Volume 12, Number 3 | Fall 2017

Report from WFAS Tokyo/Tsukuba 2016
Overview of the “Toyo Hari Medical Association” (2)grown evenly long and the body has reached its mostcomplete state. At the age of 35 the yang ming

Toyo Hari Medical Association

channels of the hand and foot are weakening, facialcomplexion worsens and hair begins to fall out. At 42

2. Third joint special lecture by the foreign branches.

the three yang channels of the hand and foot above

Lectureand below weaken, facial complexion is getting worseon"Geriatricdiseases",

byMichio

Murakami, honorary president:and hair begins to grizzle.
In boys the kidney qi thrives by the age of 8, teeth
regrow and hair becomes longer. At the age of 16 thekidney qi becomes abundant and vitality isoverflowing reaching upon heavenly qi. In otherwords, it becomes possible to father children. At 24
the kidney qi becomes balanced the muscles andbones become stronger, the wisdom teeth are
growing and the body matures. At the age of 32
muscles and bones have become abundant andpowerful. At 40 kidney qi begins to weaken, hair tofall out and teeth to wither. At the age of 48 the yangqi declines, facial complexion worsens and hair

Growth and aging of people

begins to grizzle.

At the age of 56 the liver qi

Growth, development and aging is in oriental

declines, muscles begin to loose power and themedicine governed by the kidney qi. According to theamount of seminal fluid decreases. At the age of 64

Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine, in thethe hair and teeth fall out (translation from thesection "Treatise on the Natural Truth in Ancientclassical Chinese in the "Treatise on the NaturalTimes" in the volume Suwen the text says: "When a

Truth in Ancient Times")

girl is seven years of age, the emanations of theIn other words, women grow, develop and age in 7-kidneys become abundant, she begins to change heryear and men in 8-year cycles.

teeth and her hair grows longer. When she reaches

Oriental

medicine

understands

human

her fourteenth year (2x7) her heavenly qi becomesdevelopment thus as the rise and fall of kidney qi. Ifabundant (gonadotropic hormones or sex hormone

this kidney qi is for some reason compromised, it will

resembling substances), her conception vessel opens,

lead to developmental anomalies and various

the movement in the Taichong (LR3) pulse is strong

diseases. The cause for geriatric diseases too is(fullconsidered to be a weakening of the kidney qi.

thoroughfarepulse)

and

she

beginstomenstruate. At 49 (7x7) years the conception vessels
becomes empty, the thoroughfare pulse withers,
menstruation stops and she cannot have children
any more."
To describe this in greater detail, the text statesthat at the age of 14 it is possible to become pregnant,at 21 the kidney qi becomes balanced, the wisdom
teeth are growing and the body matures. At the age of
28 muscles and bones have fully developed, the hair2* Prevention of dementia
It is common knowledge that dementia isclassified into 1) Alzheimer's dementia and 2)
vascular-type dementia. The first mentioned typehas first been reported in 1906 by the German
psychiatrist "Alzheimer" and is characterized by thedeposition of plaques of a characteristic protein
called "amyloid beta" on the surface of the brain andoften associated with atrophy of the memory

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Volume 12, Number 3 | Fall 2017controlling hippocampus. The second type is caused

dementia. For example, you should not just readby sclerotic lesions, occlusion or damage to cerebral

characters and texts, but try to actually write

blood

medicine

whenever practicable. It is a good idea to deal withconsciousness and cerebral functioning as well as

figures – such as memorizing telephone numbers, ordecline of the kidney qi need to be paid attention.

various other figures (Moneylenders rarely become

Clinically, repeated stimulation of the kidney

mentally slow) - and then try to constantly repeat

channel in order to arouse both kidney qi and kidney

those memorized figures.

function can gradually promote the development of* Treatment of the chest and cardiac diseases

vessels.

However,inoriental

senility in patients and thus can lead to the

Many patients suffer constantly from a feeling ofdevelopment of dementia. Trying this on yourself

anxiety, palpitation, shortness of breath or a feeling ofwill help to understand it even better. For example,constriction. From a meridian therapeutic point of view

when you continue daily treatment of your own

these conditions are often the spleen deficiency liverkidney channel (in particular points near its end),

excess patterns or the kidney deficiency spleen excess

your brain may gradually stop to work normally. In

pattern. An effective treatment of these conditions isother words, memory declines and you may

considered to be surprisingly easy.

experience difficulties remembering various figures,

For the branch treatment ‘shinshasempo’ istelephone numbers, or momentarily forget what you

applied on the left side of the interscapular region towanted to fetch, when you went upstairs. Your

improve the circulation of qi and blood within theability to think tends to decline. This is considered tothoracis cavity. Needling CV17 in the middle of thebe due to the principle of water restraining fire,chest, or else attaching intradermal or press-tackwhere the kidney water suppresses the function ofneedles there can also be done.

the heart fire.
This being said, frequently the kidney channelneeds to be treated. Those are precisely the occasions
calling for the kind of sokoku regulation promoted by
our association. In particular the heart channel(which controls consciousness and mental faculties)
and the pericardium channel have to be regulated
skillfully. Concretely, this requires treating HT7 orPC7.
Branch treatment for the prevention of dementia
includes the selection of 2-3 points among GV15,
BL10, GB20, GB12, GV20 etc. in order to improvethe circulation of qi and blood towards the head,
where another of our Association’s special
techniques, ‘shinshasempo’ should be applied. Orelse stainless steel needles can also be retained atthese points. Anyway, a treatment should be devisedthat improves qi and blood flow to the head. Thiskind of treatment should also be effective for theprevention of dementia in yourself.

