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I thought it would prove useful to show this information for those who are unaware of it's
existence. I had happily received a copy of this Japanese booklet some time ago from
Light and Adonea, who were not sure what it was. When my Japanese friends started to
translate it we realized it was the same as a translated table I had been given in my first
Reiki class. The version I was given (sample below) also had Mrs. Takata and one of her
student's comments in it. and it was placed in tabular form for ease of reference (in recent
years it has been modified by the school I received it from). Apparently Mrs. Takata had
given this table out to her students and it is likely the source of some of the "hand
position to illness" tables found in earlier Reiki books.

What I found even more interesting was that when I showed the Japanese version to
Reiki Masters in Japan, they remarked that it looked like an extension of the table of hand
positions for different ailments found in Usui-sensei's class booklet - "Reiki Ryoho
Hikkei". Having recently translated the Hikkei table, it is very obvious that Mrs.
Takata's version of Dr. Hayashi's guide is simply a modification of the original created for
the newly formed Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai around 1925 or 1926.

If you search the net you will be able to find a complete translation of this Takata version,
as it was used in many Reiki books as a guide.

My Gendai Reiki Ho teacher Hiroshi Doi-sensei explained that the Healing Guide was
intended as a resource for new students who were unable to simply scan or sense the area
of need in a patient or themselves.

I had this confirmed in 2004 in my Usui Reiki Ryoho Gakkai training (Usui Ryoho Kai)
with Liam Richards-sensei where I learned that in the old Reiki society - URR Gakkai -
as a Shoden student (Reiki 1) you would have memorised the first portion of the table
that deals with body parts and hand placements. But shortly thereafter you would have
been taught to replace this with Byosen Reiki Ho (scanning) and then eventually with
Reiji Ho - which are both still the URR Gakkai's preferred ways of healing, depending on
the area Shihan (teacher).

A good source for photos of the the "Ryoho Shishon" or Healing Guide is Arjava Petter's
book "Original Handbook of Dr. Mikao Usui" available from Amazon.com (note: the
complete handbook is actually spread out through out Arjava's books.)

A GUIDE TO A METHOD OF HEALING,

A Study of Reiki
by Chujiro Hayashi,
translated by Teruko Low, edited by Harue Kanemitsu 1992

Richard's comments: This is a handout I received in my Reiki 1 class in 1992 from the
BC School of Reiki. It is a translation of a 40 page paper that Dr. Chujiro Hayashi had
produced on Reiki treatments, some time before he taught Hawayo Takata, but
presumably after he taught Mr. Tatsumi (this was not found amongst his possessions after
Tatsumi-san's death). The preceding page and the page with the diagram of the body, are
the actual first and last pages. It is believed the forerunner to this table is the one
produced by Mikao Usui and found in Sensei's Reiki booklet called Reiki Ryoho Hikkei

The translation starts off in the way Hayashi-san presented it, then becomes a table for
the remainder of the document (created by Harue Kanemitsu - note: she took her level 1
and 2 training from Mrs. Takata and Master level from Wanja Twan and Barbara Brown).
Ms. Kanemitsu has added in Mrs. Takata's comments, as well as her own. I substituded F
where Ms. Kanemitsu had the sign for "female".

Introduction to Text
The following Reiki text is of the Usui System of Natural Healing. I added Takata
Sensei's writings and oral teachings on methods to the original text (indicated by "T" ), as
well as mine (in parenthesis), but it is basically Hayashi Sensei's work, arranged to be
more usable, I ommitted his comments on the prognosis of cancer being "not good,"
because it has since been shown otherwise. Seemingly unrelated parts are usually
connected through meridians (such as groin point for blood clearing), HK

Note: F= female
Directions for Treatment
Head in general- Head, brain, headaches

Treat:
forehead, temples, back of the head and base'of skull, top of the head.
Treatment of the head should be done with an~ sickness. In case of a headache, treat the
aching part well.

Eyes - All eye problems: conjunctivitis, trachoma, leucoma, short-sightedness, trichiasis,

drooping of the eye lids, cataracts.
Treat:
eyeballs (place fingers gently over closed eyes, cup lightly), temples, back of the head
(base of skull),
both eyes even when only eye is afflicted.
kidneys, liver, (F) uterus and ovaries,
T blindness -- treat pancreas, head, eyes, (F) ovaries

(There is a relationship between the problems of the eyes and that of the reproductive
organs.)

Ears -- all ear problems: middle ear (olitis), external ear, buzzing in the ears, deafness *,
etc. (*T if drums are not torn)

Treat:
tunnel-like opening of ear
depressed area under the ear
high bone behind the ear
back of the head area (bass of skull)
two ears all the time even when only one ear seems afflicted,
T sinus problems which follow a cold such as middle ear problems and nasal catarrh
should be treated at the tuberculosis adenitis of the hilus of the lungs and the bronchi;
kidneys, (F) uterus and ovaries.
Teeth

Treat:
the root of the offending tooth from the outside,
the shoulders towards the neck,

Inside of the Mouth and Lips

Treat:
closed lips with the palm of the hand,

N.B. Look at the section on digestive problems.

Tongue

Treat:
by pressing the offending part, or by pinching it.
the root of the tongue from the outside (neck, under chin).

In case that is hard to do, press the part of the two feet which is forward of the plantar
arch (arch in sole towards toes)
continued in chart form - printed with permission of H. Kanemitsu