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Insomnia and Traditional Chinese Medicine in Fort Lauderdale

  By Jonathan | March 11, 2012 - 12:20 pm | For The Acupuncture Curious Public
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All people have had suffered from insomnia at some point in their life.  People suffering from insomnia may suffer from transient, acute or chronic insomnia.  To be able to treat insomnia with traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the practitioner must know what type of insomnia the patient is suffering from.

Insomnia is a failure to fall asleep or sustain sleep over a fairly amount of time.  Practitioners of TCM see insomnia as a syndrome with lots of symptoms: waking up in the night, excessive dreaming, waking up very early in the morning, restless sleep and inability to fall asleep easily.  They believe that insomnia is a result of imbalances in chi and Blood, Yin and Yang, Jing and Shen, which are essence and spirit respectively and also imbalances in the Kidney Lung Spleen Heart and Liver.  They also believe that these imbalances have external causes.

TCM states that the amount and quality of sleep is contingent primarily on the state of the mind and particularly the association of the mind to the body.  Insomnia is the result of a disconnect between mind and body.  For most people, insomnia happens because of anxiety and worry.  When these factors become habitual they can imbalance the energy of the Liver, Spleen and Heart.  The energy in these organs may either become deficient or excessive.  When this happens, Shen or spirit wanders and sleeplessness occurs.

Fatigue, overwork and stress are also major factors in creating insomnia.  The stressful environment and long work duration can lead to sleepless nights.  These conditions sap the energy form the Kidney and eventually affects the Heart as well.  This disharmony in Heart and Kidney is often experienced in the elderly or in peri-menopausal situations.

Unhealthy and irregular diets combined with stress and anxiety also causes insomnia.  Eating hurriedly, excessive eating, unhealthy diet or under eating all affects the Stomach which eventually puts tension in the mind.

Besides these, there are other causes that lead to sleeplessness.  Some of these include chronic physical conditions such as fibromyalgia, depression, illness or death of someone close to the person, sudden stressful situations such as divorce and side effects of certain drugs.

One of TCM’s most popular treatments for insomnia is acupuncture Fort Lauderdale.  This ancient modality produces beneficial effects such as helping increase serotonin levels in the body, which greatly induces sleep; and regulating the natural sleep pattern.  The great advantage of acupuncture to sleeping pills is that the former has no negative side effects. Acupuncture when combined with a healthy diet, a healthy lifestyle and medication will immediately result in gainful, restful and adequate sleep.  There is really no harm in trying out acupuncture if you haven’t gotten satisfactory sleep for a considerable amount of time. Who knows, it might be the long sought for solution to your insomnia.

Acupuncture New York and Natural Diet for Weight Loss

  By Jonathan | March 11, 2012 - 12:19 pm | For The Acupuncture Curious Public
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True, effective and lasting weight loss is everything the avid health conscious person is looking for nowadays.  Most overweight people want to lose weight to look good again while some seek to lose weight to become healthy and physically fit first of all.  Losing weight is an ego booster as some people may start talking about you and they tell others how impressed they are of your achievement and/or how good you look now these days.  This is good because it motivates you more to stay in top shape and to look and feel much better.  Many young adolescents and teens are starting to take notice of their looks and weight that they make it a point not to overeat or indulge into something that will affect their looks.  Our society sees being fat as ugly and being slim as beautiful to put it bluntly and be politically incorrect.

Most people want to look attractive as it is only human to be wanted by others. In losing weight, there are some approaches that are good and some approaches may be dangerous to the health.  The unsafe approaches may include crash diets, weight loss pills and not eating totally at all for extended amounts of time.  Weight loss pills can be dangerous because of certain side effects to the body especially to the heart.  They may contain chemicals that cause the heart to palpitate violently or to beat irregularly.  The result might be permanent heart damage or weakness.  When engaging in crash diets, the body is abruptly forced to adapt to a different way of living and the sudden lack of nutrition in your body may lead to health problems and symptoms such as nauseas and high fevers.  If you do not eat for a long while, the body can suffer from stomach ulcer or you may become weak and lethargic and suffer from malnutrition.

