KOREAN ACUPUNCTURE

Four Needle Technique

THE ESSENTIALS
❖ MEMORIZE 5 ELEMENT CHART

❖ FIND HORARY POINT

❖ FIND GRANDMOTHER MOTHER AND SON

❖ MEMORISE THE TREATMENT PRINCIPLE

❖ REMEMBER THERE ARE 4 POINTS

5 ELEMENT CHART (YIN)

WOOD FIRE EARTH METAL WATER

LUNG 11 10 9 8 5

SPLEEN 1 2 3 5 9

HEART 9 8 7 4 3

KIDNEY 1 2 3 7 10

PC 9 8 7 5 3

LIVER 1 2 3 4 8
TERMINOLOGY
❖ HORARY POINT: POSITION ON THE CHART WHERE THE ELEMENT OF
THE POINT AND THE ELEMENT OF THE CHANNEL MATCH

❖ MOTHER POINT: POSITION ON THE CHART THAT IS ONE POSITION TO

THE LEFT OF THE HORARY POINT

❖ GRANDMOTHER POINT: POSITION ON THE CHART THAT IS TWO POSITION

TO THE LEFT OF THE HORARY POINT

❖ SON POINT: POSITION ON THE CHART THAT IS ONE POSITION TO

THE RIGHT OF THE HORARY POINT
FIND THE HORARY POINT
5 ELEMENT CHART (YIN)
WOOD FIRE EARTH METAL WATER

KIDNEY 10
WATER

LUNG 8
METAL

SPLEEN 3
EARTH

HEART 8
FIRE

LIVER 1
WOOD
FIND POSITION

GRAND MOTHER SON

MOTHER
FIND THE POSITION
FIND REMAINING POSITION
WOOD FIRE EARTH METAL WATER

1
SON
KIDNEY 3 7 10
WATER GRANDMOTHER MOTHER

LUNG 10 9 8 5
METAL GRANDMOTHER MOTHER SON

SPLEEN 1 2 3 5
EARTH GRANDMOTHER MOTHER SON

3
HEART 9 8 7 GRANDMOTH
FIRE MOTHER SON ER

4 8
GRANDMOTHER
LIVER 1 2 MOTHER
WOOD SON
PRINCIPLES
EXCESS DEFICIENCY

SEDATE TONIFY
SON MOTHER

TONIFY SEDATE
GRAND MOTHER GRANDMOTHER
CASE STUDY

❖ Woman , age 56 presents with abdominal

distention, low appetite, fatigue, feeling
cold, loose stools and a weak pulse.
EXCESS OR DEFICIENCY
EXCESS DEFICIENCY

TONIFY
MOTHER

SEDATE
GRANDMOTHER
5 ELEMENT CHART

WOOD FIRE EARTH METAL WATER

SPLEEN 1 2 3 5 9
EARTH
2 POINTS

TONIFY SP2 FIRE POINT

SEDATE SPI WOOD POINT

5 ELEMENT CHART

WOOD FIRE EARTH METAL WATER

KIDNEY 1 2 3 7 10
W ATER

LUNG
METAL
11 10 9 8 5
SPLEEN
EARTH
1 2 3 5 9
HEART
FIRE
9 8 7 4 3
LIVER
W OOD
1 2 3 4 8
2 ND PAIR OF POINTS

HT8 FIRE CHANNEL HORARY POINT

LVI WOOD CHANNEL HORARY POINT

4 POINT PERSCRIPTION

TONIFY MOTHER SEDATE GRANDMOTHER

SP2 SP2

TONIFY HORARY SEDATE HORARY

FIRE CHANNEL WOOD CHANNEL
HTS LVI
CASE STUDY

❖ MAN, AGE 37 PRESENTS WITH IRRITABILITY, READ EYES, HEADACHES AND A RAPID, WIRY
PULSE .
EXCESS OR DEFICIENCY
EXCESS DEFICIENCY

SEDATE
SON

TONIFY
GRANDMOTHER
5 ELEMENT CHART

WOOD FIRE EARTH METAL WATER

LIVER 1 2 3 4 8
WOOD
2 POINTS

SEDATE LV2 FIRE POINT

TONIFY LV4 METAL POINT

5 ELEMENT CHART

WOOD FIRE EARTH METAL WATER

KIDNEY 1 2 3 7 10
W ATER

LUNG
METAL
11 10 9 8 5
SPLEEN
EARTH
1 2 3 5 9
HEART
FIRE
9 8 7 4 3
LIVER
W OOD
1 2 3 4 8
2ND PAIR OF POINTS

HT8 FIRE CHANNEL HORARY POINT

LU8 METAL CHANNEL HORARY POINT

4 POINT PERSCRIPTION

SEDATE SON TONIFY GRANDMOTHER

LV2 LV4

SEDATE HORARY TONIFY HORARY

FIRE CHANNEL METAL CHANNEL
HT8 LU8
RECAP
❖ MEMORIZE 5 ELEMENT CHART
❖ DECIDE IF CASE IS EXCESS OR DEFICIENCY
❖ APPLY THE CORRECT TREATMENT PRINCIPLE
❖ FIND THE HORARY POINT OF THE EFFECTED CHANNEL
❖ FIND THE MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER OR SON
❖ 1ST PAIR ARE GRANDMOTHER + SON OR MOTHER
❖ 2ND PAIR ARE HORARY POINTS.