Touch For Health International Journal, 1990

Temporal Tappingby Robert Alan Frost

Abstract. Temporal tapping may be used to control involuntary bodily functionssuch as gagging and bleeding, to test for hemisphere dominance, to determine if astatement is true, to reprogram the brain to change habit patterns, to test if aparticular muscle-meridian complex has been completely corrected, to testnutritional supplementation, and to perform structural corrections without the needfor chiropractic adjustments. Temporal tapping simplifies and increases theeffectiveness of many other techniques. Its use is recommended to every student ofkinesiology.

Postural analysis, the meridian system, andpalpating the line around the temporal andsphenoid bones are the three main diagnostictools of the applied kinesiologist. The use ofthe temporal sphenoid line in diagnosisrequires both sensitivity and persistence tomaster. However, this same line has severalsimple and effective therapeutic applicationsin the technique called Temporal Tapping.George Goodheart developed temporaltapping and its applications in AppliedKinesiology.

Temporal tapping is performed by tappingsmartly along the temporal sphenoidaldiagnostic line beginning in front of the earand continuing forward, up, and around thewhole line. The tapping should be done withthe palm surfaceof the fingertips. To performthe temporal tap upon yourself, tap the rightT line with the right fingertips and the left Tline with the left fingertips. When temporaltapping someone else, use your rightfingertips (palmar surface) on their left TSline and your left fingertips on their right Tline. If temporal tapping is performed withthe back side of the hand ( the knuckles) thehand used is reversed in all cases due to thereversed polarity of the two sides of thehand. Tapping must be done firmly enoughto penetrate curly hair or thick hairdos and tospring away from the skull after each lightblow.

Before, during, or immediately after temporaltapping, some sort of sensory input is given.It may be visual (something to look at orread), auditory ( heard or spoken yourself),or consist of some sort of therapy localizationor other therapeutic maneuver. Temporaltapping appears to help the given sensory

input to pass the normal filtering mechanismsof the brain with the strength necessary tocreate the desired effect.

To use temporal tapping effectively, it isnecessary to know the pattern of cerebraldominance. In a normally organized righthanded, left hemisphere dominant person, apositive or true statement will be accepted(will not weaken an indicator muscle) whengiven with temporal tapping on the left sideof the head. A negative or untrue statementwill be similarly accepted when the right sideis tapped. Those with the functions of thetwo cerebral hemispheres reversed (with theverbal function on the right side) will respond

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oppositely in the above tests. Thus, temporaltapping may be used both as a test of cerebralhemisphere dominance and to determine if achosen statement is true. Individuals withmixed dominance or neurologic disorganiz-ation may not respond to temporal tappinguntil corrective treatment has been given.

Use of the following test will determine iftemporal tapping can be effectively utilizedand how it must be performed. Find a strongindicator muscle in your test subject and testthat it is not blocked (that it will test weakwhen a negative stimulus is presented). Tapthe left TS line with the palm surface of yourright fingertips. While tapping, say aloud,"This muscle now tests weak" and retest. Ifthe muscle does now test weak, the subject isnormally organized and may be temporaltapped as described in this text. If the musclestill remains strong, tap the right side of thehead with the fingertips of your left hand andagain give the statement. If the indicatormuscle now weakens, your subject hasreversed function of the two cerebralhemispheres and should be temporal tappedon the opposite side to the descriptions in thistext. This condition is seldom found andwhen so, mostly in left-handed people. Ifneither side weakens the indicator muscle,check for and correct neurologic disorganiz-ation.

If the jaw is pulled back, or the posteriorportion of the temporalis muscle (which pullsthe jaw back) is hypertonic, temporal tappingwill not be effective. Therefore, observe thatthe subject does not pull the jaw back duringtemporal tapping. To test if the posteriorportion of the temporalis muscle is hyper-tonic, have the subject place two fingers intothe belly of the muscle above and behind theear. If this therapy localization weakens anindicator muscle, that portion of thetemporal is muscle is hypertonic and requiresspindle cell pinching treatment. After suchtreatment, the therapy localization to the bellyof the temporalis muscle will no longerweaken the indicator muscle, and temporaltapping should function normally.

Although temporal tapping is often effectivewith only a positive suggestion, or with thetapping of only one side of the head, it ismore effective when the suggestion is given

in the positive and negative form whiletapping the appropriate sides of the head.

Statements given must be understood by andbe believable to the person receiving thetreatment. With these statements we aredealing with the reprogramming of thesubconscious mind. The subconscious mindhas often been compared to the mind of a fiveyear old. Therefore, the suggestive state-ments should be simple, direct commands.The Statements to the left side should bepositive and rational. Those to the rightshould be negative, emotional, and author-itative, as when a parent says to a child, "Youare not going to do x (or you will bepunished)." The wording is quite important.The positive statements (which are givenwhile tapping the left TS line) should includeone of the following phrases: "You will getalong fine without. .. ", "You can do without. . . .", or tty ou will find it easy to... ". Thenegative statement used while tapping theright TS line should include "You do notneed to ... ", "There is no need to (for) ... ",or "There is no reason to. . .". If you aredoing this on yourself, replace the word"you" with the word "I".

So much sensory information reaches ourbrains each second that without filtering outand ignoring most of it, we would beoverwhelmed. However, this same filteringmechanism diminishes the effect ofaffirmations. Temporal tapping appears totemporarily reduce or turn off this mentalcensoring mechanism. Affirmations are thendirectly accepted into the subconscious mindwith full power. Behavioral changes thenmore easily follow.

