Both the autonomic nervous system and the hormones have to be balanced in order to commence and maintain sleep. A lot of studies have demonstrated acupuncture’s ability to help promote the restoration of homeostasis and preserve the balance of biological chemicals in the central nervous system.
A recent small clinical experiment shows that acupuncture may provide important health benefits for people suffering from COPD or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Acupuncture is usually used as an adjunct treatment to help offset labored breathing after exertion. This is the biggest problem facing patients with COPD. COPD is actually a comprehensive term that includes all lung conditions that obstruct the respiratory tract.
Doctors agree … Continue reading
Besides relieving pain in some patients, acupuncture has also shown to ameliorate itchy eyes and sneezing based on the findings of recent studies.
The sniffles caused by seasonal allergies can plague a lot of people. For relief, most of them turn to antihistamines. But when these medications do not work, some will try alternative forms of treatment such as acupuncture. This Eastern healing modality uses … Continue reading
Acupuncture is an effective treatment for Crohn’s disease, a recent study has found out. This conclusion was reached by researchers from the Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion and the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The results of their study were printed in the Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science. The aim of the study was to see if acupuncture was aviable treatment … Continue reading
I have been diagnosed with asthma at a very young age but it was in my twenties when I began to experience frightening and severe attacks. Because of this, I can understand any asthma sufferer who desires to find an answer to his/her health condition that preferably does not entail the use of any drugs or chemicals.
Based on several studies and from personal experience, … Continue reading
Apart from being unsightly, scars can be a daily reminder of painful surgeries or accidents. More importantly, they can be disruptive factors for several functions of the body. Time consuming and costly, cosmetic treatments may entail invasive surgery and extended recovery periods. In several Western countries, acupuncture is increasingly considered as a viable treatment for several conditions, symptoms, and illnesses, including the removal of scars … Continue reading
Being a scientifically validated procedure for dozens of health conditions including sexual health problems, acupuncture is a Chinese medical technique used for thousands of years old and whose use is often combined with Chinese herbal formulas to address sexual functioning concerns. With the use of filiform needles inserted into certain points of the skin, a man or a woman’s overall sexual health can be greatly … Continue reading
There are two types of sore throat: chronic and acute. Acute sore throat is usually caused by wind heat. This condition leads to symptoms such as a rapid floating pulse, yellow phlegm from coughing, and fever.
Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners often use a Yin Chiao Jie Du Pian herbal formula to treat a sore throat diagnosis. Once symptoms arise, the sooner this remedy is taken … Continue reading
A quite common health condition especially for middle aged individuals and seniors, osteoarthritis is a condition in which the joints progressively degenerate. As one can surmise, osteoarthritis can be quite a painful disease. Here is how it develops:
The cartilage is a layer of membrane found between all the joints in our body. The cartilage helps make body movement easy as it serves like a … Continue reading
It’s always a scary experience to have irregular heartbeats or heart palpitations because you might wonder if it’s the big one and at what point you need to talk to your doctor or it’s just a harmless thing.
The good news about arrhythmias or missed heartbeats is that they’re oftentimes harmless and if they occur once in a while, then it’s nothing to worry about. … Continue reading