HIRATA ZONE MOXIBUSTION WITH ONTAKE (INDONESIA)

Kurakichi Hirata was a medical student by day—and a rebel by night. Critical of Western medicine, he pioneered a holographic system of dermatome stimulation using a heated probe—designed to trigger the body’s self-healing mechanisms and empower laypeople to treat themselves. Hirata’s first book in 1933 was a runaway bestseller. Long after Hirata’s death, his approach became an important component of Dr Manaka’s four-step protocol. In the West, however, the tools used in Japan to heat the skin were unavailable, and his system is not well known. Now, nearly one hundred years after its development, Hirata Zone Therapy has found new life with the integration of Ontake Warm Bamboo, a simple-to-apply moxibustion tool.

AIMS

Using Hirata’s holographic mappings, heated bamboo is applied rhythmically on the skin to trigger the body’s self-healing mechanisms. Hirata’s primary goal was to create a system that was easy for patients to learn and apply to themselves. This is now once again possible with the application of Ontake. Easy to learn and simple to practice, Hirata Ontake Therapy (HOT) will provide you with a straightforward approach to healing yourself and treating others.

HOT can be used to target symptoms by boosting the body’s self-healing mechanisms. It can be combined with any style of acupuncture and bodywork practice or used as a self-healing method at home. You will learn to apply Ontake Warm Bamboo using Hirata’s basic model and Dr Manaka’s variations and interpretations.

These methods and theoretical models are designed to be simple to learn and easy to practice. They can easily be integrated into your own health routines at home with the family and with any kind of meridian-based bodywork method, including acupuncture, shiatsu, and tuina. This method will, however, transform your routines for health maintenance, giving you new perspectives and a potent moxa tool for home treatment.

This two-day workshop includes lectures, demonstrations, and practice. It covers everything you need to know to find Hirata’s zones on the body and apply Ontake to treat a variety of conditions.

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Locate the Hirata zones and note significant reactions
• Differentiate three criteria for selecting zones and apply them to treat others creatively
• List and apply the frequencies for each zone
• Perform a variety of techniques with Ontake including tapping, rolling, and super-knocking
• Treat yourself, your family or your patients
• Get patients started with daily home treatment

This method is of particular interest to practitioners of Manaka System Acupuncture (MSA), as it’s the missing link in his four-step system. Manaka used the Hirata zones creatively, but little has been transmitted to the West about how he accomplished this. As a teacher of MSA, Oran has revisited Manaka’s ideas, learning how to integrate them, not just with MSA but as an adjunctive method that suits any style of meridian bodywork.

ELIGIBILITY

The workshop is open to the public who want to learn a healing system for themselves and their family. Acupuncturists, healers and bodyworkers with a working knowledge of the meiridans will also benefit.