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Jing Luo Autumn Winter 2020
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allied health practitioners who were involved full recognition of Chinese medicine as an
in delivering care at the primary health level. We were also informed at that meeting allied health profession and not just as a
that all the Boards of the National Health classification on the National Regulation and
Approaches have also been made to Professions Are to meet in April to discuss Accreditation Scheme webpage.
manufacturers of hand sanitiser to try registration fees.
to establish a supply chain for AACMA With more practitioners providing a health
members who are still in practice. The private health funds have also been service using telehealth/virtual
approached regarding first aid renewal and health consultations,
Through the eNews members have received CPD, as these are part of their requirements
information sheets on infection control and to maintain provider status. AACMA is preparing a submission to Private
safe practice providing ways to minimise Healthcare Australia (PHA), the peak body
any risk of spreading Coronavirus while The funds that come under the ARHG have for Australian Private Health Insurance
maintaining practice, summary of financial given a 3month extension for practitioners requesting that these consultations attract a
support packages and useful web links and a who are unable to renew their first aid. We health fund rebate.
guide to providing a telehealth service. are waiting on responses from the
other funds. The AACMA website has a dedicated
Hello Fellow Members, Though coincidental, it walking. Exercise is permissible with another need for financial support for self-employed, As the Chinese medicine representative COVID-19 page that is regularly updated
is interesting that the Chinese New Year of the person as long as you know they are well. sole traders. on the Professions Reference Group which AACMA had also asked the CMBA to clarify and added to so that our members can find
Metal Rat has accompanied You can reach out to the staff at the AACMA is made up of representatives from all the the classification of Chinese Medicine information specifically tailored to
Government directives have seen the closure registered health professions and conducted their needs.
a plague that affects office who will be able to connect you with as an allied health profession. With this
of many businesses to stop the spread of by AHPRA and also to the CMBA, I requested
the Lungs. someone who can help you. endorsement, it was hoped that the public
the Coronavirus. All of the health directives that leniency be shown to practitioners who and other agencies would understand that
implemented by the Government are made
Physically, it affects the Lungs but COVID-19 Lifeline and Beyond Blue also offer help from information supplied by the CMO and
has also had a massive impact on our daily through their counselling services. Chief Health Officers in each State
lives and livelihoods and while there is and Territory.
speculation - 3-6months, we really don’t 水满则溢。(Shuǐmǎn zé yì. 'water full but
know an end date that will see us return fully overflows') — Water flows in only to flow out. Because of his ability to inform Government,
Nature’s proof that you can flourish calmly through self-isolation and social distancing.
to our new normal. a letter was written to Prof Brendan Murphy
Similar to "what comes up must come down", CMO reiterating the part that Chinese
I know many of our members are struggling. this proverb points out that: things reverse medicine can play during this time, especially
The fear of practicing in case you have an when they reach their extremes. It's from the in the management of chronic pain. Also
infected patient, the decrease in patients, 18th century novel "A Dream of taking some of the strain off the already
harassment for some who are legitimately Red Mansions". burdened general practitioners, we put
earning their living while helping others and forward the case that Chinese medicine
financial uncertainty are just some of the The latest statistics seem to bear this out. practitioners, as a qualified, registered and
issues we are all dealing with. The Government initiatives have helped to valuable health resource should remain open
lessen the anxiety with money available for for practice.
Experiencing grief due to loss of life as we self-employed, sole traders and also some
knew it, is natural and we know grief is the protection from the threat of eviction due to Certainly, it is up to the individual
emotion associated with the Lungs and the inability to pay rent. practitioner to continue to practice if
weakens Lung Qi then adding in autumn, they choose.
