What is a five-element shiatsu?
The five-element of Shiatsu or 5-Element Shiatsu is a form of shiatsu-Japonic art acupressure. Practicing this therapy uses their fingertips to handle pressure points on the human body to facilitate the flow of Chi or vital energy. The five-elements of Shiatsu differ from the ordinary shiatsu in that they seek to increase the efficiency of the traditional shiatsu by incorporating aspects of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).
In TCM, human health is achieved by balancing five elementary manifestations: earth, fire, water, wood and metal. Each of these elements corresponds to different parts of human anatomy. The use of this approach can be the practitioner of Shiatsu able to distinguish a number of different diseases in the patient, from purely physical disorders such as poor diet, to finer human health disorders resulting from stress or traumatic events.
External symptoms, the treatment program can be determined. For exampleKem Earth and therefore could be a diagnosis that would address the potential imbalance in this aspect of the person's system. Balancing the negative aspect of the Earth would often be closer to bringing other corresponding elements to the game that would provide a healthy effect on a particular disease.
Relations between five TCM elements are quite complex. The practicing of this medical philosophy strongly relies on their understanding and intuitive ability not only to diagnose a specific source of elemental imbalance, but to subsequently adjust the energy flow in the patient's body. This can be achieved either by strengthening the weak aspect or reducing what is excessive.
In some cases, there is an imbalance in the body due to blocking that prohibits the natural flow of energy. Energy blocking may result from any number of factors, including stress, illness, physical trauma or infection. Once the blocking is removed, the bodyseems to recover.
in TCM, the balance of five elements and restoring the natural stream of body energy is often achieved by herbal agents, developed and discovered over time, to treat specific diseases. The five-elements of Shiatsu, rather than use herbal treatment to restore the CHI energy flow, relies on the application of acupressure to achieve this goal. By administering direct pressure on specific nerves and meridians critical for the CHI flow, the five-element of Shiatsu practicing simply uses another methodology to achieve the same harmonious balance.
Because TCM considers human health in a holistic way where the well -being of persons is based on harmony not only between the physical aspects of man, but also the mental and emotional environment, the five elements of Shiatsu, combines the diagnostic philosophy of TCM while applying Japanese shiatsu techniques in the treatment phase. By adopting some TCM philosophies, especially the approach of five elements, with Shiatsu Practioner seeks to expand the scope of treatment and diagnosis by creating a comprehensiveA lines of the patient's health than he could provide a basic shiatsu.