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Acupuncture Effective for Neck Pain
Researchers from McMaster University in Canada concluded that
acupuncture is moderately effective for treating neck pain. It is more
effective than massage therapy and has no side effects.
Acupuncture
Relieves Pain and Improves Function in Knee Osteoarthritis
Acupuncture provides pain relief and improves function for people with
osteoarthritis of the knee and serves as an effective complement to
standard care. This NIH funded study found that those who received
acupuncture had a 40 percent decrease in pain and a nearly 40 percent
improvement in function compared to baseline assessments.
In-depth Assessment Report
Acupuncture for Fibromyalgia: Technology Assessment
A detailed report assessing the usefulness of acupuncture in treating
fibromyalgia. Excerpted from a report from NHS.
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Acupuncture
What Disorders Can Acupuncture Treat
And How Does It Work?
Today, in China and Taiwan there are over 232,000 traditional Chinese medical
doctors practicing acupuncture. In America there are more than 8000 qualified
acupuncturists, 16 acupuncture schools and 2 medical schools teaching
acupuncture. As a treatment it's accepted and practiced worldwide.
Lowering the blood pressure
with the help of acupuncture
Doctors and scientists from the Irvine university of California have recently
discovered a new method of lowering blood pressure. This method is based on
electroacupuncture, which seems to have a significant effect in lowering blood
pressure.
Acupuncture Treatment for Acne
Many studies have shown their highest success of acupuncture treatment for acne
to be in those patients who also made lifestyle and diet changes, as well.
The Health Benefits of Acupuncture
The proponents of acupuncture rave about the benefits and efficacy of receiving
acupuncture treatment sessions. There are also many studies that have
substantiated some of the positive effects of acupuncture treatments on
patients.
Acupuncture Eases Tension
Headache Pain
The ancient Chinese practice of acupuncture has proven to be an effective
treatment for tension headache. It not only relieves pain, but also cuts rates
of recurrence by almost half, a recent study indicates.
Weight Loss
With Acupuncture - Can Acupuncture Help You Lose Weight?
Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners or TCM physicians claim that
acupuncture can help you to lose body fat by making you feel full and so
will eat less. This curbs excess caloric consumption in the patient
treated with acupuncture and is a great help in the patient’s weight
loss program.
How
Traditional Chinese Medicine (Acupuncture) Enhances Fertility
TCM practitioner will carefully determine the state of your imbalances
and prescribe an individualized program of herbs, acupuncture and diet
to help you create the correct environment for fertility and pregnancy.
Can Acupuncture
Help you Stop, and Eventually Quit Smoking?
Acupuncture is a highly effective method for treating all manner of
addictions including nicotine. The application of acupuncture to help
you stop and eventually quit altogether, involves the insertion of very
fine needles into special points on the skin.
Acupuncture: A
Benefit to the Well Individual?
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.
Other Topics
Attention
Deficit Disorder: New Perspectives
Over the years, the standards of assessment and treatment shifted from a
comprehensive one, to one of almost exclusive focus on medication. While
a percentage of our children were helped, with ability to stay focused
and complete assignments, it seemed that an over-reliance on medications
existed, and still does, with an almost complete absence of education on
the principles of healthy lifestyle.
Talking To Your Emotions: How To
Heal Your Life Quickly
What most people don't realize is that emotions are real things. The
word E-Motion means energy in motion. Emotions become real the second
you create them. However, where most people go wrong is they...
Addiction Treatment Centers
Using Experiential Therapies
Life is experience. Substance dependence overtakes a person’s ability to
make her own decisions to experience life, and life is no longer
actively participated in. Therefore, in overcoming addiction, it is
vital to learn to re-experience life.
China Experience
Find out what Chinese rarely get sick and what they do when they do. The
author surprisingly discovers a side of China that was hard to believe.
