Warwick Acupuncture

A lot of those who live in Western cultures look at acupuncture as a sort of new age way of treating and healing a variety of ailments, illnesses and disorders, but acupuncture treatments have actually be around since prehistoric times, having existed for many millennia.

When we think of acupuncture treatments, we think of needles, which isn’t at all far from what acupuncture treatments actually are.  The needles are inserted into certain points on our body to try and balance our yin and yang energies, either by the needle itself or needles that are hooked up to an electric current. It is believed in the Chinese culture that it is the imbalance of one’s two energies, the yin and the yang, that can cause a number of different health-related issues, ranging from treating pain, preventing diseases, and even treating infertility and inducing labor for expectant mothers.

How Can Acupuncture Treatments Help Me?

Other than the health-related issues that are mentioned above, acupuncture treatments can help with a number of other problems, such as:

• Irritable bowel syndrome and incontinence, as well as several other bladder and bowel problems

• Menopausal symptoms (such as hot flashes, infertility, endometriosis and premenstrual tension)

• Digestive disorders (this includes indigestion, heart burn, nausea, constipation and diarrhea)

• Allergies and other skin disorders, such as hay fever, rashes, rhinitis, prickly heat, eczema, ulcers and psoriasis

• Cataracts

• Conjunctivitis

• Toothache

• Pharyngitis

• Heart problems, such as stroke, poor circulation and hypertension

Acupuncture treatments have also been used to help in other more unusual ways, such as helping people stop smoking, helping prevent panic attacks and mood swings, preventing post traumatic shock and even treating dizziness.  Acupuncture treatments can really be used to treat almost anything you can think of.

How Effective are Acupuncture Treatments?

The question about acupuncture treatments really is, just how effective is this method of treatment?  In our Western culture today, we are so used to taking a pill or two to cure what ails us, so the idea of having needles inserted into specific parts of our body to correct an energy imbalance seems almost silly, but the fact of the matter is that many of those who use acupuncture continue to use it because it works.

The problem when it comes to acupuncture treatments is that there is little scientific evidence to back it up. Truth be told, when it comes to science, acupuncture treatments, at least when it comes to mainstream science, is completely ineffective.  For decades scientists have said that acupuncture treatments are a waste of time and money and will do nothing for them. Whether it is a placebo effect that takes place in one who is using acupuncture treatments or the actual energies in one’s body are being affected, current science cannot tell. But one thing is or sure: those who use acupuncture treatments frequently report being more relaxed, sleeping better, having increased energy, and just have a better overall sense of well-being.