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What are The Side Effects of Acupuncture?

Some people experience a slight pain, numbness or tingling when acupuncture needles inserted. In rare cases people feel dizzy or nauseated during acupuncture. There may be a drop of blood when a needle is removed. Acupuncture has far fewer side effects than most western medicines.

Should not go for an acupuncture treatment if you have had any alcoholic beverage within an hour or if you are using any recreational drugs.

Be sure your acupuncturist know if you are pregnant. Some acupuncture points should not be stimulated during pregnancy. Read the rest of this entry »

Based on the inequality of energy, an acupuncturist will select acupuncture points to stimulate. You will lie on a table face down or face up. Needles are inserted at selected points. While the needles are inserted may feel a little pain, tingling or numbness. The needles are left in the body to 30 to 45 minutes. Depends on what you should do acupuncture. During that time many people fall asleep.

You might receive additional treatments during acupuncture to increase the flow of energy:

- The needles may be stimulated with a very mild electric current (electroacupuncture)
- The “moxa” is a soft material prepared from the dried mugwort herb. Moxa can be placed on the top end of acupuncture needles or (rarely) directly on the skin. Moxa is burned to provide penetrating heat. This is called moxibustion. Read the rest of this entry »

Acupuncture is a healing technique used in traditional Chinese medicine. They use very thin needles to stimulate specific points on the body. These points lie on energy pathways called “meridians.” They are designed acupuncture treatments to improve the flow and balance of energy along these meridians.

Traditional Chinese medicine has existed for at least 2,500 years. Consider the human body as a system of energy flows. When these flows are balanced, the body is healthy. Practitioners take their patients’ pulses and examine their tongues to diagnose energy imbalances. In Chinese medicine, pulses can be taken at three positions on each wrist, and three deep at each position. Read the rest of this entry »

Acupuncture is one of the main forms of healing in traditional Chinese medicine. Is carried out using needles that are placed on specific points of the body. The process should regulate and adjust the flow of energy to return to how it should be and is used to treat many conditions and pain.

The basis of acupuncture is that when the body has health problems your energy flow is blocked, usually happens by 14 points throughout the body, which are called meridians. With this practice, the needles are inserted into the meridians and thus change the electrical impulses, which causes energy to flow back as it should and you feel better. It is used to provide relief to chronic conditions such as arthritis, rheumatism and some types of addiction.

If you decide to go to a acupuncture, he or she will take your medical history, symptoms will ask you all this information and try to understand your problem so you know where to insert the needles and regulate your body’s energy. The needles are sharp and are sterile, and depending on the condition that they may be rotated or moved to pass a bit of energy. We also sometimes use a suction cup to further stimulate.

Although it seems very painful, it is not at all, because the needles are placed only in the most superficial of the skin, so I really do not feel almost anything. The time you spend with the needles inserted also depend on the problem, which can last over an hour.