Question: What is Acupuncture?Answer:acupuncture therapy is intention of promoting health and alleviate pain and
suffering. The method has been time tested over thousands of years and
continues to be validated today.
The perspective from which an acupuncturist views health and sickness hinges on
concepts of "vital energy," "energetic balance" and "energetic imbalance." Acupuncturist assesses
the flow and distribution of this "vital energy" within its pathways, known as
"meridians and channels".
The acupuncturist is able to influence health and sickness by stimulating
certain areas along these "meridians". Traditionally these areas or "acupoints"
were stimulated by fine, slender needles. The aim is to adjust the "vital energy" so the proper amount
reaches the proper place at the proper time. This helps your body heal itself.
Question: How effective Acupuncture treatment will be?
Answer:Several processes have been proposed to explain acupuncture's effects, primarily
those on pain. Acupuncture points are believed to stimulate the central nervous
system (the brain and spinal cord) to release chemicals into the muscles, spinal
cord, and brain. These chemicals either change the experience of pain or release
other chemicals, such as hormones, that influence the body's self-regulating
systems. The biochemical changes may stimulate the body's natural healing
abilities and promote physical and emotional well-being. There are three main
mechanisms:
Conduction of electromagnetic signals: Evidence was found
that acupuncture points are strategic conductors of electromagnetic signals.
Stimulating points along these pathways through acupuncture enables
electromagnetic signals to be relayed at a greater rate than under normal
conditions. These signals may start the flow of pain-killing biochemicals, such
as endorphins, and of immune system cells to specific sites in the body that are
injured or vulnerable to disease.
Activation of opioid systems: Research has found that several types of opioids
may be released into the central nervous system during acupuncture treatment,
thereby reducing pain.
Changes in brain chemistry, sensation, and involuntary body functions: Studies
have shown that acupuncture may alter brain chemistry by changing the release of
neurotransmitters and neurohormones. Acupuncture also has been documented to
affect the parts of the central nervous system related to sensation and
involuntary body functions, such as immune reactions and processes whereby a
person's blood pressure, blood flow, and body temperature are regulated.
Question: Is there side effect of Acupuncture?
Answer: When performed by a properly trained and licensed practitioner, acupuncture is
safe and effective, free from adverse or addictive side effects. Quite often, a
sense of relaxation and well-being occurs during and after treatments. While
undergoing therapy for one ailment, other problems may resolve concurrently.
This is a common side benefit that again demonstrates the value of balancing the
quality and quantity of "vital energy" within the entire person.
Question: Does Acupuncture Hurt?
Answer:Most people who have had acupuncture would describe it as virtually painless or
far less painful than plucking out a hair. The sensations that follow range from
nothing at all, to mild tingling, to slight numbness/achiness, to electrical
pulsations in areas distant from the site of insertion. All these sensations
usually subside once the needles are removed. The needles used for acupuncture
are much smaller that the standard hypodermic needle, do not draw blood and are
solid, not hollow.
| Question: What is Herbal Medicine?
Answer: Chinese herbal medicines generally consist of several herbs and other ingredients, dried and ground into powder, mixed and formed into pills. They may come in other forms such as teas, powders, or
capsules.
Question:What is difference between Chinese medicine and Western medicine?
Answer: Chinese medicine designs HERBAL remedies, while Western medicine is designing DRUGS for diseases. Please note that DRUGS and HERBS are totally different. Drugs are man made chemicals with powerful efficacious modes of action as well as dangerous side effects. Herbs are nature made foods with great healing properties and no side effects. A healthy person would never in his right mind take a drug, so why should a sick person be given any? A sick person's body is already in a wakened state. The side effects of a drug are sometimes worse than the disease itself.
Western drugs do not cure diseases. They only suppress the symptoms of the disease while doing nothing to remove the underlying cause. In many instances, Western medicine does not even know the true cause of the disease. Chinese medicine looks for the cause and cure for the disease. For example, when a person has insomnia, what will Western medicine do? it is giving sleeping pills so you can sleep overnight but side effects would be you may lose your memory and you still could not sleep when without the pills. What will Chinese medicine do here? We treat your organ malfunction or deficiency based on each person's different conditions and you will have good sleep again by yourself not by relying on any pills, there is no single side effect at all.
Use your own judgment from the information presented to make your own health decisions.
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