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NewScalpAcupuncture
urr. l. Yamamoto -
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Thispaper waspresente.Jat the BMASSpring Meetint at Bristol 1989

This ne|. methodof scalpacl]punc' Failingthis, the resuh is not the

ture (YNSA) hasnow becometwenty
yearsold. This makesit quite a well
established sourceof lrealment,with
fufthef prospecls.The first feport
about my work dates back to 1973
at the Annual RyodorakuCongress
held in Tokyo.Since then I have
experimentedand developedfrom
the one starlinBpolnl lo the present
22 main points.
YNSA is a totally new concept
and should not be confusedwith
Chinesescalpacupuncturein which
the areasdireclly abovethe corre-
spondingnerveccntresareneedled.
The trealment afeas for YN5A are
quite differenrlylocated.lt should
be classifiedas a somaticrepresen
tation, comparable to ear/ nose/
mouth or foot acupuncture.In this
method the human body presents
itselfall along the hairline (roughly
soeakinesincelhe hairlinediifersgreatly
speaking
sreatlvfrorn oaj
to palien0,in the temporalareasas well as on the pos- manip!laleda littleto reachthe exactspol as a Tractron
lerior scalp aFl&7)
YNSApointsmay be divided into threegroups:
1.)Basicpoints,relatedto the kineticapparatus.
2.)Sensoryorganpoints.
I r \ p \ r l u - p u r n r \ r p l d r . dl o i n n p ro 8 " n \ .
yNSA Rasicpoints - kinetic apparatus. (Fiq. 2)
I calledlhese Basicpoints becausethey were my tirst
They representvariouspalts of the human
discoveries.
expectedone. This has ]ed to some
of my European coJleagues abandon
ing the methodbeforemasteringit.
The LOCATIONof YNSA points
can be deiectedwith a Neurometer,
bul this is very difficultdue to the
highelectro-permability of the scalp.
I preferto rely on my fingertipsto
palpatethe scalp.The rightspotcan
be telt as an identation,or a little
rope like protrusion.On pressureit
is sensitiveor even pajnful. lf the
patient cannot give correci inior
malion as to which spot hurts most
on palpatiom,I purposelypressin
different placesto makethe patient
awareof the differentsensationon
the right poinr.
A N o . 8 S T E EN
L EEDLE is used,
inserted subcutaneously f rom ante-
- rior to posterior, until the patient
patient has a little electricshock sensation.lt may haveto be
of a millimetrecan makeall the difference.

A - wilh subdilisionsr-Z neckaod cervicalspin,

B - shoulder,

c - with subdivisionsl.6, shoulderioinl, upperarm,lower

arm, elbow wrist nnd finBers,
D - with subdilisionsl-s, lumbar spineand lower

E- with subdivisions1-12,chestand lhoracic spine,

G -wilh subdilhions l-3, knee(laleral,medialand

Thereis alreadya largescopefor trealmentjust using

thesebasicpoints.IndeedI would8o asfar asto saythat
lhese points
one shouldfirst be well practisedin Lrsing
beforegoing on to use YNSAYpsilonpoints.lt is very
importantto locatethe correctpoint exactly.This takes FIC1
some practice,evenfor the experienced acupunclurist.

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YNSABA5ICPOINTS
YNSASensoryOryan points
Thesejust carrythe nameof the respecrive
organ.Their
detectionandacupuncture methodarethe sameas men-
MID tINI tioned under BasicpointsfFrg.2).

INDICATIONS:
EAR; EYE, NOSE;
tinnitus improvement sinusitis
deafness of siSht allergy
pain doublevision post;perative
post"operative pain
Posldperative

I dare saythat a specialistin lhis subjectcould find

manymore indications.
The YNSApointsA-Eand the threesensorypointsear,
noseand eyeare alsorepresented in mirror fashionon
the occipitalor YANpart of the scalp.Thesepointscan
be usedfor acupuncturewhen there is no responseto
treatment ai ihe YIN position fFl& l). They are not fre-
quentryused.

FC Poinls OCCIPITALBA5ICPOINIS _ YAN

(seeri8. a)
MIDLINE

HC2

The DURATIONof treatmentdiffersfrom caseto case.

