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Acupuncture – History and Techniques
Acupuncture is one of the oldest, most commonly used medical procedures in the world. Originating in China more than 2,000 years ago, it is used extensively in Traditional Chinese Medicine and has proven to provide pain relief, ease suffering, and reduce tension and stress. Looking at the popularity of acupuncture, many insurance companies have started to recognize it as a Complimentary Alternative Medicine and are offering this treatment within their health plans.
Today the world is moving at a very fast pace and there is very little to no free time available for the individual.
To remain fit and healthy has become a real challenge. Most of us often suffer stress related problems like the nausea, back pain, lethargy etc. There are prescribed medications available to assist with the symptoms but the available medications are not free from their own form of side effects. It is not always practically possible to go to work suffering from drowsiness or lethargy caused by the commercial medications for example. To avoid this situation there are only two ways available, one take time off work which is not possible on regular basis or the second is to bear the sufferings of the pain or the disease and keep on working, which is not possible for long periods. For these very reasons people started hunting for the alternative remedies and thus acupuncture gained its relevance and importance in the modern world.
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Phenomenon of Acupuncture is Not Known to Everyone
Acupuncture is considered to be one of the methods of health care, without any side effects and its been in practice for more than 3000 years, however, most of the people just recently realize how effective the acupuncture system is. The phenomenon of Acupuncture is not known to everyone, which could be one of the reasons why people are not aware of its potential benefits. Acupuncture targets the stimulation of the natural healing process that runs without our own body, which most of us don’t know.
Treatments based on acupuncture started almost 3000 years ago when ancient physicians found or discovered a special system of cyclic energy which is also called as Qi (pronounced as chee). This cyclic energy or Qi flows within our body at different internal pathways. These pathways are also called as meridian and every meridian is associated with a specific organ of our body like lungs, heart, kidneys etc. These pathways or the meridians connect to the surface of our body at specific points; called as acupuncture points. Every acupuncture point has its own effect on the Qi flowing in our body through that specific meridian. Previously it was not possible to determine the electrical charge at the acupuncture points; however, with the advancement of medical sciences, it has now become possible to measure these electrical charges. These electrical charges confirm the possible location of a meridian.
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