A Study of the Sa-Ahm Five Element Acupuncture Theory

This study is a review of the theoretical basis of Sa-Ahm Five Element acupuncture devised about 360 years ago. A total of 21 books and papers ranging from the ancient Huang Di Nei Jing to modern biomedical acupuncture for pain management were researched in relation to the Five Shu points. Gao-Wu, i...

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Published in:	Journal of acupuncture and meridian studies 2009, 2(4), 6, pp.309-320
Main Authors:	Ahn, Chang-Beohm, Jang, Kyung-Jun, Yoon, Hyun-Min, Kim, Cheol-Hong, Min, Young-Kwang, Song, Chun-Ho, Lee, Jang-Cheon
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Acupuncture - education Acupuncture - history Acupuncture Points Acupuncture Therapy - history China clinical guidelines Five Shu points History, Ancient Humans neurophysiological mechanisms of acupuncture Sa-Ahm Five Element acupuncture tonification and sedation treatment 한의학
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Summary:	This study is a review of the theoretical basis of Sa-Ahm Five Element acupuncture devised about 360 years ago. A total of 21 books and papers ranging from the ancient Huang Di Nei Jing to modern biomedical acupuncture for pain management were researched in relation to the Five Shu points. Gao-Wu, in the Chinese Ming Dynasty, used the Five Shu points for the first time based on the creation cycle as the tonification and sedation treatment, termed the “tonification and sedation treatment of self meridian”. Since then, and for no particular reason, this method has been rarely used until Sa-Ahm's new doctrine, which includes the concept of the destruction cycle, was asserted. Sa-Ahm Five Element acupuncture is a method in which the Five Shu points are used from the viewpoints of the simultaneous tonification and sedation methods that are based on the promotion and control cycles. Although it is currently the most utilized method in accordance with the practitioner's points, this method is in need of designated guidelines by which Sa-Ahm acupuncture can be practiced effectively.
ISSN:	2005-2901 2093-8152