which we also know is the season that The Board and AACMA Office have also
can lead to feelings of sadness, it makes been busy trying to support members in any This letter also advised the CMO of the
it very important to look after yourself way that is necessary. integrated approach used in China to treat
mentally, emotionally and physically. Try people infected with Coronavirus. AACMA
keeping yourself busy perhaps by furthering offered to supply any necessary information
your knowledge or skill in something Supporting Members regarding the use of acupuncture and
that interests you, maintaining and even Chinese herbal medicines in the treatment
increasing connections with family, friends through COVID -19 given to the population of Wuhan. Many
and colleagues through social media or studies are currently underway but as none
calling and actually speaking with them. Many letters have been sent including to the are complete, we have no scientific evidence
Being outdoors in your garden, exercising or Treasurer Josh Frydenberg emphasising the that the Federal Health Department will
With the need to cancel AACMAC due to Practitioners are now required to identify
government directives prohibiting public
gatherings and social distancing measures,
their learning goals, how they have achieved Government Lobbying
them with the CPD they have chosen to
we have been working on providing quality,
easily accessed and inexpensive CPD
undertake through the year and reflect on
how they will improve their practice based on
CDM
for members. what they have learned. This is in a holding pattern. With the Minister
for Health and the Chief Medical Officer
Partnering with Healthy Seminars and China • This should be documented and saved in (CMO) completely tied up formulating
Books, AACMA has been able to secure a a folio that could be presented if audited and implementing the necessary response
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at discounted rates. throughout Australia, our lobbying for the
Medicare Chronic Disease Management
This is information directly from the (CDM) has come to a halt for the time being.
Recordings of presentations from AACMAC CMBA website
Melbourne 2019 and previous AACMACs will
also be available for members’ on “The revised standard requires 20 hours of The lobbying will recommence as soon
going education. CPD activities per year that: as practicable.
T he words ‘coronavirus’ and Australian Bureau of Statistics, around 1.6 declining mental health, and increased
‘COVID-19’ have dominated million Australians had lost their income by domestic violence to name but a few – a time
the end of the first week of tough lockdown will come when we will be able to welcome in
the headlines for several laws in early April, and it’s a figure that a new kind of normal in a
months now and, in many ways, could still rise. post-COVID19 world.
we’re slowly becoming accustomed
to this new – albeit highly There is no denying it’s been an incredibly For those within the Chinese Medicine
restrictive – way of life. challenging time, so it may seem somewhat industry, there are already signs of what’s
flippant to recall the old adage ‘there’s light to come when we finally win the fight
at the end of the tunnel’. But in spite of the against this disease – and the news is good.
For some, social distancing and staying
horrors we’re faced with every day as a result “I don’t think it’s going to be long lasting
home has been little more than an
of the virus – from rising global death rates because once people feel secure again,
inconvenience; but for many, the changes
and infection statistics to unemployment, they will come back,” says Waveny Holland,
have been devastating. According to the
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A lmost 20 years ago, the Needling a combination of stems, the root in life’s cycles. In my book, Awaken Qi
treatment follows a patient’s constitutional Within, I also translate ‘mutual-control’ as
10 stem root treatment pattern through the terrain of their the struggle relationship (Supplementary
was taught to me by the heart-mind-body form. Much like a First Material A). Marriage is thus a mixture of
Arai brothers in Kanpo Hari I Nations tracker-hunter, we follow signs love and struggle.
and symptoms, from the blindingly obvious
Kai, translating as Traditional to the almost invisibly subtle, to diagnose の柔、大言すれば陰と陽、少言すれ
Chinese Acupuncture Medical reactive channels and hollows. By reactive, ば夫と婦
Association. it is meant that the channel-hollow feels
alive to Qi-touch and yields a favourable 其の微陽を捨て、其の微陰の気を吸
Deriving techniques mainly from The pulse change. After diagnosis leads to an う、其の意金を楽しむ、
Canon of Difficulties (Nan Jing), we use imbalance, either upright Qi emptiness or
complexities in the wrist pulse, body and pathogenic Qi fullness, we employ the life
(birthing) and mutual-control cycles to yin- *That lesser yang is abandoned, that lesser
abdominal palpation, triple heater, yin- yin Qi is drawn in, that meaning is to enjoy
yang 5 elements, and 8 extraordinaries to yang rebalance the 12 channels.