In case of acute onset of cardiac diseases
bloodletting the left well point of the small intestine
channel SI1 is effective and can be applied before theroot treatment. It can almost immediately provide
relief from the angina pectoris. Treat without
hesitation and with self-confidence. Speaking ofcardiac diseases, this treatment is effective angina
pectoris, some forms of myocardial infarction, atrial
fibrillation, right bundle branch block, left bundle
branch block and a variety of arrhythmias. In case ofdissection of the thoracic or abdominal aorta, thepatient should immediately be referred to a specialist
and

the

appropriate

differential

diagnosis

isnecessary. If bloodletting the jing-well points does notprovide any relief, the presence of a dissection of theaorta is highly suspect.
* Cerebrovascular disorders and meridian therapy
Regarding these conditions I do not have enough

The active rather than passive use of your mentalcases I could confidently present here, but starting

faculties also helps to prevent the development oftreatment immediately after an attack can beexpected to be quite effective. With the passage ofThe Journal of Kampo, Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine (KAIM)

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time after the onset, it becomes increasingly more

Finallydifficult to achieve the desired results. Presenting

The above articles of two representative seniorpatterns are often spleen deficiency liver excess,teachers were used to introduce the Toyo Hari

kidney-spleen sokoku sho etc., so that for the branch

Medical Association, but I would like to add sometreatment shinshasempo or else needle retention in

supplemental information about the current state of

the posterior neck region at GV15, BL10, GB20 etc.

our association.

can be effective. Additionally, bloodletting of the jing-

Current president: Shuho Taniuchi

well points of the hand is highly effective in reducing

Office: 1453−21 Narahara-machi Hachioji-shi

any unnatural intracerebral pressure, so that oneTokyo

should look for the presence of blood stagnation atHiroshi Nakazawa

LI1 of the large intestine channel, TB1 of the triple

Members: domestic = 1,000 persons (37 branches)burner channel and SI1 of the small intestineforeign = over 300 persons (14 branches)channel. And the effect of relief of blood stagnation

Main activities: regular lectures in the main office,from vascular spiders in the region of the posterior

basically the first Sunday of the month, except inneck and behind the ears is better, the earlier it isJanuary and August (location: Tokyo, Japanperformed.

Education Center)
Branch meetings: basically every third Sunday in* Locomotive syndrome in the elderly
The locomotive syndrome including conditions
like osteoarthritis of the knee or spinal canalstenosis

cancause

therapists

Japanmuchdistress,

requiring some ingenious adjustments of this root
treatment and any local treatment administered tothe affected regions. For example, when the usual

Japan
Every other year a meridian therapy academic
conference and a course of technical lectures isheld (location: Tokyo, Asakusa View Hotel)
For more information, please refer to theJapanese website https://www.toyohari.net/.

isThe central Toyohari branches in the United

insufficient, slightly deeper needling into articularStates of America, Europe, Australia-New Zealandcavity or shinshasempo in the gluteal region of theare each running courses to train acupuncturists inaffected side is often effective. In cases of long-Toyohari. The 14 regional branches across these fourstanding low back pain and the like too somecountries each have their own scheduled study

ingeniously adjusted treatment of the affected region

meetings that include monthly meetings of members,often leads to a cure. Mistakes made during root

specialtreatment, however, may hinder the healing process

workshops with teachers from Japan. Members areand thus cannot be easily dismissed.

found* As opposed to young people the clinical practice of

Switzerland,

geriatric diseases cannot neglect the combined study

Zealand,of both root and symptomatic treatments. That is

Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Italy, Austria, Croatia,

because the number of diseases based on changes ofHungary, Greece, Israel and Malaysia.

treatment

forosteoarthritisoftheknee

the blood increases. Aging is associated with aFor

studyintheevents
US,

more

UK,

Spain,

Canada,formembers,
Holland,Portugal,France,

information

regularGermany,

Australia,

Ireland,pleaseNew

Belgium,

refertodecline in the functioning of qi and blood, so that it

https://www.toyohari.org/ for the North Americanis desirable to take sufficient time for the treatment

branches, https://www.toyohari.eu/ for the European

and not being overly concerned with the therapeutic

branches and http://www.toyohari.org.au/ for theeffects.

Australasian branches.

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