Plain & Simple Guide - Ch. 21 (Eastern Methods)
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| Acupressure | The application of pressure with the thumbs, fingers, or mechanical objects into living tissues for remedial purposes: follows the principles of acupuncture in Oriental medicine, performed along specific places on the meridians to release energy blockages
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| Acupuncture | The insertion of fine needles into living tissues for remedial purposes, In Oriental medicine, performed along specific places on the meridians to release energy blockages
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| Amma | Traditional Asian massage. Using no oil, amma involes stretching, squeezing & massaging to stimulate the body to become or remain healthy - AKA Anma
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| Brahmand | The cosmos, the universe
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| Cun | A measurement used in acupuncture, the distance between the distal crease and the middle crease of the finger of a client
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| Dharma | A term with no literal English translation, whose approximate meaning is "natural law" or those principles of reality that are very nature and design of the universe
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| Hara | The lower belly just under the navel, the "vital center" of physical and mental stability
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| Jitsu | Having excessive energy
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| Kata | A Japanese term meaning mold, model, style, shape or form
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| Kundalini | The cosmic energy believed to be present in everyone
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| Kyo | Lacking in energy
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| Marma | A pressure point in Ayurvedic massage; many marmas correspond to acupuncture or shiatsu points
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| Moxibustion | In traditional Chinese med.,a technique used to stimulate & strengthen blood & life energy or qi of the body. A stick or cone of burning mug wort, Artemisia vulgaris, is placed over an inflammed area of the body; cone is placed on acupuncture pt & burned.
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| Nadi | An Indian term for meridian, meaing "river"
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| Prana | A Sanskirt word meaning "life force", bioenergy or vital enegy that keeps the body alive and maintains a state of good health
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| Shiatsu | A Japanese method of bodywork performed on the floor, acupressure is applied along a series of points (tsubos) to release blocked energy
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| Srota | In Ayurvedic medicine, a body passage or channel that carries solids, liquids, gases, nerve impulses, nutrients, waste products and/or secretions
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| Sushumna | In Ayurvedic medicine, the main meridian (nadi) that runs up the center of the spine
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| Tao | A Japanese word (pronounced "dow"), roughly translated as "path", or "the way". Tao is a power that surrounds and flows through all things living and non living. It is the regulator of natural processes & nourishes balance in the universe
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