A Quick Fact About Acupuncture
An Interesting Spiritual Healing Fact
Infertile Couples Try Acupuncture
drain a couple emotionally and has been known to be the cause of many marital breakups. For those couples who love each other enough to make it through this issue it can eat away at their finances as they try expensive fertility treatments, only some of which will wind up working. Thousands can be spent in the hopes of conceiving a baby and too often it is all for nothing. Now they are even trying acupuncture to see if maybe that is where the cures lie.
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Acupuncture
Have you ever wondered about those long thin needles that you hear people talk about using to restore their health or eliminate stress? How many times have you seen reports on the television or read articles in magazines or the newspapers that tell of the benefits of this practice? Most people have seen or heard about acupuncture but how many of them actually know anything about it other than to say that some needles get stuck into you and that makes you feel better. There is so much more to be said. The word acupuncture means needle piercing. That is a fairly accurate translation since this is a Chinese medicinal method by which thin needles are placed in specific places to cause certain reactions. These places are called acupuncture points. The belief here is that those special points will allow the rebalancing of the bodys energy and so allow for whatever is making a person unwell to be alleviated. Acupuncture treatments are best known as a method for relieving pain.
Unlike most medical courses of action acupuncture is part of Chinese philosophy not just a medical procedure and its success is best explained in these terms. The philosophy tells us that the balance of yin and yang, yin being dark and yang being light, the life elements, is what the aim of this traditional Chinese medicine is all about. If the yin and yang become out of sync the body becomes ill. Only restoring the balance can restore the body's physical and emotional health.
Although many Westerner's are still leery of such treatments the past forty years has seen the acceptance and increased use of acupuncture in North America. The needles must be put in very specific places to help very specific conditions. Despite this fact the uses of acupuncture is almost limitless. Acupuncture therapists claim that they can fix many respiratory conditions including the common cold. They can help gastrointestinal disorders like ulcers, colitis or gastritis. It is used for neurological and musculoskeletal disorders from migraine headaches to osteoarthritis, sciatica and even bed wetting. Many acupuncturists will tell you that a lot of chronic conditions that people are afflicted with like arthritis, skin disorders or injuries can be helped. It can also help eye and mouth problems like pink eye and gum disease. There are some acupuncture specialists who claim that they can help those suffering from depression, sleep disorders or chronic fatigue. Others will say they can cure such addictions as smoking, alcoholism, eating disorders or drug addictions.
Westerners, who really do not necessarily understand the idea of balancing the body's yin and yang, are still turning to this method of healing because they are tired of modern medicine which is so much more invasive. They do not want to take pills for everything. They tire of pills to make them sleep or to make them feel happy. Many people are looking for natural methods to heal themselves. This is one reason that acupuncture continues its growth in popularity in the western world.
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Discoveries in Acupuncture
02/03/2012
Medical Watch: Acupuncture more successful than fertility treatments
Couples who are struggling to get pregnant may find some relief in an ancient Chinese therapy. A new study finds that acupuncture is helping some couples have better success with fertility treatments. Doctors say it helps manage the stress of infertility, can improve blood flow to the uterus and ovaries, and can help the brain release hormones that stimulate the reproductive organs. Acupuncture ...
Medical Watch: Acupuncture more successful than fertility treatments
01/29/2012
Does acupuncture boost IVF success?
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Acupuncture may help some women conceive through in-vitro fertilization (IVF), a new analysis of past research concludes. But the true benefit in the real world, if any, remains unclear. The technique has been used for millennia in traditional Chinese medicine, for a whole range of ills. Ten years ago, a study in Germany was the first clinical trial to report that ...
Does acupuncture boost IVF success?
01/27/2012
Acupuncture May Boost Pregnancy Success Rates
FRIDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) -- When a couple is trying to have a baby and can't, it can be emotionally and financially draining. But help may be available in an unexpected form: acupuncture.
Acupuncture May Boost Pregnancy Success Rates
01/31/2012
Three Health Benefits an Athlete Can Gain from Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a natural treatment option that is available for athletes, and it can help prevent a number of diseases. Acupuncture treatment consists of small needles being inserted into the body at different points, in order to prevent or treat a specific condition.
Three Health Benefits an Athlete Can Gain from Acupuncture
02/04/2012
Local vet offers acupuncture, chiropractic care for pets
Six-year-old Bogart is stretched out across a veterinarian’s table, tongue wagging, as 12 electric acupuncture needles send 4.5 volts of electricity coursing through his body.Bogart is a fluffy chow mix that Flossmoor resident Rhonda Aronson affectionately calls her baby. She’s been taking him to Evergreen Park veterinarian Joe Whalen since the dog injured a disc in its spine on Christmas Eve ...
Local vet offers acupuncture, chiropractic care for pets
02/02/2012
Museum bunny gets acupuncture for twitching head
Veterinarians are unsure what caused the excessive head circling and twitching of Bugsy, the bunny from Durham's Museum of Life and Science. Bugsy is receiving monthly acupuncture treatments to try to treat the behavior.
Museum bunny gets acupuncture for twitching head
01/30/2012
Affordable, community acupuncture in Oakland
With more people losing their jobs and fewer people spending like they did in the past, community acupuncture has become the new frontier for the alternative health industry. read more
Affordable, community acupuncture in Oakland
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