metal, Geng7th’s flexibility, macrocosmically
formulate a root treatment. Even though I speaking this is yin & yang, microcosmically Spiralling around the lifecycle, the 10 stems are as follows:
do employ other systems from other classical Just as humans seek balance in family speaking this is husband & wife,
acupuncture and Qigong sources, such relations outside, so too do our organ-
as Chinese Clock, this Nan Jing-derived channels seek this same balance inside. 1st stem of yang-wood Jiǎ1st (GB) 2nd stem of yin-wood Yǐ2nd (Lv)
Whereas the life cycle balances birth 丙 の柔、大言すれば陰と陽、少言す &
yin-yang 5 elemental root is the core of my れば夫と婦。
treatments and teachings. relations, primarily from mother to daughter
to child, the mutual-control cycle balances 3rd stem of yang-fire Bǐng3rd (SI) & 4th stem of yin-fire Dīng4th (Ht)
relations between husband and wife. That 其微陰を捨て婚して火に就く、其の
Whilst the 12 branches can be independently 意火を楽しむ。 5th stem of yang-earth Wù5th (St) & 6th stem of yin-earth Jǐ6th (Sp)
needled in Chinese Clock treatments (ZǐWǔ is, daughter leaves her elemental house
– Chinese; ShiGo – Japanese) to treat acute to marry a yang channel in the mutual-
and postural symptoms, the 10 stems of yin- control relationship around the pentagram. Bing3rd’s flexible, macrocosmically speaking 7th stem of yang-metal Gēng7th (LI) & 8th stem of yin-metal Xīn8th (Lu)
yang 5 elements (2×5=10) combine with the ‘Control’ by itself implies the yang masculine this is yin & yang, microcosmically speaking
12 channel-branches to formulate a yin-yang channel controls the yin feminine, whilst this is husband & wife. Abandons the 9th stem of yang-water Rén9th (Bl) & 10th stem of yin-water Guǐ10th (Ki).
5-elemental 12-channel root treatment. Ten ‘mutual-control’ informs us that husband lesser yin and marries to attach to fire, that
heavenly stems shining down through 12 and wife mutually relate. Difficulty 33 calls meaning is to enjoy fire.
earthly branches manifest the human form this the firm-flexible, hard-soft (Gojū) 1st yang-wood & 2nd yin wood stems are brother and sister, as GB Jiǎ1st & liver Yǐ2nd.
of heart mind body. relationship. Whilst the yang masculine (English translation by author of Honma 3rd yang-fire & 4th yin-fire are brother and sister, as SI Bǐng3rd & heart Dīng4th…
contributes firmness to the relationship, the Shohaku and Inoue Keiri’s Japanese translation
yin feminine contributes flexibility, as they of Difficulty 33 Research of the Canon of
flow through the struggles encountered Difficulties.)
