim, 40k bike ride and a 10k run.

Against the best female tri athletes on the planet, that implies insanely fit individuals with extra ordinary motors sharpened to a cutting edge by the hardness of competition and intense training, all striving to be at the absolute peak of their game for the ultimate reward for a competitive athlete, Emma won her gold medal in emphatic fashion at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

March 2010 and Emma has been struggling with persistent immune related problems for several months, including a diabolically compromised energetic status and repetitive breakdowns in her health resulting in continual colds and flu’s, a situation that saw her training regime severely compromised.

Over the last few months she has been receiving regular Japanese acupuncture treatment and her condition has improved markedly, to a point where she has recently been able to resume full training.

I believe regular weekly treatments have helped Emma  accelerate her training regime whilst maintaining a robust immune status.

By way of explanation, Emma missed a treatment a couple of weeks ago, whilst continuing to accelerate her training regime she flew to Melbourne where she was subjected to a radical climate change, the end result was that she attended clinic last Wednesday suffering from a sore throat, streaming sinuses, increased lethargy and she was justifiably concerned that her health was about to crash again.

In short, after three treatments Emma left for Abu Dhabi today to attend the http://www.laureus.com/awards/ in good health, no runny nose, sore throat greatly improved and energetically much stronger.

I’m sure you’ll agree this is a  preferable option when one is partaking in international travel and will see her able to enjoy this landmark event to the fullest.

As a practitioner of Japanese acupuncture the reality is that a majority of people through no fault of their own are totally ignorant of the diversity and power of this ancient healing modality.

Whilst most people are aware that acupuncture has the potential to help with neck, back, shoulder, knee, hip and ankle injuries and pain, headaches etc, most have little or no idea of its clinical diversity in the hands of an experienced and competent practitioner.

Alan

Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture.  For well over a decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted more than 40 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his 25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at : http://www.Worldacupuncture.com

In response to a question posted on the http://worldacupuncture.com forum I am re running this blogpost in an effort to distinguish the difference in the application of Japanese Acupuncture and TCM.

Although each of these styles has merit, Japanese Acupuncture is unique in it’s ability to promote well-being in patients such Sarica, the subject of the video in this blogpost.

I believe the results speak for themselves and maintain that heavy duty needling could deflate a patient in such a tenuous energetic position.

25 years of clinical experience definitely confirms for me that judicious Japanese acupuncture can provide huge impetus towards better health in people of all ages.

There are many examples and in some cases video on this blog of positive clinical outcomes for children of all ages and adults of all shapes and sizes.

http://www.worldacupunctureblog.com/category/clinical/pre-and-post-natal

http://www.worldacupunctureblog.com/category/infant-acupuncture

According to Traditional East Asian medical physiology and philosophy, from conception to birth the child or children require an enormous amount of energy and nourishment from the mother to go from being a twinkle in the eye to a fully mature fetus.

In Traditional East Asian medicine the energetic impetus for this growth is provided by what we call the mothers Kidney energy and in some instances, depending upon her constitution, lifestyle and general health this scenario can cause a significant energetic imbalances in new mums.

In Traditional East Asian medical physiology the Kidneys provide the energetic basis upon which all metabolic and physiological functions depend.

In addition once the child is born a majority of mothers provide the sole nourishment, keeping production up to speed is the responsibility of Spleen/Pancreas meridian/organs.

Hence when there is an imbalance as a result of a combination of any of the above factors the affect can be extremely diverse and widespread.

Often appearing to be totally unrelated from an orthodox Western medical perspective, the symptoms are often intimately related when viewed from an Traditional East Asian medical perspective

In my experience most mums presenting with post natal health difficulties suffer from a significant imbalance in either or both of these functions, an imbalance reflected by various symptoms .

Including:

Post Natal Depression of varying degrees and severity.

Exhaustion.

Irrational fits of anger and an extremely short fuse.

Lactation difficulties, both quality and quantity.

And the list goes on‚

Regarding the suitability of   Japanese Acupuncture for infants and children, my experience has shown that our medicine can provide an extremely effective adjunct to orthodox medical care, in many cases providing essential relief where orthodox medical applications are hamstrung in their ability to do so without the use of powerful and sometimes unsuitable medication.

I am not saying that acupuncture can replace pharmaceuticals only that in many instances there is huge potential to reduce dosage and dependence.

I believe all questions are most appropriately answered via clinical outcomes.

The ability to walk the talk not just talk the talk is of the utmost importance.

Certainly any modality that can reduce our culture’s dependence upon long-term medication for behavioral problems has to be a positive!

Below is a video of a significant portion of a Japanese Acupuncture Treatment for Post Natal Depression and Spinal Surgery.

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Many thanks to Tatania Rubio who specializes in treatment for pregnancy, childbirth and infant acupuncture, for making her clinic space available for this treatment and some excellent camera work!

I recommended Sarica pursue a consistent and committed daily to thrice weekly treatment regime tonifying Ki.3 – Liv.3- GB.40 plus 7 – 9 cones of Tonetskyu or Rice Grain Moxa on ST.36 for the next 6 months.

Below is an email I recently received from Sarica.

