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Folk Healing

Folk Healing. Asian American Community Taoism, Shinto, Buddhism Ballentine 188-209. Objectives. Describe and discuss the core beliefs behind Asian Folk healing practices Explore the health practices of traditional Chinese medicine Participate in Tai Chi. Global Community.

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Folk Healing

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  1. Folk Healing Asian American Community Taoism, Shinto, Buddhism Ballentine 188-209

  2. Objectives • Describe and discuss the core beliefs behind Asian Folk healing practices • Explore the health practices of traditional Chinese medicine • Participate in Tai Chi

  3. Global Community 44 Percent of the Nation’s Total Immigrant Population of 30.5 Million Arrived in the United States in the 1990s, 11 Percent of the Country’s Household.

  4. 10 Million People 30 Languages • Chinese • Japanese • Korean • Laotian • Vietnamese • Hmong • Thai

  5. Religions • Confucianism • Taoism • Shinto • Buddhism

  6. Asian Belief • Religion • Philosophy, ethics • Animism • Folklore • History

  7. Shang Dynasty 1766-1000BC • Bronze Age Neolithic society • Ruling elite – Peasant class • Family – living and dead • Place dead near good wind and water • Living care for the dead • Dead watch over the living • Birth of Feng Shui

  8. Zhou Period 1100-221BC • Feudal states • Demon medicine • All illness caused by demons • Treatments to rid body, community • Herbal, acupuncture, exorcism • Wu Shaman needed for cures

  9. Red Emperor Herbology Yellow Emperor Surgery Acupuncture Chinese Medicine 722-211BC

  10. Chinese Doctor • First order keeps you well • Sage, philosopher, healer • Masters • Second order treats illness • Provides services, treatments, recovery

  11. Confucianism 551-479BC • Develop into the superior man • Junzi • Strive to realize Ren • LOVE OF OTHERS • East vs West philosophy • East- A healthy person does not disrupt the status quo, sound mind=fit body + correct relationships • West - Common good comes from self development, society serves this end

  12. Tradition, Key Terms • To cultivate: • Jen – human being, person to person • Chun Tzu – maturity, superior person • Li – propriety, patterns for behavior • Te – power, cultivating followers • Wen – culture, art, philosophy

  13. *Social Relationships* • Child,brother,parent,subject • Five constants • Parent - child • Husband - wife • Siblings • Friends • Ruler - subject

  14. Taoism • Lao-Tzu, 604 BC. (Grand master). • Tao Te Ching. • The way the path and its power. • Tao (Dow). • The way, path. • Ultimate order to nature. • The universe is complex and indivisible. • Everything in nature is linked. • Seamless, one unbroken whole.

  15. Correspondences • Transition, impermanence • Yin/Yang • 5 Transformative Phases • 5 Climates • 5 emotions

  16. Yin, Yang Night Day

  17. Philosophy Yin and the Yang Are the Way of Heaven and Earth (Yellow Emperor, 1BC)

  18. Balance • Spiritual, physical harmony with nature. • The human is a microcosm of the universe. • Life occurs with in the circle of nature. • As the seasons change so does a human.

  19. Time of Day, • Qi expands outward from morning (birth) throughout day and retreats to core during night (death) • 6am (yang grows) - 6pm (yang withers), yin grows till 12pm, Yin withers till 6am, see hand out

  20. Five Phases • Wood - east • Fire - south • Earth - center • Metal - north • Water - west

  21. Five Fundamental Processes • Birth • Growth • Ripening • Harvest • Decay

  22. Seasons • Spring • Summer • Late summer • Autum • Winter

  23. Each Element nourishes another They depend on each other for growth support and transformation Water nourishes wood to grow and quenches fire Phases in Cycle

  24. Earth Female Night Substantive Cold Water Dark Interior Down Sexual Storage Heaven Male Day Active Hot Dry Light Exterior Up Spiritual Movement Yin Yang Polarity, Contraries, Opposites

  25. East Meets West The Body As Garden Vs. The Body As Machine.

  26. Illness • Organ problems that disrupt daily activity • Curse of the ancestors • Personal, physical • Prayer • Natural Evils • Famine, drought • Kings ancestors • Ancestor Therapy • Seek oracle guidance

  27. Blood, lymph, hormones, mucus, collagen, fat Small, soft,slow, delicate, hypertension Chronic Circulation, discharge, secretion, metabolism, respiration Hyperactive, flushed large,fleshy, dry Acute Yin Yang

  28. Feelings, thoughts Interior Right side Below navel Cycles Gestation, death Forming Responses, expression Surface Left side Above navel Birth, growth maturation Transforming

  29. Transfomative Phases Wuxing Theory is Yin Yang and Yin Yang is Tao

  30. Water (kidney) supports Wood (liver)

  31. Earth(stomach) Can Dam or Control Water (Kidney)

  32. Patterns of support

  33. Complexity Phase With in organs

  34. QI (Chee) Chi • The motive force • The invisible element known by its effects • The life force

  35. Time of Life • Blood flows through the body from each organ system in rhythm on a cycle • Life force is very strong in the young (yang time) • Life force wanes until death transformation (yin time)

  36. Sources of Qi, Life Force • Breath- respiration • Food- diet • Original - genetics • Internal - inside the body • External - what leaves the body, is outside, i.e.; weather • Nutritive - flow across meridians • Protective - barriers against harm

  37. Breath- respiration Food- diet - Original - genetics Internal - inside the body External - what leaves the body Nutritive - flow across meridians Protective - barriers against harm Meditation Diet, herbs, teas Exercise, massage Acupuncture, acupressure Amulets, prayer Feng Shui Sources of Qi Interventions

  38. Best Time of Day to Stimulate Qi Just After the Organ System That Is Blocked Has Peaked.

  39. Example Wood • liver is a Wood organ • peaks 1-3 am • best season to strengthen fall

  40. Acupuncture • Acupuncture is an art of healing by the inserting of needles into specific points of the body for therapeutic purposes. It has proved remarkably effective especially for many diseases that are resistant to conventional forms of therapy.

  41. Also atechnique, as for relieving pain or inducing regional anesthesia, in which thin needles are inserted into the body at specific points.

  42. Meridians • The meridian system consists of more than 400 acupuncture points • Energy channels, rivers in the body

  43. 365- 1000 points. • 12 major and 8 auxiliary tracts connecting points. • 6 yin on front, 6 yang on back. • Does not directly follow western organ systems arrangement.

  44. Acupuncture

  45. Local Pain relief • http://www.qi-journal.com/AcuPoints/acupuncture.html • Natural opiates, endorphins are released with acupressure • Naxolone depress acupuncture effectiveness

  46. Acupuncture Links http://www.acaom.edu/ http://www.vxm.com/21R.65.html

  47. Life Style • Diet • Attain enlightenment with every atom of your being • 5 natures of food • Cold, cool, neutral, warm, hot (yin/yang)

  48. Herbal Medicine • Herb has 5 Qualities • Nature, Qi property • Taste yin/yang • Orientation, ascending, descending • Site of action • Toxicity

  49. Sour (astringent & bitter) Bitter Sweet (bland) Spicy Salty Yang- ascending, descending, hot Yin – lowering, sinking, cold Taste

  50. Other Practices • Qi gong – exercises for health • Martial arts – Tai chi chuan • Internal martial arts – Zen, Nei gong • Massage – Tunia, shiatsu

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