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Please read my reply to a pertinent question regarding sterilization and Japanese Acupuncture  from Mark in Tennessee.

Greetings Mark,

Thank you for your continued interest and commitment to the practice of Traditional Acupuncture.

I hope all goes well for you and yours.
I can only answer your question from my recent experience in Ikeda sensei’s clinic.

He uses an autoclave for each and every guide tube after  use and also for silver needles.
I believe the stainless steel needles are single use only.

I am converting back to the metal guide tubes from the plastic pre packed ones.

There is no doubt in my mind that the metal tubes are far more effective in eliciting specific responses when needling, especially in the root treatment and scatter needling techniques.

It feels very much like the guide tube becomes an extra instrument and provides a far superior connection with the patient.

I will be using these guidelines, as used for tattooists in the states for sterilizing the guide tubes and needle trays.

Japanese Acupuncture Education is going global.
If you can study and learn from Eastern Europe, you can study anywhere on the planet !

The following discourse has taken place over the last week or so with an ex student of mine who graduated from college in Australia and spent about 18 months with me in clinic in Brisbane, Australia.

Against all odds she has established a successful practice in Eastern Europe, she is indeed a dedicated practitioner of  Traditional Acupuncture, her persistence in the face of all manner of bureaucratic resistance and public ignorance is truly inspirational!

My responses to her questions and comments are based upon my clinical experience and my best efforts at refining my clinical skills and implementing the theories as espoused by Masakazu Ikeda sensei and esteemed colleagues on behalf of the Society for Traditional Japanese Medicine and the Meridian Therapy Association of Japan and should in no way be perceived as the be all end all, simply my perception of the above.


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Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture.  For well over a decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted in the vicinity of 30 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his 25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at http://www.Worldacupunctureblog.com

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Daniel requested Traditional Japanese Acupuncture treatment to optimize his energy levels and resolve his lower back discomfort thus providing him with sufficient fuel in the tank to once again compete successfully.

His remarkable performance showed that his awesome competitive spirit continued to burn brightly and his confidence in the ability of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture to enhance his sporting performance was most definitely reflected in his outstanding results.

To view the video interview and find out more about his treatment conducted last Saturday week after he had broken the world record in the 800 m freestyle for his age group in Masters swimming by a massive 8 seconds and was preparing to break the world record for the 400m and 200m CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW NOW.
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Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture.  For well over a decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted in the vicinity of 30 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his 25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at http://www.Worldacupunctureblog.com

For more info, please visit: http://www.Worldacupuncture.com

Whilst Western medicine has some incredible lifesaving attributes and without doubt saved Will’s life on this occasion it was apparent that the ability of allopathic medication and treatment to resolve Will's condition did have significant limitations.

I make no claim that Japanese Acupuncture is the be all and end all in situations such as this.

I believe that it is essential that patients suffering from Q Fever, Ross River Fever, Bharma Forest Fever, Glandular fever and the like should seek conventional medical treatment as primary care.

However, clinical experience has demonstrated to me and those in my care the extraordinary benefits that can be derived from utilizing Traditional Japanese Acupuncture as an auxiliary treatment regime to assist in the resolution of the insidious and persistent symptoms that can arise as a result of contracting this type of illness.
I hope this case history will be of some assistance to you and that you are able to apply some of my clinical experience in your practice to the ultimate benefit of your patients.

To view  Part 2 of an actual case history for the Japanese Acupuncture treatment of  the residual treatment of Q Fever please CLICK HERE

Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and
practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture.  For well over a
decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda
sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted
in the vicinity of 30 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in
Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to
promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency
of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a
staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his
25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate
teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the
clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at
http://www.Worldacupunctureblog.com

For more info, please visit: http://www.Worldacupuncture.com

There is no short answer, over 3500 years of recorded history and millions of successful treatment outcomes only serve to emphasize the clinical efficacy and diversity of this ancient healing modality and it reinforces the difficulty translating the underlying factors responsible for Traditional Acupuncture's incredible longevity.

With access to ancient classical medical texts, some written 2500 years before the birth of Christ, millions of recorded case histories and an extraordinary vault of knowledge based on the accumulated healing expertise gleaned from millions of successful treatments, acupuncture must be close to being the most historically proven medical modality on the planet today!

Millions of case histories have been recorded in the ancient Chinese language known as Kanji.

I believe it is imperative that the translator has a wealth of clinical experience enabling them to interpret and subsequently translate in an accurate and clinically relevant manner.

A 1000 or so years ago emissaries from Japan traveled to China to study their far more sophisticated medical and legal systems, some decades later they returned to Japan taking with them Chinese experts in the fields of medicine and law.

Much like Latin provided the basis for the Western legal and medical languages, Kanji is the language upon which the Japanese medical and legal systems are based.

As a result, accurate and clinically relevant translation of this knowledge is restricted to a few highly specialized individuals, especially in Japan.

