Lecture Massage therapy review Passing the NCETMB, NCETM, and MBLEx (2e) Chapter 7 Laura A. Abbott

Massage Therapy Review:
Passing the NCETMB, NCETM, and MBLEx

Chapter 7

Traditional Chinese Medicine Modalities only on the NCETMB
and MBLEx
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Pre-class Assignment
 Review Chapter 7 of

your Massage Therapy
Review book

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Eastern Terminology

 Ayurveda
 Chi
 Hara
 Qi Gong
 Shiatsu
 Tao
 Tui Na

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Five Element Theory
 Generating Cycle
– Wood → Fire
– Fire → Earth
– Earth → Metal
– Metal → Water
– Water → Wood
 Control Cycle
 In Harmony

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Five Element Correspondences
Element

WOOD

FIRE

EARTH

Season

Spring

Summer

Late Summer

Fall

Winter

Process

Birth

Growth

Transformation

Harvest

Storage

Climate

Wind

Hot

Humid

Dry

Cold

Color

Green

Red

Yellow/
Brown

White

Black/
Blue

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METAL WATER

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Five Element Correspondences, Cont’d
Element

WOOD

FIRE

EARTH

METAL

WATER

Liver

HT/PC

Spleen

Lungs

Kidneys

Yang
Organ

Gallbladder

SI/TH

Stomach

Large
Intestine

Bladder

Tissue

Muscles

Blood
Vessels

Flesh

Skin

Bones

Sense

Sight

Speech

Taste

Smell

Hearing

Yin Organ

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Five Element Correspondences, Cont’d
Element

WOOD

FIRE

EARTH

METAL

WATER

Taste

Sour

Bitter

Sweet

Spicy

Salty

Sound

Shouting

Laughter

Singing

Crying

Groaning

Mental
Quality

Emotion,
Sensitivity

Will Power,
Creativity

Compassion,
Clarity

Intuition

Spontaneity

Negative
Emotion

Anger

Hate

Anxiety

Grief

Fear

Positive
Emotion

Patience

Joy

Empathy,
Sympathy

Courage,
Melancholy

Calmness

Capacity

Planning

Spiritual
Awareness

Ideas/Opinions Elimination

Ambition

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Yin/Yang Aspects

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YIN

YANG

Feminine
Dark

Masculine
Light

Cold
Moist

Hot
Dry

Earth
Soft Tissue

Heaven
Hard Tissue

Deficiency
Dull Pain

Excess
Sharp Pain

Pale Tongue
Water

Red Tongue
Fire

Team/Community
Anterior

Competitive
Posterior

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Meridians
Meridian

Location

Yin or Yang

1. Lung

Starts on chest in front of shoulder, finishes
in thumb

Yin

2. Large Intestine

Starts in index finger, finishes at side of
nostril

Yang

3. Stomach

Starts under eye, finishes in second toe

Yang

4. Spleen

Starts in big toe, finishes at side of chest

Yin

5. Heart

Starts under armpit, finishes in little finger

Yin

6. Small Intestine

Starts in little finger, finishes in front of ear

Yang

7. Urinary
Bladder

Starts at inside corner of eye, finishes in
little toe

Yang

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Meridians, Cont’d
Meridian

Location

8. Kidney

Starts on sole of foot, finishes at top of chest

Yin

9. Heart
Constrictor

Starts beside nipple, finishes in middle finger

Yin

10. Triple Heater

Starts in fourth finger, finishes by outside corner
of eyebrow

Yang

11. Gall Bladder

Starts at outside corner of eye, finishes in fourth
toe

Yang

12. Liver

Starts in big toe, finishes on front of chest or

below nipple

Governing Vessel
(Unpaired)

Tip of tailbone, up midline of back, and over the
heart to upper lip

Yang

Conception Vessel
(Unpaired)

Perineum and up front of midline to bottom lip
and chin

Yin

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Yin or Yang

Yin

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12 Meridians and Corresponding
Elements

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12 Meridians and Corresponding
Elements, Cont’d
 Stomach (Earth/Yang)

– Paired organ = spleen
– Color = deep yellow
– Peak hours = 7am – 9am
– Functions and influences = digestion, absorption
of postnatal energy, mental state
– Psycho-emotional aspects = agitate the mind,
mania, hypomania, confusion, severe anxiety,
hyperactivity
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12 Meridians and Corresponding
Elements, Cont’d
 Spleen (Earth/Yin)

– Paired organ = stomach
– Color = orange/yellow
– Peak hours = 9am – 11am
– Functions and influences = cleanses and “modifies”
blood; thoughts, intention, analytical thinking, trust,
honesty, openness, acceptance
– Psycho-emotional aspects = worry, excessive
thinking, pensiveness, obsessiveness, remorse, regret,
obsessions, and self-doubt
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12 Meridians and Corresponding
Elements, Cont’d
 Heart (Fire/Yin)

