Acupuncture – A Naturopathic Treatment With Healing Wonders

Acupuncture is one of the staples of traditional Chinese medicine. It uses hair-thin needles inserted into specific target points in your body which rebalances energy flow and therefore helps eliminate illnesses.

If you are not a fan of getting poked with needles, you might reconsider when you find out what this form of naturopathic treatment can do. Read more below.

1. Relieves Asthma Attacks

Wheezing, difficulty in breathing, general feeling of body malaise, sinusitis and sneezing are common symptoms of an allergic asthma attack. Most patients with this health condition carry inhalers which provide the drug for immediate relief. But just like any synthetic medicine, adverse side effects can arise from long-term use. There is, however, an alternative way of fighting off an asthma attack.

In an article by HealthCMi, a study was conducted on 1,445 patients where Acupuncture was used as the mode of treatment. It says:

“Patients receiving acupuncture had marked reductions of allergic asthma during strenuous and moderate exercise, work and social activities, and during sleep. The overall quality of life scores for patients receiving acupuncture were significantly higher than patients in the control group receiving no acupuncture.”

Furthermore,

“The researchers note that after the three months of acupuncture treatments, patients had significant improvements in global quality of life scores and individual parameters such as symptoms, activities, emotions, physicality, and mental function. An important finding, the durability of acupuncture was confirmed by a six-month follow-up. Despite not having any acupuncture for three months following the completion of the study’s treatment regimen, the six-month data point measured improvements “comparable to the 3 months’ improvements.”

Original article posted here.

2. Helps Manage Menopausal Symptoms

Menopausal symptoms usually occur between ages 45 and 55, but may also be seen in as early as ages 30s or 40s. This stage can be particularly hard for women as symptoms may include abnormal vaginal bleeding, hot flashes, urinary symptoms, mood changes, and some may even develop osteoporosis and heart disease.

Kathryn Ryan published an article “Can Acupuncture Help Alleviate Menopausal Symptoms?” and had this to say:

“An umbrella review from Duke Clinical Research Institute that was a comprehensive assessment of previous systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials has found that women who received acupuncture had less frequent and less severe vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause than women who did not have acupuncture. The women who had acupuncture also reported improved health-related quality of life, as shown in the evidence reported in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (JACM), a peer-reviewed publication from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers dedicated to the paradigm, practice, and policy advancing integrative health. The article is available free on JACM website.”

If you are looking to try out this mode of therapy, contact us at the Dr. Amauri Wellness Centre.

More about this study here.

3. Better Pain Relief – Headaches, Low Back Pain, Osteoarthritis

Harvard Health Blog article “Acupuncture for Headache” discusses how acupuncture works:

“Individual large-scale clinical studies have consistently demonstrated that acupuncture provided better pain relief compared with usual care. However, most studies also showed little difference between real and sham (fake) acupuncture. In order to address this concern, a 2012 meta-analysis combined data from roughly 18,000 individual patients in 23 high-quality randomized controlled trials of acupuncture for common pain conditions. This analysis conclusively demonstrated that acupuncture is superior to sham for low back pain, headache, and osteoarthritis, and improvements seen were similar to that of other widely used non-opiate pain relievers.”

Source: Harvard.Edu

4. Can Boost Chances Of Getting Pregnant Through IVF

Women who received acupuncture before and after embryo implantation may have a higher chance of getting pregnant. According to a post by Claudia Tanner for MailOnline:

“Dr Hana Visnova, medical director at IVF Cube in Prague, and her team analyzed data from 3271 women and nearly 4,400 cycles.

This included frozen embryo transfer (FET) procedures as well as cycles with a patient’s own eggs, or through donated egg therapies.

Acupuncture was performed on the patient both immediately before and after embryo implantation.

Of the 4087 cycles without acupuncture, 2,458 pregnancies were recorded, giving a pregnancy rate of 60 percent.

Of the 301 cycles with acupuncture, there were 201 conceptions – giving a higher pregnancy rate of 66 percent.”

Dr. Visnova isn’t the only one who reported such a success. Previous research regarding this matter was also mentioned in this article.

5. Anti-Aging

Here at our wellness centre, we offer what is called a Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture. Expected results may include:

– eliminate fine lines and wrinkles

– reduce eye bags

– eliminate eye puffiness

– lift droopy eyelids

– minimize double chin

Learn more about Acupuncture here. 

With this information at your hand, the health benefits of Acupuncture greatly outweighs the thought of getting poked at with needles. You can contact the Dr. Amauri Wellness Centre if you have more questions or concerns. Call us at (416) 922-4114 or send us an email.