Organs and cancer behavour II

For some organs energies in 8 Qi and energies reflecting organ's location do not match, and these are among the most complex cases for treatment:

1. pancreas: 

--- energy of Heat/Burn = Yang in 8 Qi classification, but Dampness = Yin by location.

--- This may explain the silent start of cancerous process Dampness = Yin, and indeed pancreas cancer is quite often discovered already having metastasised, then it may develop very aggressively, reflecting energy of Burn=Yang.

2. liver: 

--- controlled by energy of Wind=Yang, 

---  Wind is the energy behind the start of metastasising (generally controlled by energy of Burn). This means, liver's energy naturally supports metastasising start, making liver a  common location for metastases from other organs.

---  the energy for liver location is Dampness=Yin (abdomen), which may give a more silent start

for cancerous process.

Another problem arises from Wind and Dampness energies being in axis relation (pic).
Cancer already has both main energies: Cold for rooting and structures and Burn for spreading, in axis relation.
As both energies are in excess, schemes aimed on
Cold energy to fight cancer's roots can support spreading, and
those to control spreading aimed on Burn can strengthen cancer's roots.
There comes similar problem of energies locking each other:
Wind <-> Dampness, helping the main pair of Cold<->Burn.

This may explain difficulties in liver cancer treatment.

3. lungs: 

--- controlled by energy of Dryness=Yin, but energy for their location is Wind = Yang (thoracic region)
  --- the same for silent development (Dryness=Yin), and possible aggressive spreading after - 

Wind=Yang.

4. Breasts:

--- may be regarded as part of reproductive system (approach used in most advanced Triorigin healing) - ultimate Yin

--- however energy for breasts location is Wind=Yang (thoracic region)

--- breasts are especially rich in lymphatic nodes, and lymph. system, Dampness=Yin, is used by cancer 
to spread.

Organs and cancer behavour

Cancer has two main energies behind, which are polar:

--- main energy of Cold for roots and structures

--- energy of Burn within main energy of Cold for spreading

  

In 8 Qi classification each organ and body region is controlled by a specific energy.

Yang energies group: Wind--->Heat--->Burn, in order of growing Yang

--- Burn : nerv. system, brain and spinal cord/ head, face, eyes

--- Heat: cardiovascular system/neck, thyroid, vocal cords.

subsystems of interest are:

pancreas and duodenum - Burn in Heat 

immune system - Darkness in Heat 

--- Wind: liver+gall bladder/thoracic region/muscles

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Yin energies group: Dampness--->Dryness--->Cold--->Darkness, in order of growing Yin

--- Dampness: spleen+stomach, lymphatic system,endocrine system/ upper part of abdomen

--- Dryness: lungs+colon, skin, hair/lower part of abdomen

--- Cold: kidneys+bladder, bones/lowest part of abdomen and perineum

--- Darkness: reproductive system.

Yang energy features: functional aspects of cancer, spreading, developing fast, aggressiveness, expanding etc.

Yin energy features: structural aspects, hidden behavour, latent development, rooting, being slow and steady etc.

This may shed light on cancer's behavour depending on the organ or system it develops in:

--- brain, face, eye cancers are usually aggressive, fast-developing - reflecting Yang nature of these organs,

which resonates with Yang side of cancer - spreading.

--- cervical cancer is well-known for it's masked development- which reflects ultimate Yin energy behind reproductive system, Darkness.

Colon and lungs cancer, skin cancer are also known to initially grow without much manifestation and quite often are discovered because of complaints not linked to cancer.

Regarding structural/functional aspects:
--- brain (Yang organ) cancer usually develops very aggressively (Yang) but forms less dense network, 
quite often just 2-3 tiny tumours (Yin)
--- while colon (Yin organ) cancer is known to develop for years and form metastases over a large area (including liver, lungs, pelvis bones etc).

Sean Connery II

Schemes in Triorigin combine fundamental action and simplicity, at least the way they look.
This doesn't mean schemes in 8 Qi used in previous post and in this blog, are less effective.
When dealing with deep-rooting chronic conditions or those even having heritage history, the Triorigin schemes may work smoother:




1.He--->Ho: collecting energies of all affected Yang organs and directing them to Homo meridian

2. Ho--->Ho: the same for all Yin organs

3. Ho: Ho sedate, Ne control: sedation of Ho energy which comprises all harmful energies listed
in previous post, on Ho meridian.