One of the most effective and safest ways to lose weight is through acupuncture for weight loss and eating a healthy nutritious diet.

Acupuncture New York for weight loss and natural dieting can help you achieve your desired weight and maintain it.  The body does not suffer from these two programs and the effect to the body is positive in so many ways.  Eating a natural diet helps reduce calorie intake by eating highly nutritious foods that satiate you with just fewer spoonful of foods.  Acupuncture, on the other hand, relaxes your body and removes any food cravings you might have.  Acupuncture also reenergized your body like a newly charged battery and your body metabolism is increased allowing you to burn more calories fates and much better.

You don’t need to look sexy to look good.  All you need is to maintain your ideal weight, to eat the right foods, exercise and to engage in acupuncture if you need to lose a pound or two.

Treating Digestive Problems with Bellevue Acupuncture

  By Jonathan | March 4, 2012 - 1:27 pm | For The Acupuncture Curious Public
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The closer our lifestyle is with Nature, the healthier we become.  However, because of the fast life modern living entails, our body needs to cope with so many hazards to health.  The food we eat, for example, is a joke compared to the organic food eaten by people in less urbanized areas.  The food available in fast food restaurants are filled with preservatives that hardly any natural content exists in them anymore.  As a result, people have become weaker and sicker and digestive problems have become rampant and common nowadays.  Some of these problems include muscle cramps, hair loss, dry skin fatigue, weight loss and weight gain and constipation.

These digestive problems occur because of imbalances in the major organs of the body.  Pharmaceutical corporations have provided drugs for treating these kinds of disorders.  Many more natural forms of treatments try to restore balance in the different body systems. One such treatment is acupuncture. Bellevue  Acupuncture is actually a very old healing art that came from China and now is popularly used for various health needs all over the world. It basically is about inserting needles in specific points in the body to treat an ailment.

Acupuncture specialists sometimes called acupuncturists can identify specific energy points all over the body and uses the right ones to treat energy imbalances in the major organs of the body.  The energy points are called meridians. Needles are inserted at certain meridians by the acupuncturist to restore health in the gastrointestinal organs.  The spleen plays a major role in regulating all gastrointestinal functions and therefore any treatment of the digestive system will always involve treatment of the spleen. The meridians points then used for needling are the large intestine meridian, spleen meridian and stomach meridian.  Herbal medicine is also used to help increase the potency of the acupuncture treatment.

Acupuncture therapy for digestive problems like ulcers, gastritis, heart burn, gastrointestinal bleeding, gastrointestinal infections and bacterial infections among others is done by regulating hormones and other chemicals essential in allowing full functionality of the digestive system.  The needling process helps stimulate muscles relaxation and contraction.  When the muscles contract or relax, blood and lymph flow is also increased on the affected areas of the body.  The blood flow also distributes materials such as nutrients and hormones to the organs involved treating problems or discomfort in those organs.

For better results, one should always go to a licensed acupuncturist who has vast experience in treating intestinal and digestive illnesses. The acupuncturist’s familiarity with anatomy and physiology of the body is a great advantage so that he/she may know precisely what organs and parts of the body to treat.  One should inform the acupuncturist about any problem, pain or allergy one may have so that the acupuncturist can take precautions for these problems.

Acupuncture Louisville Boosts Circulatory System Function

  By Jonathan | March 4, 2012 - 1:25 pm | For The Acupuncture Curious Public
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The human body is an amazing machine with various physiological systems working in coordination with each other.  Although they have each different function, the body systems can affect each other if there is a dysfunction in one or more body systems.  This article will focus on hoe acupuncture Louisville improves the function of the circulatory system in the health of the body.  The circulatory system plays a major part in sustaining all the body systems with all the vital nutrients and oxygen the body needs to survive.  This system helps clean out the bloodstream by conveying pure blood to the rest of the body and removes all waste materials and toxins out of the body.  Any impairment in this system can result in serious conditions for the body.

