APM is one of the oldest European Meridian Therapies with its roots to the traditional Chinese medicine and original acupuncture therapy. This therapy was developed in the 1950's and 1960's in Germany by a Massage therapist named Willy Penzel. Since 1971, APM is taught in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

APM is a regulation therapy with its base is the Chinese energy-science. The massage is treating the areas along the meridians which shows energy deficit. Hereafter can be stimulated the acupunctural points as well. The special nursing of the scars and the energetic treatment of the spinal column is a part of the handlings as well.

The illness is the disorder of the energy flow.

All organisations get its life-energy base in the uterine.  The level of this life-energy is feed by the food took up, the breathing, light and joyful experiences. The “old” Chinese call the life-energy for YIN and YANG. YIN is feminine, planetary, negative, humid, cold and in average nutrition. YANG is masculine, cosmic, positive, hot, bright and in average air and light. Both of them are very important. In a healthy organisation these are in dynamic harmony and flowing balance. The energy needs passage system for the circulation. These are the meridians. We do different the YIN and YANG meridians. The YIN meridians starts from the feet, going up on the inner side of the leg to the chest then on the front side of the shoulder to the elbow and then to the palm. At the top of the fingers the YIN meridian gives its energy to the YANG meridians which goes on the back side of the arm to the elbow and the back side of the shoulder to the head than downwards on the back. It goes down on the external side of the leg to the feet and the toes. Here the circuit closes. Two superiority passages supply the centreline of the body with energy. These are the Receiver and the Governing.

The meridians

The being of the meridians was provided by measures 20 years ago. Dr. Jean-Claude Darras injected radioactive stuff to the acupunctural points (Te 99, Th 201, Xe 133, HG2c 1197). And with this method he could confirm the way of the meridians.

The evaluation of the illness in the view of the energetic

There is about constant amount of energy in our body. This flows balanced in the organ. When there is a mistake in the flow of the energy, the rate of YIN and YANG changes. When there is some plus energy somewhere meantime there will be less energy somewhere else. These changes are well known by everyone but likely we do not pay attention for it. For example in the case of an acute cold the head of the patient is warm, the face are red and the mucous membrane are bloated simultaneously his or her feet and hands are cold and has cold shivers.

Energetic state measurement

The Acupuncture Massage according to Penzel uses refilling stimulus on place of the energy deficit so before every treatment an energetic sate measurement should be take – independent by the diagnosis of the doctor. The easiest method for this is the so called “trying pull”. We use a soft push as refilling stimulus on the Receiver line from the pubis to the navel. This “trying pull” causes a little energy-transport form the YANG area to the YIN area. Every pain (independent from its area) which gets ease by the “trying pull” needs the treatment of the YIN area. According to this the pain-areas which get worse by the “trying pull” need the treatment of the YANG areas.

Build-up of the treatment

We refill every meridian which shows energy deficit from the beginning till the end during a basic treatment. The organism is forced to an energy transport because of the one sided impulse on the YIN or YANG area. We cause impact on the whole organism which help it by the correct energy regulation. The extra energy will be built down and the energy deficit will be compensated. This regulation indicates natural reactions which are called ebb and flow impact. The APM influences for the whole organism not just treating only one illness. Hence this treatment influences the energy system of the whole body. The energetic treatment of the disturbing focuses belongs to the all-in attendance.

The energetic treatment of the disturbing focuses

Through the system of the meridians in the organism everything is connected with everything. If we take note of the run of the meridians it is easily imagined that a troublesome scar on the abdomen area could have bad influence for the back and the discs between the vertebras, furthermore the blocked articulatio iliosacrea has bad influence for the Second Meridian. By the APM treatment after the basic treatment the therapist dissolve blocks and with this rebuild the harmonic flow balance.

Acupuncture indication list of WHO

Respiratory System:

Acute sinusitis
Acute rhinitis (acute colds)
General colds
Acute tonsillitis

Bronchopulmonal illness:
Acute bronchitis
Asthma bronchial

Illness of the eyes:
Acute conjunctivitis
Central retinitis
Myopia (by kids)
Cataract

Oral illness:
Tooth ache
Pain after tooth extraction
Gingivitis
Acute and chronic pharyngitis

Gastrointerstinalis illness:
Oesophagus- and cardio spasms
Hiccup
Gastroptosys
Acute and chronic gastritis
Acid dyspepsia
Ulcus duodeni
Colitis
Constipation
Diarrhea
Paralytic ilea

Neurological and orthopedically diseases:
Head ache
Migraine
Trigeminal neuralgia
Facial paresis
Paresis after brain hemmorhage
Peripherycal neuropathy

Polio

Dizziness, tinnitus

Dysfunction of bladder excretion

Bed wetting nights

Intercostals neuralgia

Shoulder-arm syndrome

Periarthritis humeoscapularae

Epicondilitis lateralis humeri

Ischialgia, lumbago

Reumathoid arthritis

The possibilities of usage are not complete with this specification. In the center of this therapy are not the acupunctural points but the meridians which crosses the whole body. Regarding to this, patients suffer from different functional diseases (for example babies, children or debilitated old people) can be handled with APM.