One-Point Therapy for Pain

Chapter 6.8: The magic of acupuncture — relieve pain with a single needle in 0.5 to 2 minutes. Use Distal points to sedate the meridian quickly.

The Principle

One-point therapy works on the superficial energy circulation. Sedation of one point sedates the energy in the meridian of the sedated point, and in the meridian of its same polarity in the arm or leg, or in the meridian in front of it on the Organ Clock.

How to Use One-Point Therapy

1. First treat the pain locally and energetically (needles, cupping, electrical stimulation)
2. After removing all local needles, make the patient sit or lie comfortably
3. Place the one-point needle on the affected side (left leg pain → left arm needle)
4. Vibrate the needle constantly with pauses of a few seconds while the patient moves the affected limb very slowly
5. Control pain relief by asking the patient to rate pain 1–10
6. Maximum 'drop' in pain in the first half minute, then continues to diminish over 2 minutes
7. Remove the needle after 2 minutes

One-Point Therapy Chart

Facial pain — Gall Bladder

Treat: Triple Warmer (Yang cause) → TW 6

Facial pain — Gall Bladder

Treat: Liver (Yin cause) → Liv 2

Headache, neck pain — Large Intestine

Treat: Stomach → St 44

Headache, neck pain — Stomach

Treat: Large Intestine → LI 4

Headache — Gall Bladder

Treat: Liver (Yin cause) → Liv 2

Shoulder, arm pain — Large Intestine

Treat: Stomach → St 38

Shoulder, arm pain — Triple Warmer

Treat: Gall Bladder → GB 34

Shoulder, arm pain — Small Intestine

Treat: Urinary Bladder → UB 58

Backache, sciatica — Urinary Bladder

Treat: Small Intestine (Yang cause) → SI 7

Backache, sciatica — Urinary Bladder

Treat: Kidney (Yin cause) → K 5

Pain in hypochondrium — Gall Bladder

Treat: Triple Warmer (Yang cause) → TW 8

Pain in hypochondrium — Gall Bladder

Treat: Liver (Yin cause) → Liv 2

Pain in leg — Stomach

Treat: Large Intestine → LI 10

Hip, knee pain — Gall Bladder

Treat: Triple Warmer → TW 5

Hip, knee pain — Urinary Bladder

Treat: Small Intestine → SI 7

Pain in leg — Spleen

Treat: Lung → Lu 6

Pain in leg — Liver

Treat: Pericardium → P 7

Pain in foot, ankle — Kidney

Treat: Pericardium → P 7

Clinical Schedule

5–6 sessions of one-point therapy are enough. Then treat with some tonification of the opposite polarity (e.g., after sedating Yang of Large Intestine a few times, do some Yin tonification to finish off).

Important Notes

Point Matcher

18 result(s)

Facial pain — Gall Bladder

One-Point Therapy

TW 6

Treat Triple Warmer (Yang cause)

Facial pain — Gall Bladder

One-Point Therapy

Liv 2

Treat Liver (Yin cause)

Headache, neck pain — Large Intestine

One-Point Therapy

St 44

Treat Stomach

Headache, neck pain — Stomach

One-Point Therapy

LI 4

Treat Large Intestine

Headache — Gall Bladder

One-Point Therapy

Liv 2

Treat Liver (Yin cause)

Shoulder, arm pain — Large Intestine

One-Point Therapy

St 38

Treat Stomach

Shoulder, arm pain — Triple Warmer

One-Point Therapy

GB 34

Treat Gall Bladder

Shoulder, arm pain — Small Intestine

One-Point Therapy

UB 58

Treat Urinary Bladder

Backache, sciatica — Urinary Bladder

One-Point Therapy

SI 7

Treat Small Intestine (Yang cause)

Backache, sciatica — Urinary Bladder

One-Point Therapy

K 5

Treat Kidney (Yin cause)

Pain in hypochondrium — Gall Bladder

One-Point Therapy

TW 8

Treat Triple Warmer (Yang cause)

Pain in hypochondrium — Gall Bladder

One-Point Therapy

Liv 2

Treat Liver (Yin cause)

Pain in leg — Stomach

One-Point Therapy

LI 10

Treat Large Intestine

Hip, knee pain — Gall Bladder

One-Point Therapy

TW 5

Treat Triple Warmer

Hip, knee pain — Urinary Bladder

One-Point Therapy

SI 7

Treat Small Intestine

Pain in leg — Spleen

One-Point Therapy

Lu 6

Treat Lung

Pain in leg — Liver

One-Point Therapy

P 7

Treat Pericardium

Pain in foot, ankle — Kidney

One-Point Therapy

P 7

Treat Pericardium

Reflect

Which one-point therapy resonates most for a condition you're working with? How does simplicity (one needle) change your therapeutic approach?

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