Anti-ashi acupoint?

Dear tutor,

I have come across an article “Acupuncture of the anti-ashi acupoint in the treatment of 110 patients with motion traumatic pain” ([i:8b75019270]Zhongguo Linchuang Kangfu[/i:8b75019270] 2006;10(39):33-5) by Wei Sheng-min, Wang Qiang, Wang Feng-yang and Wu Chao from Hebei Province of China.

From the abstract, the acupunture technique described in the article seems to be quite interesting. However, it is not clear what is meant by "[b:8b75019270]anti-ashi acupoint[/b:8b75019270]". [b:8b75019270]Ashi[/b:8b75019270] points are discussed in the Medboo course, but [b:8b75019270]anti-ashi[/b:8b75019270]?! Could you explain what the authors could mean?

You can download the full text of the article in Chinese with English abstract in PDF format from http://www.zglckf.com/ejournal/upfiles/2006-39/39k-033(ps).pdf (664 kb).

Thank you.

Sorry Sergiy,
I cannot open the file!

So, I have no idea what the anti-Ashi point is.

Maybe it means the counterlateral Ashi points?

Not quite sure.

Tutor

[quote:08f697cf67="tutor"]I cannot open the file![/quote:08f697cf67]
No problem. I have just e-mailed the article to you (tutor@ontcm.com) in JPEG format (3 attached pictures).

By the way, if you want to be able to open files in PDF format, you might download Adobe Reader from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html . If you prefer a smaller program, you might try instead Foxit Reader 2.0 from http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader_2/down_reader.htm (with Eastern Asian Language Support from http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader_2/addons.htm#critical ).

It's nothing NEW!

It's a kind of remote needling technique, or you might call it a nearby needling.

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.

That's it.

So, it's not ASHI point, but I don't think it is indeed anti-ashi point.

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).

This could be understand as a tendon-muscle meridian therapy.

But I don't think it's well known in China.


Tutor

[quote:f3f1ebcf9a="tutor"]So, it's not ASHI point, but I don't think it is indeed anti-ashi point.[/quote:f3f1ebcf9a]
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.

Thank you very much for your explanation!

[quote:556d6f8a59="Sergiy"] 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.[/quote:556d6f8a59]


In fact, I had thought so myself when I read the terminology!