Red point inside green means, there are 2 needles
to be inserted or 2 crystals taped onto this point.







Left spin for the Spiral matrix is for right palm, choice for men.

Sean Connery

An entry about one of best actors ever, whose talent and actors career doesn't need to be additionally described here.
The info on his health was taken from Wikipedia and other sources:

1. During his service in Navy he experienced duodenum (or stomach - different sources) ulcer, which forced him to quit; duodenum ulcer is reported as a condition which was hereditary to have affected most of the males in the family in generations before him.

2. In 1993 he was reported to undergo a radiation treatment for a throat condition; he himself told this was treatment for vocal cords nodules. There's been concerns about throat cancer in public so far his father
has had this condition.

3. He had surgery to remove cataracts from both eyes in 2003.

4. He has had a surgery for kidney tumour in 2006 January.

5. In 2008 he chipped a bone in his shoulder in an accident while playing golf.

6. In 2009 he was diagnosed with heart condition (no additional info).

The Su-jok medicine evaluation of these conditions and schemes:

1. Duodenal ulcer: Heat--->Burn: Dryness excess
Stomach ulcer: Heat--->Dampness: Dryness excess, 
the energy of Dryness generally responsible for ulcerization.








2. Throat is generally controlled by energy of Heat:

Any throat condition can be treated on Heat meridian or 
boyl-chakra.

Vocal nodules as soft tumours are controled by energy of Dampness, so the scheme:
Heat: Dampness excess
(the same energies involved as in N1)

Vocal cords can have their own energy sequence:
Dryness (respiratory system)--->Cold (mouth and throat)--->Dryness (position of vocal cords): Dampness excess
(energies of Dryness and Dampness, N1)









3. Eyes are generally controlled by energy of Burn.
The full sequence:
Burn (nerv. system)--->Wind (senses)--->Burn (vision)---> Cold (lenses): Cold excess 
cataract is excess of energy of Cold. 
This also gives a set of specific energies. 


4. Kidneys are controlled by energy of Cold, the scheme for tumour
Cold (kidneys): Dampness excess (soft tumours) or Cold excess (malignant tumours)
(again energy of Cold and Dampness, see N2)

5. Shoulder fracture: shoulders are controlled by energy of either Burn (left shoulder, men)
or Dampness (right shoulder). Taken together, they both are controlled by energy of Burn.
Sequence for shoulder trauma in general:
Burn: Cold excess
(again energies of Burn and Cold)

6. Heart condition: cardiovascular system is controlled by energy of Heat, the sequence
Heat (circulatory system)--->Heat (cardiovascular system): harmful energy of a disease
(again energy of Heat, N2)
From the previous one can suppose this may be one of Yin conditions, like Dryness energy as:

ischemia, insufficiency of any sort, also irregular heart beating.

Energy of Cold causes heart attack so this is less likely as such case would have had wide resonance 

worldwide.

It's seen without deep analysis, - just by colour of energies -  that the same energies are repeating in different combinations giving different conditions which makes them all interconnected, for example:

---  the scheme for stomach ulcer is close to scheme for vocal nodules:

Heat--->Dampness: Dryness excess

Heat: Dampness excess

---  the energy sequence for vocal cords:

Dryness (respiratory system)--->Cold (mouth and throat)--->Dryness (position of vocal cords): Dampness excess

 has all main harmful energies which cause conditions listed above: Dampness (soft tumours), Dryness (ulcerization), Cold (cataract, traumas)

--- energy of Burn reveals in a sequence for eyes and duodenum, and it is also energy controlling shoulders region in general = Burn 

--- energy of Cold reveals itself as energy of disease: cataract, trauma, also as energy of affected
organ: kidneys.

The general acu recipe can combine most of the above in one scheme:

 The scheme combines treatment for:

--- vocal nodules, general approach

via Heat meridian

--- detailed sequence for cataract

--- added to the previous scheme is treatment for soft tumour for kidneys on Cold meridian

--- general treatment for shoulders trauma on Burn meridian.

More general scheme to sedate the whole family of pathogenic Homo energies: Dampness, Dryness and Cold which are behind all conditions, on Burn, Heat, Dryness and Cold meridians:

both schemes to be alternated for best effect.

