KOREAN HAND ACUPUNCTURE

Dr. Tae-Woo Yoo developed Korean hand acupuncture that treats only the fingers and palm of a patient as the history of Chinese medicine is 3000 years old. Later Dr. Yoo in 1987 brought it to United States where American practitioners and members of the medical community entered the research. It became very popular soon because of the benefits of acupuncture.

Korean Hand Acupuncture
Like ear acupuncture and self acupuncture, it has evolved around fractal theory. It includes the concept that the human body is made up of fractions that represent the whole. In this acupuncture process, the entirety of the human body is represented by a patient's hand.
The following are some examples of this:
Spleen is represented by the middle finger
Lung is represented by the ring finger
Kidney is represented by the little finger
Liver is represented by the thumb
Heart is represented by the index finger
The acupuncturist can focus on one or more fingers while concurrently treating the patient with heat, cold, metal, fire or water depending on the need and problem. The palm and hand of patient can focus for other disorders in this acupuncture therapy.

Risk Factors:
Like others types of acupuncture Korean hand acupuncture is also risk free. Korean hand acupuncture needles used are very small and sterilezed. Needles are only inserted to skin to regulate the flow of energy in the body so a single needle only needs to penetrate one millimeter.
Korean hand acupuncture means less pain and no drugs or injections and one can lead a healthier life. Since 1987, Korean hand acupuncture clinics and practitioners have begun working across the United States. A lot of practitioners offer more than one style for a patient that means that that therapy need not be limited to a single form.