Debora Cytrynowicz Acupuncture as an Alternative Medicine ( in the Western Culture) Alternative medicine is a very general term whose definition can be very controversial. Basically‚ it is many holistic techniques for preventing and treating illnesses. Acupuncture‚ and many other therapies‚ have long been a part of Asian cultures and have recently been integrated into the Western culture. Since Acupuncture is such an important tradition in China‚ it has gained much respect from other cultures
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teaching and soon later spread to around Asia‚ Europe and North America. What is Acupressure? • Ancient healing art • Natural Alternative Therapy • Involves using the fingers and other parts of the body to skillfully press key points called acupuncture points. • Helps release muscular tension. • Promotes blood circulation. • Assists the body’s life force energy (known as Chi‚ Qi or Ki) to aid healing. Different Methods of Acupressure • Asian Bodywork Therapy - Treatment of the human mind
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Running Head: TOUCH‚ PAIN‚ ACUPUNCTURE Sensory Deficit of Touch‚ its Pain and Acupuncture Applied Learning Paper Debra A. Hankerson Abstract This writer will be exploring the topic‚ Is acupuncture an effective therapeutic treatment for the chronic pain associated with the sensory deficit of touch? Touch will be explored; what it is‚ causes for deficit of touch‚ chronic pain associated with the deficit‚ and the effects of the deficit. Acupuncture will be defined; its historical background
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1. Why is it important that the therapist should know the direction of flow in each individual meridian? Yang energy flows downwards and is found mainly to the back of the body‚ and Yin energy flows up-wards and is found mainly in the front of the body. Because of this it is paramount for a therapist to know the direction of flow in each individual meridian‚ in order to administer effective treatment. 2. How would the therapist apply Shiatsu treatment to a patient who is hyperactive and unable
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cramps‚ constant headaches‚ or chronic pain‚ acupuncture can prove to be natural healing. This holistic ancient Chinese procedure uses needles‚ stuck into the skin near nerve centers‚ to increase your body’s production of endorphins‚ which contributes to pain alleviation. Unsook Park’s Acupuncture‚ P.C. specializes in providing safe and effective acupuncture treatments for patients in the New Hyde Park area. For those that are unsure about acupuncture‚ they’ve helped compile a list of things that
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A Way to Figure Out Suitable Acupuncture Points The whole project is here https://googledrive.com/host/0B8Juprbxyod6UjdLN2VLRXhtejg/ It’s not toy‚ it took me 2 months to finish. 灵枢.一日分为四时：顺天之时，而病可与期。顺者为工，逆者为麤。 [If it is treated] according to the proper correspondence [between the time and the affected organs]‚ the disease can be cured. [Those who treat disease] according to this proper correspondence are excellent doctors while [those who treat disease] in contravention to this correspondence
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Performance Anxiety‚ or more commonly known as Stage Fright‚ is the phobia and fear which stops an individual believing that they are able to tackle the task at hand. Performance anxiety‚ does not just include performing in front of a large audience‚ it can include both public and private situations both large and small‚ such as a meeting‚ an exam‚ or intimate moments. Anxiety in itself begins with the fear that you can’t perform a task or presentation‚ because you honestly believe that it will
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reviews directed by researchers in Europe and the United States have found that Acupuncture is in any event tolerably compelling in treating torment and sickness. For instance‚ one of the biggest reviews to date on Acupuncture and constant suffering a meta-investigation of 29 very much led reviews including almost 18‚000 patients and distributed in October 2012 in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that Acupuncture is successful for treating interminable torment and along these lines is
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started questioning whether or not TCM really caters to the medical problems experienced by the Chinese people. In an interview to Dr. Philip Nino Tan-Gatue (2015)‚ a practitioner of TCM from the Philippine General Hospital who is also the head of acupuncture services at the Medical City and a lecturer at the University of the Philippines College of Medicine‚ at his clinic at the Faculty of Medical Arts Building of PGH‚ the foundation of the People’s Republic of China‚ under the leadership of Mao Zedong
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with pain and even improve cancer patients outcomes. Based on it’s wide range of benefits‚ I would utilize Imagery. 3. You want to try an Eastern therapy (Traditional Chinese Medicine‚ Acupuncture‚ or Ayurvedic) for your asthma. Choose one and describe your reasoning. (4 points) I would choose Acupuncture based on the research and experiments mentioned in the book. Several different
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