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<p style="line-height: 150%"><font size="2"><strong><font face="Verdana">An Overview of Chi Nei Tsang - Taoist Massage </font></strong></font></p>
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<p style="line-height: 100%"><em><font face="Verdana">from an article by Christopher Larthe </font></em></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%"><em><font face="Verdana">published in the December 1998 Issue of Positive Health</font></em></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">Chi Nei Tsang, a branch of Taoist medicine, was introduced to the
West by the Taoist Master Mantak Chia. It is a method for releasing the toxic winds of
emotional energy, which can be either the cause or effect of sickness.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">Energy blockages arising from organ obstructions and congestion in
the abdomen can result in knots and tangles at the centre of the body’s vital
functions, impeding the flow of Qi, the life-force or bioelectromagnetic field described
by Deepak Chopra as energy-intelligence. Emotions such as fear, anger, anxiety, depression
and worry are related to different organs. When the Qi of an internal organ is in a state
of imbalance, it emanates toxic wind. Diagnosing the energetic condition, the Chi Nei
Tsang practitioner uses intention and touch to influence the participant’s Qi and
"chase the winds". </font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">Wind is an energetic vibration which, whether toxic or the vital
source of life, enters the being through the "mountains", which include the
pointed bones of the nose, coccyx, fingers, toes, knees and elbows. Winds drain out
through "marshes" such as the anus, vagina, eye of the penis, pores of the skin,
mouth, armpits, backs of knees and front of elbows. The mouth, navel, palm, sole and
perineum are among the two-way conduits. A practitioner disperses or directs winds through
marsh or mountain, often using supplementary meridians or points. </font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">When obstructed the internal organs store unhealthy energies than
can overflow into other systems and manifest as negative emotions and sickness. In search
of an outlet these toxic energies create a cycle of negativity and stress, festering in
the organs and overflowing into the abdomen, the body’s garbage dump. The energetic
centre of the body at the navel becomes congested and cut off from the rest of the body.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#004080"><strong>Experiment:</strong></font> sitting
upright, relax shoulders, relax posture so the abdomen is soft. Place the tip of your
middle finger in your navel. Gently, and very slowly, keep the finger rigid and push
inwards towards your spine. How far can you comfortably go? When the finger can penetrate
to the front of the spine, without pain, you are clear, free of the physical residue of
long-past emotions.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">Where do you feel your emotions? The knot of worry, the slithering
eel of fear, the ache of desire, the heat of anger, the butterfly of anxiety? They are
intensely physical feelings, are they not? In and around your belly. What is happening?
Your being is energetically convulsed. The Qi, linking mind and body, rushes through the
channels like a hot torrent or a sliver of ice, the feeling as quick as thought,
energy-intelligence in action. Nerves twist and tighten, cells react, connective tissues
writhe, distorting the fasciae of capillaries, veins and arterioles, muscles and organs.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">Such intensity of feeling cannot be sustained. Storms blow over,
leaving after-effects. Knots, tangles and lumps remain in the abdomen - long after the
rational self has "dealt with" the emotional condition - reinforced by
repetition, layer of distortion upon layer, added to by every feeling, the older the
deeper, impeding the Qi, stagnating.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">By working in the centre, the practitioner addresses the core of a
condition in its deepest hiding place, the junction of the meridians’ internal
routes; the points of energy infusion; the vortices of the abdominal energy-centres; and
the residence of the deities of the internal universe: the major organs in their
membranous sacs of protective and connective tissue, attached to and suspended from the
spine and edged by ribs, hips, pubis and sternum, and beating with life. </font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">The great arterial aorta runs through, bifurcating at the centre,
pumping blood out to the distal parts while a cavernous vein passes the other way lifting
used blood back to the heart for recycling, and the vagus nerve runs the communications. A
mass of tubes, bladders, reproductive organs pack the spaces, attachments and connections
with mesenteric arteries, arterioles, veins and capillaries, lymph nodes and nodules,
tendrils of nerves, endocrine glands, muscles in broad sheets near the surface and the
deep chunky psoas providing a tensile connection between spine and femur. Fatty tissues
like rows of sweetcorn and bunches of small grapes cling to the sides of tubes and organs,
and the whole and each part down to the smallest cell is protected and connected by webs
of fasciae - the connective tissue, from the diaphragm to the perineum, from the centre to
the limbs, from the navel to the wrists and ankles. Connective tissue is the common
network for bodily systems and energy pathways.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#004080"><strong>Experiment:</strong></font> grab a
handful of material of the clothes you are wearing, around the navel area, and twist. Feel
where the tension goes. See where the material distorts - what is the most distal point?
