Body Reshaping through Muscle and Skin Meridian Therapy An Introduction to 6 Body Types

Body Reshaping through Muscle and Skin Meridian Therapy: An Introduction to 6 Body Types shows you how your weight and body shape can be a direct result of ill health and explains the structures and functions involved. It explores much more than just what your scale and the fit of your clothes might tell you. It looks at skin, fat, muscles, diaphragm, historical illnesses or injuries, body posture, body clock or circadian rhythm, digestion, blood vessels, nutrition, sympathetic nervous system, parasympathetic nervous system, and enteric nervous system. By examining the above factors, you will learn how they contribute toward changes in body shape (notice no mention of dieting or exercise). Muscle meridian therapy refers to the passive application of treatments to muscles not connected to any major organ. The techniques involved improve all the metabolic balances of the body (pressure, temperature, and balance) as well as your overall health. Therapies can benefit all people, including those with traumas such as digestive system disorders, autonomic nerve system disorders, medication complications, post-childbirth complications, major scarring, posture issues, and pain management. The author provides the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) tools and techniques needed for practitioner-guided wellness or at-home wellness understanding and maintenance. The book offers a full guide to "body type" evaluation for muscle meridian therapy and presents a "passive" therapy method (like massage or acupuncture) to complement "active" therapies (like physical therapy and exercise). It covers concepts that are highly individualized yet very "whole body" for physical restoration and balance.

Body Reshaping for Health and BeautyPerfect 10Learning from Man’s Best FriendBalancing and Reshaping Your BodyBody PostureHaving a Healthy Body ShapeBeauty Is Not Only Skin DeepSkin and ThermoregulationSubcutaneous FatFood, Fitness, and FatResetting Your Digestive SystemAnd You Thought Losing Weight Was Simple?A First Look at the Meridian System in TCMUnderstanding the Essentials (Qi and Meridian)Obesity Is Developed Step by StepSpleen Functions in TCMBody Cavities and Body FluidsHealthy Habits and Circadian RhythmCircadian Rhythms and the Meridian ClockSleep and Wakefulness: Homeostatic BalanceParallels between Asian and Western MedicineWho Can Benefit from This Treatment?Weight Loss or Diet Life versus my LifeBody Reshaping and Successful Health RegimensSubcutaneous FatPost-Childbirth ComplicationsCaesarean SectionAdhesion-Related DisorderFunctional Gastrointestinal DisordersMajor ScarsCellulitePeripheral NeuropathiesEmotional Expression by the BodyTMJBruxismDepression and AnxietyMedication History Complications: Allergy MedicationObesityBody Posture and HomeostasisChinese Medicine, Balance, and HomeostasisWu XingTCM Life CyclesEight Principles: Pattern of Body Balance IdentificationHomeostasisImmune Function and ThermoregulationUnderstanding Body Homeostasis and MetabolismEight Extraordinary MeridiansSix Body TypesPurpose of DifferentiationBackgroundTreat Branches and RootsCriteria of the Six Body TypesCharacteristics of the Six Body TypesType PType TType SPostural CharacteristicsAnatomical Approach: Types M1, M2, and M3Type M1Type M2Type M3Muscle Meridian Therapy and Skin Cutaneous TherapyWhat are Muscle and Sinew Meridians and Cutaneous Meridians?Muscle Meridian Treatments for Six Body Type GroupsCutaneous MeridiansTreatment MethodsClinical SettingHome SettingSpecific Clinical Cautions and ApplicationsMuscle Meridian Acupuncture NeedlingGastrointestinal Resuscitation and Moxa TreatmentMoxa Oil and Gua ShaCupping

Jeonhee Jang works at her acupuncture clinic and wellness center in San Francisco, California. She has more than 20 years of comprehensive exposure to both Eastern and Western medicine through her formal and extensive education and her earlier experience working with her mother, who is a Moxibustion specialist in Korea. Jeonhee earned a Master of Science degree in Oriental medicine from the Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College in Berkeley, California, a master of education degree from Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, and a bachelor’s degree in health education from Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Korea.