Lecture Massage therapy review Passing the NCETMB, NCETM, and MBLEx (2e) Chapter 7 Laura A. Abbott

Chapter 7 Traditional chinese medicine modalities only on the NCETMB.and MBLEx exams. This chapter presents the following content: Traditional chinese medicine, the five element theory, traditional chinese medicine modality, pathologies in traditional chinese medicine.

Passing the NCETMB, NCETM, and MBLEx

Chapter 7

Traditional Chinese Medicine Modalities only on the NCETMB

Pre-class Assignment

your Massage Therapy

Five Element Theory

Five Element Correspondences

Five Element Correspondences, Cont’d

Yang

Five Element Correspondences, Cont’d

Taste Sour Bitter Sweet Spicy Salty

Sound Shouting Laughter Singing Crying Groaning

Emotion Patience Joy SympathyEmpathy, MelancholyCourage, Calmness

Capacity Planning AwarenessSpiritual Ideas/Opinions Elimination Ambition

Pale Tongue Red Tongue

Team/Community Competitive

Meridian Location Yin or Yang

1 Lung Starts on chest in front of shoulder, finishes

2 Large Intestine Starts in index finger, finishes at side of

3 Stomach Starts under eye, finishes in second toe Yang

5 Heart Starts under armpit, finishes in little finger Yin

6 Small Intestine Starts in little finger, finishes in front of ear Yang

7 Urinary

Meridians, Cont’d

8 Kidney Starts on sole of foot, finishes at top of chest Yin

9 Heart

Constrictor Starts beside nipple, finishes in middle finger Yin

10 Triple Heater Starts in fourth finger, finishes by outside corner

of eyebrow Yang

12 Liver Starts in big toe, finishes on front of chest or

12 Meridians and Corresponding

Elements

12 Meridians and Corresponding

Elements, Cont’d

– Paired organ = spleen

– Color = deep yellow

– Functions and influences = digestion, absorption

of postnatal energy, mental state

– Psycho-emotional aspects = agitate the mind,

mania, hypomania, confusion, severe anxiety, hyperactivity

12 Meridians and Corresponding

Elements, Cont’d

blood; thoughts, intention, analytical thinking, trust, honesty, openness, acceptance

thinking, pensiveness, obsessiveness, remorse, regret, obsessions, and self-doubt

12 Meridians and Corresponding

Elements, Cont’d

of the spirit; dominates sleep, love, joy, forgiveness, courtesy

disturbed sleep, excessive dreaming, guilt, hate, shock, nervousness, excitement, longing, craving

12 Meridians and Corresponding

Elements, Cont’d

digestion and elimination, mental clarity, judgment, powers of discernment

relevant issues with clarity before making a decision

12 Meridians and Corresponding

Elements, Cont’d

urine

decision making, diminished moral character

When chronic, jealousy, suspicion, holding longstanding grudges

12 Meridians and Corresponding

– Functions and influences = controls sexual and

reproductive functions, filters the blood; courage and willpower, drive and strength

– Psycho-emotional aspects = fear and paranoia,

loneliness, insecurity

12 Meridians and Corresponding

– Functions and influences = Protects the heart;

creates feelings of joy and/or pleasure

– Psycho-emotional aspects = radical fluctuations in energy caused by emotional ups and downs of the day

12 Meridians and Corresponding

Elements, Cont’d

– Paired organ = pericardium

– Color = orange red

– Functions and influences = regulates transformation and transportation of bodily fluids;

lifts depression, consciousness, kindheartedness

– Psycho-emotional aspects = disharmony, depression, sadness

12 Meridians and Corresponding

Elements, Cont’d

– Paired organ = liver – Color = yellow green

– Functions and influences = stores and excretes

bile, one of the extraordinary organs; decisions and judgment, courage, and initiative

