Acupuncture

Acupuncture treatment is usually carried out by inserting very fine sterilized needles into acupuncture points.  Acupuncture treatment is capable to help a wide range of disorders including the following conditions: ainful and musculo-skeletal disorders including back pain, sciatica, frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, osteo-arthritis, sprains and injuries to soft tissue and their after effects etc. 

One study has found that real acupuncture treatment is effective  in reducing the discomfort of acute migraine headache in patients with migraine. Another also points to its effectiveness in treating acne. In China, brain surgery has been painless through blocking meridian pain centers.

Practiced for over 3000 years in China, the benefit of Acupuncture treatment is now without a doubt recognized and well recognized in Western medical journals and in medical institutions across the United States. Acupuncture treatment is reliable when performed by a qualified, licensed practitioner.

Acupunture theory maintains that we all have a life force call qi. It is said to be found in every thing, both human and non human, from breath to the blood that flows through us, and the movement of qi throughout the body. The purpose of acupunture treatment then is to correct any inbalance of the qi which led to various ailments.

To some who have experienced acupunture treatment, they describe qi as a sensation brought about by acupuncture treatment that they will not want to miss. It kind of feels like blood flowing, as if you could hear it, but not really.

It is a real sedating experience. When the acupuncturist brings the needles out of your body you can virtually experience the qi moving, it feels like a thread being pulled from your leg, or foot, or wherever the needle is being drawn out from.

The underpinning idea behind acupunture treatment is the philosophy of Dao, the ying and the yang. Dao is the path in Chinese Medicine and acupuncture. Dao urges living in moderation, and striving for balance with nature. The Chinese believe that moderation is the key to living a long life, and use the practice of acupuncture treatment to balance bodies and spirit to maintain health and to bring into balance ill health.

The Chinese believe that moderation is the key to living a long life, and use the practice of acupuncture treatment to balance bodies and spirit to maintain health and to bring into balance ill health. Qi establishes the interconnectedness with everything and is found in ones blood and heart, lungs and oxygen. We are made up of three elements, qi (pronounced Chee) is our energy, Shen is your spirit, and Jing is the essence of ourselves.

Dao advocates living in moderation, and striving for balance with nature. Jing helps us grow and reproduce. Shen is compared to ones soul in that it provides thought and the awareness of the self.

When our Jing is used up, we die. Because we lose jing if we live carelessly, acupuncture can reduce the loss by balancing the qi, or energy, helping to preserve jing. Once we lose jing, it can not be replaced, as the Chinese believe that we are each born with a finite amount.

When they are out of balance we exhibit arrogance, pride, lust, gluttony, and the other excesses of living which eat away at our Jing.

This is also why acupuncture treatment is often used in cooperation with herbal therapy. Acupuncture works with the yang because it comes from outside the body and goes inside (the act of inserting the needle), while herbal therapies are considered to be ying therapies because they move throughout the interior of the body.

Although acupuncture is widely thought to be used primarily to control pain, acupuncture can benefit a host of other illnesses, such as respitory ailments (asthma), cataracts, hiccups, ulcers, migraines, and toothache, just to name a very few.

The truth is that I have never seen an ailment that can't be alleviated with acupuncture treatment, including alcoholism and addiction cravings. There is a point in the ear which can help alleviate cravings of all addictive behaviors, and acute withdrawal from alcoholism can be helped with the point used for the liver.

Western medicine is beginning to concede to acupuncture for its use in alleviating chronic pain, such as neck and back, which a lot of westerners suffer from. We are only now beginning to accept the fact that it can also be used to help anxiety and chronic fatigue, and more and more medical insurance is beginning to include acupuncture on claim forms.

This article is meant to be informative only, and does not go into the detail that acupuncture treatment deserves; please see a practitioner of Chinese medicine for more information.