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What is Acupuncture and Can it Help Me?
Ancient Chinese doctors discovered an energy network that travels just beneath the skin along pathways called meridians. It is possible to access this network through 1,00 different places on the body. They found, over many centuries that stimulating these points caused symptoms, conditions and injuries to heal. They attributed this action to the QI (Chee) energy moving in the body along these meridian pathways. This QI energy could be balanced to strengthen weakness, decrease accesses and lower stresses and regulated body functions. Bruce Pomerantz, a Neurophysiologist at the University of Toranto who has spent the last 20 years studying Acupuncture is convinced he has found a rational explanation for the process. He states, "There is overwhelming evidence for animal studies that Acupuncture reduces pain by triggering the release of endorphins and other substances by the nervous system." His "Neural Theory" states that acupuncture stimulates the nervous system to release ACTH, a chemical that helps in fighting inflammation and other chemicals that help wounds and injuries to heal faster. As my Asian teacher says, "It has worked for a thousand years, why does it matter how it works?" The TDA has recently regulated our needles as a medical device, such as surgical scalpels and hypodermic needles. They are disposable. We use them for you at one visit and then discard them. The National Institutes of Health has founded a variety of research projects on acupuncture and recently released a statement confirming acupuncture's therapeutic effects on postoperative dental pain and the nausea and vomiting associated with surgery and chemotherapy. The Word health Organization has listed over 40 conditions that Acupuncture can treat with success.
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Acupuncture
is over 3,000 years old and is used by a large part of the Eastern world.
In most cases, very thin, short needles are inserted in specific points
of the body. They are inserted just below the surface and are left in
a place for a short time. The amount of pain felt is usually less than
that of a mosquito bite and dissipated rapidly. You usually feel relaxed
and peaceful for the duration of the treatment.
