March 29, 2013 (#3)

The last and final hour with Dr. Song was back to studying from the textbook. I read onto Chapter three which focused on the five organs and they're connection to the five elements (fire, water, wood, earth and metal). The five major organs that doctors are keen on keeping in harmony are the kidneys, heart, lungs, liver and spleen, which are referred to as the zang organs and under these organs they govern other organs within the body. The first organ of the five I read was the heart. 

March 29, 2013 (#2)

The second hour was different from the first in that I got to talk to Dr. Song. She had some time because she was letting her patient rest. Dr. Song talked about what we do at the age, since it's our prime age, can affect how our bodies will be in the future.

March 29, 2013 (#1)

Today I drove over to Dr. Song's office to work more on my hours. I got there at 3 when she had another patient, so I was kind of on my own for 3 hours. I started off the hour by cracking open "Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion." I read chapter 2 of the large textbook, which focused on the theory of Yin Yang.

Surprise! March 5th, 2013

The next day I got a surprise (even though it wasn't a surprise for my dad) from Dr. Song. She was there to give my dad a treatment to boost his immune system while he's on his chemo treatment for stomach cancer. So Dr. Song this would be the perfect time to actually watch her insert the needles. So for an hour I actually stood next to Dr. Song and watched her perform acupuncture on my dad. The first thing we did was feel his pulse on both hands. The reason why was to see which organs in the body is low in chi. If the pulse felt weak, then it meant that the chi in that area was low. After feeling his pulse Dr. Song proceeded to insert two needles in my dad's stomach in the region below his belly button, the purpose of this was to bring his chi to his  dan tian ( I forgot the points, hopefully I'll be able to actually remember this Chinese names). Once she inserted the needles there she put needles in his legs and feet. The reason why she did this was to target the stomach through points that were linked to the stomach and bring the chi to his stomach. On top of this each of these points help with other aspects in life such as stress, weight loss and much more. I had to leave, so i ended up staying with Dr. Song and my dad for an hour. 

Acupuncture March 4, 2013 #2

The second hour Dr. Song had a patient so I was on my own to study more from the book. This hour was a bit more boring and long (or seemed long). There really isn't much to talk about here because I would just bore whoever reads this and probably confuse them because there are a lot of Chinese names and hers that I wrote down. As I took notes I was paying attention to how many points are in the body and how each one actually functions in the acupuncture world. I didn't go to in depth because I needed a lot of guidance from Dr. Song. So I ended my two hours with Dr. Song by finishing up chapter 1. I know that doesn't seem like a lot, but the book she gave was thick and loaded with tons of information about acupuncture and it should be since it's the official book of acupuncture and is used by students in the medical field all over the world. 

Acupuncture Study March 4, 2013

I met with Dr. Song on Monday march 4th, 2013 and surprisingly she gave me a choice of being treated like I usually am or study. Naturally I wanted to say study, but I felt I needed some book study time, so I ended up spending two hours studying from a book she gave me. The first hour only consisted of me reading the introduction the history of acupuncture and how it has evolved over time. So this hour wasn't extremely exciting.