Arbeiten mit dem gespürten Leib in sinosomatics – Klinische Beobachtungen und experimentelle Ergebnisse
摘要
Acupuncture and related approaches within Traditional East Asian medicine have long worked with bodily felt sensations such as warmth, cold, flow, or pressure. These phenomena play a central role in clinical practice but have rarely been investigated systematically using scientific methods.
ObjectivesThe aim of this paper is to describe how bodily sensations are systematically addressed in sinosomatics and to demonstrate, using clinical examples and experimental data, how such processes can be examined scientifically.
Materials and methodsFollowing a conceptual introduction to sinosomatics, a clinical case vignette is presented in which bodily sensations were documented using drawings of perceived sensations. In addition, results from the EmoGRASP study are reported, in which bodily changes elicited by the “placing into hands” technique were investigated under controlled conditions in 30 participants.
ResultsBoth the case vignette and the experiment revealed clearly distinguishable patterns of bodily sensations. Negative memories were frequently associated with sensations of cold, heaviness, and reduced body ownership of the arm, whereas positive memories tended to evoke warmth and lightness. In addition, extended flow- or streaming-like sensations repeatedly occurred during the processing of emotional content and were clearly distinct from localized sensations.
DiscussionThe felt body constitutes an independent and therapeutically effective level in sinosomatics. The observed bodily phenomena can be systematically modulated and are reproducible under controlled experimental conditions.