Acupuncture treatment has the ability to repair any dysfunctions in the circulatory system and potentially for that matter, all the body systems.  According to acupuncture principles, the body consists of a network of vessels which convey energy all over the body.  This energy is called chi by the Chinese and the energy vessels are called meridians.  Any problems in chi flow entail disorders and illness. The problems may be caused by poor diet, emotional disturbances or physical imbalances.  With acupuncture, needles are applied in the meridian points to resolve the chi flow problem and redirect chi and blood to the affected areas of the body.  The chi problems or blockages are removed, chi flow is restored and the circulatory system again is healthy allowing for an improved blood flow to the rest of the body.

Poor circulation can manifest in many ways including hypertension, hardening of arteries and cold hands.  Many studies have dealt with how acupuncture affects blood circulation.  Some studies have proven that acupuncture increases the function and strength of the heart.  Studies have observed that about almost all (80%) patients with angina had improved conditions after acupuncture treatment.  There are occasions wherein acupuncture helped restore the heart’s regular rhythm function from heartbeat irregularities such as palpitations, irregular heart rhythm or dropped beats.  Acupuncture also works for treating arterial spasms particularly in collateral vessels.  It also is effective in treating ulcers in venous stasis or Reynaud’s disease.  The treatment is complemented oftentimes by herbal medicines applied to help detoxify the body.

Acupuncture treatment will not be completely safe unless the needles used are the disposable and sterilized ones.  Therefore, it is always recommended to go to a licensed acupuncturist who uses new, sterilized and single-use needles.  Some people might be wary of needling pain but the only sensation felt during acupuncture is when the needles are inserted in the skin which sometimes elicits a slight tingling sensation; however, more often than not no sensation is felt at all during the needling process.

Acupuncture Davis Helps You to Lose Weight

  By Jonathan | February 27, 2012 - 12:08 am | For The Acupuncture Curious Public
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Just a little exposure to a crowd and one can see that there are quite a few people who are overweight.  It is always tempting to eat a Chinese restaurant or grab a few items at a drive-in fast food store where the foods are greasy and oily and/or laden with monosodium glutamate (MSG) that makes you overeat.  Lack of exercise is also a factor when talking about obesity or excessive weight.

Being overweight is always a problem regarding the control of your cravings.  For, example, most people could not resist ice cream or sweets when they have the opportunity to buy and eat one.  There is an abundancy of food in the United States and with the rise of McDonalds, KFC and other fast food stores the tendency to eat fatty and low nutritious foods is irresistible.  These types of food make one a bit relaxed especially when one has too much stress in his system.  And like it or not, one will likely eat pizza or ice cream rather than spinach when they feel stressed or down in the dumps.  This tendency to take comfort in these kinds of foods will lead to overeating since these “comfort foods” really are good to the taste but are very much deficient in nutrients which the body seeks and needs.  The result will be more food intake from “comfort foods” to get the nutrients the body needs to remain healthy and more food intake means more calories taken in.  A sedentary person who often eats high calorie “comfort foods” will of course suffer weight problems such as obesity.  The only way to lose weight is to burn more calories than what you take in.  This is easier said than done and it takes intervention to be able to implement the task of reducing calorie intake whilst burning them at a faster rate.

This is where acupuncture Davis becomes a great friend that you can rely on to help you overcome food cravings, motivate you to become active, help your body to absorb nutrients efficiently, remove stress which causes you to overeat, improve your bowel movements and to increase your metabolism to enable you to burn calories much faster.  Acupuncture allows your body to produce endorphins that help you control your food cravings without making your body unhealthy.  These are the same endorphins that are released whenever you eat “comfort foods.”  With acupuncture you get so many benefits with just a few applications of needles to your body.  There is no other treatment, conventional or otherwise that acts and treats you the way acupuncture does.

But acupuncture will only get you so far in your quest to realize your desired weight without you changing the lifestyle and diet that caused you to be overweight in the first place.  Start being active and do some light exercises daily and eat highly nutritious food that make you satiated with just a few intakes.

Tackling Obesity with Wight Loss Acupuncture Miami Treatments

  By Jonathan | February 19, 2012 - 11:26 am | For The Acupuncture Curious Public
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Obesity is not a uniquely American problem. The World Health Organization considers obesity to be a global problem affecting by young and old people, male and female alike. Being overweight does not necessarily mean being obese but being obese is being overweight. Basically obesity is caused by lethargy and in cravings to eat junk and badly nourished foods.

In the United States alone around 300,000 people die from obesity related causes annually. This disease only ranks second to cigarette smoking as a cause of death among males in the United States and Americans spend at least $40-$50 billion per year on ways to lose weight.

Among the popular alternative treatments for excess weight is acupuncture. This uniquely Chinese medical art is now widely recognized as a very effective treatment for weight loss.

Acupuncture Miami is an ancient Chinese healing art that is around 2500 years old. This therapy was introduced in the United States in the 1970s for the relief of pain. Since then it was discovered to be effective in the treatment of physiological, emotional and mental conditions such as drug abuse, depression and insomnia.

There are around 2000 acupuncture points all over the body. Many of these points are used in the treatment of obesity. The most common form of weight loss acupuncture is ear acupuncture. The ear is targeted because it has many energy channels associated with the liver, nervous system, lungs and kidneys.

As with all acupuncture treatments, acupuncture in the treatment of obesity or excessive weight should be done by a licensed and well-trained acupuncturist. One takes a great risk of infection, bruising and painful needing procedures if he or she chooses to be treated by an unlicensed and inexperience practitioner.

Below are just some of the benefits acupuncture for weight loss gives to the person:

1.  Acupuncture for weight loss helps reduce insulin levels, blood lipid levels and body weight.

2.  It greatly lessens the food cravings of a person and enables the person to be easily filled without the need for more food intake.

3.  Weight is controlled and regulated during menopause.

4.  Acupuncture has been proven to help lose weight faster than a year of dieting.

Some of the prime benefits of acupuncture for weight loss can be seen in its positive effects in the function of the digestive system. For one, acupuncture helps increase body metabolism which helps in burning calories more efficiently. Acupuncture improves blood flow to the digestive organs such as the intestines which helps in absorbing nutrients in a more efficient way.  As a result, with just a few food intakes, the body’s easily sated which takes away the desire to eat more. However, positive dietary and lifestyle changes should be made by the patient in order to make the treatment last for a long time or even permanently.

Insomnia and Acupuncture New York

  By Jonathan | February 12, 2012 - 10:01 pm | For The Acupuncture Curious Public
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Insomnia is an inability to get adequate sleep when the opportunity to do so presents itself.  There are so many factors that can cause insomnia and some say more than a hundred factors can lead to it.  When someone is unable to get restorative or sustaining sleep for at least a month, then that person is diagnosed with insomnia.  The usual approach to treating insomnia is to identify the origin of the cause in order to apply the appropriate remedy.  The underlying behavioral, psychiatric or medical reasons of inadequate sleep should be addressed first although there are times when the root cause of the problem may be difficult to address.

When this type of situation is encountered, the recourse then is to implement ways that can easily promote sleeping.  Counseling is a major tool of physicians in helping sleep deprived patients no matter what type of insomnia the latter have. Some important recommendations physicians give include giving the bedroom a comfortable temperature, good ventilation, dim lighting during sleeping time at night and avoiding naps in the morning. They also advise the patient to avoid drinking beverages with caffeine or limiting them to 3 cups only in the morning, avoiding nicotine or alcohol intake 6 hours before sleeping time and doing exercises everyday.

Acupuncture New York is a modality that uses filiform needles inserted at meridian points in the body to stimulate a therapeutic process.  It is an integral part of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Acupuncture is based on the principles yin and yang and chi balance and harmony in the body.  TCM practitioners believe that illnesses and pain are due to the imbalance of Yin and Yang in the body, or a lack or surplus of chi, blood or body fluids.  Acupuncture is then used to treat pain and illnesses by restoring harmony and balance to Yin and Yang forces and restoring normal chi, blood and body fluid flow by the stimulation of vital meridian points that associate to different areas of the body.

Modern technology has spawned other modern forms of acupuncture.  Some of these forms are transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation or TEAS, laser acupuncture and electroacupuncture among others.  Electroacupuncture is a type of acupuncture where the needles are connected to a electric generating gadget that sends out mild electric pulses, that flows between two adjacent needles. Laser acupuncture uses a laser beam in order to optimally stimulate the meridians with energy.  TEAS is transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and acupuncture combined to achieve beneficial stimulation of the meridians.

Acupuncture is widely known and accepted all over the world as a treatment many types of disorders including psychiatric disorders, alcohol and substance addiction, digestive disorders, asthma headaches arthritis and back pain among many more others.  It is the most popular form of alternative medicine in the world.

Anti Aging Acupuncture Orlando

  By Jonathan | February 4, 2012 - 9:49 pm | For The Acupuncture Curious Public
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People having a basic idea of acupuncture see it merely as a treatment for illness and pain. However, acupuncture is also now seen as a quite potent anti-aging aid.  Acupuncture Orlando truly enables a person to look and as importantly feel much younger.

Cosmetic acupuncture or anti-aging acupuncture basically has beneficial effects on different levels of health.  It is a treatment that addresses not only the painful and non-painful symptoms of a disease but the disease and the cause of the disease as well.  Treating the skin presupposes acupuncture procedures that help stimulate the production and release of collagen and the enhanced circulation of blood in the target areas.  These procedures then reduce greatly the wrinkles and fine lines in the face and also tone the facial muscles allowing the skin become tight once more.  Acupuncture vivifies, tightens and lifts the skin tissue generating a vibrant and youthful look.  There is no surgery involved in acupuncture but the results will be as beautiful as or even better than cosmetic facial surgery.

Since acupuncture works in the exterior and interior part of the body, certain techniques help guarantee that the body is balanced and run in a smooth and efficient manner. The smooth functioning of the organs and other parts of the body means optimal health to the individual.  A healthy person who enjoys balance in the body has elevated energy level and positive emotional and mental health.  When acupuncture bestows a younger-looking appearance in a person, it also generates a higher level of energy in the body making the person feel vibrant and rejuvenated.  Cosmetic surgery can never give this kind of benefit that acupuncture freely gives.

Botox injections can cost more than a thousand dollars per year and it also comes with serious side effects such as difficulty in raising the eyebrows, eyelid droop, allergic reaction to the treatment, flu like symptoms, headaches, pain and can be contraindicated for pregnant women and people with specific medical conditions like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.  With facial acupuncture, the treatment may cost less or equal to Botox treatment.  The treatment can last six weeks with two sessions a week.  However, the effect of the treatment can last from to four years.  The side effects, if ever, for facial acupuncture is minimal and can be soreness that disappears within a day or two and slight bruising.

In many aspects, anti-aging acupuncture is much superior to Botox.  Botox treatment costs more and the effect of the treatment may only last a year or less.  It does not give any additional health benefits to the body unlike facial acupuncture.  In fact, as mentioned it can cause serious side effects to the body, something which acupuncture can never do

Helping Lose Weight with Acupuncture St Helens

  By Jonathan | January 30, 2012 - 12:59 am | For The Acupuncture Curious Public
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To get the fastest and best results, exercise programs and a healthy diet should be combined with acupuncture treatment.  Acupuncture St Helens is not a panacea for losing weight; it instead greatly facilitates the ways and means of losing weight.

Even after hundreds of years of using acupuncture the West still is at a loss as to how acupuncture really works; it nevertheless acknowledges that it truly works and works very effectively.  This ancient Chinese healing art can greatly assist in weight loss and can be used as treatment for many other kinds of physical and even emotional conditions.

When acupuncture needles are inserted into acupuncture points, the needles effect the production and release of endorphins. Endorphins are chemicals that cause the body and mind to feel comfort, tranquility and peacefulness calming the sensation and removing extreme emotions and physical stress.  The endorphins help with weight loss by relieving the stress and anxiety that compels the person to overeat.  They also regulate the various systems in the body such as digestion and metabolism.  Most people who use acupuncture to lose weight have stated that the treatment has greatly helped curb their appetite which before were hopelessly uncontrollable.  It also gave them a sense of control of their lives.

