Acupuncture
Acupuncture
How Does Acupuncture Work ?
Acupuncture works to clear pain and sustain relief from back, neck and joint pain, nerve pain, sciatica, tendonitis, headaches, circulation, vertigo, hemiplegic disorders such as bells palsy, stroke, and more
Acupuncture calms the sympathetic nervous system, or the stress side of the nervous system. When we’re sympathetic dominant, the other side or para-sympathetic nervous system, struggles to maintain equilibrium, interrupts our 300 + natural circadian rhythms where our natural ability to heal lives. Stress, overwork, over or under exercise, skewed nutrition patterns, disrupted sleep, all degrade our ability to heal.
Research has shown that acupuncture stimulates the production of natural occurring steroid hormones and endorphins. Steroid hormones such as cortisol, reduce inflammation, regulate blood sugars, stress response, circadian rhythm and support the body’s ability to adapt on all levels.
The word endorphins is derived from “ endogenous morphine “ and are defined as opioid neuropeptides that prevent nerve cells from releasing more pain signals, thus producing an analgesic effect and feelings of well being. When activated during an acupuncture treatment, both biochemicals cortisol and endorphins, play an integral role in reducing and eliminating cycles of pain, as well as stabilizing disease processes to help reestablish equilibrium.
Below is a link to an article with photos using infrared imaging. The images show changes in a case of neck pain after insertion of needles, not in the neck, but at a point that has a close relationship to the back.
How Many Treatments Will I Need ?
Most people experience measurable improvement after the 1st, 2nd or 3rd visit. Each successive acupuncture treatment generally has a greater effect, sustains improvement longer, and further strengthens your ability to heal, which is why It’s important to treat frequently at the start.
How quickly you respond depends not only on how entrenched the disorder is, but on the condition of your fundamental health. Such factors as nutrition, lifestyle, history including medication, and age form your foundation. You can’t build a stable house on a weak, poorly maintained foundation. Same goes for your health.
Acupuncture or any other treatment including pharmaceuticals is not a sustainable long term substitute for good nutrition and lifestyle patterns, but it can help get you on track as it re-aligns you with your own nature and inherent ability to heal. Health is our greatest asset. It is commensurate with how we adapt to the expected and when the unexpected shows up in our lives.
Origin
Acupuncture is a healing art that is rooted in the philosophy of Taoism, dating back to 600 b.c.e.
Taoism incorporates the many dimensions of nature and it’s cycles as a metaphor to view the body and the healing process. It is a wise and deeply spiritual healing art form that reveals how deeply grounded and rooted in nature and nature’s cycles we are. It is through my studies of Classical Chinese Medicine and Taoist approaches to healing that I’ve learned to “ think “ acupuncture theories & strategies for treatment. It has been fundamental to my understanding of not only what works but how and why it works.
Acupuncture Accesses Qi - Your Biological Form Of Electricity
Cell Biologist and author Bruce Lipton states that every cell contains 1.4 volts of electricity inside ( negative charge ) and 1.4 volts outside ( positive charge ). Each cell is like a live battery. We have 50 trillion cells, hence an incomprehensible force of electricity; known as Qi, or Life Force, our bio – electro magnetic energy. Acupuncture stimulates the current that resets this internal web of circuitry, thus unblocking and restoring free flow of Qi. The needles are metal precisely because they conduct electricity. Imagine the battery in your car or devices; if the voltage is low, or current is blocked, circuitry interrupted, your car or device will not run efficiently. Deficient, blocked or interrupted life force – energy – Qi, will degrade and slow the human physiological healing process and response.
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