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Difficulty 33 tells us that whilst the yang- for both yin and yang. However, yin wells the circle; begun to balance a patient’s The text also explains how yin metal Xīn8th
brother and yin-sister relationship maintains begin flow at wood and end at sea hollows, struggles within their life. Whereas outer (Lu) marries yang fire Bǐng3rd (SI). Being
the purity of each element, the mutual- whilst yang wells begin at metal and end worldly struggles manifest as problems, a yin autumnal cool female, lung Xīn8th
control marriages inter-mix elements. at earth. This elemental difference along inner struggles manifest as symptoms. By attracts to SI Bǐng3rd’s bright, warm fire. In
Gallbladder Jiǎ1st & liver Yǐ2nd unseparated channel flow enables a practitioner to treating the root cause, both problems and mutual-control, he warms and brightens her
are one pure wood element. Large intestine formulate a simple to intricate root and symptoms begin to clear. cold melancholy when yang-empty, whilst
Gēng7th & lung Xīn8th unseparated are one branch, treating simple and she cools his burning excitement, leading
pure metal element. complicated disease. After treating the life and mutual-control to anxiety. The other three marriages
cycles, it is time to harmonise them within work much the same way. Yin fire heart
Macrocosmically speaking, the pure wood Returning to our example, we discover that their triple heater system. Following the attracts to yang bladder’s cool water; yin
of lesser yang balances with the pure metal Lv 1 wood-well mutually responds with LI patient’s pattern, we check the same water kidney attracts to yang stomach’s
of lesser yin; and the pure water of full yin 1 metal-well, in a well marriage. Imagine elemental wood and same transporting nourishing earth; and yin earth spleen
balances with the pure fire of full yang. a wood bride and a metal groom, joining well hollows – TH 3 wood-stream and TH 1 attracts to yang GB’s strong flowing wood/
Centring middle-earth, the 5 elements form around a water well. After Difficulty 33, metal-well. If either react, needle it! If not, wind Qi. One of these marriages becomes
a cruciform between Heaven and Earth. liver Yǐ2nd abandons her wood elemental then I check Luo-Connecting, Xi-Cleft, a patient’s pattern in their root treatment,
Whilst water and fire orient towards Earth house to seduce and marry LI Gēng7th of Yuan-Source and Lower He-Sea. In my Qi except for heart and bladder, as a heart
and Heaven on the vertical axis, wood the metal house. LI Gēng7th, feeling this Arts theory, this means that the patient’s pattern is said to be too weak to live.
and metal adjust this orientation on the subtle feminine attraction, advances in to heart-mind-body needs special help, beyond
horizontal, pivoting around middle-earth. enter her. In mutual-attraction, liver Yǐ2nd the capacity of the yin-yang 5 elements. Once this foundational 5-hollow
Like spring Qi, wood is lesser yang relative receives his metallic yang and LI Gēng7th This theory is also beyond the scope of combination has balanced the patient’s
to full yang of summer. Like autumn Qi, receives her woody yin. In mutual-control, this article. constitutional pattern, we follow this root
metal is lesser yin relative to the full yin his metal cuts her excessive wood, when she into a branch treatment, as naturally as tree
of winter. urgently/angrily overreacts. Being of lesser Once the empty leaks have been patched branches grow from deep roots in Earth.
yin’s autumn nature, large intestine is a and excessive blockages cleared, it is time to By cultivating deep Yangsheng roots in
cool, calm and relaxed man. In return, she fill this yin-yang 5 elemental form-container our ancient Chinese medical classics, we
grounds his light yang metal weiqi into yin. with Source Qi and essence (Jing). After can branch out across our communities,
By treating the Difficulty 27, the extraordinaries are a wondrously treating disease in this
extremely volatile age.
root cause, both With just this initial three hollow
combination, we have balanced the
deep reservoir, holding Source Qi and Jing.
By needling the reactive hollow on the
problems & symptoms mutual-control relationship within the Conception Ren channel, we fill up
life cycle; balanced the pentagram within with Jing.
begin to clear
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A n old idiom linked to the order to improve their therapeutic outcome. 7. Dragon Crashes into 8. Monk Ties the Sash ii) Stop when you are viewing your forearms shortness of breath) and also assist in
僧及腰帶
and drop the elbows down as you bend your calming the mind for anyone that suffers
Ocean 龍入東海
Without further delay, let us explore the
martial arts is: “A tooth last five techniques in the Xing Lin Quan 10 knees back into a horse stance. (Fig 28.2) from high levels of stress, depression or
from the tiger’s mouth” Form. anxiety.
– which, in short, means that i) Continuing directly from the end of the i) Remain in a horse stance and move your iii) Make a circular motion with both hands
anything worthwhile tends to last technique, make a claw with both hands hands down to the waist. (Fig 27.1) (like hugging someone); sink further into This concludes the Xing Lin Quan 10 Form.
