Abstract
ABSTRACT
Both Western medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) view severe mental disorders as chronic, difficult to treat, and caused, in part, by genetic factors. TCM scholars believe the Extraordinary Meridians to be a finer, more primary energy field that is present at conception and a reflection of DNA. The author has applied this understanding to the treatment of severe mental disorders. In a 2-step procedure, I have opened the Extraordinary Meridian, then augmented this new energetic balance. Augmentation was accomplished with local treatments and/or “energetic flooding.” The latter was done with psychotherapy, Indian Raga music, and/or essential oils. Case reports describe attenuated or extinguished psychotic symptoms, in addition to what appears to be an unblocking of healthy developmental patterns. These results stimulated a reexamination of Western psychiatry's disease model, and speculation of future attempts to validate acupuncture's efficacy using this model and related double-blind studies. These results also led the author to connect my own and others' observations about the relationship between energy states and personality. Other possible models for severe mental disorders are discussed.
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