Imagine the turmoil inside, when just the surface tension is so dramatic - traumatic?</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#004080"><strong>Treatment requires preparation:</strong></font>
"opening the wind gates"; centering, balancing and flushing the circulatory
system, and detoxifying the lymphatic system. Toxic winds are thus provided with both
physical and energetic escape routes. These preparatory processes may be spread over a
series of treatments as clinical experience has shown it counterproductive to detoxify in
one session more than the body can eliminate - the healing crisis can be too severe.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">Escape-routes clear, work can begin on the organs themselves or
any knots, tangles and lumps found in the abdomen. Treatment includes visual diagnosis of
the navel centre for signs of pulls towards areas of congestion, scanning with the palm
(PC8) the winds emanating from the organs, use of intention, focussed massage, and
specific therapeutic meditations such as the Healing Sounds which help cool and detoxify.
Visualisation by the participant helps the profound effect of this combination of
physical, energetic and spiritual therapy.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">Focussed massage to points in the navel area slightly melts the
gelatinous coating around local cells, releasing suspended toxins into the lymphatic
system and enhancing conductivity of the connective tissue, enabling pain-relieving
messages to spread through the embryonic meridians radiating out from the navel centre.
Knots, tangles and lumps, the aftermath of forgotten emotion, begin to loosen, ready to be
unravelled or dissolved. </font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">Toxic winds released are dispersed or directed out through marsh
or mountain, combining other, supplementary, points and channels for specific purposes:</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">Stomach Channel, elimination route from the front points either
side of the navel (ST25 in combination with other Front-Mu or Bo points), particularly
useful for disturbance of the spirit - emotional - digestive, reproductive, back pain,
cardiovascular conditions, stagnation, distortions of the fasciae;</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">Gall Bladder Channel for the sides, at the point of the 12th rib
(GB25) for liver and pancreatic conditions;</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">Urinary Bladder for the back (UB23 in combination with other
Back-Shu or Yu points) for depletion and kidney conditions; UB51 - particularly effective
for tumours and other deep abdominal conditions.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">As always, the question arises: how many treatments do I need? As
always, the answer depends on the condition, the participant, the practitioner and the
homework. Homework encourages participants to share in their own healing and might include
self-massage and meditations such as the Inner Smile to strengthen the Qi of the organs
and aid in adjustments to self-perception and life-style, and the Microcosmic Orbit to
harmonise energy-flow.</font></p>
<p> </p>
<p><font face="Verdana">It would be unusual for less than four or more than twelve
treatments to be needed, to reach the point where the finger can reach the spine and the
participant is free: of the physical residue of past emotion, or internal distortions,
lesions and adhesions of past surgery; or the symptoms of presenting conditions have been
addressed and, more often than not, relieved. </font></p>
<p> </p>
<p><font face="Verdana">Practitioner homework includes the Healing Tao practices to
generate, conserve and project their Qi and protect themself from depletion and
contamination. The main difference between a Chi Nei Tsang practitioner and other
therapists is the practice of the Healing Tao. Chi Nei Tsang can be integrated with
benefical effect with such therapies as Acupressure, Acupuncture, Aromatherapy, Bowen
technique, Chiropractic, Cranio-sacral, Lymphatic drainage, Massage - Ayurvedic, holistic,
remedial, Swedish, Thai; Osteopathy, Physiotherapy, Reflexology, Reiki, Rolfing,
Shiatsu,Trager,Tuina, Western Medicine.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#004080"><strong>References</strong></font>: </font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#004080"><strong>Chi Nei Tsang, Internal Organs Chi
Massage</strong></font>, Mantak Chia, Healing Tao Books, 1990</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#004080"><strong>Hara Diagnosis, Reflections on the
Sea</strong></font>, Matsumoto & Birch, Paradigm Publications, 1988</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><strong><font color="#004080">Essentials of Chinese Acupuncture</font></strong>,
Foreign Language Press, Beijing, 1979</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#004080"><strong>Body Mind & Spirit</strong></font>,
Deepak Chopra, Quantum Publications, 1997</font></p>
