5.1
Medical History
46
Procedure
46
Medical History: check list
46
5.2
Physcial Examination
47
5.2.1
General Examination
47
5.2.2
Examination of the Ear
47
5.3
Patient Position
48
5.4
Which Side to Treat
48
5.4.1
Dominant Side
48
5.4.2
Organ Representation
49
Unpaired Organs
49
Paired Organs
49
5.5
Point Variations
49
5.6
Time Considerations
54
5.6.1
Duration of an Acupuncture
Treatment
54
5.6.2
Treatment Intervals
54
Acute disorders
54
Chronic disorders
55
Disorders with danger to self 55
5.6.3
Treatment Course
55
5.7
Interference Fields
56
5.7.1
Scars
57
5.7.2
Chronic Sinusitis
57
5.7.3
Chronic Recurrent Tonsillitis 58
5.7.4
Focal Tooth Infections
59
5.7.5
Amalgam Load
59
5.7.6
Psychosomatic Intestinal
Disorders
60
5.7.7
Restricted Joint Movement 60
5.8
Imbalances between Cerebral
Hemispheres
61
5.9
Further Obstacles to
Treatment
62
5.9.1
Medication
62
5.9.2
Energetic Disturbances
63
5.9.3
Earrings
64
5.9.4
Ear Piercing
64
5.10
Emergencies
64
5.10.1 Needle Stick
64
5.10.2 Needle Collapse
65
5.10.3 Emergency Equipment
65
5
Diagnostic and Therapeutic
Principles
