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1-14-2010: Healthcare reform may include alternative medicine therapy language. In a recent town hall meeting in St. Louis, MO, President Obama noted that he supports acupuncture. A licensed acupuncturist noted that the National Institutes of Health and the Wold Health Organization have “discovered through their studies that alternative medicine is often more cost-effective and very effective”. The President replied, “it is pretty well documented through scientific studi...
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This year there will be 1 billion colds and 95 million cases of the flu in the United States alone. While the misery of cold and flu season might be inevitable, one thing is changing: where we look for relief.
Acupuncture to Get Better Faster - If you have already come down with a cold or the flu, acupuncture treatments can help relieve symptoms you are currently experiencing including chills, fever, body aches, runny nose, congestion, sore throat and cough. While brin...
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How Can Acupuncture Benefit Such a Wide Variety of Conditions?
Researchers have identified several physiological mechanisms to explain the effects of acupuncture. First, acupuncture stimulates electromagnetic signals in the body to be relayed at a greater rate than normal. Some of these signals start the flow of pain-killing biochemicals such as endorphins, while others mobilize immune system cells to specific sites that are injured or vulnerable to disease. Placing needles at specific acupuncture points also activates opioids in the brain that relieve pa
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One of my acupuncture patients spent $50,000 on Western specialists and Fibromyalgia clinics simply trying to "feel better" and find relief from constant pain. She lost her job and her house because she couldn't move, couldn't go outside and couldn't drive at night because the intensity of oncoming car headlights would create piercing head and eye pain. Saddest of all, she began to adapt to this abnormal lifestyle and expect life to look that way.
After $50,000 and no relief, she turned to ...
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Scoliosis is a problematic curvature of the spine. The curve usually takes the shape of a "C" or "S" and can cause the person to stand and walk off-balance and have uneven shoulders and hips. According to the National Institutes of Health, a birth defect, tumor or another disease might cause the spine to have a curve that isn't temporary. People with mild scoliosis might only need checkups to see if the curve is getting worse. From the Western medical perspective, others might need to wear a ...
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You can't discuss acupuncture and digestion without talking about the damage often done by the "American diet." For starters, the American diet is cold, cold, cold! From a Chinese Medical perspective we always want the body in a healthy balance - making sure the organs and body systems aren't too cold and damp or excessively hot. Either extreme will deplete your energy, lead to body dysfunction and uncomfortable symptoms.
One thing that's truly American is ice-cold b...
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Alcohol Detox Treatment & Acupuncture – There’s Help
Detox from alcohol, drugs, smoking or even sugar is a matter of will. It’s a matter of strength. It’s a matter of emotions. And largely it’s a matter of body chemistry. When people are addicted, there’s an imbalance. It could be from an “addictive personality,” an emotional-based trauma, a means of escape or a physical issue. As a member of the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association, part of my job is helping patients get from addiction through wit...
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Nobody wants to be told, "You'll be taking these pills for the rest of your life." First of all, medications are expensive, and a lifetime of Western drugs might be the equivalent of putting one extra child through college (or at least buying one extra used car, depending on the quality of your insurance coverage). Even more importantly, we're all aware at this point of the nasty side effects associated with long-term medication use. Ultimately, what the doctor is really saying is: "You ...
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Sometimes doctors tell their patients things that are difficult or unsettling to hear during a diagnosis: "I don't know ... We can't do anything for you ... Wait and see ..." These types of conversations leave the patients feeling powerless to affect their own health and are especially common with autoimmune diseases or other "lifetime illnesses." These aren't mean or vindictive physicians; they're just speaking the truth from the Western medical perspective. But from the Eastern...
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Your eyes are a reflection of your overall health. Illnesses such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease can be revealed in the eyes. Conditions such as glaucoma, optic neuritis or vision loss are often associated with systemic health problems. It is this interconnection between your eyes and your health that acupuncture and Oriental medicine can tap into and utilize to treat eye and vision problems. Eye conditions respond well to acupuncture and it has been u...