The same can be done on boyl-chakras, which is preferable, so far meridians schemes represent

"Hetero" = Yang approach, and boyl-chakras are

"Homo" = Yin approach.

Colour of points is as usual the colour of natural crystals to tape onto points for self-treatment.
One can combine this with easy moxibustion - heating the crystals by several incense sticks tied together perpendicular to all points.
 

Katrin Zeta Jones, bipolar disorder

The post with general info on on bipolar disorder:
http://acupunctureforcancerideas.blogspot.com/2011/05/bipolar-disorder-linda-hamilton.html

Considering the hidden third energy in case of Katrin Zeta-Jones, from her appearance this
is Dampness energy: relatively powerful shape, balanced insightful character, there's impression she may be  prone to anxiety.

 

the energy picture

is lower left,

Heat, Dampness, Dryness

excess.

The treatment:

Heat, Dampness, Dryness sedate, Wind, Burn, Cold tone up

Recipe in points:

colour of points is colour of natural crystals

to tape on.

This may be combined with easy moxibustion:

heating points by several incense sticks tied together, perpendicular to all points to have a constant pleasant flow of heat,

in a sequence:

orange--->yellow---> light blue --->

green at right--->blue---> red---> green point on the top of finger.

each point for 30sec to 1 min


For her finger of choice may be little finger right hand, or ring finger right hand. 

 

Synovial sarcoma case, Time Energies

The case is supposed to get more detailed evaluation; now the scheme on Time Energies
for the moment sarcoma was first time spotted:

August 20, 2004.


Such schemes were used in this blog many times, summary:
--- there are 3 points on fingers joints, size 2-3 mm

--- point 1 is on the top of a knuckle

--- points 2 and 3 - on the joint line, right at median line

Simple self-treatment:
--- one marks the points by green pen

--- attaches ANY green natural crystals onto by medicine tape (not too thick)

--- heats the crystals by 3 incense sticks tied together in the sequence of numbers, holding the sticks perpendicular to points at a distance to have pleasant feeling of heat, for 30 sec to 1 min for each.

If combine this with the next scheme, the effect will be much stronger. This scheme is for a current day, has 2 points fixed and 3-rd point floating, numbers are days, starting by today, 16-th Aug, up to 23-th Aug.
Treatment is the same, so first one does the first scheme, then proceeds to this one treating points in the sequence 1--->2--->the current day, both schemes in one session.

One can do this on professional level:
--- pick up pine or spruce needles
--- wash them and let them dry
--- make 3 pieces of medicine tape
--- make small holes in each
--- insert a needle into a hole and tape this onto the point, so that the tip touches skin,
and the needle stays perpendicular to the surface, for all 3 points.
One does this IN THE SEQUENCE OF NUMBERS, and has needles for 20-30 min.
Similarly, one can combine both schemes the same way, first taping needles on points for first scheme,
then for the second.

Blog on tennis

There's a blog on Su-jok for tennisplayers problems:
http://acupuncturefortennis.blogspot.com/

Cyclists: hips and shoulders traumas

The scheme actually is aimed on structures controlled by energy of Wind, i.e. muscles, tendons, ligaments; to treat traumas in general one can omit the first green point.

First scheme:
--- men left hip and shoulder
--- women right hip and shoulder











The same for:
--- men right hip and shoulder
--- women left hip and shoulder

Explanations for schemes and position of points, tools and methods for self-treatment have been given
earlier:
http://acupuncturefortennis.blogspot.com/2010/10/tennis-elbow.html
http://acupuncturefortennis.blogspot.com/2010/10/self-treatment-methods-and-tools.html
http://acupuncturefortennis.blogspot.com/2010/10/cruciate-ligament.html

Cyclists: forerams/elbows and shin/knees traumas

Schemes in acu points for forerams/elbows and shin/knees. 
Strictly speaking, this is for rather deep traumas at the layer of muscles, to treat
any type of trauma, one can omit the first green point.

