Tam Healing and Tong Ren Therapy for Abnormal Posture

Theory and Applications

Tam Healing And Tong Ren Therapy For Abnormal Posture

The areas and points listed below are those that may be involved diagnostically (i.e. "blocked") in those experiencing abnormal posture. The Tom Tam / Tong Ren Therapy system is heavily focused on the scalp and huatuojiaji points along the spine.

These areas may be utilized regardless of treatment technique. That is, whether you use acupuncture, massage, qigong and/or tongren - the focus remains directed towards improving circulation in the designated areas.

For acupuncture specifically, treatments within this style would combine these areas with more traditional points based on the overall diagnosis in Chinese Medicine terms.

Abnormal Posture may involve patterns such as - kidney qi deficiency, spleen qi deficiency among others.

Within an acupuncture session, most often qi gong, acupuncture and tuina would be applied towards the major points in the neck and spine as appropriate.

Treatment Areas of Focus - Primary

GV 21, GV 20, GV 19, GV 17, UB 9

  • ViewBrain's Door (GV 17) - Neck/Cervical issues, pain a/or stiffness of the neck, heaviness of the head, headache, dizziness. Epilepsy, mania, lockjaw, loss of voice. Eye pain, excessive lacrimation. Tong Ren/Tam Healing System: Used to effect …
  • ViewBehind the Vertex (GV 19) - Headaches, vertigo, dizziness, neck pain, aversion to wind. Insomnia, psychological issues primarily with manic symptoms, epilepsy. Tong Ren/Tam Healing System: Used to stimulate the sensory cortex (sensations from skin, mu…
  • ViewHundred Convergences (GV 20) - Main point for headache, dizziness, eye pain and redness, irritability, hypertension from excess yang in the upper body, often occuring with patterns of excess Liver yang or Liver fire. Combine with lower body points such as LV 2, LV 3, KD…
  • ViewBefore the Vertex (GV 21) - Epilepsy - acute and chronic (for children avoid needling before the fontanel has closed). Headaches, migraines, blurry vision, pain a/or swelling along the vertex a/or face. Tong Ren/Tam Healing System: Used to effect the …
  • ViewJade Pillow (UB 9) - Expels wind-cold - nasal congestion, chills and fever, headaches from wind. Occipital headaches and/or neck pain, heavy head. Eye pain and/or redness, blurry vision. Unbalanced temperature/sweating - cold sensation in head with sweats, …

Treatment Areas of Focus - Secondary

UB 7, UB 8, Spinal Artery

  • ViewCelestial Connection (UB 7) - Clear wind and resolve the exterior - important point for sinus congestion, sinusitis, rhinitis, nosebleed, nasal polyps. Loss of sense of smell. Headaches and/or dizziness from wind and congestion. Neck pain and stiffness, throat goite…
  • ViewDeclining Connection (UB 8) - Resolve phlegm and clear wind - nasal congestion, blurry vision, dizziness, tinnitus. Calms the shen - a range of psychological conditions including depression, mania, withdrawal from lack of ability of the shen to rise. Useful for remov…

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