SHORT INTODUCTION TO ACUPUNTURE:

Acupuncture literally means 'needle piercing,"

Acupuncture healing is a  practice of inserting very fine needles into the skin to stimulate specific anatomic points in the body (called acupoints or acupuncture points) for therapeutic purposes. Along with the usual method of puncturing the skin with the fine needles, the practitioners of acupuncture also use heat, pressure, friction, suction, or impulses of electromagnetic energy to stimulate the points.

Acupuncture healing is the based on the philosophies of the Dao or Tao, yin and yang,.

According to the philosophy of Dao, the role of the acupuncturist is to restore your health and enable you to live a little closer to the Dao, thus preserving your Jing and living to a ripe old AGE.

Acupuncture, simply stated, is a health science, which is used to successfully treat both pain and dysfunction in the body

Acupuncture is  a universal system for treating almost all illness and enable you to live a long and healthy  life.    However there are certain specific acupuncture points that should be avoided in pregnancy, although acupuncture in general is a very safe and effective treatment during pregnancy for both early morning sickness and pain.

How acupuncture healing works?

A course of six to eight sessions is usually required for effective symptom relief through acupuncture healing. When such relief has been obtained, it often lasts for three to nine months when one or two further treatments will "top-up" the therapeutic benefit.

When the acupuncture needles are actually inserted, they are usually left in place for between 15 and 30 minutes and often the acupuncturist will try and manipulate the needles so that you will feel a dull bursting or numb sensation around their site of insertion. This sensation is called "de qi" or "obtaining energy" and traditionally it is suggested that “de qi” may be an important part of the treatment process. Sometimes your acupuncturist may use other methods of stimulating the acupuncture point, for instance moxibustion, which is the burning of the herb Artemesia vulgaris just above the surface of the skin or on the end of a needle, or placing a cup over the acupuncture point.

In nut shell, in acupuncture healing  this is Acupuncture's goal-to restore normalcy to the body's energy balance by utilizing a combination of Acupoints located on the 12 meridians. This is accomplished by a variety of means, the needle is just one.

Acupuncturists work directly with the body's Qi (pronounced "Chee"). Qi is energy. It moves through the body in channels called Meridians. Qi should flow through the body smoothly, through the arms, legs, body and head. If there is an imbalance in this flow, this can lead to illness or pain.

Benefits of acupuncture healing:

1.Acupunture healing is very effective in both acute and chronic pain.

2. Acupuncture has gained a great deal of notoriety in recent years concerning its considerable success with addiction control. It has been shown that Acupuncture has a very positive effect in the area of both drug and alcohol addiction.

3. Acupuncture healing helps in healing  migraine, tension cluster and sinus headaches, trigeminal neuralgia, bladder dysfunction, bed wetting, neck, and low-back pain, shoulder problems, tennis elbow, post-operative pain relief, gastric problems, asthma, allergies, skin conditions, hemorrhoids, abnormal blood pressure, fatigue, anxiety, neurologic syndrome, and various eye problems.

4. A lot of mothers to be are also opting for acupuncture as a form of pain relief during childbirth

5. Spiritual growth and empowerment of self can all be enhanced by acupuncture art.