What is Acupuncture?
Acupuncture is a key component of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) that can be tracked back to at least 2500 years.
The theory behind acupuncture is based on Qi (pronounced "chee"), or vital energy that flows throughout the body.
Acupuncture is a medical technique consisting of placing needles at strategic points on the body to activate body's innate healing resources. In addition to needles, other techniques may be also used such as cupping, moxibustion, gua sha, electro stimulation, and tuina.
How Acupuncture Works
When we are healthy, the physiological parameters in our body are constantly maintained in the proper range even in the face of constantly changing external environmental conditions.
Once our physiological mechanisms start failing in maintaining physiological balance, we are faced with a disease.
Treating disease means bringing the body's physiology into proper balance. Acupuncturists treat these imbalances by inserting fine, sterile needles at specific acupuncture points along the meridian pathways. The acupuncture points are chosen based on your unique issues and symptoms.
At local level, at the site of needle insertion, a number of chemicals (such as prostaglandins, red and white blood cells, glutamate and other) are released as a result of the local neuro-tissue stimulation. These chemicals have several specific therapeutic effects on the local tissues, that are involved in starting the healing process, reducing inflammation, fighting infections and increasing local circulation.
At systemic level, by stimulating peripheral nerves at acupuncture points, the stimulation is transferred to spinal nerves and, further, to different areas in the brain that can have effect on hormone regulation, on functioning of the internal organs, immune system, and on emotional wellbeing.
How will I know if acupuncture can help me?
It is impossible to know if any acupuncturist can help you without initial trial of treatments. Human body produces its own "pharmaceuticals" such as opioids, cortisol, epinephrine and many, many others, which are capable of fighting inflammation and pain. All acupuncture does is stimulate your body to utilize its own resources to heal.
Most of the time we need at least 3-6 treatments to see how your body reacts to acupuncture. If there is a relief after these initial set of treatments, we will evaluate how many additional treatments are needed.
The total number of treatments needed to resolve your particular condition will depend on factors such as how severe the condition is, how long you had it, your overall health, age, etc..
What is the Evidence that Acupuncture Works
Research studies on animals and humans have shown that acupuncture has effect on regulating nervous, immune, and endocrine system.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and National Institute of Health (NIH) released a report in 2003 called: "Acupuncture: Review and Analysis of Reports on Controlled Clinical Trials". The report names over 50 conditions that acupuncture is beneficial for. These include various psychological, gastrointestinal, neurological, musculo-skeletal, respiratory, gynecological, cardiovascular and other conditions.
Acupuncture is a key component of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) that can be tracked back to at least 2500 years.
The theory behind acupuncture is based on Qi (pronounced "chee"), or vital energy that flows throughout the body.
Acupuncture is a medical technique consisting of placing needles at strategic points on the body to activate body's innate healing resources. In addition to needles, other techniques may be also used such as cupping, moxibustion, gua sha, electro stimulation, and tuina.
How Acupuncture Works
When we are healthy, the physiological parameters in our body are constantly maintained in the proper range even in the face of constantly changing external environmental conditions.
Once our physiological mechanisms start failing in maintaining physiological balance, we are faced with a disease.
Treating disease means bringing the body's physiology into proper balance. Acupuncturists treat these imbalances by inserting fine, sterile needles at specific acupuncture points along the meridian pathways. The acupuncture points are chosen based on your unique issues and symptoms.
At local level, at the site of needle insertion, a number of chemicals (such as prostaglandins, red and white blood cells, glutamate and other) are released as a result of the local neuro-tissue stimulation. These chemicals have several specific therapeutic effects on the local tissues, that are involved in starting the healing process, reducing inflammation, fighting infections and increasing local circulation.
At systemic level, by stimulating peripheral nerves at acupuncture points, the stimulation is transferred to spinal nerves and, further, to different areas in the brain that can have effect on hormone regulation, on functioning of the internal organs, immune system, and on emotional wellbeing.
How will I know if acupuncture can help me?
It is impossible to know if any acupuncturist can help you without initial trial of treatments. Human body produces its own "pharmaceuticals" such as opioids, cortisol, epinephrine and many, many others, which are capable of fighting inflammation and pain. All acupuncture does is stimulate your body to utilize its own resources to heal.
Most of the time we need at least 3-6 treatments to see how your body reacts to acupuncture. If there is a relief after these initial set of treatments, we will evaluate how many additional treatments are needed.
The total number of treatments needed to resolve your particular condition will depend on factors such as how severe the condition is, how long you had it, your overall health, age, etc..
What is the Evidence that Acupuncture Works
Research studies on animals and humans have shown that acupuncture has effect on regulating nervous, immune, and endocrine system.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and National Institute of Health (NIH) released a report in 2003 called: "Acupuncture: Review and Analysis of Reports on Controlled Clinical Trials". The report names over 50 conditions that acupuncture is beneficial for. These include various psychological, gastrointestinal, neurological, musculo-skeletal, respiratory, gynecological, cardiovascular and other conditions.
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