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TRADITIONAL ACUPUNCTURE
Acupuncture is part of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) which has been used for thousands of years to treat injury, illness and maintain health. It is based on the understanding that by stimulating specific areas on the skin, you can affect the physiological functioning of the body’s processes. It has evolved into a potent system of healing that restores and maintains health by the insertion of fine needles into specific points that lie on channels of energy called meridians. By utilizing these points of influence, the practitioner can redirect, increase, or decrease the body’s vital substances, qi & blood, thus correcting any of the body’s imbalances that cause illness.
HOW ACUPUNCTURE WORKS
The classical Chinese explanation is that channels of energy run in regular patterns through the body and over its surface. These energy channels, called meridians, are like rivers flowing through the body to irrigate and nourish the tissues. An obstruction in the movement of these energy rivers is like a dam that backs up in others.
The meridians can be influenced by needling the acupuncture points; the acupuncture needles unblock the obstructions at the dams, and reestablish the regular flow through the meridians. Acupuncture treatments can therefore help the body's internal organs to correct imbalances in their digestion, absorption, and energy production activities, and in the circulation of their energy through the meridians.
Western science explains Acupuncture points are areas of designated electrical sensitivity. Inserting needles at these points stimulates various sensory receptors that, in turn, stimulate nerves that transmit impulses to the hypothalamic-pituitary system at the base of the brain.
The hypothalamus-pituitary glands are responsible for releasing neurotransmitters and endorphins, the body's natural pain-killing hormones. It is estimated that endorphins are 200 times more potent than morphine. Endorphins also play a big role in the functioning of the hormonal system. This is why acupuncture works well for back pain and arthritis and also for P.M.S. and infertility.
The substances released as a result of acupuncture not only relax the whole body, they regulate serotonin in the brain which plays a role in human and animal disposition. This is why depression is often treated with acupuncture.
Some of the physiological effects observed throughout the body include increased circulation, decreased inflammation, relief from pain, relief of muscle spasms and increased T-cell count which stimulates the immune system.
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