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Is Acupuncture A Benefit For Your Health?
Before we begin a discussion about the benefits of acupuncture,
let's talk about the origins of acupuncture.
It was first used in China over 2000 years ago, and is one of
the oldest medical procedures in the world.
It is a family of procedures that stimulates the anatomy of the
body and helps to balance the energy flow throughout the body.
It is this kind of acupuncture that is practiced in the United
Sates today, through the use of tiny, metallic needles placed in
affected areas and manipulated by hand or by electrical
stimulation.
Acupuncture is the basic foundation for Traditional Chinese
Medicine and is based on the belief that there are two opposing
and inseparable forces within our body.
They are known as the Yin and Yang of the entire person. The Yin
is representative of the cold, slow, or passive principle, and
yang represents the hot, excited or active principle.
A healthy state is achieved by maintaining a balance state of
the yin and yang. This is done through vital pathways or
meridians that allow for the flow of qi, or vital energy. The
vital energy flow occurs along pathways known as meridians.
These meridians connect over 2,000 acupuncture points along the
body. There are 12 main meridians, and 8 secondary meridians.
Although traditional western medicine does not completely
understand how acupuncture works, the proof that it does work
has been shown in several studies conducted by western medical
facilities. Now, let's move to the question of does it work?
According to the National Institute of Health, the answer would
be yes. Acupuncture has been shown to be effective in many areas
of health care.
Areas such as postoperative nausea, chemotherapy side effects,
osteoarthritis, low-back pain, headache, menstrual cramps,
addiction, carpal tunnel syndrome, and asthma, just to name a
few.
The study revealed that acupuncture was able to provide
pain
relief, improve function and mobility of joints due to arthritis
inflammation, and served to complement standard care.
Although there are many who would doubt the effectiveness of
acupuncture, once they are a patient, they are believers. It has
been proposed that acupuncture works and produces its effects
through regulating the nervous system.
The theory proposes that since acupuncture produces its effect
through regulation of the nervous system, it induces the release
of endorphins and immune system cells at specific sites on the
body. There is also the theory that acupuncture alters the brain
chemistry by the changing the neurotransmitters in the brain.
Without doubt acupuncture was a benefit in the study, and as a
patient myself, I can vouch for the wonderful effect it has had
on my back. Although acupuncture is classified as an alternative
medicine therapy, and there is still much to be understood about
the way it works, it is a proven aid in maintaining optimal
health. But what about the well individual, can acupuncture
provide a benefit to them? Absolutely. Because acupuncture works
off the belief that we must maintain balance of our vital energy
flow in order to remain healthy, acupuncture serves as the tool
for realignment.
Our vital energy flow can be out of balance, and we still feel
and appear quite healthy. It is in this capacity that
acupuncture serves as a sort of preventive medicine.
Checking and balancing the flow of energy on the meridian points
in your body is like your car receiving a tune-up before it is
in need of a repair.
About the author:
Rene Graeber graduated from the University of Munic in
Educational and Sports Science and from the Paracelsus School of
Medicine in Hamburg from Naturopathic Medicine. If you're
looking for helpful information about alternative medicine visit
his website at http://www.naturheilku
nde-preetz.de
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