Considered a neurological condition, epilepsy is the result of abnormal or excessive activity in the neural regions of the brain. People over the age of 65 and young children are high risk factors to develop this disorder although people of all age group can also suffer from it.
Acupuncture may help to improve the subtle memory loss that precedes the development of dementia aka mild cognitive impairment (MCI), according to a review. And it may be particularly effective when combined with drug treatment.
Endometriosis is the development of endometrial cells outside of the uterus. Normally these cells develop within the lining of the uterus. In endometriosis, however, the endometrial tissue may develop on the bowels and other parts of the body. It is a chronic condition and can cause pain, inflammation, and bleeding.
One of the most widespread health problems for a lot of people around the world these days is hypotension or low blood pressure. This condition especially affects individuals 45 years of age and older.
Acupuncture, all in all, can give Colitis and other IBS sufferers a better and entirely natural way to maintain or get back their harmony, strength and achieve optimum digestive health.
Acupuncture treatment for eye conditions may entail needling the area near the eye. When performed in those areas, blood and qi flow is stimulated allowing these two important requirements for health to reach the eyes.
More and more epilepsy patients are finding out the value of acupuncture treatment that can help control their seizures. A vital part of the medical heritage of China for over 4,000 years, acupuncture has become an important form of medical treatment in some western countries since it was introduced there in the early 70's.
Acupuncture can benefit cancer patients as it can serve as an alternative to anesthesia in postsurgical recovery and pain management or as a complementary therapy in accelerating and assisting recovery from the after effects of various extremely toxic therapies such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
To lessen the sore throat and swelling related to tonsillitis, acupuncture can be an effective therapy to help cure symptoms. The acupuncturist will focus his/her treatment on acupoints Large Intestine 4 and 11 (LI 4&11), Bladder 10 and 12 (Bl 10 and 12), and Lung 1 (Lu 1) along with auricular acupoints associated with the tonsils and pharynx.
An acupuncture treatment for COPD study was performed involving the participation of 68 people all suffering from COPD. Some of them were administered with acupuncture treatments for three months along with their daily medicines. The rest received fake or sham acupuncture therapy.
One use for acupuncture is for the treatment of acute bronchitis, a disease resulting from the inflammation of the air passages of the lungs. Bronchitis usually occurs shortly after a person contracts a respiratory infection.
For thousands of years, acupuncture has been used to help lower high blood pressure in humans. People develop high blood pressure when their blood begins to exert pressure against the blood vessel walls, especially the walls of the heart chambers, veins, and arteries.