Acupuncture – Did you know…
Acupuncture – Did you know…
Acupuncture, along with moxibustion, is one of the oldest practices of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Historians believe the practice began in China, possibly as early as 100BC.
Acupuncture is well accepted by Australians, and in the past two decades has experienced rapid growth and is now considered one of the most accepted of the complementary therapies. Most people have some idea of what Acupuncture is – the use of fine, sterile, single use needles inserted into specific Acupuncture points along the body’s lines of energy (meridians) to unblock the energy (qi), to reduce pain and promote
Chronic pain causes concern to countless patients, of all ages. The Western medicine treatment advice most commonly involves painkillers. Many patients, however prefer to not take these drugs long term, while others are just unable to take them, and so look for other methods to decrease or manage their symptoms. Acupuncture is one alternate way of not only relieving the pain, but also addressing the root cause of it.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), insomnia is known as sleeplessness. Insomnia may result in the decline of the sufferers’ quality of life, and long-term insomnia may also trigger depression, reduce pain tolerance, or negatively impact on the immune response. Sleep is indispensable for maintaining a healthy body. During sleep, the internal metabolism and physiological function would be in a state of protective inhibition, which helps to avoid loss of nerve cell function due to hypertension, as well as reviving the physiological function of fatigued nerves.
Hay fever is a hypersensitive response among some individuals in the respiratory tract and eyes, resulting from an allergic reaction to pollen or various other allergens, including dust mites, fungal spore, and animal fur. Hay fever is a common and frequently-occurring condition that can severely impair human health.
Prolonged Pregnancy is a kind of abnormal delivery not uncommon in modern times. To be specific, if pregnant, a woman with normal menstrual cycle of 28 to 30 days) fails to go into labour for more than 2 weeks after full-term pregnancy, this is called “Prolonged Pregnancy”.
‘To be pregnant is to be vitally alive, thoroughly woman, and undoubtedly inhabited’. Anne Buchanan & Debra Klingsporn
Are you trying to conceive, but it hasn’t happened as easily as you’d hoped?
Oriental medicine (OM) emphasises that we should eat according to the season to stay healthy.
Most of us feel mildly uncomfortable, if not outright apprehensive, at the thought of a dental procedure or surgical operation. For example, surveys show that around one in five of us are very afraid of dentist visits. This fear can lead us to postpone dental treatment to the point where problems start to build up and we end up needing more work done than we might otherwise. Ouch…!
It might seem bizarre that inserting needles into various points on the body can influence the way our cells work. But a lot of research shows this is the case.