First scheme: 
--- men left forearm/elbow and shin/knee
--- women right forearm/elbow and shin/knee


 






The same for:
--- men right forearm/elbow and shin/knee
--- women left forearm/elbow and shin/knee










Explanations for schemes and position of points, tools and methods for self-treatment have been given
earlier:
http://acupuncturefortennis.blogspot.com/2010/10/tennis-elbow.html
http://acupuncturefortennis.blogspot.com/2010/10/self-treatment-methods-and-tools.html
http://acupuncturefortennis.blogspot.com/2010/10/cruciate-ligament.html

Cycling: wrists/hands (and ankles/feet) traumas

This is treatment for individual arms and legs so far cyclist usually gets one of both injured after a crash.
Wrists and hands traumas are not uncommon for cyclists and bring a lot of inconvenience because
of the whole weight of upper part of body and constant action (brakes etc); ankles and feet are well-protected by shoes so this is less topical.

Wrists and hands, the scheme for: 
--- left wrist and left ankle for men
--- right wrist and ankle for women
Wind (ligaments)--->Wind (left wrist and left ankle for men): Gomo (energy of trauma) sedate, Hetero (opposite energy) tone up , Neitro, Neito (controlling energies) control

 treatment was described earlier.








The same for:
---right wrist and ankle for men
--- left wrist and ankle for women

If a crash involves both wrists/hands:
--- both wrists are treated by first scheme because if taken both they belong to energy of Wind
--- similarly, trauma of both ankles is treated by the second scheme, belonging to energy of Cold.

Root Canals and Breast Cancer, Su-jok evaluation

http://naturaldentistry.us/tag/acupuncture-meridian/

This source links the root canals to breast cancer regarding to it being a source of bacteria,

microbes and toxins from inside the tooth, which can leak into body and cause infections and other
health problems, including cancer.

It is stated to be confirmed by checking the records of 150 breats cancer patients treated in the Paracelsus
Clinic in Switzerland.

The energy mapping gives the energy path to teeth:
Dampness (stomach system)--->Wind (mouth)--->Cold ("bones" in mouth i.e. teeth)--->
Cold (the lowest/deepest part i.e. roots)

Direct energy mapping to locate breasts in the same system:

Wind (between neck and diaphragm)---> Dampness ( location of breasts in vertical mapping)  --->Cold (the frontal area of breasts within red vertical lines) the similarity is about 100%.

Besides: 
--- breasts are especially rich in lymph. paths and lymphatic system is controlled by energy of 

Dampness

--- cancer's basic energy is Cold

With such clear matching for energy sequences this easily explains the observed phenomena or at least
shows this is possible.
This can also show more regions which can be affected similar way:
--- starting with Wind: liver/gall bladder
--- starting with Dampness: stomach, pancreas, spleen
--- staring with Cold: bones, kidneys, bladder.
for the latter:
Cold--->Wind--->Dampness:
--- region of 3/6-4/6 length of left foot/left hand for men
--- or, kidneys, 2/6-3/6 height, 3/6-4/6 deep.

"2-path" scheme and treatment on boyl-chakras

http://acupunctureforcancerideas.blogspot.com/2011/07/heart-attack-packaged-scheme.html
Severe cases of heart attack or stroke require combination of Yang and Yin approaches.
First is generally for emergency help, fast-developing situations and sudden and rapidly changing symptomes, and done on meridians, second is for deep-rooting, slowly-developing and similar, also for deeply located problems, done on boyl-chakras. 

"2-path scheme" belongs to first, and allows both fundamental (Diamond Energy System) and fast (Border meridians) action, making Light-Darkness schemes valuable for emergency and life-threatening 
situations like car accidents, eye traumas, heart attack, stroke etc.

Such schemes turned out compatible with treatment on boyl-chakras on the same hand, i.e. for deep-rooting problems, which may be a solution to treat severe brain damage, for example.
If do chakral treatment on fingers joints (Neitro-system), both schemes seem to interact and coordinate 
action.

Treatment on boyl-chakras is too demanding for non-professionals and is not covered here. 

Cycling, Chi-Gong and Su-jok medicine II

That Su-Jok medicine can operate with body systems which can open up prospects to help exercise those systems, not just recovery, is really interesting. 

Su-Jok can directly work with immune system and every component of it, and also with Border and Core meridians which are fundamental store of energy, which can allow one to accumulate energy there and use it at critical moments, like hard mountain climb.

This can narrow the gap between time trial specialists and pure mountain climbs specialists, making win 

of Giro or Tour de France in general classification for riders like Fabian Cancellara or Sylvain Chavanel, 

let alone Jeremy Roy or Sandy Casar, more real.

