Reading the 'do not give' rules first: why a short treatment card can be the right one

Overview

Every point in Neurotherapy (LMNT) has a list of uses and a list of times it must not be given. The list of uses will almost always offer something. Only the bar column can stop harm, so it is read first: point, bar, use, note, in that order.

Teaching case: a man with knee pain also had diabetes, high blood pressure and asthma. A student matched six points from their uses. Then the bars were read across the same six: Gal and (4) Thrd are not given in asthma, Armpit not in diabetes, Lu + Sh not in high blood pressure or heart disease, and Spl not in asthma or diabetes. Only (10) Pan remained.

A short card is not a poor card. The bars came from different conditions in the same man, so the whole patient is read before any point list. In this case the most important finding was a numb foot he never mentioned; it was sent to a diabetic foot clinic, and his own medicines were continued.

Some bars are for one day only. BOF and JJ⁺² pull in opposite directions, so they are not given on the same day; once the sole pain has gone, JJ⁺² may be given. And where the source is unsure, it says so with a question mark, which is kept.

Key points

• Read the bar before the use, every time.
• Bars come from every condition the patient has, not only the main complaint.
• A short card that fits the person is better than a long one that fits a list.
• Some bars apply only on the same day, and lift later.
• The patient's own medicines are never stopped by the therapist.

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This topic is part of: Each Point in Use: What It Is For, and When It Is Held Back