Prior to discovering Koryo Hand Therapy,
traditional acupuncture that utilizes the whole body for
treatment, was the subject of Dr. Yoo's research and practice.
However, in his practice of traditional acupuncture, he
noticed some disadvantages or shortcomings in body acupuncture
needles. The needles were thick and long; thus the insertion
was deep and painful. These thick and long needles may
cause serious side effects such as deafness, paralysis,
and unconsciousness as well as aggravation of disease.
Furthermore, Dr. Yoo sometimes observed that the ailments
were not healed well when treatment was performed according
to meridian theories of traditional body acupuncture.
As he studied body acupuncture more deeply, he took a
skeptical and negative view of meridian theories in Traditional
Body Acupuncture since the presence of the meridian could
not be proven in a scientific experiment.
In addition, it was difficult for lay people to understand
traditional body acupuncture since the theories were too
abstract and ideological.
Therefore, Dr. Yoo started to study a new concept of acupuncture
that is quite simple to learn and safe to perform without
any side effect.
His interest in physiognomy urged him to study the relationship
of the face and body more profoundly and he came to realize
that the face is interrelated to the diseased part of
the body. In other words, the entire body is represented
on the face. The condition of the body as well as the
destiny can be foreseen by looking over the face. For
instance, if you have a clean and smooth forehead without
any wrinkle, it means that the body is healthy and the
function of the stomach is good, however, if you have
many wrinkles and a rough forehead, it indicates that
the body has constant slight ailments, especially some
problems related to the function of the stomach.
Finally, Dr. Yoo got a hint that the entire body is represented
on the hands as the entire body is on the face.
In addition, Dr. Yoo also studied the theory of the
visceral-somatic reflex that is based on the following
hypothesis ; reaction and changes occur on their corresponding
or interconnected organs, tissues, muscles and skin
through the nervous system when certain viscera are
infected and / or disordered.
For example, when there is any abnormal change in the
viscera, the nerve impulse is transferred to the central
nervous system by the afferent nerve fibers of the autonomic
nerves. Once it reaches the brain, the brain commands
the affected body parts through the efferent nerve fibers.
The mechanism of correspondence in Koryo Hand Acupuncture
is very similar to the mechanism of the visceral-somatic
reflex.
The stimulation of the corresponding points of certain
body parts initiates the hand to organ reflex first
then the organ to organ reflex. Then it develops into
the visceral to
somatic reflex. It also states that a large number of
different human diseases can be treated or cured through
the route of the reflex system, and this theory has
been verified by clinical experiments such as thermograms.
The stimulation of the hand is very effective due to
the presence of a large number of sympathetic nerve
fibers in the hands.
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