What is Acupuncture?
Acupuncture is a key component of traditional Chinese medicine, and involves placing hair-thin specialized needles into acupuncture points on the body known to have physiologic effects on the body's processes. The acupuncture points are in specific locations, typically lie along the body’s Meridian Channels along which Qi (energy, force of life) flows.
The Chinese believe that the balanced flow of energy in the meridians is the key to health.
Most veterinary acupuncture points and Meridian lines are transposed to animals from humans, though knowledge of some “classical points” defined on particular species have been retained and are used to this day.
Over the past 3000 years, acupuncture methods have evolved with the addition of electrical stimulation and modern understanding of its powerful healing abilities.
How does Acupuncture work?
While acupuncture has been in use for thousands of years, hundreds of studies demonstrating its effectiveness are now being published each year, as modern science seeks to understand and quantify the pathways by which acupuncture works.
Traditional Chinese medicine explains acupuncture as a technique for balancing the flow of energy or life force — known as qi or chi (CH-EE) believed to flow through pathways (meridians) in your body. By inserting needles into specific points along these meridians, acupuncture practitioners believe that your energy flow will re-balance.
In contrast, many Western practitioners view the acupuncture points as places to stimulate nerves, muscles and connective tissue. Some believe that this stimulation boosts your body's natural painkillers and increases blood flow. there are few theories that are being researched and established as far as the western modern, scientific explanation for the mechanism of action of Acupuncture. one of them is the Gate pathway theory.
Conditions that can be treated with Acupuncture
Acupuncture is very commonly used to treat pain, and can alleviate almost any complaint or disorder, from speeding up recovery from surgeries, to various conditions of endocrine, behavioral, anxiety, old age weakness and regaining of energy, dementia, incontinent and off course, muscles and skeletal health issues.
Balance: As in all things, Balance is the key word. Western medicine can offer more effective treatments for some conditions, while Acupuncture and TCVM can be more effective and less harmful than western drugs, for others. Some animals, too, will be more responsive and/or receptive to acupuncture than others. The key in successful treatment, is to identify the background pattern and integrate all subjective, as well as environmental elements in the healing and treatment process.
Acupuncture is a key component of traditional Chinese medicine, and involves placing hair-thin specialized needles into acupuncture points on the body known to have physiologic effects on the body's processes. The acupuncture points are in specific locations, typically lie along the body’s Meridian Channels along which Qi (energy, force of life) flows.
The Chinese believe that the balanced flow of energy in the meridians is the key to health.
Most veterinary acupuncture points and Meridian lines are transposed to animals from humans, though knowledge of some “classical points” defined on particular species have been retained and are used to this day.
Over the past 3000 years, acupuncture methods have evolved with the addition of electrical stimulation and modern understanding of its powerful healing abilities.
How does Acupuncture work?
While acupuncture has been in use for thousands of years, hundreds of studies demonstrating its effectiveness are now being published each year, as modern science seeks to understand and quantify the pathways by which acupuncture works.
Traditional Chinese medicine explains acupuncture as a technique for balancing the flow of energy or life force — known as qi or chi (CH-EE) believed to flow through pathways (meridians) in your body. By inserting needles into specific points along these meridians, acupuncture practitioners believe that your energy flow will re-balance.
In contrast, many Western practitioners view the acupuncture points as places to stimulate nerves, muscles and connective tissue. Some believe that this stimulation boosts your body's natural painkillers and increases blood flow. there are few theories that are being researched and established as far as the western modern, scientific explanation for the mechanism of action of Acupuncture. one of them is the Gate pathway theory.
Conditions that can be treated with Acupuncture
Acupuncture is very commonly used to treat pain, and can alleviate almost any complaint or disorder, from speeding up recovery from surgeries, to various conditions of endocrine, behavioral, anxiety, old age weakness and regaining of energy, dementia, incontinent and off course, muscles and skeletal health issues.
Balance: As in all things, Balance is the key word. Western medicine can offer more effective treatments for some conditions, while Acupuncture and TCVM can be more effective and less harmful than western drugs, for others. Some animals, too, will be more responsive and/or receptive to acupuncture than others. The key in successful treatment, is to identify the background pattern and integrate all subjective, as well as environmental elements in the healing and treatment process.
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