6. Dragon Ascends to the and slash downwards, stopping in front of your horse stance. Perform three times. I hope that sharing this form with you will
be difficult.
Heavens 飛龍昇天 the waist. Hands should be positioned left ii) Make a circular rotation with the hands (Fig 28.3-28.4) help you in your clinical practice and also
help your patients to recover faster.
on top of right, resting on wrist. Bend your around the waist (left to left, right to right)
A variation on this is: “You can’t catch a knees slightly as your hands reach waist from the level of the Dan Tian towards the Therapeutic benefit: This technique may
tiger cub without entering the tiger’s den.” i) From a horse stance, slowly straighten the level. (Fig 26) lower back (Ming Men area) and bring the assist with the movement of Qi throughout Illustrations used with the permission of artist
The reason I bring this up is that it is never knees as you rotate your waist, abdomen hands back to the front. the body, elbow pain, and increasing the Lucy wang.
easy to learn a new skill, but martial arts is and chest left, right, then left, area by area range of movement of the upper limb. It
a worthwhile one for a traditional Chinese Therapeutic benefit: Performing this
(visualise the energy moving upwards in technique can assist with activating the can be performed slowly throughout (yin)
medicine practitioner, especially any system iii) When the hands are at your back, make
a spiral), as you push your arms upwards. channels in the upper limbs. It may assist or may be performed slowly going upwards
that works with Nei Gong contact with your lower back using the
(Fig 25.1) with issues relating to wrist, elbow and (yin) and with vigorous force (yang) when
(internal building). palms of your hands. (Fig 27.2-27.4) When
shoulder injury. This technique can either the hands are at the front, imagine you are coming back down.
ii) Have your palms facing the heavens and be done slowly (yin) or with speed and force holding two cords and pull them to either
Though it maximises the therapeutic benefit hold the stretch for a few seconds.
10. Closing 收勢
(yang). side at waist level as if tightening a sash
to perform all 10 movements of the form (Fig 25.2-25.3) on a robe. (Fig 27.5) Repeat the technique
being taught, it is still viable to practice three times.
any particular technique that helps you Important Note: Repeat the technique three
Therapeutic benefit: This technique can times, alternating with Dragon Rises to the i) Remain in horse stance, take a breath
feel better either physically or mentally. assist with resolving Liver Qi stagnation via
Studying a particular technique until you Heavens. Therapeutic benefit: Using this technique in as you raise your arms slowly to chest
the rotational movements of the abdomen can assist with lower back pain that height. Use the same thought process as the
have a thorough understanding of it will and chest; this may also assist with digestive
make it easier to prescribe to patients in presents as a dull throbbing and is worse opening of the form: strings attached to the
issues. This technique is done slowly (yin). in colder weather; it may also help with wrist with no weight in your arms. (Fig 29.1)
arthritis in the lower spine with symptoms Dr Jimmy Le (TCM) is a Chinese Medicine
relating to poor range of movement. This is ii) When the lungs are full, breathe out and Practitioner and Martial Artist with a decade
a yin technique and should be done slowly. lower your arms accordingly to rest at your of clinical experience as the former and over
side when all the air has left your body. two decades experience with the latter. He
(Fig 29.2) is currently the owner and head practitioner
9. Climb the Tian Shan of the Chinese Health Institute (Xing Lin Ju)
Mountains 登天山 iii) Bring your left foot into your right using
located in Sydney where he treats patients
and teaches students always adhering to his
a semi-circle step and the form is complete. personal philosophy:
(Fig 29.3-29.4)
i) Remain in a horse stance, slowly
straighten the knees as you bring your arms Balance the Body, Educate the Mind,
to your midline and raise upwards, palm Therapeutic benefit: As all things must Nourish the Spirit.
facing your body. (Fig 28.1) come full circle, we close the form the same
as we began it. Performing this technique
can assist with lung function (particularly 平衡身心,淨化心靈,昇華精神。
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