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Bell's Palsy / Facial Point
This treatment is to be given with the soft part of the big thumbs of your hands. Placing both thumbs one behind the other, and without scratching the skin, press the tissue underneath inward and go on drawing it along, leaving no place empty. (Figure 19.4)
In this way, from the side that opens properly, draw the tissue across to the other side, and finally bring it up to the side, behind the hair.
Its symbols are: two eye-with-arrow marks pointing to the right, or two eye-with-arrow marks pointing to the left.
Looking at the patient, whichever of the two is appropriate should be written on the sign card, so that the therapist knows from which side it is to be done and no mistake occurs.
| Patient's position | Seated Seated |
|---|---|
| Where the hands are placed | The soft part of both big thumbs, placed one behind the other, pressing the tissue underneath inward and drawing it along without scratching the skin, leaving no place empty — from the side that opens properly across to the other side, and finally up to the side, behind the hair Both sides |
| Duration and repetitions | Continuous drawing until no place is left empty; no count is given. The direction is chosen for each patient and written on the sign card as a symbol |
| What it is for | Bell's palsy; also called simply the facial point |
The two symbols are the laterality, and they are why the card exists. Write the symbol before the first session, not after.
"The side that opens properly" is the side that still works — where the eye closes, the brow lifts and the corner of the mouth pulls. The draw begins there and travels across to the weak side.
Both thumbs, one behind the other — not side by side. The leading thumb presses the tissue inward and moves it; the second follows in the same track a little behind, keeping what has been picked up from slipping back. Without scratching the skin is part of the method: soft thumb, no nail, and a word to the patient before each track.
What lies beneath. The face is the one place in the body where muscles are anchored into the skin rather than onto bone, which is why dragging the skin loads the muscle bellies instead of sliding over them. So the treatment loads real muscle; whether it reaches a nerve whose injury sits inside a bony canal in the skull has not been shown. Offer it alongside medical care, never in place of it.
Teeth Points — दांतों के दर्द के लिए पॉइंट्स
This treatment is to be taught to the patient, and tell them to press and release at the points shown in the figure.
For the upper teeth, press at the points above the ear and below the eyes. To find the point above the ear, tell the patient to clench their teeth; at that moment, placing the hand above the temple, the muscles will be felt moving at one place. Wherever pain is felt there, press at that place and do clockwise.
For the lower teeth, at the points below the chin and below the jaws, wherever pain is felt, stroke in the direction of the clock's hand at that place.
Treat on the same side as the side on which the teeth hurt.
Doing it on and off through the day, rather than continuously, will bring relief sooner.
| Patient's position | Seated; the treatment is taught to the patient to do themselves Seated |
|---|---|
| Where the hands are placed | Upper teeth: the point above the ear — found by asking the patient to clench the teeth and feeling where the muscles move — and the point below the eyes. Lower teeth: below the chin and below the jaws. Wherever pain is felt |
| Duration and repetitions | Press and release, then clockwise; no count is given. Doing it on and off through the day, rather than continuously, will bring relief sooner |
| What it is for | Pain of the teeth — upper and lower separately, on the same side as the side on which the teeth hurt Left Right |
This is a point you give away, so the teaching of it is the treatment.
What lies beneath. The bunch that rises when the jaw clenches is the fan-shaped muscle of the temple; below the cheekbone is the thick slab doing the same work from the other direction. Both are run by the lower division of the great nerve of the face — the same division that carries sensation from the lower teeth — while the upper teeth are served by the division above it. Hence something a therapist meets constantly: pain from a clenching jaw muscle is very commonly reported as toothache.
Jaw Points — जॉ पॉइंट्स
On both cheeks, as shown in the figure, press and release at the point marked near the mandibular bone.
This is excellent for pains of the teeth and the gums.
| Patient's position | Seated Seated |
|---|---|
| Where the hands are placed | The marked point on both cheeks, near the mandibular bone — at the angle of the jaw Both sides |
| Duration and repetitions | Press and release; no count is given |
| What it is for | Pains of the teeth and the gums |
What lies beneath. The point sits on the thick slab that closes the jaw, from the cheekbone to the angle of the jawbone — the commonest site in the head for the pain of clenching. Muscle work can quieten a jaw; it cannot treat a gum.
Teeth Points is taught to the patient and given on the painful side only; Jaw Points is a marked station given by the therapist on both cheeks.
Lacrimal Point — लैक्रिमल पॉइंट · (30) Lacrimal duct
Wrapping a soft, fine handkerchief around your thumb and second finger, use them to press inward and release the part beside the nose, adjacent to the upper eye.
This is generally done only thirty times. So on the card one writes (30) Lacrimal duct.
This is an excellent remedy for dryness in the eyes, for water constantly coming from the eyes, and for correcting glaucoma.
| Patient's position | Seated, eyes closed Seated |
|---|---|
| Where the hands are placed | The thumb and second finger, both wrapped in a soft fine handkerchief, on the part beside the nose, adjacent to the upper eye — the inner corner — pressing inward and releasing Both sides |
| Duration and repetitions | Only thirty times — the count that gives the card its written form, (30) Lacrimal duct |
| What it is for | Dryness in the eyes; water constantly coming from the eyes; correcting glaucoma |
The count is written into the name. This point carries thirty of its own, recorded as part of the point's name: the bracket in (30) Lacrimal duct is not somebody's choice — it is the point.
The handkerchief keeps a nail away from the thinnest skin on the body, stops a finger slipping onto the eye, and is hygiene. Tell the patient before you come in, and have them close the eyes.
What lies beneath. At the inner corner of each eye two tiny openings lead into channels carrying tears into a small sac behind the corner, and from there down a duct into the nose.
The sinuses and the head — Sinus Point and Satnam
One four-stage circuit, and one hold that runs brow to neck