Origin Point Medicine arises from abandoning preconceptions, starting from scratch, trusting the solutions found & the feedbacks from thousands of patients rather than the conflicting conventional medical knowledge. Effective treatments are compiled & analysed, finally resulting in locating & grouping the most effective origin points into one region covering both sides of the entire spine and seven specific regions (refer to the handbook section on Origin Point Massage Techniques). The theory of OPM can be summarised into two sections – the origination or cause of illness and the methods of treatment.
(1) The origination of illness
The origination of illnesses can be explained using the concepts of CAUSE (因 ), Contributing Factors (缘 ) & EFFECT (果 ).
The human body is viewed as the CAUSE [origin-entity, root-cause, source, subject matter]. This CAUSE can be hurt or wounded (wounded-cause 因坏). The types of wounded-cause are Body-injury-elsewhere (Origin Point Injury 他处体伤)，Body-injury-local (本处体伤）and Heat-energy-deficient (熱能不足).
Contributing Factors refers to factors or conditions such as massage, heat pad, food, medication, fatigue, emotion, environment, etc.
EFFECT refers to symptoms of illnesses, medical indicators resulting from instrumental analysis or measurements, names of medical symptoms and their erroneous explanations for the causes of illnesses or diseases.
BODY-INJURY can be either Body-injury-elsewhere (他处体伤) or Body-injury-local (本处体伤). Only BODY-INJURY can directly create the symptoms of illnesses, diseases or disorders.
Contributing Factors can directly create BODY-INJURY which makes the symptom of illness appears. Contributing Factors can also indirectly create
BODY-INJURY through lowering the body's heat-energy level. Heat-energy-deficiency creates BODY-INJURY which in turn makes the symptom of illness appears.
So, for the CAUSE (our body) to produce the EFFECT (symptom of illness), it must be ‘assisted’ by the Contributing Factors (to produce the BODY-INJURY). Similarly, for the Contributing Factors to influence the EFFECT, it must be assisted by the body mechanism operating in the CAUSE (human body). A stand-alone CAUSE or Contributing Factor could not produce any EFFECT. For an EFFECT (symptom of illness) to manifest, both CAUSE and Contributing Factors must be present.
One should not mistake Contributing Factors to be the CAUSE (e.g. mistaking extreme weather to be the cause for having a cold or heat stroke). Or, mistaking the EFFECT to be the CAUSE (e.g. mistaking a tumour to be the cause of ache/pain in some part of the body). Such erroneous views result in claiming that an EFFECT (symptom A) produces another EFFECT (symptom B), or to forsake the CAUSE (body’s self-healing mechanism) when emphasising the importance of Contributing Factors (medication, massage) in healing the EFFECT (symptom of illness).
(2) The methods of treatment
On the methods of treatment, when we treat a patient, we must focus on treating the CAUSE while harnessing various favourable Contributing Factors to improve the body-energy level and eradicate BODY-INJURY. When the CAUSE changes for the better, the EFFECT changes for the better, treating and healing becomes easy; when we discard the CAUSE to pursue the EFFECT, we are inviting troubles, only a wise person discerns.
(1) The origination of illness
The origination of illnesses can be explained using the concepts of CAUSE (因 ), Contributing Factors (缘 ) & EFFECT (果 ).
The human body is viewed as the CAUSE [origin-entity, root-cause, source, subject matter]. This CAUSE can be hurt or wounded (wounded-cause 因坏). The types of wounded-cause are Body-injury-elsewhere (Origin Point Injury 他处体伤)，Body-injury-local (本处体伤）and Heat-energy-deficient (熱能不足).
Contributing Factors refers to factors or conditions such as massage, heat pad, food, medication, fatigue, emotion, environment, etc.
EFFECT refers to symptoms of illnesses, medical indicators resulting from instrumental analysis or measurements, names of medical symptoms and their erroneous explanations for the causes of illnesses or diseases.
BODY-INJURY can be either Body-injury-elsewhere (他处体伤) or Body-injury-local (本处体伤). Only BODY-INJURY can directly create the symptoms of illnesses, diseases or disorders.
Contributing Factors can directly create BODY-INJURY which makes the symptom of illness appears. Contributing Factors can also indirectly create
BODY-INJURY through lowering the body's heat-energy level. Heat-energy-deficiency creates BODY-INJURY which in turn makes the symptom of illness appears.
So, for the CAUSE (our body) to produce the EFFECT (symptom of illness), it must be ‘assisted’ by the Contributing Factors (to produce the BODY-INJURY). Similarly, for the Contributing Factors to influence the EFFECT, it must be assisted by the body mechanism operating in the CAUSE (human body). A stand-alone CAUSE or Contributing Factor could not produce any EFFECT. For an EFFECT (symptom of illness) to manifest, both CAUSE and Contributing Factors must be present.
One should not mistake Contributing Factors to be the CAUSE (e.g. mistaking extreme weather to be the cause for having a cold or heat stroke). Or, mistaking the EFFECT to be the CAUSE (e.g. mistaking a tumour to be the cause of ache/pain in some part of the body). Such erroneous views result in claiming that an EFFECT (symptom A) produces another EFFECT (symptom B), or to forsake the CAUSE (body’s self-healing mechanism) when emphasising the importance of Contributing Factors (medication, massage) in healing the EFFECT (symptom of illness).
(2) The methods of treatment
On the methods of treatment, when we treat a patient, we must focus on treating the CAUSE while harnessing various favourable Contributing Factors to improve the body-energy level and eradicate BODY-INJURY. When the CAUSE changes for the better, the EFFECT changes for the better, treating and healing becomes easy; when we discard the CAUSE to pursue the EFFECT, we are inviting troubles, only a wise person discerns.
