Painful acupressure …

 This is UNACCEPTABLE!

The nails cut into the flesh!!
The other day I was asked to “evaluate” a DVD to determine, whether its translation and eventually publication in Japan is worthwhile.
While I was watching the DVD, featuring three professional therapists (all university graduates), I noted that ALL of them kept rings, watches etc. on their respective hands and at least two of the three had finger nails clearly extending beyond the finger cups.
Probably I am very old-fashioned, but I learned “in school” – this in itself does not mean anything – that professionals are not supposed (I think even prohibited by (Japanese) law) to have rings, watches … anything metal … on their hands during the treatment. Personally I am very much in favor of this idea and NEVER have anything metal or otherwise hard on/at my hands.
Again, when I was looking for some stuff and found on Wikipedia a picture of an acupuncture practitioner (see link). This clearly shows very long fingernails and even a mark on skin, where those finger nails have pressed into the flesh (of the patient/model).

Acupressure


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Acupuncture_point_Hegu_%28LI_4%29.jpg

This is UNACCEPTABLE!
The practitioner is hurting the patient.
Since Hippocrate’s time “Primum non nocere (first, do no harm)” is known to have utmost priority in all forms of treatment!!!