About Acupuncture

 

What is acupuncture?

Acupuncture is an ancient holistic healing technique practiced in China for more than five thousand years.  History has proven it’s effectiveness. It was derived from Taoism by observing seasonal change in the human body. By utilizing plants, food, minerals, and what Mother Nature offers us, a medicine of great wisdom emerged, was tested, and later perfected through the centuries.   It is preventative medicine to strengthen our immune system, promote circulation of Qi (energy flow in our body) and to strengthen the blood. It increases functional ability and improves the quality of people’s lives.  Acupuncture is now practiced  around the world in Asia, Europe, and the United States.

 

What conditions can acupuncture help?

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Institutes for Health (NIH), acupuncture is effective in treating the following:

 

· Addictions:  Decreases or inhibits addictions to nicotine, alcohol and recreational drugs.

· Chronic and acute pain: Including headaches, neck pain, low back pain, sciatica, and injuries.

· Digestive disorders:  Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), constipation, diarrhea, heartburn, colitis, and ulcers.

· Eye and ear disorders:  Tinnitus and Meniere’s disease.

· Immune system diseases:  AIDS and cancer supportive treatment and recurrent infections

· Neurological disorders:  Post-stroke recovery, Bell's Palsy , and Trigeminal Neuralgia.

· Productive disorders:  menstrual cramps, irregular menstrual-cycles, symptoms due to menopause, and infertility.

· Respiratory disorders:  asthma, allergy, bronchitis, sinusitis, sore throat, colds, and flu.

· Urinary disorders:  cystitis

· Others:  depression, anxiety, insomnia

· Beauty:  Anti-aging face lift

 

Click here to view “A Consumers Guide to Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine” (PDF file) published by Acupuncture Board of California.

 

Q:  Does acupuncture hurt?

A:  No, acupuncture needles are hair-thin needles made of stainless steel.  It is designed to penetrate skin layers quickly and painless. 

Q:  Is acupuncture safe?

A: Yes, part of professional training of acupuncture is mastering how to   administer needles safely, properly, including depth, locations, and choosing the size/length of needles.

 

Q:  How do you sanitize needles?

A:  Only disposable needles are used in our practice.  They are not reused and later be sent to the medical waste processing plant  to be destroyed.

 

Q:  Will you draw blood after inserting those needles?

A:  No, acupuncture needles are unlike those used in the hospital lab to draw blood.  These needles are not hollow in the center and are primarily inserted in muscles/tissues.

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Last Updated:  01/20/2010

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