I had been asked to elaborate on the Taoist medicine that I practice and teach. So I thought I would make the attempt.
This is a rare form of therapy that is not well known. SO you are not going to find it in books; there is a reason for that.
The therapy REQUIRES the therapist/doctor/healer to have already refined/developed their qi to where they are comfortable manipulating energy.
This system was called simply "Taoism" by my teacher. I have added descriptive terms to clarify as much as possible what it really is, and call it Taoist Neuro-Energetic Chi Kung Bodywork.
Instead of the classically described channels as utilized in what we know as TCM, this system utilizes the nerve synapse energy response. So a microcosmic (think directed "thin" stream of qi) qi projection is used direct into each nerve synapse that displays an out of balance response upon palpation. SO a large part of the initial training to learn this method requires a student to develop neuro-energetic palpation skills.
Then a feedback and control loop is established with the signal going into the nerve synapse with the neurological response monitored as the feedback and the control signal modified dependent upon the information received from the feedback loop.
So in essence the "treatment" and "diagnosis" are dynamically changing all the time during the session, based upon the feedback and control loop.
I have utilized this method with close to 100% success rate with most any kind of pain syndrome and have had extreme results with helping people with any type of neuropathy including diabetic neuropathy.
This method has consistently worked when methods such as needle acupuncture, chiropractic, etc. have failed.
But it is NOT a "back treatment" method or a "pain therapy" but is really the essence of preventive medicine, designed to eliminate dis-ease before it manifests as a disease.
A person could watch it done for a thousand years and not know how to do it. I could write a step-by-step formula on how to do the method and a person would not know how to do it from the written formula. In fact, a person cannot learn this method until they have practiced it and they can not practice it until they have learned it. Now I ask, is this not the "true" Tao?
Disclaimer: Please do not try to perform this technique based upon this description. You can't.
I do not diagnose or treat anything and work strictly as a therapist. The conditions described above were physician diagnosed.
