「東洋医学」を代表する治療法「鍼」　/ acupuncture – the major treatment of Oriental medicine

 東洋医学は「人間の心身が持っている自然治癒力を高めることで治癒に導くこと」を特徴の一つとしています。これは、ある種の症状を薬や手術により治癒することを目的とする西洋医学と異なる考え方です。

滲出性中耳炎の術後においてもエイゴの言語力の伸びが優れなかった折、私は、様々な可能性を模索する一環で、昨秋より定期的にエイゴに鍼の施術を施していました。

Oriental medicine has one of a character “That lead to increase the natural healing power of the human being has originally”. This concept is quite different from western medicine character that is treatment for various symptoms and diseases by applying medicines or operations.

I had worried that Eigo’s language ability had not been so good, in spite of after the operation of secretory otitis media. That is　why I had taken eigo to be treated since last autumn in part to confirm the various possibilities.

ご紹介するのは、都内にある有名な難病治療に重きを置く鍼灸院。

この治療院の特徴は、すごく太くて長い針を頭や手足に刺し、針に電気を通すというもの。自律神経に働きかけることで、文字通り、自然治癒力を高めることが狙いだそう。結論としては、この鍼灸の成果なのかは不問にして、エイゴの言語力は向上しました。

当然、日本では、医師の同意がない場合は、自費治療となり継続的な治療は高額となります。また、効果測定が不明瞭なため、御勧めするわけにはいかないので参考までに。

What I’m going to introduce is a famous clinic in Tokyo specialized in treatment of incurable disease.

The character of treatment at the clinic is that a Chinese master treats to conduct electricity by sticking thick acupuncture into patients’ head, hands and legs.

The objective of this treatment is to improve patient’s natural healing capacity through its function which helps their autonomic stimulation.

In case of Eigo’ treatment, Eigo’s language ability has been improved, but I’m not definitly sure of result of this treatment.

If doctor in Japan does not consent with the need of the treatment, as the treatment fee must be a treatment not covered by insurance and be expensive.

Absolutely I will show you as a case of Eigo and not recommed your improvement because of undefined factor of the effectiveness. I hope yor will read below as reference.

(1度にこんなものを8本ぐらい指します)(Sticks around 8 acupunctures at once)

(始めて間もない頃は、鍼を一本刺しただけで、サイレンのようにエイゴが泣き出し、それをなだめるのに必死でした。屋上に行って、大好きな電車が行き来するのを見て、落ち着かせていました)

(At just getting start, when he is only stucked into only one acupuncture, Eigo has got crying like a siren, so I struggled to calm down. I would take him to roof of building and let him see trains which are his favorite and he would got to be easy.)

 (電気を流した後、暴れるエイゴを抑えること60分。エイゴは熟睡)

(After conducting electricity, it past 60 minutes with more struggling to make Eigo to calm down, he got sleep.)

(どんな治療なのかが不明で、息子の痛みがわからないのはまずいため、私も体験。思ったより痛い)

 (I also tried and felt a pain more strong than I thought. Because the condition during the treatment for my son is not undefined. Should I try also…)

(家に帰ってしばらくした後、私は疲れ果て横になりました。一方、鍼治療を受けたエイゴはすっかり元気になって大はしゃぎ)

(Meanwhile after we got home, I have got to lie down. On the other hand, Eigo has got more active since he has got to take the treatment.

金銭面、体力面での負担から、3か月でストップしましたが、結果的には、鍼灸の効果は不問にして、施術開始後、言語力は向上しました。

今では、1センテンスとは言い切れないものの、3語程度の言葉を使った会話はできるようになった次第です。

WHO（世界保健機関）は、必ずしも言語療法に適しているというわけではないですが、鍼灸の様々な適応疾患を明確に言及しており、それ以外の多くの副次的効果に関しても世界的に認知されているようです。

本件の教訓として、苦労はしたものの、試して実行することの大切さを痛感したひと時でした。

Eigo quitted to go there after 3 months from the beginning because in in terms of budget and my physical problems. I am really satisfied with Eigo’ lauguage improvement after the treatment, inspite of the undifined effecutiveness of the treatmen.

Now it passed 5 months from the beginning, and Eigo got to chat with 3 words at once. It will be almost with 1 sentence.

According to WHO (World health Organization), although it not exactly apply for language improvement, it is defined the adaptation diseases of acupuncture and moxibustion, furthermore it seems that many other sub-effectiveness is recognized all over the world.

As a result of this experience, although we struggled so much, I do believe it is more important that we should keep trying to take actions for his treatment.