About Acupuncture
Oriental Medicine focuses on healing imbalances in the body, mind, and spirit. The practitioner seeks to understand the energetic relationships of the body. The goal is to treat the whole system, and not only the symptom.
HOW DOES ACUPUNCTURE WORK?
Acupuncture regulates and controls the endocrine and immune systems, releasing hormones and immune competent factors. These reactions assist cells, tissues, and organs to rebuild homeostasis. It also acts on the central nervous system to release neurotransmitters, which affect emotion and pain responses. Dramatic changes in health and energy level and substantial pain reduction can be achieved through the stimulation of specific acupuncture points.
Acupuncture promotes the movement of Qi (pronounced chee) in the body. Qi is the revitalizing energy that circulates along channels, to all organs of the body enabling them to function. Qi is what animates you; it gives you vitality and shows itself as a sparkle in your eyes. When the Qi in the body is abundant and flowing freely, the body and mind are healthy. When your Qi becomes obstructed or deficient, the body becomes distressed and symptoms of sickness begin to appear.
WHAT CAN ACUPUNCTURE TREAT?
The World Health Organization of the United Nations and the National Institute of Health consider Acupuncture an effective treatment for many disorders including:
Addiction - alcohol, drug, smoking
Anxiety
Arthritis
Asthma
Bronchitis
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Chronic fatigue
Colitis
Common cold
Constipation
Dental pain
Depression
Diarrhea
Digestive trouble
Dizziness
Dysentery
Emotional problems
Eye problems
Facial palsy/tics
Fatigue
Fertility
Fibromyalgia
Gingivitis
Headache
Hiccough
Incontinence
Indigestion
Irritable bowel syndrome
Low back pain
Menopause
Menstrual irregularities
Migraine
Morning sickness
Nausea
Osteoarthritis
Pain
PMS
Pneumonia
Reproductive problems
Rhinitis
SciaticaSeasonal affective disorder (SAD)
Shoulder pain
Sinusitis
Sleep disturbances
Smoking cessation
Sore throat
Stress
Tennis elbow
Tonsillitis
Tooth pain
Trigeminal neuralgia
Urinary tract infections
Vomiting
Wrist pain