Especially interesting are schemes based on Chronopuncture, as they seem to be able to invoke the 
energy state one has had at very favorable time period when one had an energy peak, for a particular day (at least this proved working for stroke and diabetes sufferers).
Of course, an athlete will have to compensate this later in recovery period, which underlines the importance of constant energy uptake.

Cycling, Chi-Gong and Su-jok medicine

Chi-Gong has rather unique position among methods to balance and gain energy,
because:
--- there's a variety of traditions and branches within each 
--- Chi-Gong having Tibetan/Chinese origin is very practically oriented, like most of Chinese approaches,
in contrast to, for example, Hindus healing traditions
--- generally one can expect faster progress with Chi-Gong in connection to energy gain and recovery 
after big energy spending like Grand Tours
--- Chi-Gong is essential part of every martial art tradition, which makes it much closer to
Western sports 


In connection to acupuncture and Su-jok medicine in particular, there's distinct similarity for methods
of energy accumulation.
The fundamental Chi-Gong practice of "Lesser and Grosser Heaven's Circle" to work on Du-Mai and Zheng-Mai meridians to raise body energy, has at least 3 basic schemes in Su-jok which also gives more
options, like extending the exercise to 24/7 by tools attached to points.

Regarding to cycling (and any other sport), Su-Jok and Chi-Gong can give:
--- faster recovery so far all energy paths to organs and systems are well described
(and used to treat very serious diseases)
--- one can focus on a particular systems like cardiovascular, muscular, even lymphatic for
faster removal of wastes and toxins from muscles and organs
--- by Su-jok one can focus even more, to do this for thighs muscles, or calf, or back, with similar schemes
which were described for a particular region like knee traumas
--- raising energy by working with basic energy points can give more power and quite effectively
support during "bad" days and periods
--- there's simple emotional correction by massage of an organ zone which corersponds to a particular
emotion : fear - kidneys/bladder; anxiety - spleen/pancreas/stomach etc (was described earlier), let alone
special emotions correction schemes.

Chi-Gong has proved itself as efficient tool to a wide range of conditions from posture correction to
recovery from serious traumas and even stroke (many sources available).

Cyclists: helping emotional problems

Harmful events like crashes especially accidents caused by cars or motorcycles
serving the race, which was not one case at Tour de France this year, may have serious
impact on riders emotional state.
Besides, bad crashes can seriously affect the riders motivation like confessed by Robert Gesink 
in his interviews, considering the physical traumas he got are not hampering him from continuing
the race.

The "integrated" scheme for heart attack/stroke:
http://acupunctureforcancerideas.blogspot.com/2011/07/heart-attack-packaged-scheme.html
proved also working well for emotional/mental traumas having rather fast effect done
on professional level (needles combined with moxa treatment).

One however can do the same by natural crystals for self-treatment:

points are easy to find:
--- for point 3', it's 1/2 distance between green point 2'
and the tip of thumb
--- for point 2 - at 1/2 of the lower part of black line
(the meridian), point 3 - 1/2 distance between points 2 
and 1.


One tapes natural crystals 2-3 mm size of the same colour
onto, for 30 min up to several hours.
One can add heating my moxa cigar, 
--- in sequence of numbers: 1-2-3 then 1-2'-3'
--- keeping it perpendicular to points at comfortable distance to create a constant flow of heat
--- 30 sec to 1 min each.
 




Warning: this scheme may not apply for those with irregular heart beating!
Also, for those who just have had an operation on heart and any acute heart condition
like several days from the moment of heart attack.

Cycling: 2-points easy treatment for joints

There is general mapping of body on the palm, so one can use 2 main points for joints locations,
like shown for both shoulders:

Attaching plant thorns like was described in:
http://acupunctureforcancerideas.blogspot.com/2011/07/tour-de-france-2011-crashes-andreas.html
onto the points, one does general harmonization of energies for the injured joint.






If combine this with moxa treatment - heating by special moxa or several incense sticks 
tied together holding it beside the needle aiming at the points, this can ease pain rather 
quickly and manage all other trauma aspects.

Of course, this works not only for cyclists traumas.

Emergency acupuncture for cyclists III, head

In case of severe blow in head, it's good to use links of brain to kidneys
and massage to kidneys reflex zones helps the trauma:

zones for kidneys on the right image, Insect
Correspondence system.

