An ancient Chinese healing technique is used even today - Acupuncture which is very similar to acupressure. Acupuncture is normally used to maintain good health and treat ill-health by using really fine needles that are inserted into the individual's skin at certain points that are located along the meridian pathways of energy. In times of good health, the energy flows freely through the meridians but injuries and disease tend to block the flow.It is brought down to a simplistic explanation of getting the Qi or Chi to flow without any blockage through the human body in order to maintain a state of good health. There are a total of 365 different acupuncture points scattered across the exterior surface of the body, these follow the paths of 14 main meridians.
Trapped energy or Chi is stimulated and released by inserting special needles at specific locations or through acupressure depending on the nature of the illness. This can be compared to a river blocked with debris; removing the blocking debris allows the river to freely flow without obstruction. Acupuncture regulates the flow of 'chi' so it flows at a steady pace, not too fast and not too slow.
1000 BC). Traditional Yin/Yang theory, Western or medical acupuncture and Five Elements are the three types of acupuncture. All three use similar diagnostic methods and the same system of points, but they take a different approach to the underlying causes of an illness and its treatment.
The five elements acupuncture, being strictly based on Chinese medicine's five element cycle, believes or assumes that a particular illness is most likely to be caused by either a physical cause or emotional stress. Based on this, it believes that physical cure can be achieved only by removing the mental stress first. Five elements method is a slow process as it does not merely treat the symptoms but the reason behind the illness due to which the process takes a longer period of time to achieve full recovery. The old yin/yang theory of acupuncture mainly concentrates in bringing back the entire balance of the yin and yang in the human body. In this type of acupuncture different points are pierced with the needles all along the meridians in order to help cure and affect different illnesses in your body.
Western Acupuncture treatment by nature is short-term and this combines both Eastern and Western approaches. There are two sub-categories of the medical aspect, the first, anesthetic acupuncture, is used in surgical and dental procedures. The second sub-category is that first-aid or symptomatic isn't used for the illness's diagnosis but in order to assist with the temporary relief of analgesic pain. Reputable medical research has found it to be effective in treating depression, allergies, asthma, arthritis, infertility, gynecological disorders, migraines and high blood pressure. Acupuncture is found to be one of the most effective methods to treat illnesses that persist for a long time without any results from conventional treatment or when the illness is caused by problems caused by one's lifestyle.
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