What is Acupuncture?
Chinese medicine is probably the oldest health care system on the planet. It has stood the test of time for its effectiveness over thousands of years. Chinese medicine has been proven to effectively treat chronic disease, and help in pain management. Chinese medicine is a complete health care system that includes acupuncture, Chinese herbs, nutritional counseling, Oriental massage, and exercise.
Acupuncture causes the body to endophins - natures natural opiates, which relieve pain and increase a person’s sense of relaxation and well being. They can give a person a “natural high” similar to the feeling we have at peak experiences in our lives, or after strenuous physical excercise such as running. Acupuncture also encourages relaxation by loosening tight muscles. A person can leave a session feeling as if they had a good, deep massage.
How is Acupuncture administered?
What about those dreaded needles? Most people who have never had acupuncture envision large hypodermic needles ruthlessly plunged into deep tissue. Nothing could be further from the truth. The needles are in fact about as thin as a hair. They do not cut and tear at the skin like hypodermic needles that are used for injections. Instead, they gently part the skin when inserted. The insertion is also done very quickly so that the body doesn’t usually even register a sensation.