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Neck Clockwise — नैक क्लॉक वाइज
Gathering the fingers together, rotate them in a clockwise direction on the muscles of the neck, coming from the ear down to the shoulder — do this from above downward, in various directions.
Begin from the left side and go across to the right side.
| Patient's position | Seated Seated |
|---|---|
| Where the hands are placed | The fingers gathered together into a pad, rotating clockwise on the muscles of the neck, from the ear down to the shoulder |
| Duration and repetitions | Clockwise rotation from above downward, in various directions; no count is given. Begin from the left side and go across to the right side Left Right |
| What it is for | Not separately stated |
Two details earn their keep. The fingers are gathered together — a broad soft pad, not a fingertip digging in — and the circles travel from above downward, taking the muscle in successive bands rather than staying in one place. The side order is stated and is not optional: left first, then across to the right.
What lies beneath. The pad sits on the big strap muscle of the side of the neck and, behind it, the muscle that lifts the shoulder blade. A nerve crosses that strap on its way up to the ear — which is why circling here sometimes sends a feeling into the ear lobe or the jaw angle.
The back border of that muscle is a safe working line. Its front border is the wall of the forbidden triangle. Stop at once for light-headedness, a greying of vision or nausea.
Ptyalin Treatment — टाइलिन उपचार
Place both palms on the patient's two cheeks, at the place marked number 1. With light pressure, move the muscles below the cheek up and down, three times each, and release. This treatment stimulates the parotid glands.
Then place the palms below the patient's jaws, at the place marked number 2, and move the muscles there forward and backward, three times each. This is to stimulate the sub-mandibular glands.
Then place the palms below the patient's jaws and move the muscles there forward and backward, three times each (see number 3). This is to stimulate the sub-lingual glands beneath the tongue.
Finally, move the muscles in front of the jaws, three times each. This too will increase the production of saliva.
| Patient's position | Seated Seated |
|---|---|
| Where the hands are placed | Both palms: (1) on the two cheeks; (2) below the jaws; (3) below the jaws; (4) on the muscles in front of the jaws Both sides |
| Duration and repetitions | Three movements at each of the four places — up and down at 1, forward and backward at 2 and 3, and at 4 × 3 |
| What it is for | Stimulating the parotid, the sub-mandibular and the sub-lingual glands, and increasing the production of saliva |
The four stations are taken in that order — cheeks for the parotid, jaw angle for the sub-mandibular, below the jaw for the sub-lingual, then in front of the jaws, where no gland is named and the stated purpose is simply more saliva — three movements at each.
Note the words light pressure, which appear at station 1 and govern the whole run. These are palms laid on a face, moving the soft tissue under them — not a massage of the cheeks, and certainly not a grip.
What lies beneath. The big salivary gland wraps over the jaw hinge in front of and below the ear, so station 1 sits directly on it; the next gland down is in the soft triangle under the body of the jaw — stations 2 and 3. The nerve that works the whole face runs through the first gland, and the artery to the face crosses the lower edge of the jaw bone at the angle. Everything here is close to the surface and delicate, which is what light pressure protects.
Necklace — नैकलेस
Place your left hand on the patient's head with light pressure, so that their forehead does not move during the treatment. Then open the palm of your right hand and place it so that your thumb is below, at the edge of the skull bone, and the remaining four fingers point upward and stay open.
With the tip of your thumb, starting from behind the left ear, press three times each at many closely spaced points, going across as far as the right ear. Do three rounds like this, from right to left.
This treatment is given to relax the muscles just below the bone of the lower back part of the skull — so that there is no obstruction in the coming and going of impulses (that is, waves of sensation) between the brain and the rest of the body, and communication happens properly.
With this treatment, the pains of the whole body become very much less.
Its symbol is: a shallow bowl or half-moon curve with a small circle at each end and a row of dots along its inner edge — the necklace itself, as it lies at the base of the skull.
| Patient's position | Seated; the therapist behind, the left hand on the patient's head with light pressure so that the forehead does not move Seated |
|---|---|
| Where the hands are placed | The tip of the right thumb at the edge of the skull bone, the remaining four fingers pointing upward and staying open; pressing at many closely spaced points from behind the left ear across as far as the right ear Left Right |
| Duration and repetitions | Press three times each at every point; three rounds — the run given as behind the left ear across to the right ear, and the rounds as from right to left × 3 |
| What it is for | Relaxing the muscles just below the bone of the lower back part of the skull, so that there is no obstruction in the coming and going of impulses between the brain and the rest of the body; the pains of the whole body become very much less |
Three details of the hand position are doing work. The left hand is there so the forehead does not move — steadied, not gripped and not pulled; light pressure, because a hand that holds hard turns a glide into a lever. The four fingers stay open and upward, not curled round the skull: an open hand cannot squeeze, and every bit of the pressure comes from the one working thumb. And it is the tip of that thumb at the edge of the skull bone — not the pad, and not below the bone into the soft neck — pressing at closely spaced stations, which makes the arc a string of beads rather than four or five separate presses.
What lies beneath. The arc is the ridge of bone across the back of the skull into which the great muscles of the neck and shoulder all fasten — a crowded anchorage. The nerve supplying the back of the scalp comes up through the muscle just to the side of the middle bump, which is why a patient will sometimes say one particular bead of your necklace "goes up into my head".
One image to set aside gently. The stated purpose speaks of tight muscle obstructing the coming and going of impulses. A nerve impulse is not squeezed off like water in a kinked hose; what tight tissue at the nape does is pour traffic into the very cells where the nerves of the face and the nerves of the neck arrive together. The message is not blocked; it is crowded.