Upon consultation, the acupuncturist may begin by examining the patient’s energy levels and giving the latter a general physical examination.  These are needed to identify the cause and effect of the patient’s weight problems. The acupuncturist then will be better prepared to formulate a weight loss treatment designed in accordance with the patient’s medical history.

Acupuncture for the treatment of obesity or for weight loss may involve applying acupuncture needles on the ear.  The outer ear has many trigger points that can be used by acupuncture to get the desired results.

Some types of acupressure treatment procedures can be used to assist the impulsive/compulsive eaters, the anxious overeaters and the true blue food addicts with their weight problems.

Most acupuncture treatments for weight loss are custom made for the patient because each person has a unique constitution which necessitates a unique treatment method per patient.  Some factors that are considered apart from the patient’s medical history and physical examination results in order to design a specific weight loss treatment program for the patient are the patient’s desired weight, the amount of time to achieve this and the person’s resolve to change his/her lifestyle.  From the start, daily ear acupuncture treatments may be needed which tapers down depending on how fast the patient responds to the treatment.  The need to change lifestyle and diet habits is essential to attain one’s desired weight and keep it.  Fortunately, acupuncture greatly facilitates these habits that will make one not only trim and healthy but also make one balanced emotionally, psychologically and physically.

Acupuncture Fort Lauderdale Helps in Treating Infertility

  By Jonathan | January 22, 2012 - 7:59 am | For The Acupuncture Curious Public
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The ancient healing art of acupuncture Fort Lauderdale has been used in the Orient to relieve pain and treat many forms of illnesses.  The treatment involves the use of filiform sterile needles inserted at points in the body to address conditions of different body organs.  The points used in needling have underlying energy vessels called meridians that carry vital force or life energy the Chinese call chi, which travels throughout the body nourishing the body with needed energy to grow and remain healthy.  The needles have the ability to remove or set up blockages in the meridians to regulate a body function enabling it to function normally.  A clear example of this type of regulation is the ability of the acupuncture needles to regulate the function of the thyroid gland.  When the thyroid gland is over functioning, it can lead to hyperthyroidism and when it functions weakly, hypothyroidism sets in.  The needles can either slow down or quicken thyroid function depending on the manifested symptoms. Acupuncture can be a very good way to treat infertility and combined with Chinese herbal medicine can effectively treat various kinds of male and female infertility.

Like most natural forms of treatment, acupuncture requires several treatment sessions spanning three to four months for infertility therapy.  Sometimes acupuncture is used to augment the success of other infertility programs such as artificial insemination.  The use of herbal medicine with acupuncture for improving fertility can help in the treatment of follicular and ovarian dysfunction.  It helps improve blood flow to the endometrium creating a thick and sturdy lining for the embryo to attach itself during gestation.  This is very practical for egg-donor transplant and in vitro fertilization treatments as it greatly improves the chances of survival of the embryo.

Selecting a licensed acupuncturist who specializes in infertility and pregnancy cases is highly advised to prevent complications and pregnancy problems.  One particular risk of selecting an unlicensed and poorly qualified acupuncturist is a miscarriage that can occur when wrong acupuncture points are stimulated.  To find a licensed acupuncturist near your place visit the website www.nccaom.org.

Miscarriages often can happen during the first three months of pregnancy.  Acupuncture can be safely used after the 12th week and can continue up to the time of delivery.

Acupuncture for pregnancy and infertility has become a very popular treatment and couples are attracted to it because of its natural safe and very effective attributes.  As a matter of fact, many medical doctors are now licensed and practicing acupuncturist who offer acupuncture services in their office.  An OB/GYN doctor who is a licensed acupuncturist is an ideal one to seek treatment for fertility or pregnancy problems.  If people want to try IVF treatment, they should consult a physician first because undergoing this type of treatment is a major undertaking in one’s quest to achieve pregnancy.