💼 This week, Ben asks Gabriella, What's In An Acupuncturist's Toolkit?! Gabriella highlights the characteristics of acupuncture needles, emphasising their fine and solid nature. Gabriella explains the minimal sensation during needling and the technique of brief needle insertion in Five Element Acupuncture.
They touch on moxa, a herb used to heat points before needling, mentioning its warming effect and pleasant fragrance. Beyond physical tools, Gabriella emphasises the importance of the acupuncturist's senses—sight, sound, smell, and touch—in diagnosing and treating patients holistically. She discusses how these sensory tools help perceive subtle changes in a patient's condition, from detecting imbalance through Colour, Sound, Odour and Emotion to gauging the state of a patient's energy through touch and understanding the emotional aspects of their well-being.
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01/23/24 • 24 min
What's The Point?! - What's In An Acupuncturist's Toolkit?!
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Pt. 1
Ben: So, What is in an Acupuncturist’s Toolkit?!
Gabriella: Well, not surprisingly perhaps, a needle is an acupuncturist’s toolkit. But it’s not the only tool. Today, I’m going to talk about not only our needles, but other things we use in order to restore balance and therefore the potential of health in our patients, a herb called moxa for example.
So, first let’s talk about needles. For some this is a scary word, but compared to many needles
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