Hot Acupuncture

If I were practicing in Maine, here’s something I would do. It’s yours for the asking, just give me some feedback. (Do you pay your own utility bills? Hope not.)

Crank up the treatment room thermostat to about 80 and turn on a space heater about half hour before treatment so that it’s about 30 degrees C, around 90 degrees F.

You’ll need two old mike stands with goosenecks. Mount a 1500-watt hair dryer on each. Place one at the foot of the table to blow on the feet and the other around knee level blowing under the sheet.

Buy two bed buddies (bean bags you can put in the microwave for two minutes each); one for each hand.

Get a crock-pot and some assorted-size, round rocks (from a craft store or garden supply place). Practice with this a bit to see how long it takes to heat the water and rocks. Apply the hot rocks on cloth on the patient, on the CV line, between their toes, behind knees, some on the face, etc.

We’re going for sweating here. Hot yoga meets hot acupuncture.

I’ve tried the electric heating pad but they seem to screw me up some way or other when it comes to reading the pulses.

The supernatural forces of spring created windows in Heaven and wood upon the Earth. Within the body they create the liver and the tendons; they create the color green.. . .and give the void the ability to make a shouting sound. . .they the create the senses, create the sour flavors, and the emotion anger.



- The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine