Although
used for a variety of health problems, including addictions, pain relief,
anesthesia, musculoskeletal problems, arthritis, asthma, hay fever, mental
disorders such as depression, anxiety, migraines, nausea and vomiting
in pregnancy, high blood pressure, digestive disorders, women's health,
and also promoting health, acupuncture can also be used for nausea associated
with general anesthesia and chemotherapy. In the United States acupuncture
is perhaps most commonly used to relieve pain, including neck and lower
back pain, post-surgical pain, and migraine headaches. In the United Kingdom,
midwives have used it to turn breech babies. The World Health Organisation
has identified over 40 conditions treatable with acupuncture. Studies
have indicated that acupuncture may stimulate the production of endorphins,
the body's own "morphine-like" painkillers. It may also trigger
nerve "gate control", in which pressure messages reach the brain
faster than do messages of pain. Although attempts at relating the meridians'
pattern of energy pathways to electrical current in the body have been
unscientific and inconclusive, some evidence exists for acupoints having
a lower electrical resistance than nonacupuncture sites. In a Spanish
study in 1992, radioactive tracers injected at acupoints seemed to travel
along similar pathways to meridians, leading to theories of information
transmission linked to neurochemicals rather than to the circulatory or
lymphatic system. Completely safe, acupuncture has no known side effects.
Many common problems that can be treated with Acupuncture,
include:
Although
used for a variety of health problems, including addictions, pain relief,
anesthesia, musculoskeletal problems, arthritis, asthma, hay fever, mental
disorders such as depression, anxiety, migraines, nausea and vomiting
in pregnancy, high blood pressure, digestive disorders, women's health,
and also promoting health, acupuncture can also be used for nausea associated
with general anesthesia and chemotherapy. In the United States acupuncture
is perhaps most commonly used to relieve pain, including neck and lower
back pain, post-surgical pain, and migraine headaches. In the United Kingdom,
midwives have used it to turn breech babies. The World Health Organisation
has identified over 40 conditions treatable with acupuncture. Studies
have indicated that acupuncture may stimulate the production of endorphins,
the body's own "morphine-like" painkillers. It may also trigger
nerve "gate control", in which pressure messages reach the brain
faster than do messages of pain. Although attempts at relating the meridians'
pattern of energy pathways to electrical current in the body have been
unscientific and inconclusive, some evidence exists for acupoints having
a lower electrical resistance than nonacupuncture sites. In a Spanish
study in 1992, radioactive tracers injected at acupoints seemed to travel
along similar pathways to meridians, leading to theories of information
transmission linked to neurochemicals rather than to the circulatory or
lymphatic system. Completely safe, acupuncture has no known side effects.
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