Acupuncture presentation?
I am doing a presentation on acupuncture to my psychology class. I have to do some features of demo, what should I do and no, I can't poke people! I be thinking doing acupressure points instead, what do you think I could do?
Answer:
It fairly depends on the objective of your presentation. There are some philosophic similarities between acupressure and acupuncture, but here are differences as well. Acupressure is base on the philosophy that a tight or spasmed muscle cannot resist a greater pressure being placed on push button muscles or triggerpoints. Acupuncture is based on stimulating animation flow along the meridians. You could make the argument that relieving a tight muscle or trigger point could increase enthusiasm flow along the meridians, but it is not a direct correlation.
However, acupressure does work. If you have time, buy the book, "Acupressure's Potent Points: a Guide to Self-Care for Common Ailments" by Michael Reed Gach. It is an excellent illustrate manual on the topic and explains the underlying premise behind why it works.
Your view sounds good unless you'd be inclined to do it on yourself. A video clip would be great too.
Diane
make a jello mold and stick the acupunture pins surrounded by it so people could visualize how reflective the pins go contained by , use a light color jello so you can see from the side or put together different colors showing the depth of the skin etc