Japanese Medical Therapy Tools
Traditional Japanese medicine therapeutic devices
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Japanese Medical Therapy tools have an emphasis on a minimal, gentle and a non invasive approach to clinical applications, using wooden or metal instruments, heat therapy and very thin acupuncture needles with guide tubes, that may or may not be inserted into the superficial layer of the skin.
It is quite common for practitioners to lightly press or hover over a palpated painful, (ashi)[1]area for treatment.[2]
History
Originating in Japan via the Korean Peninsula between the 5th and 6th centuries. Over the centuries Japanese physicians from traditions of Meridian Therapy and Toyohari developed these unique tools designed specifically for the needs of the Japanese refined culture including superficial manipulate and application of therapeutic techniques to be applied often on the skin's surface with minimal, or no pain to the patient for a favorable therapeutic result.[2]
Instruments
Teishin
A Teishin is a blunt, non-invasive probe made from precious metals like silver, gold, copper, or brass that does not puncturing the skin, it is pressed, rubbed, or held against specific therapeutic points. Used whith sensitive or emotionally heightened patients.[3]
Enshin
A small staff like wand with a small, rounded ball on the tip used for course along pathways.
Choki-Shin
Choki-Shi are a small rake instrument for light scratching and sensory stimulation used on the skin.
Zanshin
Are a cone-shaped for pressured focused, non-piercing pressure.
Shonishin
These are specifically Pediatric Tools (Shonishin) Japanese therapy has a developed system for children that uses non-pearcing, small, blunt metal implements to lightly scratch, tap, or brush along implicated superficial areas of influence for the treatment of disease, illness or injury.[4]
Daishin
Daishin is a traditional Japanese wooden hammer used to rhythmically tap a blunt teishin or peg made from wooden, gold, or silver down the traditional medical channels, dermatomes or directly on indicated acupuncture points for a non evasive treatment of injury, disease or illness.[5]
Ion Pumping Cords
Copper and rubber wires that connect two distal points together to naturally drain excess energy build-up from one part of the body to another.[6]
Direct Heat
The utilisation of Moxa Punk (mugwort herb) & Warmers: High-grade Japanese moxa (mugwort herb) is rolled into tiny, rice-grain-sized pieces and burned directly over the skin. Tools like the Tiger Warmer hold glowing incense-like moxa sticks to gently roll heat across targeted tight zones.Ion Pumping Cords: Specialized copper and rubber wires that function like a one-way valve. They connect two distant acupuncture needles together to naturally drain excess energy build-up from one part of the body to another.[7]
Ultra-Thin Needles
Japanese needles are significantly thinner and sharper than standard Chinese acupuncture needles, these needles are designed for painless insertion with Guide Tubes (Shinkan): Invented in Japan during the 1600s, these clear or metal tubes hold the thin needle steady. The practitioner taps the top of the needle, allowing for shallow superficial location and focust precise placement, with Japanese needle techniques the needle may be or not inverted into the skin for the desired therapeutic result.[citation needed]