Acupuncture and acupuncture points for the regulation of bile movement

Just under the liver sits a hollow organ known as the gallbladder. This organ has two vital responsibilities: one is to store bile and the other is to secrete bile into the small intestine in order to facilitate the digestion of food. One can consider the gallbladder as some kind… Continue reading

Sleep problems that are commonly treated with acupuncture

Your body suffers if you find it hard getting adequate sleep at night. Different detrimental health consequences can occur if you can’t get a decent night’s sleep. These consequences may include: Lowered immune system Depression High blood pressure Diabetes Heart disease Obesity Headaches Quicker life span A person risks developing… Continue reading

Acupuncture for Vaginal Yeast Infection

Unfortunately, a huge number of women do not have any idea that Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) can be an excellent treatment option for the treatment of gynecological disorders. One branch of TCM known as fu ke (Feminine Study) studies and treats gynecological issues including STDs or sexually transmitted diseases, infertility,… Continue reading

Treating Muscle Pain is the forte of Acupuncture Therapy

There are a number of methods that modern medicine provides to treat muscle pain. Physical therapy and muscle relaxants (pain medicines) are the two most popular conventional treatments for muscle pain.   Occasionally though, these two approaches might not be good enough. Sometimes, physical therapy fails or the person can’t take… Continue reading

Acupuncture’s Benefits to COPD Patients

COPD or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is now the third leading cause of death in the United States just next to cardiovascular disease and cancer. It is a progressive disease which means that it gets gradually worse with still no type of cure looming in the near future. Physicians often… Continue reading

Acupuncture Can Help with Bronchitis

One of the best Eastern types of healing systems that has been practiced for thousands of years and continues to rise in popularity in the West is acupuncture. For people who know very little about acupuncture, the idea of inserting needles in a person to treat health conditions such as… Continue reading

Does acupuncture indeed help treat asthma?

Acupuncture and asthma may seem an unlikely combination. One is an alternative, esoteric and mysterious therapy while the other is a very common condition that roughly 20 million Americans suffer from. Multitudes suffer from asthma but very few of them have tried acupuncture. For an asthma sufferer, the disease is… Continue reading

Is Acupuncture an Effective Treatment for Infertility?

Acupuncturists oftentimes find it hard to recommend an infertility treatment for their patients since everyone’s case is unique and also a prescribed treatment for one may not necessarily get the same results with others. For some people, they would rather avoid medically invasive procedures as a first choice and if… Continue reading