Abdominal Acupuncture (Fu Zhen)
Posted on August 23, 2008 by Yael
Tuvia Scott has been one of my teachers during the 3rd year.
Or was it the 4th year?
At any rate, he was one of the nicest teachers to ever walk our school. He’s also one of the busiest practitioners that I know of here in Israel- with teaching, having his own clinics and traveling to China almost every year, to learn more and practice Caligraphy.
Tuvia has this attraction for acupuncture systems that work on certain parts of the body to affect the whole body- one system is auriculotherapy and another one, his latest, is Abdominal Acupuncture (Fu Zhen).
The first time I heard and learned about Abdominal Acupuncture was 2 years ago, during my Chinese gynecology studies.
It sounded like a perfect system to treat women and everything that has to do with women- problems with the period, infertility, migraines and so on.
I was able to use it on one patient before I stopped working at my practice, and had very good results.
Recently, Tuvia wrote a very informative article about Abdominal Acupuncture which was published in the JCM (probably the most important and popular journal of Chinese Medicine today).
I also found an interview with Zhiyun Bo, Inventor of Abdominal Acupuncture which was written by Attilio D’Alberto, over from Chinese Medicine Times.
Tuvia’s article in the JCM is a big deal for us here in Israel, at least it is for me, since not many practitioners publish any articles at all. The fact that a practitioner got published on an important journal is important to the whole community.
If you haven’t heard about this system yet, or you have and don’t know much about it, Tuvia’s article is a good place to start.
I encourage you to take the time to read the article (it’s not long), and I will be happy if you’d share your thoughts and experience with us here by leaving a comment.
Photo: Efrat Kalush.
Tags: abdominal acupuncture, chinese medicine, fu zhen
Categories: Practitioners notes, Students notes, The Library
Thanks for the article, Yael. I first came across Abdominal Acupuncture in, actually, Acupuncture Times. The article was very brief and pointed to Attilio’s interview with Zhiyun Bo. It’s nice to see follow ups such as this. It made me think of Chi Nei Tsang, though it is of a completely different system.
Thanks for sharing the Fu Zhen article. This is an area that I need to revisit, so I appreciate your eloquent article on the subject. By the way, you have a great site!
Amelia and Edwin,
Thank you for your comments.
I am very happy that this article was helpful for both of you (here’s hoping more read it)!
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Amelia- thanks for your kind words.
Take care,
Yael
The pros about Fu Zhen are it does not hurt, easy to learn, and does not require too much technique. The cons are it was developed recently, and you have to be perfectly accurate on each point, hit it or miss it.
Great article. I have seen first hand the effectiveness of this technique. I spent a year in Beijing studying with a Doctor that teaches AA, and uses Abdominal Acupuncture as one of her main tools. Simple technique but with profound results.
Thanks Eran- for reading and commenting.
It’s always the simple things that make a lot of impact, isn’t it?
Thanks,
Yael