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What does Acupuncture Treat?
Chinese Medicine & acupuncture is an entire system of healthcare which addresses the underlying cause of disease, thus can facilitate improvement in almost any condition or disease by working with the body in the direction it naturally wants to go…toward homeostasis & a healthy state of wellbeing & survival
Shown to improve conditions such as adverse effects of chemotherapy; cardiac disorders, hypertension & stroke rehabilitation; pain & anesthesia; addiction, weight loss, stress related syndromes & depression; PMS, menstrual irregularities, infertility & obstetric disorders; rheumatism, sciatica & neuralgias; chronic fatigue syndrome & fibromyalgia; digestive disorders & endocrine disease, including diabetes; asthma, allergies & respiratory disorders; repetitive use injuries injuries & improved athletic performance, to name a few
How does Acupuncture Work?
Although, not yet widely accepted by the medical establishment, modern science & technology have come a long way toward establishing the validity & elucidation of the acupuncture points & channels, & the biochemical mechanisms by which they act to affect change in the human condition…including changes in CNS, PNS, & neuroendocrine function, stimulation of the release of prostaglandins, endorphins, enkephalins, cytokines, epinephrine, norepinephrine, & the neurotransmitters serotonin, dopamine & GABA