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SUJOK ACCUPRESSURE - FIGURES

Index

1.Sujok Correspondence

(Platform)2.

Byol Meridians - Left

Hand

(Yin Side)

3.Byol Meridians - Left Hand

(Yang Side)

4.

Byol Meridians - Right

Hand

(Yin Side)

5.Byol Meridians - Right

Hand (Yang Side)6.

Insect Correspondence

(Platform)

7. Byol Meridians (Insect)

Sujok Correspondence

Byol Meridians

Insect Correspondence

INTRODUCTION TO ACU THERAPIES

General

Acupuncture and acupressure are two widely known alternate therapies and practiced aroundthe world with varying degree of spread, popularity and acceptance. In addition to these twomain acu therapies, there are scores of allied acu therapies being practiced in various part ofthe world. Examples of such acu therapies are: sujok acupuncture/pressure, ayurvedicacupuncture/pressure, yogic acupuncture/pressure, electro acupuncture, laser puncture,sono puncture, aqua puncture, seed therapy, magneto therapy, chromo (colour) therapy,acupuncture - moxibustion, auricular therapy (ear acupuncture), periosteal acupuncture,reflexology, etc.

While the two main therapies of acupuncture and acupressure are believed to haveoriginated in China around 2000 – 3000 B.C., some of the acu therapies are of as recent anorigin as the late twentieth century. The aim here is to give out a synopsis of various acutherapies that are being practiced at Acupressure Research, Training & Treatment Sansthan,Allahabad, India.

Acupuncture/Acupressure (Traditional Chinese Medicine – TCM)

Acupuncture is the foremost and most basic amongst all the acu therapies prevalent in various parts of the world. The word ‘acupuncture’ has two parts, ‘acu’ and ‘puncture’. Acu means needle. Puncture is self-explanatory and means ‘to pierce’. Acupuncture hence refers to a therapy wherein needles are inserted at specified locations of therapeutic value on the human body to heal diseases. It is a very effective system of treatment and can cure a vast majority of diseases known to mankind.

Acupuncture seeks to cure diseases by restoring the imbalance of energy flow in the humanbody. As per the basic principle of the therapy, energy is constantly flowing in the humanbody along defined pathways known as meridians. A disease occurs if this energy flowbecomes excess or deficient, gets impeded or counter flows due to various external orinternal factors. A number of points known as acu points are located along these meridiansand control the flow of energy on these pathways, just the way electrical switches/regulatorscontrol the flow of current in a circuit. Stimulation of these acu points with needles usingspecific techniques corrects the energy imbalance along a meridian and the disease getscured.

If instead of using needles, pressure is applied on these same very acu points with the helpof thumb, fingers or any object, the therapy is known as acupressure. The principlesunderlying both acupuncture and acupressure therapies are exactly the same.

Acupuncture is an invasive method of treatment involving some degree of pain and often asense of fear on part of the patient. On the other hand, acupressure does not involve anyneedle insertion although some degree of pain is still experienced when an acu point ispressed. While both these therapies are equally effective, acupuncture appears to give faster

relief than acupressure. One has the advantage of faster relief, whereas the other has theadvantage of lesser pain in the application of the therapy. That is perhaps the reason whythese two similar therapies have existed concurrently through the centuries.

Acupuncture is not being currently practiced at the Sansthan. Even the acupressure therapythat is being practiced at the Sansthan and its affiliate treatment centers is mostly themodified version of the original acupressure therapy, namely, sujok acupressure. The originalacu therapies are generally referred to as Chinese/classical acupuncture or acupressure.These original acu therapies form part of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The modifiedacu therapy being practiced at the Sansthan is described below.

Sujok Acupuncture/Acupressure

In classical acupuncture, acu points are to found on the entire body at various locations from head to

the toe. These points have been used for needle insertion since the very inception of the therapy

thousands of years ago. In the year 1987, a break through research by Prof. Park Jae Woo of Korea

established that the human hands and the feet are replica of the entire body and exact correspondence

of body acu points exist on the hands/feet. It is thus possible to practice acupuncture solely on the

hands or feet instead of treating acu points located at various body parts. Prof. Park named his

invention as sujok acupuncture. Sujok is a Korean word meaning hands and feet and sujok acupuncture

refers to acupuncture using acu points on the hands and the feet.

Sujok acupuncture has revolutionized the practice of classical acupuncture by making thetherapy very simple and yet equally effective. The principle behind the new therapy is exactlythe same as that of classical acupuncture. However, the needles used in sujok acupressureare much smaller than the needles used in classical acupuncture and are insertedsuperficially on the palms/feet at very little depth. The sujok therapy is not only simple butalso extremely convenient to apply for both the patient and the therapist.

Just as in classical acu therapy, if pressure is applied on the acu points on the hands/feetwith a probe or a similar object instead of inserting needles, the therapy is known as sujokacupressure. The latter, being non invasive, is even more convenient. Sujokacupuncture/pressure, being relatively a very new therapy vis a vis the classicalacupuncture/pressure being practiced since thousands of years, has yet to gain the level ofawareness, popularity and acceptance as the latter. However, the type of acupressurefollowed by the Sansthan is in fact the non-invasive sujok acupressure and the latter hasgained immense popularity in India through the lead given by the Sansthan.

Magneto/Seed/Colour Therapy/Moxibustion

In both the classical and sujok acupuncture/acupressure, the medium of application is theneedle or finger/thumb/object pressure. The aim in all cases is to stimulate the acu points inorder to achieve their tonification (increase of energy) or sedation (decrease of energy) with aview to balancing the energy flow at these points. It has been found that the same effect canbe achieved by the application of micro magnets, seeds or colour on these acu points. Themodified therapy is known as magneto/seed/colour therapy, depending upon the medium of