Masakazu Ikeda sensei has written in the vicinity of 20 textbooks, authored hundreds of journal articles and presented hundreds of workshops concerning the practice of this highly specialized medical art called Traditional Acupuncture. He has also been in practice for mere 40 years!

How does acupuncture work?

The answer to this question will always be governed by the experience and awareness of the person doing the explaining.

Since the person attempting to provide an answer to this frequently asked question in this instance is yours truly, please allow me to provide you with some pertinent and relevant historical details of my career and how my first visit to Japan irrevocably changed my understanding of how Traditional Acupuncture works where it matters, in clinic.

To read this post in it's entirety please CLICK HERE.

Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture.  For well over a decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted in the vicinity of 30 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his 25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at http://www.Worldacupunctureblog.com

For more info, please visit: http://www.Worldacupuncture.com

In June last year Will was infected by this rather diabolical organism and his life as a grazier in central Queensland, Australia was directly threatened.

Hospitalized for some time, he was  medicated and received 24/7 emergency care and supervision but became ‘sicker and sicker’ suffering from explosive headaches, severe sweating and a horrendous aching in the bones not to mention overwhelming lethargy, he was told he had the highest levels of Q fever ever recorded in Queensland.

After being discharged but still in ailing health Will was readmitted with severe blood poisoning from an additional micro cocci infection.

He was placed in the care of the Special Disease Unit at the Royal Brisbane Hospital.
As well as coming extremely close to dying from the blood poisoning his Q-fever levels were still very high.

Married with three children Will was unable to carry out many of the essential tasks required to maintain thousands of acres of pastoral land and I don't know how many head of stock, he struggled to get out of bed!

He would wake up around midnight and 3am with severe cramping pain (not unlike how he imagined inflamed kidney stones would feel) , the pain focus was located in the GB 25 region and radiated all the way around to the pubic symphysis, a phenomena that obviously involved Dai Mai, Girdle Vessel or Belt Meridian as it is variously known.

His medical treatment included a heartbeat echo examination every four months, a nuclear bone scan and medication for the Q-fever (which unfortunately triggered headaches) plus medication to assist his sleeping,

He had 2 fused vertebrae as a result of Schumann's disease and had suffered from shingles two years ago.

In the last two weeks he had experienced overwhelming, growing fatigue and had begun to doubt his ability to recover.

To find out how Japanese Acupuncture benefited Will, CLICK HERE now.



Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at http://www.Worldacupunctureblog.com

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During the past week I have been fortunate enough to assist my eldest daughter, Naomi negotiate the associated symptoms of adult onset chickenpox.

As you may know that adult onset chickenpox can be extremely severe resulting in diabolical headaches, overwhelming lethargy, high fever, aches and pains in every nook and cranny of the body and the dubious potential of permanent scarring from the lesions that result from such an infection.

To view the case history of my treatment using Traditional Japanese Acupuncture to ameliorate the severity of the symptoms please click on this link www.worldacupunctureblog.com

Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture.  For well over a decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted in the vicinity of 30 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his 25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at http://www.Worldacupunctureblog.com

For more info, please visit: http://www.Worldacupuncture.com

Greeting and salutations,

It is exactly 2 weeks since my return from Ikeda sensei's clinic and I am only just beginning to get a sense of what I learned.

At sensei's clinic in Imabari, Japan, conversation was at a premium, a direct result of my diabolical Japanese literacy levels.

Ikeda sensei's teaching was almost exclusively in the doing and my learning was in direct proportion to my awareness.

It was imperative that my focus be on song and I put aside all egocentric tendencies and share the common ground of patient welfare, positive intent and focused awareness.

Learn more about Master practitioner Masakazu Ikeda, the practice of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture in a clinical setting, gain some valuable insights into how my Acupuncture practice has been affected since returning plus view  lush images of Imabari, Japan, just click on this link.http://worldacupunctureblog.com

Greetings and Salutations,

Welcome to the next stage of my journey to Imabari, Japan to visit Masakazu Ikeda sensei in an effort to further develop my skill in and understanding of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture.

Today I posted the final images of my stay in Shin-Osaka and selected images taken during my train journey from Shin-Osaka to Imabari.

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The journey entailed a quick blast on the 'Shinkansen' to Okayama and a more leisurely ride aboard the 'Shiokaze' from Okayama to Imabari.

The further we travelled from Osaka the more my language limitations became evident as all signs and  announcements aboard the 'Shiokaze' were in Japanese only.

Fortunately for me I was able to recognize the names of the cities as we traveled over the massive and incredibly impressive bridge from the main island of Honshu to the home of Ikeda sensei on the smaller island of Shikoku.

I hope the images provide you with some pertinent insights into this fascinating journey.

Kind Regards,

Alan

Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture.  For well over a decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted in the vicinity of 30 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his 25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at http://www.Worldacupunctureblog.com

For more info, please visit: http://www.Worldacupuncture.com

G'Day from Downunda,