1st Edition

Body Reshaping through Muscle and Skin Meridian Therapy An Introduction to 6 Body Types

By Jeonhee Jang Copyright 2016
    193 Pages 50 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Body Reshaping through Muscle and Skin Meridian Therapy: An Introduction to 6 Body Types shows you how your weight and body shape can be a direct result of ill health and explains the structures and functions involved. It explores much more than just what your scale and the fit of your clothes might tell you. It looks at skin, fat, muscles, diaphragm, historical illnesses or injuries, body posture, body clock or circadian rhythm, digestion, blood vessels, nutrition, sympathetic nervous system, parasympathetic nervous system, and enteric nervous system. By examining the above factors, you will learn how they contribute toward changes in body shape (notice no mention of dieting or exercise).

    Muscle meridian therapy refers to the passive application of treatments to muscles not connected to any major organ. The techniques involved improve all the metabolic balances of the body (pressure, temperature, and balance) as well as your overall health. Therapies can benefit all people, including those with traumas such as digestive system disorders, autonomic nerve system disorders, medication complications, post-childbirth complications, major scarring, posture issues, and pain management.

    The author provides the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) tools and techniques needed for practitioner-guided wellness or at-home wellness understanding and maintenance. The book offers a full guide to "body type" evaluation for muscle meridian therapy and presents a "passive" therapy method (like massage or acupuncture) to complement "active" therapies (like physical therapy and exercise). It covers concepts that are highly individualized yet very "whole body" for physical restoration and balance.

    Body Reshaping for Health and Beauty
    Perfect 10
    Learning from Man’s Best Friend
    Balancing and Reshaping Your Body
    Body Posture
    Having a Healthy Body Shape
    Beauty Is Not Only Skin Deep
    Skin and Thermoregulation
    Subcutaneous Fat
    Food, Fitness, and Fat
    Resetting Your Digestive System
    And You Thought Losing Weight Was Simple?

    A First Look at the Meridian System in TCM
    Understanding the Essentials (Qi and Meridian)
    Obesity Is Developed Step by Step
    Spleen Functions in TCM
    Body Cavities and Body Fluids
    Healthy Habits and Circadian Rhythm
    Circadian Rhythms and the Meridian Clock
    Sleep and Wakefulness: Homeostatic Balance
    Parallels between Asian and Western Medicine

    Who Can Benefit from This Treatment?
    Weight Loss or Diet Life versus my Life
    Body Reshaping and Successful Health Regimens
    Subcutaneous Fat
    Post-Childbirth Complications
    Caesarean Section
    Adhesion-Related Disorder
    Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
    Major Scars
    Cellulite
    Peripheral Neuropathies
    Emotional Expression by the Body
    TMJ
    Bruxism
    Depression and Anxiety
    Medication History Complications: Allergy Medication
    Obesity

    Body Posture and Homeostasis
    Chinese Medicine, Balance, and Homeostasis
    Wu Xing
    TCM Life Cycles
    Eight Principles: Pattern of Body Balance Identification
    Homeostasis
    Immune Function and Thermoregulation
    Understanding Body Homeostasis and Metabolism
    Eight Extraordinary Meridians

    Six Body Types
    Purpose of Differentiation
    Background
    Treat Branches and Roots
    Criteria of the Six Body Types
    Characteristics of the Six Body Types
    Type P
    Type T
    Type S
    Postural Characteristics

    Anatomical Approach: Types M1, M2, and M3
    Type M1
    Type M2
    Type M3

    Muscle Meridian Therapy and Skin Cutaneous Therapy
    What are Muscle and Sinew Meridians and Cutaneous Meridians?
    Muscle Meridian Treatments for Six Body Type Groups
    Cutaneous Meridians

    Treatment Methods
    Clinical Setting
    Home Setting

    Specific Clinical Cautions and Applications
    Muscle Meridian Acupuncture Needling
    Gastrointestinal Resuscitation and Moxa Treatment
    Moxa Oil and Gua Sha
    Cupping

    Biography

    Jeonhee Jang works at her acupuncture clinic and wellness center in San Francisco, California. She has more than 20 years of comprehensive exposure to both Eastern and Western medicine through her formal and extensive education and her earlier experience working with her mother, who is a Moxibustion specialist in Korea. Jeonhee earned a Master of Science degree in Oriental medicine from the Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College in Berkeley, California, a master of education degree from Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, and a bachelor’s degree in health education from Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Korea.