In acutecases,theremaybe only one treatmentneeded,
with the needle in placefor 5-20minules.In chronic
casesit will of coursetakeIonger,up to one houf,with an
increasednumber of acupuncturesessionsat shorter
intervals.This appliesespecially to patientswith hemi
plegiaof paraplegia.
ELECTRO STIMULATION canbegiven,but is notessen
tial to achievebetter resulls.I use it sometimesin very
lont standingchronicailments-
A TASER can be usedon YNSApointsasan alternative
treatment.I usea HE-NELaser, but only on childrenand
somethimeson very nervousaculepatients.

INDICAIIONS:
allpains scialica all motor dillurbances
muscular whiplash hemiplesia
rheumalic heipes paraplesia
adhritic lrigeminalneuralsiaparftinsons
fractures busitk dizziness
sprains sportsinjury asthma
neuritis lumbago anginapctoris
post-operntive etc.

I havefoundthe two internalorgandisfunctrons

asthma
and anginato be very successfully treatedwith basic
E point.

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shoulderpain is relievedand the abdominaltest zone

relaxed.lt does happenthat additionallya secondor
evena third testzone becomessensitive to examination-
.. In this casethe sameprocedureis followed.ln the worst
YPSILON caseyou will haveto needlethreepoints,but the patient
will be symptom free. The symptomfree period will
become longer wiih each treatmentsessionuntil the
patientis completelyhealed.

INDICATIONSI
headache dizziness vomiting
sorethroal insomnia urinary frequency
d\.Dnoea (loma(h pain d).menorrhea
( h 1 6 n nb r o n ( h i t i s inlerrinJldkorder'gall*lone.
heartfailure colitis kidneyslones
etc.

LOCATION,sameas betore.
METHOD;the needlecan be guidedstraitht
ELECIROSTIMULATION and LASER;may be used if
YNSA- EASIC desired.
OTHERTREATMENTS; any other form of acupuncture
or other treatment may be Sivensimultaneously.
C.AUTION; the patientshould lie down for the first
treatment. If toleratedwell,they cansitfora period of time
in the \,!aitingroom or havetheir rehabilitationat the

I P S I I O NP O I N T sA N D B A s I CP Q I N T S
F C CONTRAINDICATION, hish fever.
On the whole I rhink this methodis well worth adopt
flG4 ing.lt hasa verywide rangeof treatmentpossibilities.lt
is iime savingand needsonly the smallestnumber of
YNSA Ypsilon points (Fig. 4) needles.Cood resultsare quickly achieved,even in

Y 1- . m d l l i n r e . l i n c Y- - gdllbladder
Y2 -triDle heater Y8 - kidney ABDOMINALITST ZONES
Y3 - Iafgeintestine Y9 bladder F I G .5
Y4 - stoma.h Ylo - lunss
Ys - liver Yl1 - pericardium
HEART
Y5 - spleen/pancreas Ylz - heart

Thesepoinisrepresentinner organs,but are not only SPt[tN-PANCREAS

used for the treatmentof these organsand their dis- GATLBLADDER
functions.They may also be used to treai unrelated
disturbances and pains.
to study the
To use these points it is also necessary
relatedabdominal test zones (F/9.5). SPINT
Hereagain,youwill realisethat my picturediffersfrom
the Chineseone. LatelyI havealso developeda neck
diagnosticfield, which is practicaland time savinS,
because the patientdoesnot needto 8et undressed, but
quitedifficultdue to the smallpresentation area.
Of course,beforetreatingany patientwith acupunc-
ture on theseYpsilonpoints,I usewesternmerhodsof
examination (eg. blood tests, X-ray,MRI etc.) where
NE
indicatedto ensureproperdiagnosis.
In the orientalwayof thinkingmanyachesand painsin
non-relatedareasmay also be causedby disordersor
affectionsof internalorgans.This does not necessarily TY

With a slightdisfunctionof an organ,the correspond-

ing test zone will be painful and tight or bracedon BLADDER
I]RINARY
LUMBARVERTEBRAE
examination.Accordingto these findings,the exact coccYx
Ypsilonpoint hasto be locatedand acupunctured. E 8.:
For a patient with shoulder pain, you will find on Dt T Yananoto MD
abdominalexamination that the testzone of the liveris YamamotoHospitalAcupu n.tu re Inst.
sensitive,so the point Y5 (liver)should be locatedand 110-15Chuodori Nichinan
acupunctured.lf the needleis cofrectlysituated,the Miyazaki, Japan 887

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New scalp acupuncture

T Yamamoto

Acupunct Med 1989 6: 46-48

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