Ancient China has given us a great deal by way of medicine and acupuncture, which has similarities with acupressure, is one of them. Both these techniques use the energy paths in the body to make health possible by stimulating the flow of energy. When a person is healthy, energy (Chi or Qi) is free flowing through the meridians whereas when one is ill or injured, there is no free flow of this energy as it gets blocked. Along the body's exterior surface, there is a total of three hundred and sixty five different points of acupuncture scattered around, all of these points follow fourteen main meridian paths.
When specially designed needles or acupressure are placed at certain locations on the meridians the blocks are released thus enabling the chi to circulate freely. Imagine removing obstacles blocking a river so that it can flow freely again. Chi, depending on the situation, may flow either too slowly or too quickly - in either case, acupuncture is normally used to regulate the energy's pace.
The needles were found in the late Shang Dynasty archeological digs and it can be seen that for at least 4000 years China has been practicing this type of medicine. Acupuncture is of three kinds: traditional Yin/Yang Theory, Five Elements and the Western or medical acupuncture. Though the diagnostic approach used by all the three methods is similar, the causes attributed to the illness and the treatment of the illness varies from one method to the other.
As the name suggests Five Element Acupuncture follows the five element cycle of Chinese medicine and it also takes the relationship between the mind and body seriously in the diagnosis of illnesses as much as the physical causes. Based on this, it believes that physical cure can be achieved only by removing the mental stress first.
Treatment of the underlying causes of illnesses in the five element treatment is a time consuming slow process to reach total recovery. The traditional yin / yang theory focuses on restoring the overall balance of yin and yang in the body. All of the acupuncture points can be stimulated along pathways that are completely different in order to affect more than just a single element simultaneously.
Western Acupuncture tends to focus on urgent, short-term treatment, combining Eastern and Western medical techniques. Two sub-categories of medical use of acupuncture are often employed in anesthetic acupuncture for dental and surgical procedures. The second type of medical benefit of Acupuncture which is 'symptomatic' is to be seen in the area of temporary pain relief and not in diagnosis.
Problems like allergies, asthma, arthritis, depression, gynecological problems, and high blood pressure, infertility, and migraine have found effective cures in this line of treatment according to research done. Acupuncture is found to be one of the most effective methods to treat illnesses that persist for a long time without any results from conventional treatment or when the illness is caused by problems caused by one's lifestyle. - 14130
When specially designed needles or acupressure are placed at certain locations on the meridians the blocks are released thus enabling the chi to circulate freely. Imagine removing obstacles blocking a river so that it can flow freely again. Chi, depending on the situation, may flow either too slowly or too quickly - in either case, acupuncture is normally used to regulate the energy's pace.
The needles were found in the late Shang Dynasty archeological digs and it can be seen that for at least 4000 years China has been practicing this type of medicine. Acupuncture is of three kinds: traditional Yin/Yang Theory, Five Elements and the Western or medical acupuncture. Though the diagnostic approach used by all the three methods is similar, the causes attributed to the illness and the treatment of the illness varies from one method to the other.
As the name suggests Five Element Acupuncture follows the five element cycle of Chinese medicine and it also takes the relationship between the mind and body seriously in the diagnosis of illnesses as much as the physical causes. Based on this, it believes that physical cure can be achieved only by removing the mental stress first.
Treatment of the underlying causes of illnesses in the five element treatment is a time consuming slow process to reach total recovery. The traditional yin / yang theory focuses on restoring the overall balance of yin and yang in the body. All of the acupuncture points can be stimulated along pathways that are completely different in order to affect more than just a single element simultaneously.
Western Acupuncture tends to focus on urgent, short-term treatment, combining Eastern and Western medical techniques. Two sub-categories of medical use of acupuncture are often employed in anesthetic acupuncture for dental and surgical procedures. The second type of medical benefit of Acupuncture which is 'symptomatic' is to be seen in the area of temporary pain relief and not in diagnosis.
Problems like allergies, asthma, arthritis, depression, gynecological problems, and high blood pressure, infertility, and migraine have found effective cures in this line of treatment according to research done. Acupuncture is found to be one of the most effective methods to treat illnesses that persist for a long time without any results from conventional treatment or when the illness is caused by problems caused by one's lifestyle. - 14130
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