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Your acupuncturist
will be able to evaluate your specific situation with this information
to ensure the best results.
Since the discovery of AIDS more and more acupuncturists choose to
use disposable acupuncture needles.
This type of needles come in sterile containers, are used once, and
then disposed of.
So you don't need to worry about infectious diseases if you are treated
with disposable needles.
Does Acupuncture Hurt?
Acupuncture
needles are very thin. From ten to fifteen acupuncture needles
can fit into one conventional hypodermic needle. There is no
discomfort when the needle goes through the skin but a slight
tingle. When the needle reaches the acupoint there is another
sensation described as heaviness or a dull ache which is known
as acupuncture sensation. The sensation felt is generally acceptable
and lasts only 1 or 2 seconds. The needles are either withdrawn
immediately or left in for up to twenty or thirty minutes,
during this time there may be a pleasant feeling of relaxation.
What Can
Acupuncture Treat?
Each system
of medicine has its own areas of greatest effectiveness. Acupuncture
excels in pain control and treating nerves system problems,
stress related disorders and some chronic problems. For example;
anxiety states, arthritis, asthma, back pain, chronic fatigue,
depression, facial paralysis, tennis elbow, frozen shoulder,
infertility, IBS, menstrual problems, migraines, sciatica,
skin complaints, sinusitis etc. Extensive practice and research
have also shown acupuncture's effectiveness in helping stop
smoking, addiction and many other conditions.
How Does
Acupuncture Work?
When we
insert needles into the skin we can see that the skins around
the needles become red. This induced scientists to suppose
that certain hormones are released by the pricking of the needles.
These hormones might be pain killing, stimulating the circulation
and also cortisone but produced by the human body itself.
In the terms of Traditional
Chinese Medicine, the energy of the body is distributed through
12 main energy meridians (or called channels). Each meridian
is associated with an organ. The chronic over or under activity
of any of these meridians will cause the organ to work less effectively
and disease will result. Acupuncture points are only doors to
energy channels within the body. By closing or opening these
channels we can bring the energy flow into harmony. Thus the
patient himself has ability to overcome his problems. |
