Acupuncture

Joints connect the various bones, bear the human body weight and allow movement of the body. This means that joints undergo a lot of stress which they are designed to handle. However, there are times when joints undergo a lot of wear and tear and this leads to joint pains. Joint pain is known as arthralgia. Joint pains are very uncomfortable and sometimes can turn so severe that they can get unbearable and one needs to get relief from the pain immediately with the help of medications. These…

of apprenticeship training for acupuncturists( Acupuncture Society of Washington, D.C.,2014)Each state has different licensing requirements (Acufinder, 2014);New Zealand schools are similar (Title, Code, Title, Code, & Medicine, n.d. & NZCCM , n.d. ). I was shocked to learn that, Otago University in NZ offers a Postgraduate Certificate in Physiotherapy (PGCertPhty), a Diploma and Master’s degree in acupuncture; the subject in learning acupuncture for those doing the above degree only add PHTY…

Newsmax tells about the five cultures that have strong focuses on natural medicine: Native Americans, Middle and Near Easterners, the Maori culture in New Zealand, Chinese and Indian (Holistic). Native Americans use their “native medicine” that is based around man being part of nature and nature being part of man (Holistic). In the Middle and Near East, their alternative medicine practices date back to 2635 BC (Holistic). The physicians then, most commonly women, started the use of mummification…

side effects. Acupuncture benefit the patient by offering treatment to manage the disease rather than eliminating the disease. Acupuncture help reduce the side effects of strong medication. Several conditions can benefit from acupuncture treatment such as, "low back pain, headache & migraines and sport injuries" Southpoint Clinic, 2015). As well, acupuncture help in treating "depression, anxiety, PMS, and overactive bladder symptoms" (Southpoint Clinic, 2015) Overall, acupuncture is…

acupuncturist Toronto? Then visit us at North Toronto Health, where our acupuncturists are skilled in this therapy, and you will get relief from many ailments. Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medicine, and if you want the best therapy to get relief from ailments, then visit acupuncturist Toronto, and experience the best therapy. Acupuncture therapy uses sterile needles, which are inserted in the body to cure certain diseases, and relaxes a person. For the best experience from the skilled…

wide variety of healthcare professionals such as physicians, orthopedic surgeons, physiatrists, pain specialists, dentists, and physical therapists. The dry needling has also been shown to be more effective than the other related practice like acupuncture and is less…

Western medicine. Eastern medicine uses natural herbs as medicines, and helps to improve the mind and body. Eastern medicine actually originates from ancient China (“Traditional Chinese Medicine”). An example of eastern medicine can be acupuncture and tai chi. Acupuncture is when a person gets small thin needles inserted into specific spots on their body like pressure points. While Tai Chi is a form of Chinese art, it combines both the mind and body for meditation with deep, slow breathing to…

Yin and Yang In order to understand Chinese Therapeutic Music, it is necessary to understand two concepts of Chinese culture and medicine. The principle of Yin and Yang is that there is a tangible physical body and an intangible energy body. The physical body and the energy body are related with the principles of Yin and Yang. Yin and Yang are like the two sides of a coin, as neither side is inherently better or worse than the other side is, but one side cannot exist without the other. A change…

Acupuncture originated in China almost 2000 years ago, and was rapidly assimilated by the eastern civilization. However, in the first days in which the acupuncture was just starting to develop, only a few people were allowed and qualified to do this kind of job. Nowadays, more than 20000 practitioners from the United States alone are allowed to do acupuncture. The National Institutes of Health says that there are more than 2000 acupuncture points on the body connecting with 12 main and 8…

In ancient China, it was relatively rare to dissect or otherwise violate human bodies due to a teaching from Confucius that the human body is sacred and not to be cut with a knife. Consequently, the knowledge of anatomy in ancient China was not based on scientific knowledge, but instead, assumption and reasoning (Singh, 2008; Quigley, 1996; Newton, 2003). Thus many, if not all, traditional Chinese medicine is considered pseudoscience because it lacks scientific evidence proving its effectiveness…