– Paired organ = small intestines
– Color = red with slight blue tint
– Peak hours = 11am – 1pm
– Functions and influences = pulse/circulation, house

of the spirit; dominates sleep, love, joy, forgiveness,
courtesy
– Psycho-emotional aspects = inability to fall asleep,
disturbed sleep, excessive dreaming, guilt, hate,
shock, nervousness, excitement, longing, craving
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12 Meridians and Corresponding
Elements, Cont’d
 Small Intestines (Fire/Yang)

– Paired organ = heart
– Color = pink
– Peak hours = 1pm – 3pm
– Functions and influences = absorbs nutrients,
digestion and elimination, mental clarity, judgment,
powers of discernment
– Psycho-emotional aspects = inability to distinguish
relevant issues with clarity before making a decision
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12 Meridians and Corresponding
Elements, Cont’d
 Bladder (Water/Yang)
– Paired organ = kidneys
– Color = deep blue

– Peak hours = 3pm – 5pm
– Functions and influences = stores and eliminates
urine
– Psycho-emotional aspects = habitual fear, lack of
decision making, diminished moral character.
When chronic, jealousy, suspicion, holding
longstanding grudges
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12 Meridians and Corresponding
Elements, Cont’d

 Kidney (Water/Yin)
– Paired organ = bladder
– Color = light flame blue

– Peak hours = 5pm – 7pm
– Functions and influences = controls sexual and
reproductive functions, filters the blood; courage
and willpower, drive and strength
– Psycho-emotional aspects = fear and paranoia,
loneliness, insecurity
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12 Meridians and Corresponding
Elements, Cont’d
 Pericardium (Fire/Yin)
– Paired organ = triple burner
– Color = purple red
– Peak hours = 7pm – 9pm
– Functions and influences = Protects the heart;
creates feelings of joy and/or pleasure
– Psycho-emotional aspects = radical fluctuations in
energy caused by emotional ups and downs of the
day
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12 Meridians and Corresponding
Elements, Cont’d

Triple Burner (Fire/Yang)

– Paired organ = pericardium
– Color = orange red
– Peak hours = 9pm – 11pm
– Functions and influences = regulates
transformation and transportation of bodily fluids;
lifts depression, consciousness, kindheartedness
– Psycho-emotional aspects = disharmony,
depression, sadness

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12 Meridians and Corresponding
Elements, Cont’d

 Gallbladder (Wood/Yang)
– Paired organ = liver

– Color = yellow green
– Peak hours =11pm – 1am
– Functions and influences = stores and excretes
bile, one of the extraordinary organs; decisions
and judgment, courage, and initiative
– Psycho-emotional aspects = wake up suddenly,
timid, indecisive, easily discouraged by slight
adversity
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12 Meridians and Corresponding
Elements, Cont’d
 Liver (Wood/Yin)

– Paired organ = gallbladder
– Color = deep green
– Peak hours = 1am – 3am
– Functions and influences = stores the blood,
governs the free flow of qi; kindness, compassion,
generosity, creativity
– Psycho-emotional aspects = frustration, jealousy,
rage, depression, anger, irritability
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12 Meridians and Corresponding
Elements, Cont’d
 Lung (Metal/Yin)
– Paired organ = large intestines
– Color = pure white
– Peak hours = 3am – 5am
– Functions and influences = accepts pure fluids from
spleen, which are then mixed with air and circulated
through the meridians; self-preservation,
righteousness, dignity, integrity, high self-esteem
– Psycho-emotional aspects = disappointment, sadness,
grief, despair, anxiety, shame, and sorrow
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12 Meridians and Corresponding
Elements, Cont’d
 Large Intestines (Metal/Yang)
– Paired organ = lungs

– Color = off white
– Peak hours = 5am – 7am
– Functions and influences = absorption of
fluids/elimination of solid waste
– Psycho-emotional aspects = physical weakness,
emotional introversion, depression, irritability,
discouragement, distress, apathy
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Terminology
 Chakras – store and activate our emotions
 Tsubos – acupressure point
 Accupoints – points of the body that influenced or

are influenced by body energy
 Ashi points – reactive points in Chinese modalities

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Chakras
Chakra

Organ

Element

Color

Emotion

1. Base or
Root

Spine

Earth

Red

Survival, physical
relationships,
concepts, patterns,
fight or flight

2. Spleen

Gonads

Water

Orange

Relationships,
expression of
emotions, pleasure,
movement, sensation

3. Solar
Plexus

Muscles, adrenal
glands, liver,
spleen,
gallbladder,
lumbar vertebrae,
pancreas

Fire

Yellow

Metabolic energy
through the body,
personal
empowerment

4. Heart

Heart, thymus
gland; endocrine,
circulatory
systems

Air

Green
(sometimes
pink)

Ability to express love
and unconditional
love

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