What is acupuncture?
Acupuncture as part of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been successful for more than 2000 years of medical healing method that enables the needles through specific points of the body’s own healing powers and maintains or restores health. Needling or heat (moxibustion), these points will be specifically encouraged the organism itself back into balance. The traditional view of acupuncture regulating the flow of life energy that in Chinese “qi” (pronounced Chee) is called. This flow system is an energetic network of channels, not just the acupuncture points, but – also connects the internal organs and affect each other – about inner curves.
Treatment examples:
- Painful shoulder / neck syndrome
- Acute and chronic sinusitis
- Pain in the lumbar spine
- Tennis elbow
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has designated diseases that can be successfully treated with acupuncture, including:
* Head and Face Pain
o Migraine
o trigeminal neuralgia
* Musculoskeletal pain
o back pain / tension
o shoulder and arm pain
o Sciatica
* Respiratory
o infections
o sinusitis
o Asthma
o hay fever
* Heart and circulatory diseases
o mild heart failure
o malfunction of the heart
o regulation of blood pressure
* Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract
o Stomach problems
o diarrhea / constipation
o irritable bowel / intestinal inflammation
* Diseases of the urinary tract
o cystitis
* Skin disorders
o Allergies
o Neurodermatitis / Psoriasis
* Other diseases
o sleep
o nerve pain
o Chronic fatigue
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* Weight reduction
* Smoking cessation