A Basic Guide to Good Health

Our human bodies are designed to flash the warning signals by way of pain or stiffness, when their natural balance is disturbed by the living conditions and the habits.
This reaction could be considered as a process performed by the human body to remove the detrimental elements out of it.
By manifesting pain and stiffness, our bodies are trying not to aggravate the disorders.
Children are known to have a superior "Removing Process" than the adults, because their bodies are young and fresh.
They are also known to have swift recoveries, if for example, they develop a high fever. In comparison, adults have slower recoveries. If they have a fever,it tends to linger on their bodies like a smoldering fire rather than going quickly up.
The following commonly seen(and often only occasional) problems could be also pointed out as "the Removing Process" ----inflammation, fever, skin eruption, dandruff, discharge from the eyes, nose bleeds, nasal discharge, discharge from the ears, stomatitis, vomiting, pyrosis, diarrhea, constipation, hemorrhoids,low back pain, numbness,itchiness.
And once they become the fixed conditions, it is called a " Disease"

Overworking,overeating(drinking), insufficient sleep, and lack of exercise, those neglects to the health are generally thought to cause the diseases. Also the physical constitution derived from the genetic factors of an each individual could often be the origin. The physical constitution would be shaped by these factors more distinctly by aging. For example, allergic disorders such as rhinitis, asthma, atopy, and also diabetes, tuberculosis,hypertension,high cholesterol, and cancer could most likely be inherited from the parents.
People who have those hereditary factors need to take extra precautions.

The human bodies have the ability to heal spontaneously by improving the primary symptoms . However, the continuous presence of the impediments could exhaust its function and weaken the healing ability. Then it could progress into a disease.
Therefore, it would be best, if we could feel the early warning signs like ---"Something is wrong with me, today"---- before we acquire the actual disorder. Once it becomes a real condition, we may no longer readily feel the warning signs.

Generally in the modern medicine,"Therapy" is performed by the concept of placing a lid over the troubling symptoms. That leaves behind the cause of the health problems in the bodies to do more damage. This will very likely cause more problems appearing in variety of symptoms on the different places of the body..
The principal concept of the oriental medicine is to improve the internal status of the each individual. The therapies based on the oriental medicine such as acupuncture, moxibustion or Chinese herb medicine are not to treat the visible surface symptoms in our bodies, but to improve the vital resistance and to accelerate the "Removing Process".
In the intermediate stages before the complete curing of the individual(while receiving the therapy) , people commonly experience other symptoms. This should not be mistaken for an aggravated condition. It is just like going back the course of the development - reversing the every stage of the symptoms to the original start point.

I first examine not only the local symptoms, but the abdomen as well. The abdomen reflects the internal status of the entire body. I need to know how the general status affects the local symptoms to form a conclusive diagnosis.
When the patients have certain chronic symptoms,in most cases, they also have pain or stiffness in the abdomen.
This should be considered as the chronicle of their bad habits and undesirable ways of the living. To remedy a condition, I apply a very small amount of moxibustion or use a very thin needle on the appropriate points on the back of a patient. The amount and the intensity vary, according to the condition(susceptibility) of the each patient.
For the patients who are overly sensitive to these stimuli, I use a thin, short metal bar(instead of needles) only to touch the appropriate points or apply hot patches.
While improving the internal condition of the entire body, I simultaneously apply proper treatment to the local symptoms.
This is especially effective in the problems caused by the misuse of a body part for a long period.