Acupuncture is a healing art based in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Acupuncturists apply slim needles to specific points of the body to restore a balanced flow of vital energy, or "qi." As the procedure involves pricking through the...
Most people would agree that there are few things more annoying than not being able to fall asleep or stay asleep at night. According to the Mayo Clinic, insomnia affects more than one-third of adults sometime in their lives. Of those people,...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that one million Americans develop shingles each year. The disease typically appears as a painful, one-sided blistering rash that affects the skin supplied by a single spinal or cranial...
Both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have issued consensus statements that acupuncture may be useful in improving fertility resulting from some conditions, although additional research is recommended...
Acupuncture may help arthritis by stimulating the release of the body's endorphins that help fight pain. As it does with other disorders, acupuncture stimulates points in the body with needles to correct the body's energy flow. Acupuncturists...
The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped endocrine gland located at the front of your neck -- it produces, stores and releases hormones that help regulate your body's metabolism. Hyperthyroidism occurs when your thyroid produces too much thyroid hormone...
Sleep apnea is a sleep-related respiratory condition that can often be serious. While no cure for sleep apnea exists, the symptoms of breathing difficulty and insomnia can be managed through medical help and healthy lifestyle habits. Chinese...
Acute bronchitis is the inflammation of the lung's air passages, which tends to occur shortly after contracting a respiratory infection. Your symptoms may initially affect your throat, nose and sinuses, then spread into your lungs causing chest...
Paresthesia is the medical term for the sensation of tingling, burning, or prickling that often occurs in the extremeties, including the fingers. Most people experience temporary paresthesia at some point in their lives, but for chronic tingling...
Acupuncture is said to very effective at treating the pain and inflammation of all types of arthritis. Traditional acupuncturists try to treat the specific symptoms of each individual with a variety of techniques, instead of focusing on arthritis...
The pain from bursitis and arthritis are often similar. With bursitis, the fluid-filled sac or bursa inside the joint becomes inflamed. The sac helps to cushion the joint, but movement is painful when the area is inflamed. Arthritis affects the...
Back pain affects millions of people and is one of the top physical conditions causing people to seek treatment, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center. Back pain is often chronic and unresponsive to various methods of pain...
Approximately 14.8 million American adults, or about 6.7 percent of the U.S. population, are living with major depression at any given time, and while many treatment options exist, some patients with depression do not respond to drug therapy or...
Hemifacial spasm is a neuromuscular disorder characterized by frequent, involuntary contractions of muscles on one side of your face. The condition can continue until half of your face appears to "droop." Acupuncture may be beneficial...
Acupuncture offers an easy and relaxing---though not inexpensive---way to lose 5 to 10 lbs. And it may help you lose additional weight by improving your metabolism and curbing your appetite. But if you expect to lose serious weight, success will...
Bell's palsy is a condition that can impair physical looks and functionality. It can also begin as a painful and inflammatory event, according to the Merck Manual. When only a part of the nerve is damaged, the condition is generally considered to...
In 2002, "Fertility and Sterility," a journal published by the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, stated that "acupuncture could help women undergoing fertility treatment conceive." Researchers investigated the effects women undergoing in...
If you are undergoing acupuncture treatments to treat infertility, your acupuncturist may ask you to follow a special diet to help improve the progress of your treatments. Following a healthy diet is a good way to increase your fertility,...
Acupuncture has been around for about 2,500 years, used by Asians to promote and maintain health. Today, acupuncturists have found that by using acupuncture you can suppress your appetite. According to Acufinder.com, when needles are placed at...
The piriformis is a muscle in the buttock region that crosses the hip joint. When contracted, it primarily rotates the hip outward; like a hockey player pushing off his or her skate to glide forward. When the larger muscles of the buttocks are...
Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic disease that causes scarring and thickening of lung tissue. Scar tissue replaces healthy lung tissue, which causes your lungs to swell and stiffen. Breathing becomes more difficult as the disease gets worse....
Acupuncture is generally recognized as a safe treatment method, and has been recognized by the World Health Organization for its efficacy in treating a variety of conditions and symptoms. Adverse effects have not been recorded for the majority of...
Costochondritis is chest pain caused by inflammation or tearing of the cartilage that attaches the ribs to the breast bone. This type of chest pain is most common in children and young adults, ages 10 to 35. The sharp pain can also be felt in the...
Acupuncture is a form of treatment that has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years. TCM teaches that energy flows throughout the body and that imbalances in that energy flow cause illness. In acupuncture, practitioners...
Acupuncture treatments for weight loss work by improving the functioning of two neuroendocrine pathways that regulate metabolism. When acupuncture needles are inserted into acupoints on the ear, endorphins are released, providing a relaxing effect...
Around 90 percent of compressed -- or herniated -- discs occur at the L4-L5 vertebrae, located at the base of your spine on top of your tailbone. This compression can cause not only lower back pain but a host of troublesome symptoms, including...
Lipomas are benign fatty lumps that typically grow between your skin and the muscles of your head, neck, shoulders and back, although they can grow anywhere on your body. While lipomas often cause no troublesome symptoms, you may choose to have...
Acupuncture has been used for thousands of years to treat many diseases, chronic conditions and acute symptoms. It can be particularly beneficial for pain, as it can treat both locally and systemically. Both acute and chronic conditions have been...
Acupuncture has been linked to appetite suppression, and thus to weight loss. One method, discussed in research published in 1998 in the journal "Australian Family Physician," involves acupuncture treatment to the ears. So how does this work?...
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