<p></font><font face="Verdana" color="#004080" size="2"><strong>CASE STUDIES</strong></font><font size="2"></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#004080"><strong>Case Study - Mrs D</strong></font>:
female aged 74. Arthritis since being in her early 50s. Her left hip had been replaced at
age 69. Other conditions for which she was receiving medication: heart, liver and stomach
problems, insomnia, high blood pressure. Her spirits were low and she looked upon herself
as a martyr. She described herself as holding on to and supressing anger or expressing it
sharply and then feeling regretful.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">Mrs D had been bedridden for 2 weeks prior to treatment and
walking with the aid of sticks for 6 months before that. </font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#004080"><strong>CNT diagnosis:</strong></font> Liver
felt hot and sticky, Heart hot and dry, Kidney empty; "cauliflower" feeling to
abdomen.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#004080"><strong>Treatment</strong></font>: opening
the wind-gates, baking winds, skin detoxification. She was sensitive to pain and felt
unable to take any deep pressure on the organs. Blood flushing was contra-indicated
because of High Blood Pressure. She participated in Healing Sounds.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#004080"><strong>Effect:</strong></font> She slept
for two hours following treatment. When she awoke, she got out of bed and walked through
her house, not thinking to use the sticks.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#004080"><strong>Recommendations and follow-up:</strong></font>
Daily self-massage, Inner Smile and Healing Sounds. She followed the recommendations and
had two pain-free years during which she received CNT once every three or four months, had
a second hip-replacement at age 77 and was able to walk without sticks until shortly
before her death of kidney failure aged 80.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><strong><font color="#004080">Case Study - Ms S: </font></strong>female
aged 34. Abdominal cancer. She had twice previously received medical treatment including
surgery for cancer in her uterus. Both ovaries had also been removed and she had been
pronounced clear. She works as a nurse and is becoming involved in complementary
therapies. She separated from her husband some 18 months before and had no sexual partner
since. She described herself as having been promiscuous before her marriage, ascribing
this to lack of self-assertiveness and low self-esteem. She was in dispute with her
husband over divorce and property matters.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">She has again been diagnosed with a malignant tumour, this time in
an area just below where the left ovary would be. She said that her training was telling
her to go for chemotherapy/more surgery but her instincts wanted less invasive treatment.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#004080"><strong>CNT diagnosis:</strong></font> Liver
felt hard and slightly painful, Heart empty, Spleen empty; abdomen latticed with scars and
a small lump could be felt in the area where the tumour was said to be. Visualisation
showed it to be dark brown and feeling like rough charcoal in texture.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#004080"><strong>Treatment:</strong></font> opening
the gates, clearing the exit channels, blood and lymphatic detox essential preliminaries
over a series of four sessions to prepare the hara. A further four sessions each of which
included large and small intestinal detox and direct work on the lump and UB51 led to a
feeling of it diminishing in size and breaking up. It was essential then to open the exit
points of ST25, GB25 and UB23 to allow toxins to escape.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><strong><font color="#004080">Effect:</font></strong> After 8
treatments - one a week - Ms S went back to her specialist who found no sign of a tumour
and suggested the original diagnosis had been mistaken.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#004080"><strong>Recommendations and follow-up:</strong></font>
Her training makes her sceptical of the more esoteric aspects of CNT: she was intermittent
with "homework". She has since become involved in yoga, resolved matters with
her husband, finalised the divorce and moved to a different area.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#004080"><strong>Case Study - Mr T:</strong></font>
male aged 28. Repetitive Strain Injury. He was a professional guitarist, practising up to
10 hours daily, until tension and pain in the left forearm prevented him moving his left
fingers. Since then was unemployed. He described himself as a worrier.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">He had undergone physiotherapy, massage and shiatsu with various
practitioners and described the treatments as affording temporary relief, but then using
his left hand again would make the condition recur. He had received conflicting
