Spirits in Chinese Medicine; possession, death and dying
I am wondering what anyone know or has learned about Chinese medicine perspective on spirit, death and dying. I am remembering that the Hun is the Liver spirit, Po the Lung spirit.. which ascends is that correct? Also wondering about spirit possession and use of ghost points to extract spirits. Is anyone familiar with these kinds of techiques?
Possession, Ghost points, etc
There is a protocol for what is known as spirit possession in acupuncture, which is called the Dragon Treatment.
In fact there are 2 such protocols:
7 Internal Dragons - which is primarily used for people suffering from dementia, drug, mental, emotional, sexual and psychological abuse. It is where the person spirit has been suppressed because of such traumatic events as listed.
7 External Dragons - are primarily used for people that have suffered from an external cause (such as violent confrontation, verbal abuse, torture, etc) that has scattered their qi with shock and allowed space for them to become 'possessed'.
I have actually used both these treatments with some very surprising results.
Had a patient with sucidial tendancies due to a trauma that was caused during surgery.... she kept on saying that "she wasn't herself anymore and that she couldn't see the point in living!" - which is very serious when the patient is telling you things like this.
I performed the Internal & External Dragons in one treatment - as soon as I finished needling the last point on the Internal dragons, the patients character completely changed - she became a lot more assertive, her voice changed and became stronger and on a whole more confident in herself to be able to deal with the situation she found herself in.
I still see her on a regular basis, but she certainly doesn't have the sucidial feelings anymore - she gave me a card thanking me for my help in giving her life back - where the Doctors at the hospital didn't really understand what to do with her.
They are very powerful treatment protocols, and generally only used when either one of the above categories comes into the equation and/or if for some reason that the treatment doesn't seem to be working.
The Dragons - are a way of clearing any and all blockages that the person may have that is preventing them from moving on, and living their life.
contemporary uses of acu for possession
Vikinggoddess,
A bulletin came across my desk the other day - Jeffrey C. Yuen will be teaching a 2 day seminar in San Fransisco Jan 7-8, 2006 on the "Contemporary uses of acupuncture for possession". Apparently he has an extensive Daoist background. If you can't make the seminar, maybe you can track him down online!
good luck,
herb ox
Spirits in Chinese Medicine, Spirits in Chinese Medicine; possession, death and dying
It is good to see that Chinese Medicine is out there to heal and to cure.
One question I have is: does shen have the same translation as sheng? :)