Korean Hand Therapy

[Ilan]

Is anyone familiar with Korean Hand therapy

I have heard a little about this in particular from a practitoner who claims to have studied this microsystem and found a few holes in this technique.

Would love to hear more.

Thanks

Ilan

[Tim Cleary]

Only from reading the book- Koryo Sooji Chim..

I thought it was cool- I've used the system symptomatically to reasonable effect (going with one of Manaka's ideas for symptom control: One body point, one hand point and one ear point all related to the same thing)..

I wonder about the constitutional treatments using only the hand, but I think it is pretty promising... So far

Tim.

[MelissaBaker]

I haven't actually, but that isn't going to stop me from commenting.

There are many ways of diagnosing and treating using the microcosm to effect the macrocosm. Like all systems, each has it's strengths and weaknesses. It's like being able to read the palm, iris, pulse, bum cheeks (I saw this on TV once ), etc. All different ways of looking at the same patterns in the ultimate macrocosm.

[Tim Cleary]

And let's not forget, ahem, 'breast diagnosis'... Yes, this breast clearly indicates a Liver pattern...

The hand system guy (Tae Woo Yoo?) reckons that he's mapped out all of the acupuncture meridians (with more points that the usual body systems- I think I remember seeing CV13.5 in there somewhere..), with Tx for the Eight Extras, Five elements, an old Korean system of quasi-Five phase Tx, and also reckons that Hand acupuncture is the most commonly used acupuncture system in Korea today.. (lay people are allowed to stick needles into each others' hands, apparently...)

I can't remember much more, but it's got me thinking I might go grab that book again.

Tim.

[AcuMed]

Is anyone familiar with Korean Hand therapy

Su Jok means actually Hand and Foot.

[Tim Cleary]

So you're asking about a Korean Hand/Foot system?

Never heard of one.. The closest thing I know of is ankylocapsular acupuncture- using six points each on the wrist and ankle.- basically dividing the body up into skin sections and using the wrist/ankle point on that skin section for any symptoms along (or in) that particular section.


Cong teaches this one in Microsystems... (UTS students)

Is this anything like what you're talking about?

Tim.