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Maximizing health, relieving pain. Your body is a dynamic environment of
interrelating and interconnecting networks.
Some of these networks are obvious and others are more subtle. Western science has focused its attention on the obvious networks such as the
nervous, circulatory, endocrine, and lymphatic systems.
In contrast, Traditional Chinese Medicine has, over
the centuries, mapped out the subtle networks and interrelationships that
reveal our bodies to be dynamic cellular ecosystems.
By using a systems approach to health care, early
Oriental practitioners discovered Acupuncture point. They found that upon stimulating these
points a cascade of positive changes occur in the body.
Computer imaging of the brain during an acupuncture
treatment shows dynamic activity occuring in many
regions and structures within the brain.
This modern research has shown that stimulating an Acupuncture point
causes an increase in the production of endorphins and simultaneously
activates the immune and endocrine systems.
Your acupuncturist can choose the most effective
treatment plan to help you obtain your desired health outcome. Acupuncture point will be chosen to
relieve pain and stress, and to increase vitality.
Each acupuncturist uses fine high grade surgical steel
needles to stimulate the Acupuncture point on your body. These pre-sterilized and disposable
needles are used only once.
Traditional Chinese Medicine includes many
modalities. Ask your practitioner
about alternatives to needles.
Millions of patients have enjoyed the benefits of
acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine. They report the elimination or reduction
of pain, and increase in function, and a greater sense of vitality and
well-being.
Acupuncture point treatment has evolved over
thousands of years. It is called
empirical science when Acupuncture point have been systematically tried
and observed for functions and treatment efficacy. This art was started by the use of what
the Chinese call ashi points, or points where
there is pain. Bones, sharpened
stones, or bamboo were inserted into these ashi Acupuncture point and it was found to give
relief. Over the next few centuries,
Qigong practitioners, doctors, and shamans began to see and map out the
system of energetic meridians that course throughout our body. To date this is still being refined. Acupuncture point are specific points on
the body which give particular access to this energetic system, performing
different functions depending on their locations and the patterns of
disease disharmony involved.
The needles are usually retained in the body for 10
minutes to one hour. While the
patient is relaxed, the Acupuncture practitioner may choose to manipulate
particular needles at particular Acupuncture point to give desired
effects. This action is to either tonify, nourish, or strengthen, or conversely, to
drain or subdue.
Electrical stimulation is also sometimes
indicated. This is performed by
placing small alligator clips onto the needles and passing a very mild
battery generated electrical current through the it.
It should be known that many conditions can take many
months of treatments to obtain desired results. For instance, Chronic low back pain that
has been nagging someone for 10 years may see some very quick results,
although, any substantial lasting effects would actually take months or even
years of regular treatments. The
acupuncture practitioner will find out all they can about the particular
condition and judge how frequent and how long treatment is indicated according
to the severity and duration.
The sensations people claim to receive from
Acupuncture point treatment are: dull aching pain, tingling sensation at
the points or along the course of a meridian, mild electrical shock,
heaviness of the treated limb(s), and many more that get quite original to
the individuals. Although, if pain
seems to persist and is unbearable, inform your acupuncturist, he may
extract the particular needle or back it off until the pain subsides.
As with any medical field, the patient should use
caution and instinct in carefully choosing their practitioner. It should be someone they feel very
comfortable with so a trusting relationship may be formed. The practitioner themselves should be
healthy, as they are coming in very intimate contact with your subtle inner
energies.
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