I love her dedication and also the power of Japanesel acupuncture to significantly help folk in her situation.

hi there, alan,
so good to hear from you…you’ve been big on my mind, as i’m deep
with appreciation for your help, care and guidance, so i appreciate
your checking in on me. i’ve been faithful with the self-treatment,
including the moxa, and the biggest thing i’ve noticed is that my
brain and spirit are returning. i’d really been struggling with
fighting negativity, and that has improved tremendously. also, my
energy is more sustained, though i’m not pushing too hard with
exercise–just doing about half of what i think i can, and that keeps
me from feeling shaky and overdrawn afterward. finally, i feel like
i have a lot more control over my frustration and anger–i’m not
owned by it as i was, and that is improving my relations with and for
the kids day by day. honestly, i can’t thank you enough .
how are you? so looking forward to seeing you again–that was too
short! and i do hope to practice with you next time around…
you take care, now!
love,
Sarica

Warning!!! Not every Post Natal Depression patient presents with Liver Yang Deficiency Syndrome in the same way that not every Liver Yang Deficiency Patient presents with Post Natal Depression.

Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture.  For well over a decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted more than 40 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his 25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at  http://www.Worldacupuncture.com

]]> http://www.worldacupunctureblog.com/japanese-acupuncture-and-tcm/feed 0 http://www.worldacupunctureblog.com/new-japanese-acupuncture-videos http://www.worldacupunctureblog.com/new-japanese-acupuncture-videos#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:15:11 +0000 Alan http://www.worldacupunctureblog.com/?p=2341 This months Japanese Acupuncture Videos show the refined clinical skills of the one and only Stephen Brown!

Stephen is a renowned author, translator and Japanese Acupuncturist!

His translations of Dr Shudo Denmei’s groundbreaking works, “Japanese Classical Acupuncture: Introduction to Meridian Therapy” and “Finding Effective Acupuncture Points” are an enormous contribution to Japanese Acupuncture education in the English-speaking world.

Stephen Brown's Japanese Acupuncture/Meridian Therapy Workshop

Stephen graciously allowed World Acupuncture to film some of his marvelous Meridian Therapy workshop in Brisbane, 2009.

We are honored to share the footage with you!

Here are the links to the first 2 of  4 videos we will be publishing this month highlighting Japanese Acupuncture/Meridian Therapy palpation, diagnosis and treatment session performed by Stephen himself.

February is Stephen Brown Month at World Acupuncture!

7/2/10: VIDEO: Stephen Brown Demonstrates Meridian Palpation In Japanese Acupuncture.

http://www.worldacupuncture.com/members/205.cfm

In this video, Stephen begins his diagnostic procedures with meridian palpation on the four limbs and the radial pulse.

14/2/10: VIDEO: Stephen Brown Demonstrates Abdomen Palpation In Japanese Acupuncture.

http://www.worldacupuncture.com/members/206.cfm Note: This link will only become active on 14/2/10.

In this video, Stephen demonstrates his abdominal diagnostic procedures.

Stephen Brown's Japanese Acupuncture/Meridian Therapy Workshop

Stephen Brown is also an associate editor of the North American Journal of Oriental Medicine. You can subscribe to the excellent NAJOM by following this link: http://www.najom.org/membership.html

More videos will be released later in the month
All the Best in Practice,

Alan

Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture.  For well over a decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted more than 40 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his 25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at  http://www.Worldacupuncture.com

For those living and practicing Japanese Acupuncture locally please click on the following link to access the calendar for this year’s Japanese acupuncture workshop and study group schedule.

http://www.worldacupuncture.com/public/mgcal.cfm?calID=1&cmonth=02/07/2010

There is a strong possibility that I will be presenting a Japanese Acupuncture workshop in Prague later this year, Renata is working diligently to this end.

At this stage October is looking the most likely possibility.

I am also in discussion with Catherine about the possibility of presenting a Japanese Acupuncture Workshop in Melbourne sometime in 2010.

Kayomi has contacted me asking when and where I will be presenting my next workshop in the United States.

Subject to sufficient interest the most probable location for a Japanese Acupuncture workshop in the United States in 2010 would be San Diego, the timing more than likely would be late July.

This is an opportune time to mention that Masakazu Ikeda sensei will be presenting a Japanese Acupuncture workshop in San Francisco in March.

I highly recommend his workshops, I believe that they are an essential ingredient for those of us serious about taking our acupuncture practice to the next level, that has certainly been the case for me.

Tying myself down long enough to write this blog post has been somewhat excruciating and I would liken the experience to catching an unwilling greased pig.

Not withstanding that the surf has been pumping since last Wednesday, I’ve just returned from the Luminate 10 festival on the South Island of New Zealand,6 days of perfectly clear blue skies, radiant sunshine, crystal moonlit nights a chilly 2000 feet up in the mountains.

I was treated to an incredible musical banquet lasting 108 hours, the variety and quality of the music was quite outstanding and has left me in awe of the diverse nature of humanity and our creativity.

I captured a couple of thousand images that I have been beavering away editing since my return.

Below are a few images that hopefully reflect the harmony and diversity of Luminate 10.

As always I wish your great prosperity in your practice.

Kind Regards,

Alan

Looking Down From Takaka Hill towards Golden Bay

Fiery Circles

Full Moonscape

Virtual Star

Edoardo, DJ extraordinaire, delivered a sumptuous set of supremely danceable toons

Zen Mechanics, Wouter's birthday set after being stung by a bee for the first time was nothing short of mind blowing

Pan Electric, Chillin out in the chill zone. playing guitar. I discovered upon my return that I had 2 off Matt's albums, amongst the best music for clinic that I have found

Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture.  For well over a decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted more than 40 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his 25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at  http://www.Worldacupuncture.com