What Can An Acupuncture San Diego Practitioner Treat?

According to the World Health Organization, the National Institutes for Health, and clinical experience, Acupuncture is useful in the treatment of:

Chronic and Acute Pain – Injuries, headaches, neck and back pain, tendonitis, sciatica, carpal tunnel syndrome, fibromyalgia

Neurological Disorders – Post-strok recover, Bell’s Palsy & Trigeminal Neuralgia, movement disorders

Upper Respiratory Disorders – Asthma, allergies, bronchitis, sinusitis, sore throat, laryngitis, colds and flu.

Digestive Disorders – Irritable bowel, colitis, constipation, diarrhea, gastritis, heartburn, food allergies, ulcers

Urinary and Reproductive Disorders – Cystitis, menstrual cramps, irregular or heavy periods, infertility, menopausal symptoms.

Immune Function – Recurrent infections, supportive treatment fo cancer and AIDS patients.

Addictions – Addictions to nicotine, alcohol and drugs.

Eye and Ear Disorders – Tinnitus, Meniere’s disease.

Depression, Anxiety & Insomnia

Other Conditions – Contact a Licensed Acupuncturist in your area (Acupuncture Directory) to find out about other conditions that can be treated with Oriental Medicine.

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Acupuncture For Infertility

Researchers at the Department of Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproduction at the Women’s Hospital, University of Heidelberg, report that “auricular acupuncture seems to offer a valuable alternative therapy for female infertility due to hormone disorders” after research showed that an acupuncture group of 45 patients achieved a higher rate of pregnancy than a similar group treated with hormones, suffered no side effects and reported additional health benefits.

Another German study (Die Beeinflussbarkeit der Samenqualitat durch Akupunktur bei subfertilen Mannern by Fischl. F. et. al) reports improvement in sperm motility, concentration and count after ten acupuncture treatments.

Acupuncture and Stroke Recovery

A study on 78 patients with hemiplegia at the Lund University Hospital in Sweden showed that the 38 patients who received twice-weekly acupuncture treatment for 10 weeks recovered faster, with better balance and mobility, than the 40 patients who received daily physiotherapy and occupational therapy.

Acupuncture Detoxification

A one year acupuncture detoxification program study in Portland, Oregon showed that

1. People who received acupuncture detoxification treatment were twice as likely to continue in rehabilitation therapy than people who did not receive acupuncture treatment.

2. Recidivism of alcohol and drug addicts decreased from 20-25% to 5% for patients receiving acupuncture.

Acupuncture For Migraines

The Pain Clinic and Medical Department of Skodsborg Sanatorium in Denmark conducted a randomized double-blind study which compared acupuncture needling with the drug metoprolol in controlling migraines.

Both groups showed a significant reduction in frequency or duration of attacks, with no significant difference between the two groups. The metoprolol group showed a greater reduction in severity of attacks while the acupuncture group reported fewer side-effects.

It should be noted, however, that 1. the acupuncture group all received the same treatment (i.e. there was no selection of points according to differentiation of pattern), and 2. that the metoprolol group received ’sham’ acupuncture, which has been shown in other studies (see ‘Acupuncture in Pulmonary Disease, NEWS, May 1995) to have a significant subjective and objective effect.

Green Tea for Cardiovascular Disease

The British Medical Journal has published a Japanese study on the benefits of green tea consumption in preventing cardiovascular disease, liver disorders and possibly cancer.

The study, begun in 1986, concerned 1,371 men over the age of 40. Tea consumption was classified as less than 3 cups, between 4 and 9 cups, and over 10 cups per day. It was found that consumption of green tea was significantly associated with lower serum concentrations of lipids and lipoproteins. “An increase in consumption substantially decreased serum total cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations, and this strong association remained almost unaltered even after age, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption and relative body weight were controlled for”.

Interestingly it was found that those who drank the most green tea (more than 10 cups) were also the heaviest smokers, but that whilst levels of lipid peroxides were generally higher among smokers than non-smokers, those smokers who drank more than 10 cups had lipid peroxide levels similar to non-smokers. The study also showed that consumption of green tea reduced liver cell damage and resulted in slightly lower (but not abnormal) haemoglobin concentration. The study also suggests that green tea has protective effects on the development of cancer.

Acupuncture for Pulmonary Disease

In the debut issue of the US published Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Dr. Kim Jobst of Oxford University has evaluated 16 papers on the use of acupuncture in pulmonary disease.

Acupuncture had been found to be effective in 4 of 8 double-blind studies, 3 of 5 single-blind studies, and 3 of 3 unblinded studies, with an overall effective rate of 62.5%. However, Dr. Jobst re-evaluated those studies where the effectiveness of specifically selected acupuncture points were judged against selection of ’sham’ acupuncture points.

‘Sham’ points can be of two kinds – sham true points and sham nonpoints. He found that a) sham nonpoints, i.e. sites that did not correlate to any existing acupuncture point, nevertheless had significant subjective and objective effects on pulmonary diseases, and that b) the sham true points selected for control in other studies were in fact points that, according to TCM, did have effect in some respiratory diseases. By assessing the effectiveness of any kind of needling in the 16 studies (whether true points, sham true points or sham nonpoints were used), the overall effective rate rose to 81%. In 10 of the 11 (91%) studies which evaluated it, it was found that medication could be significantly reduced by acupuncture.

Dr. Jobst concludes that acupuncture is a safe and effective treatment for patients with bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive lung disease.

Acupuncture and Eyes

Japanese researchers from the ophthalmology department at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine have demonstrated that acupuncture applied to various hand points can improve blood flow to the retinal artery. The retinal blood flow increased significantly in volume, velocity and in number of blood cells.

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