KOSA (Korean Orthodox Saahm Acupuncture)

 Ascetic Saahm’s Formulas

Ascetic Saahm’s Formula #1

The earlier case of getting languor after meals is used to explain the Ascetic Saahm’s Formula #1.

Utilizing the relationship of Mother and Child

Since kidneys are of WATER, its mother, lungs shall have to be fostered. Thus, we will foster the METAL point of METAL (or lungs) and this point is the first point. The second point is the one fostering kidneys’ own mother (METAL) point.

Utilizing the relationship of Subdual

Since spleen is the one subduing kidneys, the spleen is subdued by subduing the EARTH point of spleen and this is the third point. Also, since there is an EARTH point on kidneys themselves, the EARTH point of kidneys shall have to be subdued as well and it is the fourth point.

Flexibility of KOSA

Because of the above formula consist of four points Saahm Acupuncture is often so called Four Needle Acupuncture”. Also, many acupuncturists have misconceptions that they need to use four points only. That is not accurate. To treat the above symptom you have all the power to choose the number of points from one to four depending on time allowed, severity, history, and etc.

Ascetic Saahm’s Formula #2

Getting languor after meals can be caused not only by deficient kidneys but also by excessive spleen. However, the symptom happens after meal and stomach is the first organ affected by meal. Thus, we may want to think stomach might have to be subdued instead of kidneys fostered. This is the logic behind of the Ascetic Saahm’s Formula #2.

Utilizing the relationship of Subdual

In order to subdue stomach (EARTH), gallbladder (WOOD) shall be fostered. Therefore, the first point to be fostered would be the WOOD point of gallbladder (WOOD), then stomach’s its own subduing point (WOOD point of EARTH organ) will have to be fostered and this is the second one.

Utilizing the relationship of Mother and Child

Subduing child organ (large intestine, METAL) will change mother organ (stomach, EARTH) from excessive to normal. Thus, the third point would be the METAL point of large intestine (METAL) to be subdued. The last point would be the METAL point of stomach (EARTH).

Consideration

Have you noticed the difference of the above two remedies?

To take care of identical symptom, formula #2 subdues large intestine (METAL) while formula #1’s remedy is fostering lungs (METAL). In real world, the most of the people have deficient lungs and/or large intestine, formula #1 fostering METAL organ (s) would usually be used. Nevertheless, in order to establish the accurate remedy, overall health condition shall be diagnosed. Whether there are any signs of deficient lungs and/or large intestine. Whether there are any signs of deficient and/or excessive kidneys or stomach. This consideration seems to be quite difficult and complicated. Nonetheless, with logical scientific approach utilizing KOSA you will be able to make smart yet accurate diagnosis.

Please click on this link for the The diagram of Ascetic Saahm’s formula #2.

Ascetic Saahm’s Formula #3 and #4

Antibiotics are used to treat the infection at the finger, toe, hand, arm, foot or leg. However, once the infection area surrounds the bone, there is no treatment available other than amputation. Every once in a while, you get to hear professional players of basketball, baseball, football, and etc. have to pause or quit playing due to inflammation.

Here Ascetic Saahm’s formula #3 comes in. Inflammation is usually accompanied by heat. Once the heat is quenched, body’s self-healing mechanism kicks in and treats the problem. I think KOSA treatment could provide more powerful effectiveness than any antibiotics invented so far.

Ascetic Saahm’s formula #3 and #4 are mainly to adjust the temperature of organ(s) and/or Bonghan Duct of organ(s). Formula #3 and #4 are for quenching and heating, respectively.

Ascetic Saahm’s Formula #3

Nowadays, because of pollution and improper nutrition many people have problems related to inflammation and/or hotness. This is the reason why quenching is with the number 3 prior to heating.

Let’s say that I have kidneys inflammation. The first point to foster is the WATER point of heart (FIRE element) and the second one is the WATER point of kidneys themselves. The third point to subdue is the FIRE point of heart and the last one to subdue is the FIRE point of kidneys themselves.

Let’s go back to migraine that usually lies on the Bonghan Duct of gallbladder. It is caused by hot gallbladder and we just have to quench it. Foster the WATER point of small intestine (FIRE) and WATER point of gallbladder itself. Subdue the FIRE point of small intestine and FIRE point of gallbladder itself. That’s it and it must, most likely, be gone in very short period of time.

To summarize the above, foster the WATER point of FIRE organ and WATER point of the organ with problem and quench the FIRE point of FIRE organ and FIRE point of the organ with problem.

Again, the YIN organs affect YIN organs. So do YANG organs on YANG organs.

What if there is problem with FIRE or WATER organ(s), like heart, small intestine and kidneys? A piece of cake, foster WATER points of the organs of WATER and FIRE and subdue FIRE points of the organs of WATER and FIRE.

Please click on this link for the The diagram of Ascetic Saahm’s formula #3.

Ascetic Saahm’s Formula #4

You just have to inverse Ascetic Saahm’s Formula #3. Simply to say, foster FIRE points and subdue WATER points. You can rarely find the need of this formula. Hundreds years ago, undernutrition was not rare to be seen and many people’s problems were accompanied by weakness and/or coldness.

TCM is the treatment for the age of undernutrition and/or poverty and that is the reason why it does not work as they hope.

Please click on this link for the The diagram of Ascetic Saahm’s formula #4.

Consideration

Having learned this far, there are basically two methods, one about deficiency and excessiveness and the other one about temperature. To help understand better, I have put a table as below and I would like to pick the case, C to clarify the complexity because it is the case can commonly be seen nowadays.

As matter of a fact, there are two approaches available. Firstly, use Formula #1 to foster the organ and, secondly and anticipate the restored organ regulate the temperature. Secondly, use Formula #3 to quench the organ and anticipate the organ with normal temperature gets healthier, just like, a fever reducer can be used to treat patient with colds.

However, usually, controlling temperature shows the improvement quicker and more effective than dealing with deficiency and excessiveness.

There were two schools in TCM, a school emphasizing that heat is the main cause of disease and while the other concentrated on coldness. The later school’s theory was dominating TCM and the book, Discussion of Cold-Induced Disorders has mostly been referred to. For the era long gone, cold induced disorders can be frequently seen because there were not enough food and they were suffering cold and hunger and the coldness would have affected people's health. However, nowadays, the circumstances have been drastically changed and too much unbalanced food and living environment, the heat generated in our bodies are the major causes. This is the reason why TCM's treatments including herbs show unsatisfactory results.

When to control temperature, KOSA believes that subduing WATER or FIRE points to heat or quench, respectively, is much more effective than fostering WATER or FIRE to quench or heat, respectively. This is the ground that using only one point is effective enough to take care of the problem in many occasions. Of course, utilizing all four points will give us much better results.

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