Acupuncture
Acupuncture – Alternative Treatment for Better Health![]() Acupuncture is among the oldest healing practices in the world, and is part of Traditional Chinese Medicine. This ancient system is based on the concept that disease results from disruption in the flow of qi, or “chi,” and imbalance in the forces of yin and yang.
Traditional Chinese Medicine uses practices such as herbs, meditation, massage, and acupuncture seek to aid healing by restoring the yin-yang balance and the flow of chi. Acupuncture is the stimulation of specific points on the body by a variety of techniques, including the insertion of thin metal needles though the skin. Acupuncture needles are intended to remove blockages in the flow of chi and restore and maintain health. The needles are solid, and contain no chemicals, as in western medicine. These disposable needles serve only as an antennae to allow transfer of energy through a point in the body. In the United States, where wellness practitioners incorporate healing traditions from China, Japan, Korea, and other countries, acupuncture is considered part of complementary and alternative medicine. Complementary medicine is used together with conventional medicine, and alternative medicine is used in place of conventional medicine. Acupuncture Key Points
How Does Acupuncture Work?According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, maintaining the body in a “balanced” state will result in health and wellness. A balanced state is when the Yin, the cold, slow, or passive principle, and the yang, the hot, excited, or active principle, are at the same levels. Disease, then, is due to an internal imbalance of yin and yang. This imbalance leads to blockage in the flow of chi, and vice versa.
In western health care, the slow and fast principles are diagnosed and labeled with a name, and then chemicals are usually prescribed to help return the clinical values to within normal limits. Relying on chemicals to restore the body’s natural balanced state has little regard for the actual cause, or reason why, the body strayed from its natural course. Chi, in traditional Chinese medicine, is the vital energy or life force proposed to regulate a person’s spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical health, and is influenced by the opposing forces of yin and yang. This vital energy, or chi, flows along pathways known as meridians. Chi can be unblocked, by using acupuncture at certain points on the body that connect with these meridians. Sources vary on the number of meridians, with numbers ranging from 12 to 20. One commonly cited source describes meridians as 14 main channels “connecting the body in a web-like interconnecting matrix” of at least 2,000 acupuncture points. What to Expect From Acupuncture Treatment At The Better Health CenterDuring your first office visit, Dr. Michael J. Wolff, a certified Houston acupuncturist, will ask you at length about your health condition, lifestyle, and behavior, and then listen intently. He will also ask if your goal is overall health and well-being, or pain management, so that your goals, and his, are aligned. Dr. Wolff will try to obtain a complete picture of your treatment needs and behaviors that may contribute to your condition. Please inform him about all treatments or medications you are taking and all medical conditions you have.
Acupuncture needles are metallic, solid, and hair-thin. People experience acupuncture differently, but most feel no or minimal pain as the needles are inserted. Some people feel energized by treatment, while others feel relaxed. Movement of the patient can cause soreness and pain during treatment. It is important to seek treatment from a qualified acupuncture practitioner. Treatment may take place over a period of several weeks or more. Duration of Acupuncture TreatmentAcupuncture treatment is usually begun at a frequency of two visits per week. At the beginning of each visit, a Ryodoraku, or electro meridian imaging, will be utilized to assess the overall, and specific, balance of your meridian system. This test is relatively quick, and completely painless. Needles will be inserted to re-create balance, as well as pain control, of areas of complaint. Balancing can result as early as after two visits, or may take multiple visits to accomplish, depending on many factors that will be explained to you. Once balance is achieved, the recommended schedule for re-balancing is once every change of seasons, or four times a year in the US, or five times a year in China (they have five seasons).
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