Julian Scott’s Book- Summary and More Thoughts
Posted on March 23, 2009 by Yael
You thought I forgot, didn’t you?
Now really, how can I forget about this hefty book, sitting on my desk just waiting for me to read it??
How to needle a child?
We’re on page 80 (for those who are following), and Julian starts talking about practical things- how does one needle a child? What is the right technique?
On Julian’s website you can find a double DVD that explains, among other things, the technique Julian uses in his practice. It can help you master the technique, and understand it better. In the book you can of course find illustrations of the technique to help you start.
The technique is important, especially with young babies and toddles who tend to be on the move. Many of them don’t like to be pinned down and so the practitioner must be quick with finding the acupuncture point and super-quick with needling the point and applying the desired manipulation.
Julian offers many tips on this subject and so ends the first part of the book.
The second part of the book
The second part starts to look at most situations that can be seen at the clinic and even in our homes- those of us who have children knows there’s a wonderful variety of situations that parents face while raising a child.
Every situation is talked about briefly and then we have the diagnosis and treatments with acupuncture points according to the syndromes.
As we read through the different situations, we should always remember to first decide whether the child is excess type or deficiency type. Once we made that observation, according to Julian, we have a lot to work with.
The third part
The third part of the book is dedicated to case histories from Julian’s clinic.
The cases are sorted by the different systems in the human body, most systems have more than just one case history.
We like case histories. It helps us take all these words we just read and get ideas in similar cases we have in our own practice. Seeing as most of us can’t join Julian in his clinic, this is as close as it can get to see the master in action.
There are 2 appendix to the book:
The first one talks about the situations that acupuncture can heal. 18 pages that talk about different situations.
Mind you there are certain situations where Julian states, like with anorexia, that acupuncture is not very helpful.
The second appendix is rather short which sorts different foods by their energetic temperature.
I wish I found that one sooner!
Summary and more thoughts
I can’t be a very good practitioner for my boy, Shahar.
I feel some what blind when it comes to treating my boy. It’s strange, because most times I feel I am able to understand the situation quicker than in the beginning, but this is just the way it is.
I can sometimes needle Ding Chuan, and even then I am not very sure I got the correct location.
Maybe this is a good thing.
Maybe the mother should be just that, the mother. That in itself is an endless task, and maybe it’s good that the practitioner will be someone that my boy hasn’t got a direct link to his heart. I remember Julian talking about that, and I believe it to be true, and I feel it is a fair deal.
I’m the mommy. Let someone else be the one to come at the boy with needles!
I do feel that the book allows me to feel less helpless.
I feel that I have a book I can use, and I am not dependent on the practitioner alone to give me instructions. I can look in the book and try to find something that will help my boy right now.
With time, my arsenal is growing, and I get many tips from different practitioners I know, and that only makes me feel more confident.
I find the book Acupuncture in the Treatment of Children
to be clear, user- friendly and very structured, very similar to the lectures with Julian Scott that I had the pleasure to attend.
I strongly recommend this book to practitioners who have children, as I believe it to be a basic book (and more) to start with. One can always look into buying Julian’s second and less famouse book Natural Medicine for Children, which can give a more complete point of view on the treatment of children.
Over to you
Did you like Julian’s book? What are your thoughts?
Leave your comments, I’d love to read them.
More links that you might find interesting
You might be interested in reading more posts about the book:
The Art of Observation by Julian Scott
Excess and Deficiency by Julian Scott
The First Pages of Julian Scott’s Book
