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Chopsticks Acupuncture

by Shmuel Halevi, Ph.D.

297 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #02-1326; ISBN 1-55395-610-9; US$24.95, C$38.25, EUR24.90, £17.30

Chopsticks Acupuncture is the ultimate self-treatment technique. It makes use of acupuncture, probably the most sophisticated medical system ever invented, in a way that has never been tried before. Chopsticks Acupuncture is indeed a gift to all people who would like to take responsibility for their own health.

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About the Book Chopsticks Acupuncture is the ultimate self-treatment technique. It makes use of acupuncture, probably the most sophisticated medical system ever invented, in a way that has never been tried before. In this book, Shmuel Halevi details a comprehensive self-treatment program, for many disease syndromes, ranging from simple backache to heart conditions. There are many acupuncture-profession inner-chamber secrets too in this book, being exposed to the public. The knowledge of how to invert your fetus position in case of a "breech" mal-position, or how to resuscitate from drowning or syncope, and more. All these are being brought forward to the wide public in a detailed, illustrated format, that can turn every reader into an efficient self-healer. Dr. Halevi is a well known Chinese medicine expert. His articles for professional acupuncture practitioners, have been published in the past 20 years both on the internet as well as high leading acupuncture magazines. He is reputed for his unique medical approach, and for his outstanding innovations in the practice of acupuncture. His innovation on acupuncture eye treatments by snail-shell-moxibustion, for instance (http://www.acumedico.com/eye1/html), or his special technique of fire-needling acupuncture (http://www.acumedico.com/female.html), are being used today by many acupuncturists throughout the world. Also Chopsticks Acupuncture is a unique contribution to the field, invented by Shmuel Halevi. This time though, the development of this technique is aimed at the wide public, rather than the professional circles. By this method, people are given an amazingly effective tool, enabling them to take care, by themselves, of many painful syndromes, as well as other functional disorders. The system makes use of the most effective acupuncture points, manipulating them powerfully to a degree of effectiveness surpassing by large other existing forms of acu-pressure. The method is very easy to master, no prior medical education is required, and the results, at least for painful syndromes, are usually immediate. At the beginning of his book, Shmuel presents a few explanatory chapters about Chinese medicine. These introductory chapters acquaint the reader with the history and development of acupuncture, and with the basics of Chinese medical philosophy and physiology. This knowledge is brought forward in simple language, for the benefit of the interested lay person. Still, it encompasses (in short) most of the basic concepts and terminology of Chinese medicine, necessary for the lay-reader to take a full advantage of this practical book. The main body of the book is organized in anatomically ordered chapters. Head and senses disorders, upper limbs, trunk and internal organs, lower limbs and systemic and general health problems. Every disease syndrome has an introductory section, explaining the disorder in terms of Chinese medicine energetic concepts. Then a prescription of acu-points for treatment is suggested, to be used with the Chopsticks stimulation. Every acu-point is summarized for the sake of general knowledge, as well as for its appropriate utilization by the Chopsticks Acupuncture technique. The points are fully illustrated, showing their exact anatomical locations, as well as their proper handling with the stick stimulation. This book is undoubtedly a must-have for people who wish and are able to take full responsibility for their health and well-being. It is also a jewel for those interested in acupuncture and Chinese medicine, as a general predilection. And, above all... it will teach you how to resolve your lumbago problem in such a short time that will cause your G.P. puzzlement and disbelief... For More Information, Click Here

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About the Author Shmuel Halevi was born in Israel in 1951. He has been practicing Chinese medicine since 1980, after graduating the "North American College of Acupuncture". In 1984 Shmuel traveled to Taipei, Taiwan, where he received additional training in acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. Shmuel was one of the very first practitioners of T.C.M. (Traditional Chinese Medicine) in Israel. Both his clinics are situated in the northern mountainous part of Israel, in the Upper Galilee. His patients are Jews, Arabs, Bedouins and Druse - the inhabitants of this part of Israel. Speaking also fluent Arabic, Shmuel was exposed to a variety of other popular healing methods, typical to the traditional societies of this region. In the past 20 years Shmuel has written many articles concerning Chinese medicine, both in Hebrew and English. Most of his articles in English were published in the Journal of Chinese Medicine in England, a journal reputed for its high standards and worldwide distribution. Mr. Peter Deadman, the publisher of this journal, has thus written about Shmuel in the introduction to the journal number 66, of June 2001: ..."Shmuel Halevi has written a number of especially popular acupuncture articles for the Journal. Here, he points out that articles on sexual disorders are relatively rare in the Chinese medicine field, and focuses on a single patient suffering from genital pain and dyspareunia. His diagnostic approach and differentiation are meticulous and his acupuncture approach subtle and refined, incorporating the use of the extraordinary channels and a modified form of the fire needle technique". In 1996 Shmuel was requested by Hugh MacPherson and Ted Kaptchuck to contribute a chapter to their book: Acupuncture in Practice - Case History Insights from the West. The book was first published in 1997 (Churchill Livingstone Inc.), containing 40 articles by the 40 leading acupuncturists of the western side of the globe. Here is an excerpt from the foreword by Giovanni Maciocia to this book: ..."Acupuncture in Practice is the first book to present the clinical practice of experienced Western acupuncturists, spanning a wide range of traditions, school of thought and techniques, and ranging from the treatment of acne to that of possession. I believe this makes it one of the most important acupuncture books ever published in the west". Shmuel has also established his presence on the Internet since 1994. In fact, his was one of the first sites about acupuncture on the WWW. His web page changed addresses and names several times during these years, and since 1998 has this address: http://www.acumedico.com. On the Internet Shmuel posted many of his articles, both in Hebrew and English. There is also a section of medical suggestions for self treatment, for people suffering from various health disorders. His Ph.D. dissertation may also be found on this web page, and on a dozen of other web addresses, most of which have copied it with permission. Both in his articles for Chinese medical practitioners over the years, as well as in this book, Shmuel is unique in his personal insight and innovative approach. The self treatment technique presented in this new book is simple, yet extremely effective and powerful. It combines the unparalleled potency of classical acupuncture with simple tools and manipulations method, available for almost anybody, of almost any age.

