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SUJOK ACCUPRESSURE - FIGURES

Index
1.

Sujok Correspondence
(Platform)

Byol Meridians - Left

2. Hand
(Yin Side)

4.

Byol Meridians - Right

Hand
(Yin Side)

5.

7.

Byol Meridians (Insect)

Byol Meridians - Right

Hand (Yang Side)

Sujok Correspondence

Byol Meridians

3.

Byol Meridians - Left Hand

(Yang Side)

6.

Insect Correspondence
(Platform)

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INTRODUCTION TO ACU THERAPIES

General
Acupuncture and acupressure are two widely known alternate therapies and practiced around
the world with varying degree of spread, popularity and acceptance. In addition to these two
main acu therapies, there are scores of allied acu therapies being practiced in various part of
the world. Examples of such acu therapies are: sujok acupuncture/pressure, ayurvedic
acupuncture/pressure, yogic acupuncture/pressure, electro acupuncture, laser puncture,
sono puncture, aqua puncture, seed therapy, magneto therapy, chromo (colour) therapy,
acupuncture - moxibustion, auricular therapy (ear acupuncture), periosteal acupuncture,
reflexology, etc.
While the two main therapies of acupuncture and acupressure are believed to have
originated in China around 2000 3000 B.C., some of the acu therapies are of as recent an
origin as the late twentieth century. The aim here is to give out a synopsis of various acu
therapies that are being practiced at Acupressure Research, Training & Treatment Sansthan,
Allahabad,
India.
Acupuncture/Acupressure (Traditional Chinese Medicine TCM)
Acupuncture is the foremost and most basic amongst all the acu therapies prevalent in
various parts of the world. The word acupuncture has two parts, acu and puncture. Acu
means needle. Puncture is self-explanatory and means to pierce. Acupuncture hence refers
to a therapy wherein needles are inserted at specified locations of therapeutic value on the
human body to heal diseases. It is a very effective system of treatment and can cure a vast
majority of diseases known to mankind.
Acupuncture seeks to cure diseases by restoring the imbalance of energy flow in the human
body. As per the basic principle of the therapy, energy is constantly flowing in the human
body along defined pathways known as meridians. A disease occurs if this energy flow
becomes excess or deficient, gets impeded or counter flows due to various external or
internal factors. A number of points known as acu points are located along these meridians
and control the flow of energy on these pathways, just the way electrical switches/regulators
control the flow of current in a circuit. Stimulation of these acu points with needles using
specific techniques corrects the energy imbalance along a meridian and the disease gets
cured.
If instead of using needles, pressure is applied on these same very acu points with the help
of thumb, fingers or any object, the therapy is known as acupressure. The principles
underlying both acupuncture and acupressure therapies are exactly the same.
Acupuncture is an invasive method of treatment involving some degree of pain and often a
sense of fear on part of the patient. On the other hand, acupressure does not involve any
needle insertion although some degree of pain is still experienced when an acu point is
pressed. While both these therapies are equally effective, acupuncture appears to give faster

relief than acupressure. One has the advantage of faster relief, whereas the other has the
advantage of lesser pain in the application of the therapy. That is perhaps the reason why
these two similar therapies have existed concurrently through the centuries.
Acupuncture is not being currently practiced at the Sansthan. Even the acupressure therapy
that is being practiced at the Sansthan and its affiliate treatment centers is mostly the
modified version of the original acupressure therapy, namely, sujok acupressure. The original
acu therapies are generally referred to as Chinese/classical acupuncture or acupressure.
These original acu therapies form part of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The modified
acu
therapy
being
practiced
at
the
Sansthan
is
described
below.
Sujok Acupuncture/Acupressure
In classical acupuncture, acu points are to found on the entire body at various locations from head to
the toe. These points have been used for needle insertion since the very inception of the therapy
thousands of years ago. In the year 1987, a break through research by Prof. Park Jae Woo of Korea
established that the human hands and the feet are replica of the entire body and exact correspondence
of body acu points exist on the hands/feet. It is thus possible to practice acupuncture solely on the
hands or feet instead of treating acu points located at various body parts. Prof. Park named his
invention as sujok acupuncture. Sujok is a Korean word meaning hands and feet and sujok acupuncture
refers to acupuncture using acu points on the hands and the feet.
Sujok acupuncture has revolutionized the practice of classical acupuncture by making the
therapy very simple and yet equally effective. The principle behind the new therapy is exactly
the same as that of classical acupuncture. However, the needles used in sujok acupressure
are much smaller than the needles used in classical acupuncture and are inserted
superficially on the palms/feet at very little depth. The sujok therapy is not only simple but
also extremely convenient to apply for both the patient and the therapist.
Just as in classical acu therapy, if pressure is applied on the acu points on the hands/feet
with a probe or a similar object instead of inserting needles, the therapy is known as sujok
acupressure. The latter, being non invasive, is even more convenient. Sujok
acupuncture/pressure, being relatively a very new therapy vis a vis the classical
acupuncture/pressure being practiced since thousands of years, has yet to gain the level of
awareness, popularity and acceptance as the latter. However, the type of acupressure
followed by the Sansthan is in fact the non-invasive sujok acupressure and the latter has
gained immense popularity in India through the lead given by the Sansthan.