In using temporal tapping to overcomeunwanted habits, it is necessary that thesubject wants to change and believes in thepossibility of the change. Preliminary workto establish these criterion will result ingreater success with temporal tapping.

For example, to eliminate a smoking habit,one should first build up the desire to do so.This may be done negatively by looking atphotographs of the lungs of lung cancerpatients, or listening to emphysema patientsbreathe. Positively, one may considerpleasant breath odor, and the ability to run ormake love with great stamina. To help believe

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that you can stop smoking, talk to and bewith people who have done so. Such asupport group can be very helpful in thetransition to being a non-smoker. Carefulpreliminary work in establishing the criteriaof desire and belief will result in greatersuccess in the use of temporal tapping increating behavioral changes.

Train the subject to perform the temporaltapping upon himself. Then, when the desireto smoke again arises, he may temporal tapand give the suggestions himself. GeorgeEversaul recommends vitamin, mineral, andglandular supplementation during thetransition to being a non-smoker. He alsogives an excellent discussion on trouble-shooting and difficulties with the use oftemporal tapping in his manual, DentalKinesiology.

A most useful applicationof temporal tappingis in the control of involuntary functions suchas gagging and bleeding. The gagging reflexprovides and excellent example of theusefulness of temporal tapping. First, testhow far a tongue depressor or something elsecan be placed back into the mouth untilgagging occurs. Tap the left side and say,"You will get along fine without gagging" or"You will find it easy to have these dentaltools in your mouth". The right side istemporal tapped with a statement such as,"There is no need for you to gag." Thendemonstrate that the same instrument may beplaced much further back into the mouthwithout eliciting the gag reflex. This is veryuseful for various dental procedures.

Bleeding during oral surgery may besimilarlydiminished.The first attempts at thiswere not successful because statements suchas, "There is no need to bleed duringsurgery" were not believable and thereforenot accepted. When the phrase was changedto "... to bleed so much during surgery" itwas accepted and blood flow was greatlydiminished. this demonstrates the need tomake all suggestions used in temporaltapping believable.

Temporal tapping is thus effective in bringingsuggestions into the nervous system for thecontrol of involuntary functions of the body.Although the effect only lasts about one halfof an hour, this is long enough to perform

needed operations and other therapeuticmeasures.

Temporal tapping may be used to determine ifall the factors directly affecting a muscle-meridian complex (the neurolymphatic andneurovascular reflex points, meridian alarmpoints, etc) have been adequately treated. Amuscle may test strong in the clear yet testweak when one of its related treatment pointsis touched. This is called a hidden muscleweakness. Using normal techniques, itwould be necessary to test all of the possibletreatment points to a specific muscle to besure there are no hidden weaknesses. Thistechnique may be simplified with temporaltapping.

To do so, first see that the muscle tests strongwhile the subject touches one of the relatedtreatment points. Then while having thesubject continue to touch the treatment point,the TS line on the left side is tapped. If themuscle weakens after the tapping, there is ahidden weakness that must be located andtreated. When all hidden factors have beencorrectly dealt with, touching a treatmentpoint and tapping the left TS line will nolonger weaken the muscle. Thus all directinfluences affecting the muscle-meridiangroup may be detected with temporal tapping.Should the muscle weaken or other relatedproblems return after treatment, possibleindirect causes such as cranial faults orneurologic disorganization must also beevaluated for lasting results.

Temporal tapping may be used for the testingof the need for nutritional additives. To doso, first be sure that all neurolymphatic,neurovascular, and meridian alarm points forthe chosen muscle test strong. Next, have thesubject touch two of these points simul-taneously, temporal tap the left TS line, andretest the muscle. If the muscle nowweakens, some sort of nutritional supple-mentation is required. Check a list of possiblenutritional supplements for the particularmuscle. Have the subject chew one afteranother until a supplement is found whichcauses the muscle to return to strength ( withthe double therapy localization and the TSline tapping). This is the needed nutritionalfactor.

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Temporal tapping may be used as an alternateto chiropracticcorrections.After diagnosing aspecific structural problem, the patient is putinto the proper correction position, forexample, with the pelvis correctly upontreatment blocks for the correction of pelvicfaults). Then, instead of adjusting the fault,temporal tapping is provided upon the leftside of the head. Often, without furthertreatment, the desired adjustment is alreadyaccomplished. It appears that temporaltapping alerts the nervous system to the needfor the correction indicated by the treatmentposition and that the nervous system thencorrects the structural problem without theneed for chiropractic adjustment.

This use of temporal tapping has beendeveloped and applied to many variousproblems by Dr. Bruce Dewe in theProfessional Health Provider program. Healso finds that the inclusion of the emotionalfinger mode (thumb to ring finger) plus eyerotations and visualizing an X both increasesthe effectiveness of temporal tapping andeliminates the need for negative affirmations.His technique is to tap both sidessimultaneously (with emotional mode, eyerotations, and visualized X) while stimulation

the problem or while giving a positiveaffirmation only. Temporal tapping has somany useful applications that its practice andmastery is recommended for allkinesiologists.

References1. Dewe, Bruce and Joan, Professional

Health Provider 1Workshop Manual,International College of SpecialisedKinesiology and Natural Therapies.

2. Eversaul, George, Dental Kinesiology,self-published (Box 19476, Las Vegas,Nevada,89119),1977

3. Garner, Clifford S, Special Techniquesof Applied Kinesiology, self-published(444 Saratoga Ave, 29-H, Santa Clara,California 95059),1983

4. Utt, Richard, Applied Physiology IIWorkshop Manual, Applied PhysiologyPublishing, 1986

5. Walther, David, Applied Kinesiology,Systems DC, Volume 1, 1981

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