Amma Therapy: A Complete Textbook of Oriental Bodywork and Medical PrinciplesThe word Amma, which means "push-pull" in Chinese, was applied to a form of Oriental massage dating back five thousand years to the period of the Yellow Emperor. Founded and developed by Korean-born Tina Sohn, Amma Therapy is a highly refined and complex system of bodywork whose techniques and treatment strategies combine the use of traditional Oriental medical principles and a Western approach to organ dysfunction. It utilizes a variety of techniques, sometimes paralleling those found in major forms of therapeutic massage, as well as powerful new points discovered by Tina Sohn. • This revised and enlarged edition now serves as a textbook for bodyworkers. • Accompanied by extensive illustrations and twenty detailed treatments for a variety of common medical conditions, this teaching guide explains and demonstrates the proper execution of Amma Therapy techniques applied directly to the physical body. • Includes nutritional and exercise recommendations providing a remarkably holistic guide for practitioners and students in all fields of bodywork. |
Contents
WHAT IS AMMA THERAPY? | xix |
THE DEVELOPMENT OF WHOLISTIC HEALTH CARE | xix |
THE HOMEODYNAMIC MODEL | 17 |
NUTRITION EVOLUTION THEORY AND PRACTICE | 40 |
THE PRINCIPLES | 55 |
THE FUNDAMENTALS | 56 |
THE ANATOMY OF ENERGY | 67 |
ORIENTAL PHYSIOLOGY | 109 |
GENERAL TREATMENT FOR REVITALIZING AND BALANCING THE BODY | 258 |
TREATMENT FOR STIFF NECK WITH SHOULDER PAIN | 265 |
TREATMENT FOR LOWER BACK PAIN | 278 |
TREATMENT FOR THE COMMON COLD | 294 |
TREATMENT FOR INDIGESTION | 307 |
TREATMENT FOR CONSTIPATION | 324 |
TREATMENT FOR DIARRHEA | 338 |
TREATMENT FOR HEADACHES | 353 |
METHODS OF DIAGNOSIS | 131 |
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMMA THERAPIST | 159 |
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SENSITIVITY STRENGTH AND PALPATORY SKILLS | 166 |
THE IMPORTANCE OF TAI CHI CHUAN TO AMMA THERAPY | 179 |
ETHICS AND THE AMMA THERAPIST | 184 |
THE BASIC AMMA THERAPY TREATMENT | 189 |
AMMA THERAPY ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS | 249 |
TREATMENT FOR PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME | 375 |
TREATMENT FOR HYPERTENSION | 387 |
APPENDIX | 400 |
SUGGESTED READING | 403 |
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Common terms and phrases
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