Magneto/Seed/Colour Therapy/Moxibustion
In both the classical and sujok acupuncture/acupressure, the medium of application is the
needle or finger/thumb/object pressure. The aim in all cases is to stimulate the acu points in
order to achieve their tonification (increase of energy) or sedation (decrease of energy) with a
view to balancing the energy flow at these points. It has been found that the same effect can
be achieved by the application of micro magnets, seeds or colour on these acu points. The
modified therapy is known as magneto/seed/colour therapy, depending upon the medium of

application. The Sansthan is using all these therapies to good effect. See details of micro
magnets used by the Sansthan under the head Acupressure Instruments.
As commonly known, a magnet has dual polarity and the two ends of a magnet are referred
to as the North and the South poles. When a micro magnet is fixed on the surface of a body
part in such a manner that the North pole touches the skin, tonification occurs, that is, the
energy level at that point is increased. Similarly, if the South pole of a micro magnet touches
the skin, sedation occurs, that is, the energy level at that point is decreased. The micro
magnets are fixed to the body surface with the help of surgical adhesive tapes for duration of
few hours daily as advised by the therapist.
Dried seeds like buckwheat, methi, gram, peas, etc. can also be applied in place of micro
magnets with good effect. Seeds are affixed on the body surface in the similar manner of
micro magnets with the help of surgical adhesive tapes. They perform the function of
balancing the energy at an acu point through their bio energy flow and the pressure energy
that they exert on the point. They are applied for few hours daily as advised by the therapist.
They must be changed every day and the used seeds discarded.
The main advantage of seeds over micro magnets is that they are inexpensive to procure.
However, the seeds fixed on the body parts need to be pressed with the fingers every half to
one hour as advised by the therapist. The micro magnet do not need to be pressed as their
magnetic energy level is potent enough to stimulate the acu points.
Colours can also be used on the acu points in place of micro magnets/seeds. They are
particularly useful to apply on patients who are sensitive to micro magnets/seeds and on
children, as the latter do not in many instances allow micro magnets/seeds to be fixed on
their body surface. The type of colour used and the duration of application are decided by the
therapist based on certain principles.
Moxibustion or moxa for short is another popular method to stimulate acu points. In this
method, acu points are heated by burning dried leaves of certain plants over the acu points.
This method is particularly effective in eliminating the effect of excess coldness energy in the
body. Moxibustion is very popular in China but is presently not being practiced at the
Sansthan

Onnuri Medicine
In addition to discovering acu points on the hands/feet, Prof. Park found that since hands/feet
were a replica of the whole body, exact correspondence of various organs and parts of the
body existed on the hands/feet. If a disease/disorder occurred in any organ or part of the
body, it could be cured by stimulating the corresponding location on the hands/feet by
needles, pressure or other methods. This correspondence system has found wide
acceptance in India and is being practiced extensively at the Sansthan and its affiliate
centers.
That is not all. Prof. Park through his pioneering research is the father of many other ancillary
acu therapies such as tri origin based treatment, eight origin based treatment, six qi

treatment, regional diagnosis/treatment, etc. Prof. Park has clubbed all such inventions of his
under the generic term Onnuri Medicine.
All these treatment methods have been found by the Sansthan to be very useful and are
covered in the syllabus of its various training courses. These methods proved their utility and
became very popular when initially introduced at the Sansthan along with Sujok
acupuncture/acupressure. However, owing to the advent of ayurvedic acupressure, an
extremely potent invention of the Sansthan, onnuri medicine has taken a back seat.
Ayurvedic Acupuncture/Acupressure
Ayurvedic acupuncture/acupressure as generally understood across the world refers to the
therapy in which ayurvedic principles of 'Vat', 'Pitta' and Kapha are applied to points of
Chinese acupuncture meridians. This therapy is fairly well known in many parts of the world
and was initially practiced at the Sansthan. But subsequently, the Sansthan developed a
purely Indian version whereby ayurvedic principles of ten elements are applied to an entirely
new set of meridians and their points discovered by the Sansthan. The Indian version has no
similarity with the Chinese version although it has been influenced by tri origin and eight
origin theories of Prof. Park Jae Woo of Korea.
As per the basic principle of this new therapy as enunciated in the ancient Indian text of
Charak Sanhita, the universe as well as the human body is composed of ten elements.
Diseases occur as a result of disbalance of these ten elements in the body. The Sansthan
has discovered that these ten elements can be represented on the ten fingers of the two
hands as well as on the ten toes of the two feet. Treatment can be effected by stimulating the
points of various meridians located on these fingers/toes as also on points of meridians
located on palms, feet, wrists and ankles. Presently, treatment is given with the help of micro
magnets, seeds and colours. Needles are not being used.
For more details of the therapy, refer to Introduction to Ayurvedic Acupressure.
Yogic Acupuncture/Acupressure
As per Indian yogic philosophy and concept, seven major and thousands of minor chakras
are located at various parts of the human body. These chakras, particularly the major chakras
are dense forms of energy. Ancient Indian sages used to unleash the power of these chakras
through meditation and other yogic actions. However, over a period of time this has become a
dying art and the number of people who can perform such yogic feats is very small.
Sujok acupressure, Prof. Parks invention, has found a way of marrying the power of yogic
chakras with that of classical acupressure. The corresponding locations of seven major
chakras have since been found to exist on the palms. Based on the characteristics of each
individual chakra, acupressure treatment is given on the palms at the location of the desired
chakra. Thus, these chakras have now come to provide a simple and effective technique to
treat various difficult diseases by utilizing their inherent power.
Treatment is given at the chakra location by stimulating them with micro needles, micro
magnets, seeds or colour. The Sansthan has carried forward the work of Prof. Park on the
subject and yogic acupressure therapy is being used considerably at the Sansthan with good

