Acupuncture @ Pranava
Acupuncture is part of a health care system that can be traced back at least 2,500 years. Its general theory rests on the idea that patterns of energy flow — Qi — move through the body and are essential to health. Disruptions to this flow are believed to be responsible for disease, and acupuncture is thought to correct these imbalances at identifiable points close to the skin.
Acupuncture is a family of procedures that stimulate specific anatomical points on or in the skin using a variety of techniques. The most thoroughly studied method involves the penetration of the skin with thin, solid, metallic needles, which are manipulated manually or with gentle electrical stimulation.
Acupuncture — Proven Effective
Some years ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) published an official report listing 31 symptoms, conditions, and diseases shown in controlled trials to be treated effectively by acupuncture. Following is the list of conditions:
- Low back pain
- Neck pain
- Sciatica
- Tennis elbow
- Knee pain
- Peri-arthritis of the shoulder
- Sprains
- Facial pain
- TMJ
- Headache
- Dental pain
- Acute & chronic gastritis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Induction of labor
- Breech birth presentation
- Morning sickness
- Nausea & vomiting
- Postoperative pain
- Stroke
- Essential hypertension
- Primary hypotension
- Renal colic
- Leucopenia
- Radiation/chemo reactions
- Allergic rhinitis
- Hay fever
- Biliary colic
- Depression
- Acute bacillary dysentery
- Primary dysmenorrhea
- Acute epigastralgia
- Peptic ulcer
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How Does Acupuncture Work?
Traditional Chinese medicine explains that health results from a harmonious balance of the complementary extremes of yin and yang, governed by the life force known as Qi (or chi). Qi is said to flow through meridians — pathways in the human body — accessed through around 350 acupuncture points. Illness is seen as the consequence of an imbalance in these forces; inserting needles at the right points, in the right combinations, is said to bring the energy flow back into balance.
In several parts of the world, acupuncture is also explained through concepts of neuroscience. Practitioners view acupuncture points as places where nerves, muscles, and connective tissue can be stimulated — increasing blood flow while triggering the activity of the body's own natural painkillers.
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