{"id":3715,"date":"2012-01-23T16:26:51","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T23:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/?p=3715"},"modified":"2026-06-26T15:19:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T21:19:29","slug":"band-aid-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/2012\/01\/band-aid-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Band-Aid Treatment???"},"content":{"rendered":"I pride myself in not giving a &#8220;Band-Aid&#8221; treatment to my patients. <em>Band-Aids<\/em>, in the form of pharmaceutical drugs, are often used as a cover up in the Western medical arena for an underlying health problem. As acupuncturists, we are taught to search out which imbalances are causing symptomatology to occur. I want to share a secret with you. <span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Last week, I became convinced that <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Band-Aid treatments may benefit my patients<\/strong><\/span>&#8230;<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Case Study<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n\nA patient presented in my office on December 31st with a graph that looked like this.\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>Baseline Graph:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Belt-Block2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3718\" title=\"Belt Block\" src=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Belt-Block2-1024x509.png\" alt=\"Belt Block2\" width=\"717\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Belt-Block2-1024x509.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Belt-Block2-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Belt-Block2.png 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Let&#8217;s analyze the graph for a moment. What do you see?<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n \t<li>An obvious belt block. The channels in the lower body are in extreme excess compared to the upper body.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nNow let&#8217;s look at the graph from a different perspective.\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #008000;\"><strong>Element Graph:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Belt-Block-Element.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3720\" title=\"Belt Block--Element\" src=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Belt-Block-Element-1024x517.png\" alt=\"Belt Block Element\" width=\"717\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Belt-Block-Element-1024x517.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Belt-Block-Element-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Belt-Block-Element.png 1035w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\nHere is the same information listed according to element pairs instead of hand channels versus foot channels as seen above.\n<ul>\n \t<li><strong>Metal element:<\/strong> The Lung and the Large Intestine are out of balance.<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Minister fire:<\/strong> Pericardium and the Triple Energizer are both out of balance.<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Earth element:<\/strong> Both the Spleen and Stomach are excess.<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Wood element:<\/strong> Both of the Liver and\u00a0 Gallbladder are excess.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nJust by looking at the graph you can come up with some helpful information about this patient without me even telling you his chief complaint.\n<ul>\n \t<li><strong>Belt block:<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Pain in the lower body<\/span>.<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Lung and Large Intestine are out of balance:<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Low immunity<\/span>, lacking in wei qi.<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Spleen and Stomach are excess:<\/strong> A lot of bad food choices? <span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Problems with digestion?<\/span> Notice that the date of treatment was December 31st. He was just finishing up a couple of weeks worth of holiday eating.<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Liver and Gallbladder excess:<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Pain, headaches, and irritability<\/span>.<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Bladder channel split&#8211;with excess energy on the right versus the left:<\/strong><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Back pain which is worse on the right<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nI am sure that by now you want to know what his chief complaint was.\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; color: #008000;\"><strong>Sciatica!<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He was surprised when I asked him questions about my graph analysis. Everything that I saw on the graph fit what was going on in his life at the time. He really didn&#8217;t care about the rest of his symptoms at that moment because he was in so much pain. I treated him by balancing the graph and then doing a typical sciatica treatment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Now, I will explain how my Band-Aid treatment came to exist. How do you treat sciatica, digestion problems, and irritability with Band-Aids? Watch this video and I&#8217;ll explain&#8230;<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/faLTvy8VRZE?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;ll never underestimate the power of a Band-Aid in future treatments. When this patient came back a week later, his sciatica was doing much better and so were his other symptoms. I now have several boxes of Band-Aids at my clinic. You might want some too!<\/p>\nHave a great week everyone!\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ThompsonKimberly2017-IMG-2446-Social-Media-Crop-Leap-Photography.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ThompsonKimberly2017-IMG-2446-Social-Media-Crop-Leap-Photography-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Thompsonkimberly2017 IMG 2446 Social Media Crop Leap Photography\" width=\"203\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ThompsonKimberly2017-IMG-2446-Social-Media-Crop-Leap-Photography-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ThompsonKimberly2017-IMG-2446-Social-Media-Crop-Leap-Photography-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ThompsonKimberly2017-IMG-2446-Social-Media-Crop-Leap-Photography-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ThompsonKimberly2017-IMG-2446-Social-Media-Crop-Leap-Photography-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ThompsonKimberly2017-IMG-2446-Social-Media-Crop-Leap-Photography-660x660.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ThompsonKimberly2017-IMG-2446-Social-Media-Crop-Leap-Photography.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a>\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"kimberly_sig\" src=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/kimberly_sig.png\" alt=\"Kimberly Sig\" width=\"230\" height=\"62\" \/>\n\n<strong>Kimberly Thompson, L.Ac.<\/strong>\n\nkimberly@miridiatech.com\n\n<em>Acupuncture Research Analyst<\/em>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Reading<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/2020\/01\/proving-that-acupuncture-works-one-graph-at-a-time\/\">Proving that Acupuncture Works\u2014One Graph at a Time<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/2025\/07\/are-you-telling-the-whole-story\/\">The Graph Doesn\u2019t Lie\u2026 But Are You Telling the Whole Story?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/2025\/06\/acugraph-patient-education-guide\/\">The Graph Doesn\u2019t Lie: The Power of Patient Education Through the Eyes of AcuGraph<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I pride myself in not giving a &#8220;Band-Aid&#8221; treatment to my patients. 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