Dr. Michael J. Crosby, DACM
Supreme Medicine is Stone Medicine
CHINESE MEDICAL ARTS
石鍼之道 “way of the ‘stone’ needles”
石鍼之道 “way of the ‘stone’ needles”
What’s Lithopuncture?
LithoPuncture (石鍼之道) translates as the “way of the ‘stone’ needles" and is a coined term inspired from the teachings of classical Chinese Medicine utilizing its wisdom towards modern medical care for the healing of diseases and health concerns. LithoPuncture combines the energetics of different stones/rocks/minerals with the power of acupuncture! The idea of LithoPuncture involves the application of stone medicine on an acupuncture point treatment model for one’s healing and restoration, while giving reverence to early Chinese medical roots, along with the acknowledgment of Western constitutional “mineral therapy”. The famous Daoist Clinician, Ge Hong believes that only permanent healing stems from stone medicine, elevating the mineral kingdom to be the superior modality practiced in Classical Chinese Medicine.
LithoPuncture is an innovative approach combining minerals and stones to the therapeutics of acupuncture and acupressure.
TREATMENT MODELS
4 Gates
Large Intestine 4 - Tourmaline
Liver 3 - Amazonite
3 Triangles
Ren 12 - Carnelian
Ren 13 - Rhodonite
Ren 10 - Citrine
Stomach 36 - Garnet
Pericardium 6 - Epidote
Stomach 25 - Elbaite
Lithopuncturist Pioneer
Amazed with the beauty of earth’s materialized creation, along with the physical sensation of crystals places around and topically on the body, Michael Crosby was inspired to merge acupuncture with stone medicine, which he referred to as LithoPuncture. As a Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, Michael Crosby was originally introduced to the field of Chinese Medicine through the healing potentials that he experienced through stone medicine. He firmly believes that patients should have access to this form of treatment modality at home, even after an acupuncture session to continue ones’ recovery. Since it is unlikely that people are able to receive a daily or even weekly acupuncture session, creating a therapeutic regime using stone beads taped on acupuncture points offers continued healing that is safe and effective that health anyone can do, similar to the use of magnets that are placed on the body to conduct the intrinsic electric current running through the body for healing. LithoPuncture ignites similar effects through the chemical composition of stones (i.e., water and minerals) to affect the body (mostly water and minerals) in the acupuncture channels of the body.
Stones as a living entity have left their home to serve humanity. It’s my mission to be an envoy for their greatest mission in the healing humanity and global concerns. Stones were once attached to the earth, now forced away from their homes by human behavior, they have forego their attachments for the highest good of assisting humanity to heal.