Besides, massage and heating the whole path 
for spinal column on finger will help drive away
the harmful energy from brain.

Finger of choice may be:
--- ring finger left hand - finger of Burn,
the energy for brain and nerv. system
--- ring finger right hand - finger of Cold, 
main trauma energy.



 

Brain is controlled by energy of Burn and kidneys by energy of Cold; Burn and Cold energies are in axis relation.

Besides, several hours since trauma, general trauma energy 
becomes energy of Cold, so working on kidneys helps
eliminate it.


 

Emergency acupuncture for cyclists II

There are of course more emergency type schemes, like:
--- Correspondence systems, needles/crystals/other tools applied right
on the reflex zone for the trauma
--- "local" systems
all this is well-known for Su-jok specialists.

One method is particularly interesting: if, for example, there's a deep cut, one can use 
plant seeds applied onto the reflex zone around the cut so that their magnetic fields are 
directed inside to push the edges to close: 

The cut is on outer side of left shin, seeds applied
on the corresponding zone.

Seed's magnetic field is very weak but the same level as human magnetic fields, giving sort of resonance and human tissues respond.

The magn. field vector is usually directed from
sharp to blunt edge of a seed, so to help wound close
one orients them blunt edge inside (pic).

This has much wider application, for example, for asthma to expand bronchi; to help drive away kidney/bladder stones; to help prolapsed uterus etc.



Low energy laser treatment is of particular interest for emergency help for traumas, as laser
beam has prominent "antiseptic" and cleansing properties; besides, green laser has 
significant pain-killer effect, and if applied to right points, can ease riding for injured rider
similar to pain-killers.

However, there's usual problem of right dosing for laser treatment, so one is to have clear understanding 
of rider's state and the situation. 

Tour de France 2011 crashes, Andreas Kloden

Regarding to his back injury, not knowing the exact trauma location, simple acupuncture by "needles"
in harmonization mode:

The scheme coves the area from Th-11 to coccyx.

One can:
--- mark the points by colour pen, colour for all points is
actually the same
--- make small holes in 3 pieces of med. tape and inserts

ANY plant thorns into

--- tape this perpendicular to skin first onto point 1, so that the tip of a thorn touches skin, then the same for points 2, in any order.

Of course the sufferer himself can use 2 points:
--- 1 and 2 for lower part towards coccyx
--- 1 and 2' for the upper part 



Plant thorns are to be kept like this for 20-30 min, then may be replaced by green crystals, 
for several hours up to 24 hours.

Striking feature of such acupuncture is, one not only doesn't need to insert needles deep in flesh,

but also prick the skin, nevertherless this is staff method to use plant needles in Su-jok
medicine.

Emergency acupuncture for cyclists

The initial impact causing trauma starts "chain reactions", which is known in traumatology,
so erasing this harmful energy as quickly as possible can make big difference for how this trauma
will be healed later.
There are certain fast-working schemes like the schemes with points around nails which give effect 
in 15-20 sec.

Another fast-working scheme which in addition acts on fundamental level, is the "Royal" healing on Du-Mai and Zheng-Mai meridians in classic acupuncture, or Border meridians in Su-jok medicine:

the "integrated" scheme for heart/brain problems, currently
being used for a patient who had stroke status and later 
developed heart attack.


Points 1, 2', 3' can be used as emergency help right at the scene
for brain traumas, eye/face traumas, everything related to 
head.











Similarly, treatment for back or chest region:

Sequence 1 targets sacrum (and coccyx), sequence
2  is for scapula region.

There are usually just 3 points to target the damaged area so this can be done quickly and "on the fly", when cyclist is riding beside the med. car.










There may be a problem:
--- cyclists are usually not used to acupuncture treatment
--- acupuncture uses the energy present in body and directs it to ailing area
--- this leaves a bit less energy for riding, but mental energies are also affected
--- this means, if one's not used to this, he may lose concentration at riding, which he most probably
may not notice as this acupuncture acts very smoothly and harmoniously.

This doesn't mean there can't be acupuncture on the fly, but one is to use other methods 
than needles, which allow careful dosing and also alter intensity, like combination of crystals 
taped onto points (basic action) and heating by moxa (dynamic action).


On the other hand, if one's having acu sessions regularly, he gets used to it, and no such problem
even when riding in rainy weather.