Conditions that Acupuncture Treats

What Can Acupuncture Help?

An acupuncturist may be consulted by people with specific symptoms or conditions, such as pain, anxiety, arthritis, eczema, sports injuries hayfever, asthma, migraine, high blood pressure, menstral disorders, intestinal problems or pregnancy management and delivery.

While extensive practice and research has shown that acupuncture is effective in helping people with such conditions as well as with many others, it does more that simply relieve symptoms. The aim of acupuncture is to treat the whole patient and to restore the balance between the physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of the individual.

In traditional acupuncture, since all illness is considered the result of an imbalance of energy, treatment can benefit almost any ill person as long as the degenerative process in the tissues of the body is not too extensive.

Many people also have acupuncture as a preventitive treatment or because they feel unwell in themselves but are not 'ill' in the Western sense.

What conditions can be successfully treated?

• Eyes-Ears-Nose-Throat: Poor vision, Cataracts, Tinnitis, Toothache, Gingivitis, Sore throat, Sinusitis, Ear infection
• Emotional: Insomnia, Depression, Anxiety, Nervousness, Neurosis
• Digestive: Abdominal pain, Hyperacidity, Diarrhea, Colitis, Indigestion, Constipation, Irritable bowel, Syndrome, Reflux diseases
• RESPIRATORY: Asthma, Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Allergies, Common cold
• Gynecological: Infertility, PMS, or cramps, Menopausal symptoms, Irregular period
• Musculoskeletal: Muscle pain/weakness, Sciatica, Back pain, Neck pain, Muscle Cramping, Arthritis, Lumbar radiculopathy pain
• Neurological: Migraines, Headaches, Post-operative pain, Stroke, Parkinson's Disease, Neurogenic bladder dysfunction
• Respiratory: Sinusitis, Common Cold, Tonsillitis, Bronchitis, Asthma, Pneumonia, Allergies
• Miscellaneous: Chronic fatigue, Stress reduction, Smoking cessation, Addiction control, Enhance athletic performance, Blood pressure regulation, Immune system tonification, Increase vitality and energy
• Circulatory: Cold hands & feet, Anemia, Hypertension, Palpitation
• Dermatologica: Dry skin, Eczema, Acne, Psoriasis
• Other benefits: Weight control, Deep relaxation.

The above list is based on the World Health Organiztion, United Nations (1979).

General Treatments:

• Upper Respiratory tract: Acute sinusitis, Acute rhinitis, Common Cold, Acute tonsilitis
• Disorders of the Mouth: Toothache, Post-extraction pain, Gingivitis, Acute and chronic pharyngitis
• Respiratory system: Acute bronchitis, Bronchial asthma
• Gastrointestinal system: Spasms of oseophagus and cardia, Hiccough, Acute and chronic gastritis, Gastric hyperacidity, Chronic duodenal ulcer (pain relief), Acute duodenal ulcer (without complications), Acute bacillary dysentery, Constipation, Diarrhoea, Paralytic ileus
• Disorders of the Eye: Acute conjunctivitis, Central retinitis, Myopia (in children), Cataract (without complications)
• Neurological and musculoskeletal disorders: Headache, Migraine, Trigeminal neuralgia, Facial palsy (early stage), Pareses following a stroke, Peripheral neuropathies, Sequelae of poliomyelitis (early stage), Meniere's disease, Neurogenic bladder dysfunction, Nocturnal enuresis, Intercostal neuralgia, Cervicobrachial syndrome, 'Frozen shoulder', 'Tennis elbow', Sciatica, Low back pain, Osteoarthritis

The above is the World Health Organization, WHO provisional list of diseases that lend themselves to acupuncture treatment. Source: Bannerman R H 1979 Acupuncture: the WHO View. World Health, December, p27-28.

What is Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture?

A painless, non-surgical method to reduce the signs of the aging process, a rejuvenation and revitalization process designed to help the body look and feel younger. It is based on the principles of Oriental Medicine and involves the insertion of hair-thin needles into particular areas of the face, ear, neck, hands, trunk and legs along channels of energy.

Benefits and Results:

• Result may be apparent after just a few treatments
• Moisturizing the skin
• Bags under the eyes can be reduced
• Fine lines may be entirely eliminated
• Deeper wrinkles may be diminished
• Jowls can be firmed
• Puffiness can be eliminated
• Droopy eyelids can be lifted
• Double chins may be minimized
• May erase as many as five to fifteen years from the face
• Effects can last for years with regularly scheduled maintenance treatment

Weight Loss

Using acupuncture and Chinese herbs to loss weight is a very safe and quite effective method, especially in conjunction of diet and exercise. Acupuncture and herbs can help you lose weight and keep it off. Maintenance of lost weight is a multi-faceted problem. However, using acupuncture weight loss can aid you in your weight loss plans in many ways.
The theory behind Acupuncture for weight loss is that it helps to curb appetite, depress cravings, rid excess water, speed up metabolism, and stimulate the pituitary gland to burn off extra calories. Acupuncture and herbs balance your digestion, support your energy, and reduce your emotional and physical stress. Electro-acupuncture also used at some local areas where have large fatty tissues to bring in more circulation and remove the fat deposit.
To get the best result you will need at least twice a week of acupuncture treatment, plus taking Chinese herbs, exercise regularly, follow the diet suggestions. (Based on your Chinese pattern diagnosis, we give you personalized diet advice).

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