– Psycho-emotional aspects = wake up suddenly,

timid, indecisive, easily discouraged by slight adversity

12 Meridians and Corresponding

Elements, Cont’d

– Paired organ = gallbladder – Color = deep green

– Functions and influences = stores the blood,

governs the free flow of qi; kindness, compassion, generosity, creativity

– Psycho-emotional aspects = frustration, jealousy,

rage, depression, anger, irritability

12 Meridians and Corresponding

Elements, Cont’d

spleen, which are then mixed with air and circulated through the meridians; self-preservation,

righteousness, dignity, integrity, high self-esteem

grief, despair, anxiety, shame, and sorrow

12 Meridians and Corresponding

Elements, Cont’d

– Paired organ = lungs – Color = off white

– Functions and influences = absorption of

fluids/elimination of solid waste

– Psycho-emotional aspects = physical weakness, emotional introversion, depression, irritability, discouragement, distress, apathy

 Chakras – store and activate our emotions

 Tsubos – acupressure point

 Accupoints – points of the body that influenced or

are influenced by body energy

 Ashi points – reactive points in Chinese modalities

2 Spleen Gonads Water Orange Relationships,

expression of emotions, pleasure, movement, sensation

3 Solar

Plexus Muscles, adrenal glands, liver,

spleen, gallbladder, lumbar vertebrae,

pancreas

Fire Yellow Metabolic energy

through the body,

personal empowerment

4 Heart Heart, thymus

gland; endocrine, circulatory

Air Green

(sometimes pink)

Ability to express love and unconditional

love

Chakras, Cont’d

parathyroid, neck

higher creativity

6 Third Eye Eyes, ears,

nose, pineal gland, pituitary gland

seeing, greatest teacher of fear and love

7 Crown

Center

Pituitary Gland

Eastern Modality Assessments

Pathologies and Meridians

sensation of fullness in the chest Pain in the shoulder, back, and anterior border of the medial aspect of the arm, heat in the wrist and/or palms, shortness of breath, enuresis, and frequency of urination

Large Intestine Meridian Watery nasal discharge, toothache, congested and

sore throat, pain in the neck, anterior part of the shoulder and anterior border of the lateral aspect of the upper limb, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and

dysentery, toothache and/or coldness in the teeth, deafness, a feeling of compression in the chest and/or diaphragm

Pathologies and Meridians, Cont’d

congested and sore throat, pain in the chest, in the abdomen, and in the lateral aspect of the lower limbs, fever, and mania, emotional disorder such as depression or manic behavior, muscular atrophy, weakness in the lower limb or atrophy, congested and sore throat, sudden hoarseness

stools, jaundice, heaviness of the body, stiffness and pain in the root of the tongue, abdominal spasm, cholera with vomiting and/or diarrhea

Pathologies and Meridians, Cont’d

insomnia, night sweating, dryness of the throat, thirst, pain in the medial aspect of the upper arm and heat sensation in the palms, fullness in the chest and/or diaphragm

Small Intestine Meridian Deafness, yellow sclera, sore throat, swelling of the

cheeks, distension and pain in the lower abdomen and pain in the posterior and lateral border of the aspect of the shoulder and arm, joint weakness, atrophy, motor impairment of the elbow, warts

Pathologies and Meridians, Cont’d

disorders, pain in the eyes, nasal congestion, watery nasal discharge, headache, pain in the back along the channel

impotence, irregular menstruation, asthmatic breathing, dryness of the tongue, congested and sore throat, edema, pain in the lumbar region, weakness in the lower limbs and heat sensation in the soles of the feet, low back pain, mental

restlessness

Pathologies and Meridians, Cont’d

Pericardium Meridian Cardiac pain, palpitations, mental restlessness,

stuffiness in the chest, flushed face, swelling in the axilla, depressive and manic mental disorders,

spasm of the upper limbs and heat sensation in the palms, cardiac pain

Triple Burner Meridian Abdominal distension, edema, enuresis, painful

urination, deafness, ringing in the ears, swelling of the cheeks, congested and sore throat, pain in the shoulder, and lateral aspect of the chest,

hypochondria

Pathologies and Meridians, Cont’d

lower abdomen, hernia, dryness of the throat, hiccups, painful urination, mental disturbance, itching in the pubic region, swelling of the testicles, hernia

Gallbladder Meridian Headache, pain in the jaw, blurring of vision, bitter

taste in the mouth, swelling and pain in the supraclavicular fossa, pain in the axilla, pain along the lateral aspect of the chest, coldness in the foot, paralysis in the lower limbs, inability to stand erect