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ACUPUNCTURE: What is it, how does it work, and what does it treat?

Acupuncture is a system of medicine that restores and maintains health by the insertion of fine needles into acupuncture points just beneath the body surface. These points are very specific locations and lie on channels or meridians of energy. Acupuncture is a complex system of diagnosis and treatment that takes into consideration the person as a whole. Utilizing methods including acupuncture, herbal medicine, nutrition, massage and moxibustion, acupuncturists detect disharmonies in the system and treat them.

Preventive Medicine is one of the main concepts of acupuncture. Acupuncture treatment facilitates physical strengthening as it increases resistance to disease and disharmony thus improving the body's ability to function. Stress related symptoms and illnesses are particularly amenable to treatment by acupuncture. Tension, headaches, anxiety, depressions, digestive complaints, and fatigue are symptoms of a body/mind imbalance. Acupuncture works on an energetic, functional level to restore balance and harmony to the mind/body system.

When the energy of the body (QI) is blocked or not flowing smoothly, pain ensues. Acupuncture endeavors to remove these blocks to restore the balance of energy flow within the body and eliminate the pain. Pain is the body's signal that tells us that something unnatural is occurring. By restoring the smooth flow of energy, acupuncture can intervene on a process that many, over time and without early treatment, create greater dysfunction or organic changes.

Acute and Chronic Conditions

Acupuncture has been recognized as a viable treatment for a number of conditions. The World Heath Organization lists a number of conditions that can be successfully treated. These include, but are not limited to:

Digestive Complaints: abdominal pain acid reflux chronic diarrhea indigestion

Respiratory: sinusitis bronchitis asthma common cold

Muscle/Skeletal: muscle pain sciatica arthritis disc problems

This is just a partial list. Acupuncture is effective for many more conditions.

Women's Reproductive Health

Acupuncture can treat a variety of gynecological problems such as PMS, painful periods, irregular menses, infertility problems, menopausal symptoms, depression, anxiety, and migraine headaches.

An Shen Wellness Clinic
Caroline Derrickson
1906 Broadway
Vancouver, Washington 98663
(360) 694-7668
caroline@anshenwellnessclinic.com

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