What is acupuncture?
Acupuncture is a method to prevent and treat diseases by using acupuncture and moxibustion points to adjust the body’s energy and blood through the meridians, to harmonize yin and yang, to support the positive and eliminate the evil, and to make the body function in balance. Acupuncture has a history of thousands of years in China, and it is based on the theory of meridians and internal organs in Chinese medicine. After thousands of years of development, it has accumulated rich clinical experience and formed a Chinese medicine discipline with a perfect theoretical system and feasible and effective clinical treatment methods, which is the only treatment technology of Chinese medicine that has been recognized by developed countries in Europe and America.
The advantages of acupuncture treatment method
Acupuncture treatment is an external treatment technique. It uses acupuncture and moxibustion to stimulate the acupuncture points on the surface of the body, and in the process of treatment, it “activates”, “stimulates”, “promotes” and “adjusts” to improve the body’s health. “It is a natural and green treatment method that does not have any toxic effects on the human body. At the same time, when treating diseases, there is no requirement of drug circulation metabolism and drug concentration, and it acts directly on human body. Therefore, it has the advantages of quick effect, obvious effect and easy to implement.
Indications for acupuncture therapy
In 1979, the World Health Organization identified the first 43 indications for acupuncture: 1.
1, acute (chronic) sinusitis.
2, acute (chronic) rhinitis.
3, colds and flu.
4, acute (chronic) tonsillitis.
5, acute (chronic) bronchitis.
6, bronchial croup.
7, acute conjunctivitis.
8, central retinitis.
9, myopia.
10, cataract.
11, toothache.
12, post-extraction pain.
13, gingivitis.
14, acute and chronic laryngitis.
15, esophageal and spurting dystocia.
16, eructation ;
17, hypogastric prolapse.
18, acute and chronic gastritis.
19, gastric acidosis.
20, chronic duodenal ulcer (pain relief).
21, simple acute duodenal ulceritis.
22, acute and chronic colitis.
23, acute (chronic) bacillary dysentery.
24, constipation.
25, diarrhea.
26, intestinal paralysis.
27, nerve, muscle, bone diseases.
28, migraine.
29, trigeminal neuralgia.
30, facial nerve palsy.
31.Mild paralysis after stroke.
32, peripheral nerve disorders.
33, pediatric polio sequelae.
34, Meniere’s syndrome.
35, neurogenic bladder dysfunction.
36, enuresis.
37, intercostal neuralgia.
38, cervicobrachial syndrome.
39, shoulder coagulation.
40, tennis elbow.
41, sciatica.
42, lumbago.
43, Arthritis.