Four needles, five elements and six qi: treatment using Korean saam acupuncture
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Four needles, five elements and six qi: treatment using Korean saam acupuncture
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EJOM (2020), Brüch, Andreas
Abstract
SaAm acupuncture is one of the main acupuncture styles of Korean medicine. It encompasses all basic theories of 'standard' Chinese medicine. Additionally, it relies heavily on the theory of the Six Qi (liu qi) or Six Climatic Energies. the Six Qi provide a model of balancing climatic meridian energies that can be used either for directly treating disease syndromes or as a framework for treatment of general constitutional and emotional factors of disease. The purpose of this article is to introduce basic SaAm acupuncture theory, and to highlight its specific features and practical approach by discussing some case examples of the author.
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EJOM
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English
issn
13516647
issue
5
page end
29
page start
20
volume
9