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Let me ask about the point Zusanli (ST36).

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It seems to get needled for almost everything.

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What's that about?

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So it's a treatment point,

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an all-purpose point for conditioning the body and treating.

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An all-purpose point.

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It's also a point for health and longevity.

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within Chinese medicine, there's a lot of

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subtlety. Let me give one simple

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example. Take the many acupoints:

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in modern terms, they're labelled with

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a letter for the meridian and a number

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standing in. But that carries no meaning.

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For instance, this point on our head,

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Fengchi. Since it's called Fengchi,

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'wind pool', the name itself tells you:

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people readily picture a pool of water,

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a place that stores water. So a wind pool

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is naturally where wind gathers. You see,

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many women come in with headaches now,

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and this spot, Fengchi, is extremely sore.

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Many of these women have long hair

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that covers this spot, yet

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it still catches the wind. So names like

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Fengchi, Fengfu and so on,

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these, compared with just

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an Arabic numeral standing for a point,

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have far deeper meaning.

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Let me ask about the point Zusanli (ST36).

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It seems to get needled for almost everything.

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What's that about?

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Zusanli mainly

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regulates the stomach and intestines.

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In TCM, the kidneys are the foundation

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of the innate; the spleen and stomach, of the acquired. The innate

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you have no way to decide.

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If your parents' genes are good, you

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get a good inheritance.

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If your parents have flaws in some areas,

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then in many ways you too

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carry the corresponding flaws.

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But TCM says,

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whether your innate constitution is good

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or you depend on the acquired, TCM stresses

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looking after the acquired.

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It can help make up what's lacking.

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So it's a treatment point,

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an all-purpose point for conditioning the body and treating.

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An all-purpose point.

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It's also a point for health and longevity.

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And when needling, the technique

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matters a great deal, right?

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If I want to tonify, I

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direct it upward, and with the right force

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plus some warmth conducted

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into it, it tonifies.

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So in Chinese medicine, these points

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can all regulate in both directions.

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Besides needling,

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something I've developed myself

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is an acupressure therapy.

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Could you tell us a bit about it?

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Acupressure therapy basically means

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I combine acupuncture and tuina together.

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Acupuncture works by needling: the needle goes

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into your skin to stimulate the acupoint

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on the meridian. But I apply the force

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of my fingers or a tool directly onto

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the acupoint. Then you'll feel,

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sometimes you'll feel the same effect

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as acupuncture, and sometimes even

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a stronger effect than acupuncture.

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Let me use an analogy; it may

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be easier to grasp. Say

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you're a teacher, a piano teacher,

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teaching a student. You

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teach them how to play: technique,

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rhythm, pitch and so on. After that,

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once the student has learned it,

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they go home, don't practise, come back

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a week later for another lesson. Ordinary

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results, that's what you get. But if

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through your teaching you've sparked

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their love and interest in the piano,

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they really want to learn. They go home

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and not only review as you asked,

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they'll add more practice on their own.

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They've come to love it.

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Then it produces a really good result.

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So that's the difference between local

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treatment and whole-body treatment. Local

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treatment's effect is temporary,

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localized, short-lived and limited.

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But after whole-body treatment, it's activated;

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after whole-body treatment it can keep on

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treating you.

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But some people will say,

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you shouldn't use too many needles,

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too many and you get depleted.

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Right, yes.

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How many needles is normal?

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That depends on the doctor's skill.

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And when he's actually treating

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a patient, the doctor

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has to have strong skill of his own.

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And during treatment

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he stays present and focused, because he

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has energy too, right.

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He channels his energy in. Also,

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during treatment he basically

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stays close to the patient, not

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far away; only then can it work.

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So there are many specific

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techniques involved.

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Basically, my path was practice first,

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then theory, then practice again.

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Because the teacher is an experienced doctor

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or has decades of accumulated experience,

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and for a certain type of problem

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has formed a set approach, some fixed

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ways of doing things. So some things,

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you may not understand the deeper

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reasoning behind them, but if you follow

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the teacher's method and copy it,

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your results will be far better than

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fumbling your way through on your own.

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Thank you so much for

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sharing today; we've learned a great deal.