Category Archives: medicine

Ginger for Inflammation – Reviews

Posted on by
Reply

Ginger is known as one of the best natural anti inflammatories. This natural anti inflammatory brings great help to human health. Before using it, it is recommended if you also look into other resources such as other anti inflammatory herbs, anti inflammatory foods and anti inflammatory supplements.

An effective and natural source for many health ailments is the ginger supplement. Ginger can be taken orally or used topically to treat inflammation, reduce pain, migraine headaches, nausea and heartburn, cold and flu treatment and prevention, menstrual cramp relief, and cancer. It is a root derived from the native Asian plant but is now cultivated worldwide.

Historically, ginger has been used in Traditional Chinese Medicines and Ayurvedic Medicines;  a traditional medicinal system in India. In India, ginger is often applied topically to relieve toothaches, headaches, and to improve limb circulation; as well as to treat nausea and other gastrointestinal conditions. In China dried ginger is used to treat cold symptoms characterized by pallor, poor appetite and digestion, cold limbs, diarrhea, and vomiting. Continue reading →

Electroacupuncture

Posted on by
Reply

This is a fairly new technique and has come into vogue only around the seventies of the last century. Here needles are inserted, as in traditional acupuncture, but these needles are attached to a device which will generate a series of continuous electric pulses. Nowadays more and more acupuncturists are beginning to practise this type, since they can control the flow of the current and stimulus, and thus vary it to suit each patient.
With so many choices available, it is not easy to decide which one will suit you the best. However, many acupuncturists work on all these varied systems and they decide which method to use after diagnosing the patient’s problems. Most people use acupuncture to treat pain and have found that all of these systems in some form or the other are effective in treating the pain and getting to the root of the problem.

Risks in acupuncture

Posted on by
Reply

Contributed by Mridula Murgai
Are there any risks in acupuncture?
The modern day acupuncturists take a great deal of care to make sure that their needles are sterilised, that they use an injection tube which is also sterilised. They needles are all only single use needles, so there is no risk of infection. The practitioners also spend the first one or two sessions doing only mild acupuncture in order to make sure that there is no reaction from the patients, and also to judge how quickly their body responds to the treatment.

Electroacupuncture

Posted on by
Reply

Electroacupuncture:

This is a fairly new technique and has come into vogue only around the seventies of the last century. Here needles are inserted, as in traditional acupuncture, but these needles are attached to a device which will generate a series of continuous electric pulses. Nowadays more and more acupuncturists are beginning to practise this type, since they can control the flow of the current and stimulus, and thus vary it to suit each patient.

Is acupuncture painful?

Posted on by
Reply

Just the basic idea of putting needles into your own body is enough to scare most people. But, honestly, this is not a painful process. The needles are very thin and they pierce the skin very quickly, without causing any pain. There are certain sensitive areas in the body where you may experience a minor sensation of pain, but it only lasts for a few minutes. The needles are never used again since even after one use they lose their sharpness

What types of body pain can be treated with acupuncture?

Posted on by
Reply

Migraines and back pain have always responded very positively to acupuncture. Chronic back pain sufferers tend to get hooked on to medicines and their dependency becomes a lifelong addictions. Acupuncture can help you in decreasing your dependency and in removing the pain. Spondylitis has also been known to be treated effectively through acupuncture systems.

Acupuncture for pain relief

Posted on by
Reply

Acupuncture has over the last few decades become very popular among patients for relief from many ailments and problems. In very simple layman terms it consists of a process whereby needles are inserted and manipulated in the body. This process originated in China, and today there are many offshoots which trace their origins to Taiwan and Korea, and are slightly different from the original Chinese acupuncture.

Acupuncture has been found to be particularly effective in relieving chronic pain and all the other problems associated with it. A study conducted in 1997 by NIH (National Institute of Health), USA concluded that this alternative healing method was very effective in controlling pain and inflammation. Specially, where it is used in conjunction with other healing processes such as allopathic medicines, the results have been impressive.

How does acupuncture work:

There are various points in the body which are considered to be acupuncture points. Putting needles into these points stimulates the system into releasing chemicals which further release endorphins and natural steroids. These then help to cure the body of the pain and other ailments. These are natural ingredients and unlike medicines and artificial steroids they do not lead to addiction and dependency.

How long does the treatment last?

As with any other form of treatment, this is totally dependent on the level of pain you are suffering from. The first visit to the acupuncturist will help him to determine how many sittings are needed in order to completely take away your pain and inflammation. Initially there may be two sessions a week, with the frequency being decreased as the healing process begins to take place. The sessions generally last half an hour.

How does acupuncture benefit your body?

As we have said earlier, acupuncture needles stimulate your nervous system. This helps to motivate the body’s natural healing processes to take over and begin their work. The blood circulation is improved, and this also helps in speeding up the recovery process. The muscles begin to relax and the inflammation also decreases rapidly. The relaxed body also helps in reducing stress and thereby taking away one of the main causes of body pain.

Traditional medicine

Posted on by
Reply

Traditional Chinese medicine offers a holistic approach to treating an illness. Traditional medicine focuses on the whole person, and will usually help the body fight disease or infection instead of trying to cure it directly. Typically traditional medicine has little side-effects. This is because it is based on precisely balanced formulas so that side-effects are minimized (e.g. if you wanted the anti-bacterial effects of cinnamon without the blood-thinning properties, you would add licorice, which has a blood thickening affect).

Western medicine can be more effective because it uses medicines that attack the symptoms, not the problem as a whole. For viruses which cause colds, you have fever reducers and anti-biotics. In addition to “pills,” western medicine has made many advances in surgical technology..

Studying acupuncture

Posted on by
Reply

For studying acupuncture in USA
you have to be at least 20 years old to get admission to college.
you need to have at least an associates degree in any subject.
The time to complete the degree can vary from 3-5 years depending on how you opt to take your courses time wise.
After 3-5 years will get you your “Masters of science in oriental medicine” .Then depending on which state you live and the state regulations, you can either become an MDOR (medical doctor of oriental medicine) or L.Ac. (Licensed acupuncturist).