The Truth about Acupuncture
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Written by Christian Goodman
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Monday, 22 September 2008 |
Some Truths About Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a part of ancient Chinese medicine. It's a technique very similar to acupressure.
Thin needles are used and inserted to stimulate specific points in the skin called meridians which are said to be energy paths to cure sickness and guarantee general good health.
When someone becomes sick or is injured, the chi (pronounced either 'chee' or 'kie', like pie) gets blocked and positive energy is prevented for getting through.
Along the body's exterior surface, there are three hundred and sixty five different points of acupuncture scattered over the body, and all these points follow fourteen main meridian paths.
When these fine thin needles are inserted at specific locations on the meridians, the blockage is freed and allows the chi to now circulate freely.
The concept is similar to clearing blocks that are stopping a river from flowing freely. Acupuncture normalizes the flow of 'chi' so that it flows freely and steadily, not too fast and not too slow.
This form of medicine has been practiced in China for at least 4,000 years, with these needles found in archaeology digs of the late Shang Dynasty (c.1000 BC).
The three kinds of acupuncture are traditional Yin/Yang Theory, Five Elements, and the Western or medical acupuncture.
The procedures used in the different types of acupuncture are the same, both to detect as well as to treat, but the approach towards determining the origin of the illness and the treatment vary somewhat between styles.
The basis of five-element acupuncture is the five-element cycle seen in Chinese medicine; the underlying belief is that an illness can be due to a physical cause or emotional stress.
This belief leads to the thought physical illness can only be healed if inner stress is removed.
The process used in Five elements is long, because it does not merely cure the symptoms but the reason behind the illness as well. Because of this, the process takes a longer period of time to reach full recovery.
The Yin/Yang theory is based on the theory that overall balance of the Yin and Yang is needed to achieve good health. In this type of acupuncture, needles are pierced on different points along the meridian so that different illnesses can be healed.
Western acupuncture focuses on short-term, immediate cure of illnesses, and combines both Western and Eastern medical techniques. There are two sub-categories of this method.
The first is the anesthetic acupuncture. This is used in surgical and dental procedures. It is used for temporary pain relief or as an analgesic for instant effect.
The second category is acupuncture used to treat long-term illnesses.
Some very respectable and popular medical research says that this method is very effective for curing allergies, depression, arthritis, asthma, gynecological disorders, infertility, high blood pressure and migraines.
Acupuncture has been found to be effective in treating chronic illnesses which conventional medicines have not been able to treat. It has also been effective in curing illnesses caused by lifestyle problems.
Authors Bio:
Christian Goodman is a famous natural health researcher and the creator of the Alternative health Blog. His latest work is the Fibromyalgia treatment, one of the Health alternatives for curing fiblromyalgia naturally.
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