Acupuncture
Acupuncture Frozen Shoulder
Posted under Acupuncture on Wednesday, 22 October 2008 by admin
The term 'frozen shoulder' is used to describe a variety of conditions that cause pain and limit the range of motion of the shoulder joint. Most commonly caused by inflammation of synovial tissue or thickening of synovial fluid, frozen shoulder occurs mainly in middle-aged people who have a history...
Acupuncture:Needling Increases Blood Flow in Fibromyalgia Patients
Posted under Acupuncture on Wednesday, 22 October 2008 by admin
Acupuncture has become a widely used treatment modality in various musculoskeletal pain conditions. Acupuncture is also shown to enhance blood flow and recovery in surgical flaps due to certain substances released by needle stimulation. In a previous study on healthy subjects, researchers found...
acupuncture and massage helpful after cancer surgery
Posted under Acupuncture on Wednesday, 22 October 2008 by admin
A combination of acupuncture and massage may help ease pain and depression symptoms after cancer surgery, a new study suggests.
Acupuncture has been shown in many studies to ease pain, and there s growing evidence that it helps quell post-surgery nausea. Massage, meanwhile, has been shown in...
Meridians and collaterals glossary both English and Chinese
Posted under Acupuncture on Friday, 17 October 2008 by admin
经 meridians
十二正经 the twelve meridians
奇经八脉 the eight extra merdians
十二经别 the twelve divergent meridians
络 collaterals
十五别络 the fifteen divergent collaterals
浮络 the superficial collaterals
孙络 the tertiary...
What is Acupuncture and moxibustion
Posted under Acupuncture on Friday, 17 October 2008 by admin
Acupuncture and moxibustion, as two important methods of treatment, form an indispensable part of traditional Chinese medicine.
Both these two methods of treatment are based on the theory of points and the theory of jing and luo. A point means a specific spot on the body surface at which...