Microsystems: Five regions

Each region with the model that organizes it

Put in order how you approach a map you do not know

1. Identify which school it comes from↑↓
2. Recognize the anatomical landmarks of the region↑↓
3. Place the correspondences over those landmarks↑↓
4. Check what the evidence says for that indication↑↓
5. Decide whether the technique is within your own scope↑↓

A colleague combines Su Jok points and Chinese hand acupuncture points in the same session. What do you point out?

1. That Su Jok is Korean and therefore less rigorous
2. That they should use only the system with more evidence
3. That these are systems with different theory and locations, and the result belongs to neither
4. That they should do one in full first and then the other

Build a claim that holds up on an auricular finding

Put these in order, from most defensible to most unwarranted

1. “I am using this standard and not another”↑↓
2. “In this standard, this area corresponds to X”↑↓
3. “This area is tender today”↑↓
4. “That tenderness indicates a problem in X”↑↓
5. “I can diagnose X from a photograph”↑↓

You work with one hand system and find a widely used point your manual does not have. What do you do?

1. Find out which system it belongs to before using it
2. Add it: if it is widely used, it will work
3. Look for its approximate equivalent on your map
4. Discard it for not being in your manual