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Sample Excerpts

From the chapter about the meridians of acupuncture

...The acupuncture points are distributed along these routes, serving as the excitation, or stimulation factor for these energy conveyers. Acupuncture points, which are also energetic entities like the meridians, may treat local problems in their vicinity, or tissues and organs far away from them. In the coming chapters there will be elaboration on this issue.

In clinical practice, a set of acupuncture points is selected for treatment in order to produce a specific effect in the body. Since T.C.M. is an energetic method of therapy, it can only interpret and understand energetic changes in the body. Let us assume that a patient has what we call in modern medicine a tonsillitis condition. By using energetic terminology we may say that the throat is affected by Heat pathogen (there is definitely deep red color inside there), and also by Dampness. This Dampness is characterized by excessive phlegm, or those white dots of pus scattered on the tonsils. There is a considerable amount of pain involved in this condition, pointing out the fact that the Qi is quite stagnant there, and does not move, or circulate freely. In Western medicine these signs will probably be interpreted as a Streptococcus infection of the tonsils, and further laboratory tests might be needed to confirm the diagnosis.

The Chinese doctor, having established his energetic understanding of the disease, will now choose a set of acupuncture points capable of restoring the energetic balance of the disease site, and the meridian involved. Points, most probably belonging to the lung, stomach and colon meridians will be utilized, in order to affect these meridians which circulate in the throat. The points must be such that have a cooling energetic effect, in order to reverse the pathogenic Heat lodged in the throat. In addition, there must be also points that are capable of drying phlegm, or dampness. No less important is the necessity to mobilize the Qi stuck in the throat, and make it circulate and move freely. Besides the important choice of formula points, the practitioner of T.C.M. needs to know how to manipulate the needles in order to produce these desired effects. Needle manipulation is of utmost importance in order to achieve a desired energetic effect. There are therefore cooling manipulations of needles, heating manipulations, moving or dispersing, and so on.

Having chosen the correct set of points for treatment and applying the right needle technique, The throat will be energetically cooled and dried, and the stagnant energy re-circulated. In medical terms it means that the bacteria lodged on and around the tonsils, will lose its comfortable sympathizing energetic surrounding, and perish.

This way of thinking is typical of Chinese medicine, and marks a substantial gap between eastern and western medical attitudes. While Chinese medicine will try to challenge the energetic supportive environment of the pathogen (i.e., bacteria, virus etc.), and restore energetic equilibrium in the disease region, western medicine will powerfully act directly on the pathogen itself.

Many years ago, I heard from a very distinguished Chinese doctor, John Shen, an analogy describing this fundamental difference in approaches, between these two doctrines of medicine. Dr. Shen said: "let's imagine that you go to sleep on the second floor of your house at night, and you suddenly hear noises from downstairs. You realize that there is a thief in your house. What are you going to do?" Dr. Shen smiled cunningly... "Basically, you have two options. You can take your gun, go down the stairs and shoot the bastard dead. You have definitely got rid of the problem, but you have also created other problems. The police will come, there will be blood all over the apartment, and may be the thief's relatives will come and take revenge... But, you may act entirely differently. You may start shouting and making noise upstairs. The thief will most probably get panicked and run for his life. Thus, you have also got rid of the problem, and the only problem you are left with, is to make sure you shut your doors better next time".

The analogy here is clear. While antibiotics do kill the bacteria involved in tonsillitis, it poses many new problems. The major one of them is the weakening of the defensive system of the body, and an open invitation for new attacks by the "relatives"... Chinese medicine on the other hand, will scare the pathogens off, by changing the nature of the inviting surrounding, and securing the defensive (Wei Qi) system of our body, i.e., lock the doors...

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