Anti-ashi acupoint?
<p>Dear tutor, <br /><br />
I have come across an article “Acupuncture of the anti-ashi acupoint in the treatment of 110 patients with motion traumatic pain” (Zhongguo Linchuang Kangfu 2006;10(39):33-5) by Wei Sheng-min, Wang Qiang, Wang Feng-yang and Wu Chao from Hebei Province of China. <br />
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From the abstract, the acupunture technique described in the article seems to be quite interesting. However, it is not clear what is meant by "anti-ashi acupoint". Ashi points are discussed in the Medboo course, but anti-ashi?! Could you explain what the authors could mean? <br />
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You can download the full text of the article in Chinese with English abstract in PDF format from <a href="http://www.zglckf.com/ejournal/upfiles/2006-39/39k-033(ps).pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#006699">http://www.zglckf.com/ejournal/upfiles/2006-39/39k-033(ps).pdf</font></a> (664 kb). <br />
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Thank you.</p> <p>Sorry Sergiy, <br />
I cannot open the file! <br />
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So, I have no idea what the anti-Ashi point is. <br />
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Maybe it means the counterlateral Ashi points? <br />
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Not quite sure. <br />
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Tutor</p> <p>I cannot open the file! <br />
No problem. I have just e-mailed the article to you (tutor@ontcm.com) in JPEG format (3 attached pictures). <br />
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By the way, if you want to be able to open files in PDF format, you might download Adobe Reader from <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html" target="_blank"><font color="#006699">http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html</font></a> . If you prefer a smaller program, you might try instead Foxit Reader 2.0 from <a href="http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader_2/down_reader.htm" target="_blank"><font color="#006699">http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader_2/down_reader.htm</font></a> (with Eastern Asian Language Support from <a href="http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader_2/addons.htm#critical" target="_blank"><font color="#006699">http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader_2/addons.htm#critical</font></a> ).</p> <p>It's nothing NEW! <br />
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It's a kind of remote needling technique, or you might call it a nearby needling. <br />
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You might find a point nearby the site of the pain or the focus of the disease, which then could relieve the pain by needling or by acupressure. <br />
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That's it. <br />
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So, it's not ASHI point, but I don't think it is indeed anti-ashi point. <br />
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Maybe it is good to some very acute pain, but to some acute-chronic pain, I still think of the real Ashi point, at least we cannot forget the real Ashi point (I mean the very local point). <br />
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This could be understand as a tendon-muscle meridian therapy. <br />
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But I don't think it's well known in China. <br />
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Tutor</p> <p>So, it's not ASHI point, but I don't think it is indeed anti-ashi point. <br />
That is why I got confused, because of the English name! I thought it might be a relative point on the unaffected side, corresponding to the Ashi point at the site of the lesion, or something like that. <br />
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Thank you very much for your explanation!</p> <p> I thought it might be a relative point on the unaffected side, corresponding to the Ashi point at the site of the lesion, or something like that. <br />
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In fact, I had thought so myself when I read the terminology! </p>
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