Reinforcement/reduction terminology in Course D

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Please be so kind to explain whether the "[b:411f723b48]mild reinforcement and reduction[/b:411f723b48]" mentioned several times in [b:411f723b48]Course D[/b:411f723b48] is the same as the "[b:411f723b48]uniform reinforcement and reduction[/b:411f723b48]" mentioned in the same course and the "[b:411f723b48]even reinforcing and reducing[/b:411f723b48]" described in [b:411f723b48]Course C[/b:411f723b48] and, if not, what is the difference between them.

Thank you.

tutor

Yes, I agree that the Medboo terminology should be uniform!!!

In fact, it's not the fault of D.K. I am quite sure he's done his best to figure out the meanings of the terminology as Sergiy has mentioned.

But at the moment, I don't have the original Chinese version, so I cannot make quite sure if D.K. is right or wrong.

That point is the text was compiled long time before we came to Medboo, so the compilers must have taken different sources and put the knowledge together.

So there are different ways of translation!!!

tutor

[quote:aace0bb751="David King"]I think the term of uniform reinforcement and reduction is referred to the routine reinforcement and reduction, while the even one means the even method.[/quote:aace0bb751]
Sorry to have to say that, but it could not possibly be so, as it is said in Course D under Vomiting:

[quote:aace0bb751="Course D"]Select acupoints on the Spleen Meridian of Foot-Taiyin and the Stomach Meridian of Foot-Yangming and the back-shu and front-mu points to apply acupuncture, [u:aace0bb751]using the reinforcing manipulation [b:aace0bb751]or[/b:aace0bb751] uniform reinforcement and reduction[/u:aace0bb751].[/quote:aace0bb751]
As you can see, the "routine" reinforcement (referred here to as "the reinforcing manipulation") and the "uniform reinforcement and reduction" are different manipulations according to the text, and it seems that the "uniform reinforcement and reduction" refers to the reinforcement and reduction performed simultaneously.

"The [u:aace0bb751]light[/u:aace0bb751] uniform reinforcing-reducing method" has also been mentioned in [i:aace0bb751]Medboo TCM & Acupuncture Special E-weekly[/i:aace0bb751] (volume 39), and it seems to me that, put like that, it does refer to the "even reinforcing and reducing" ("lift, thrust and rotate the needle evenly and [u:aace0bb751]gently at moderate speed[/u:aace0bb751]") described in Course C.

[quote:aace0bb751="David King"]I don't think they are the good translation!!![/quote:aace0bb751]
I do think that the translation throughout the Medboo courses should be "uniform" (this also refers to the pulse terminology).

Maybe tutor could express his opinion about this issue, or current Medboo students (especially native English speakers) could tell how they understand it?

tutor

I think mild reinforcement and reduction means the reinforcement and reduction is not very strong or intense.

I don't think there's another meaning.

I think the term of uniform reinforcement and reduction is referred to the routine reinforcement and reduction, while the even one means the even method.

I don't think they are the good translation!!!