| Medical Acupuncture refers to the administration | | | | don’t have the necessary training and skill to |
| of acupuncture treatment by a licensed physician. | | | | perform it safely and bring about the desired |
| Acupuncture is a form of treatment that goes | | | | results. |
| back for thousands of years in ancient China. The | | | | A medical acupuncturist can counsel you about |
| procedures used in acupuncture today have been | | | | the use of acupuncture either as a treatment on |
| developed not only from these original Chinese | | | | its own or how it can be used in conjunction with |
| methods, but Japanese, Korean and others. | | | | other medical treatments. It is particularity |
| Generally a medical acupuncturist performs a | | | | effective in aiding to reduce the effects of |
| procedure by inserting very thin needles into the | | | | nausea that are brought about by other medical |
| body. The effects can treat a number of | | | | treatments such as chemotherapy. |
| different symptoms that include muscle pain, | | | | One of the things that medical acupuncture can |
| headaches, nausea, arthritis and others. When the | | | | do is provide relief from pain or other discomfort |
| procedure is performed by a medical | | | | without the use of drugs. This can be beneficial |
| acupuncturist, is it a very safe process. | | | | for someone who is pregnant and is suffering |
| Like it does with many other medical instruments, | | | | from nausea due to morning sickness. It is |
| the FDA regulates the usage of acupuncture | | | | particularly useful for things like muscle pain and |
| needles. When you go into the office of a licensed | | | | repetitive motion injuries such as carpal tunnel |
| physician that treats patients with acupuncture, | | | | syndrome or tennis elbow. |
| you can be confident that the needles will be | | | | Often patients will want to cure themselves of |
| properly sterilized and that the person | | | | these types of chronic injuries or pain but do not |
| administering the treatment is well-trained and | | | | want to experience the side effects that drugs |
| experienced. | | | | may cause. One of the major benefits of medical |
| Numerous theories abound about why | | | | acupuncture is that it either reduces or eliminates |
| acupuncture has positive effects on the body. | | | | the need for drugs in the treatment of certain |
| The most common is that neurohormonal effects | | | | illnesses or injuries. Patients may also not be |
| are present. It is widely accepted that | | | | responding very well to painkillers and when |
| acupuncture treatments will initiate the release of | | | | medical acupuncture is used along with medication |
| opioids in the body. There is also research that | | | | it can prove to be more effective. |
| points towards neuroendicrine function as a | | | | If you’re suffering from pain or discomfort, it |
| reason for the results. | | | | would be wise to consult with a medical |
| It is accepted by a number of different reputable | | | | acupuncturist to advise you on how you might |
| institutions such as the World Health Organization | | | | use acupuncture to treat your symptoms. This |
| that acupuncture is a viable and effective | | | | might be used alongside prescribed medications or |
| treatment. Medical acupuncture would be the | | | | in some cases all by itself. Medical acupuncture |
| safest of all these treatments. While acupuncture | | | | treatment is marked by a low occurrence of side |
| is an effective method of treatment for many | | | | effects, making it attractive to many patients. |
| things, there are unscrupulous practitioners who | | | | |