effect.

The

Sansthan

has

even

published

two

books

on

the

subject.

Electro Acupuncture According to Voll (EAV)

Electro acupuncture refers to the therapy in which acu points are stimulated by electrodes
carrying minute electrical currents, the principles of treatment being the same as that of
classical acupuncture. Whereas this therapy was already in vogue in many parts of the world,
pioneering research in electro acupuncture was carried out by Dr. Reinhold Voll, an allopathic
physician of Germany, around the mid twentieth century. This research was so extensive and
its results so promising that it evolved into a therapy of its own and came to be known as
Electro Acupuncture According to Voll (EAV) after the name of its inventor.
The western world had hitherto looked upon Chinese acupuncture therapy as an invalidated
system and not having a scientific base. Dr. Voll, with the help of electrical measuring
instruments, demonstrated and validated the scientific base of various Chinese acupuncture
points. He discovered eight new meridians on the palms and the feet to treat tissue disorders
such as disorders of nervous tissues, skin tissues, fibrous tissues, etc. Dr. Voll also
discovered a new eye meridian around the eye orbit to treat various disorders of the eyes.
Dr. Voll not only scientifically validated the existing Chinese acupuncture points, he
discovered a large number of new points on the existing Chinese meridians. He also
redefined a number of existing acu points and discovered new locations for these points. The
high point of Dr. Volls research was his linking of minute parts of various body organs to
specific acu points. For example, Dr. Voll found that specific points existed to treat individual
parts of organs such as appendix, transverse colon, rectum, etc. in case of large intestine;
cardia, fundus, pylorus, etc. in case of stomach; cardiac plexus, endocardium, myocardium,
pulmonary valve, A.V. node, etc. in case of heart and similarly for all the parts of all the
organs of the body.
Dr. Voll devised an instrument by the name of dermatron to measure the electrical resistance
on the acu points. Depending upon the current reading obtained at various acu points, it
became possible to tell whether an organ part related to that acu point was diseased and at
what stage the disease process was at that point of time, i.e., acute, inflammatory,
degenerative, chronic, etc. It became further possible to treat these diseased organs or their
affected parts by stimulating their related acu points with the required dosage of electrical
current.
Though the work of Dr. Voll holds vast promise in the field of diagnosis and treatment of most
complex of diseases in an extremely simplistic, effective and comparatively inexpensive manner, it is
yet to get due recognition from most of the medical fraternity. A few dermatron instruments have been
imported by individual practioners in India from Germany. The Sansthan does not have this instrument
and practices a modified version of EAV devised by itself by way of application of micro magnets or
seeds on the acu points discovered by Dr. Voll. The Sansthan and its affiliate centers have found even
this modified method of treatment extremely effective and useful.

Reflexology
The origin of reflexology can be traced back to ancient Egypt around 2300 BC. However,
various physicians of USA and Europe developed a modern version of reflexology as an
independent therapy around the early twentieth century. Reflexology can be said to be the
fore runner to Sujok acupressure, in that the treatment is similarly carried out on the
palms/feet but using only 38 points representing various organs and parts of the body. The
locations of points in reflexology were arrived at through empirical research over a period of
time. However, there appears to be no apparent logical relationship between the body
organs/parts and their representative locations on the palms/feet.
The Sansthans history began in Mar 1995 with the adoption of reflexology as the sole
method of treatment. The Sansthan found this therapy very effective at that time. However,
with the introduction of sujok correspondence system at the Sansthan, reflexology got
overtaken by the more potent sujok therapy. It was found that whereas reflexology had only
38 points and hence limited application, the number of points in the sujok correspondence
system stretched to eternity.
Sujok correspondence system was based on the premise that each and every part of the
body down to individual cell had an exact corresponding location on the palms/feet. Thus, the
possibilities of sujok correspondence system were endless. The practice of reflexology thus
gradually got discontinued at the Sansthan and its use at the Sansthan for all practical
purpose has come to an end.