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Acupuncture is a 3 thousand-year-old healing technique of traditional Chinese Medicine. In year 1997, the United States National Institute of Health or NIH has documented and then publicized the efficacy and safety of acupuncture of a large variety of conditions. Today, acupuncture is covered by lots of insurance policies and it is used most broadly for relieving pain.

How does acupuncture work?

Acupuncture is improving the functions of the body, and promoting the natural self-healing process by means of stimulating particular anatomic websites, which is mostly referred to as the acupoints, meaning acupuncture points. The most typical method used in stimulating acupoints is inserting sterile and fine needles into the skin. Heat, pressure, or electrical stimulation will be able to further enhance the effects. Several other acupoint stimulation techniques include cupping, heat therapy or moxibustion, manual massage, and the application of topical herbal linaments and medicines.

The traditional Chinese Medicine is based on an ancient philosophy, which is describing the body and the universe, when it comes to 2 opposing forces: the yang and yin. When these forces are in balance, the body will be health. Energy will flow along particular pathways all over the body, and this is called the meridian. This consistent flow of energy will keep the yang and yin forces balanced. Nevertheless, if the flow of energy has been blocked, just like water that is stuck behind a dam, the disruption may lead to lack of function, pain, or illness.

Acupuncture will be able to release the blocked energy in the body, and then stimulate the function. This will evoke the natural healing response of the body all over the different physiological systems. Modern research has demonstrated the effects of acupuncture on the immune system, nervous system, endocrine, digestive system, and cardiovascular system. Through the stimulation in the body’s several systems, acupuncture will be able to help you in resolving your pain, and improving your digestive function, sleep, and sense of well-being.

Conditions that are usually treated by acupuncture

There are hundreds of clinical studies on the advantages of acupuncture, which showed successful treatment of different conditions, ranging from musculoskeletal problems like neck pain and back pain; to anxiety, insomnia, migraine headache, infertility, and depression. These studies showed that acupuncture was an efficient treatment for the symptoms, diseases, or conditions, and these are as follows:

· Dysentery, acute bacillary
· Headache
· Knee pain
· Hypotension
· Hypertension
· Facial pan
· Dysmenorrhea
· Depression
· Biliary colic
· Nack pain
· Low back pain
· Induction of labor
· Leukopenia
· Epigastralgia
· Renal colic
· Dental pain
· Vomiting and nausea
· Morning sickness
· Correction for malposition of fetus
· Sprain
· Post-operative pain
· Shoulder periarthritis
· Stroke
· Rheumatoid arthritis
· Tennis elbow
· Many others

The greatest advantages that an acupuncture can offer are an entirely new level of pain relief, the type that stops that pain before it even starts. Consistent acupuncture treatments in the absence of any severe pain complaints will help you in ensuring that you have nothing to complain about except the excessive amounts of vitality, relaxation, and energy.

 

See Also: Acupuncture in the Pacific Northwest

 

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