EAM Patterns
Kiiko Matsumoto Acupuncture
Acupuncture Points
🌿 Chinese Herbal Formulas (Comprehensive List)
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Possible deep bone pain or severe chronic pain that doesn’t respond to treatment, such as pain from cancer.
Keep treatments simple.
Often unable to do a deep intake or exam due to acute pain.
Start with calming nervous system: DLPFC, shao yang (TH5), morphine KD9 (3 fingers below KD10), shitsumin, detox, jue points.
- DLPFC - choose local gummy points. Up to 6 points on each side - 3 per line.
- Additional scalp points: TH19
- Shao Yang Tx: TH5 - on left side first, or use bilateral. Calms nervous system.
- Morphine KD9 - 3 fingers below KD10 - used to increase effectiveness of pain killers such as opiates or morphine, or to help patients with withdrawal from pain killers.
- Detox Treatment: KD9 (or morphine KD9), KD27, LI15 - can use LV reflex or lower SCM reflex
- Shitsumin aka insomnia point - location either center of the heel or press and watch capillary refill - the point that has slowest refill is the most active point.