recommendations from different therapists. His GP recommended surgery. Some of his
fellow-guitarists had gone this route. </font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#004080"><strong>CNT diagnosis:</strong></font> Liver
felt tight, Heart cool, Spleen painful; solid mass around naval.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#004080"><strong>Treatment:</strong></font> initial
approach to disperse the mass from the abdominal centre provoked resistance. Working
inwards from the periphery was more effective until he was able to move the fingers freely
but still felt pain and tension in the forearm along the route of the Pericardium
meridian. This was eventually dissolved with visualisation of steaming the embryonic
meridians followed by PC meridian.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#004080"><strong>Effect:</strong></font> Over a
series of treatments, once a fortnight for six months, he came to two realisations: that
when he thought of playing the guitar his abdomen would tense up; and that when he had
practised before he had never been satisfied with his work. He was able to use his left
arm and hand but was fearful of the condition recurring.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana"><font color="#004080"><strong>Recommendations and follow-up:</strong></font>
Daily self-massage and meditation, regular stretching exercises for the inner arm, but
mainly to be careful to stop practising as soon as he felt tension beginning. He
eventually went for surgery because, he said, he did not feel he could play professionally
again unless he could practise as much as he was before.</font></font></p>
<p><font color="#004080" face="Verdana" size="1"><strong>Summary of effects of Chi Nei
Tsang in one practice</strong></font></p>
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<td width="170" height="6"><strong><font color="#004080" face="Verdana" size="1">Presenting
Conditions (independent medical diagnosis)</font></strong></td>
<td width="48" height="6"><font color="#004080" face="Verdana" size="1"><strong>Total
Relief</strong></font></td>
<td width="56" height="6"><small><small><font color="#004080" face="Verdana"><strong>Partial
Relief</strong></font></small></small></td>
<td width="64" height="16"><small><small><font color="#004080" face="Verdana"><strong>No
Change</strong></font></small></small></td>
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<td width="170" height="5"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Abscess,cyst,tumour</font></td>
<td width="48" height="5"><font color="#004080" face="Verdana"><small><small>60%</small></small></font></td>
<td width="56" height="5"><font color="#004080" face="Verdana"><small><small>40%</small></small></font></td>
<td width="64" height="16"><font color="#004080" face="Verdana"><small><small>0%</small></small></font></td>
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<td width="170" height="13"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Emotional problems,stress</font></td>
<td width="48" height="13"><font color="#004080" face="Verdana"><small><small>0%</small></small></font></td>
<td width="56" height="13"><font color="#004080" face="Verdana"><small><small>80%</small></small></font></td>
<td width="64" height="16"><font color="#004080" face="Verdana"><small><small>20%</small></small></font></td>
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<td width="170" height="11"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Chronic headache</font></td>
<td width="48" height="11"><font color="#004080" face="Verdana"><small><small>100%</small></small></font></td>
<td width="56" height="11"><font color="#004080" face="Verdana"><small><small>0%</small></small></font></td>
<td width="64" height="16"><font color="#004080" face="Verdana"><small><small>0%</small></small></font></td>
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<td width="170" height="11"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Female Infertility</font></td>
<td width="48" height="11"><font color="#004080" face="Verdana"><small><small>66%</small></small></font></td>
<td width="56" height="11"><font color="#004080" face="Verdana"><small><small>0%</small></small></font></td>
<td width="64" height="16"><font color="#004080" face="Verdana"><small><small>34%</small></small></font></td>
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<td width="170" height="11"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Joint pains</font></td>
<td width="48" height="11"><font color="#004080" face="Verdana"><small><small>55%</small></small></font></td>
<td width="56" height="11"><font color="#004080" face="Verdana"><small><small>30%</small></small></font></td>
<td width="64" height="16"><font color="#004080" face="Verdana"><small><small>15%</small></small></font></td>
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<td width="170" height="11"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Menstrual/Menopausal problems</font></td>
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