Acupuncture for TMJ

TMJ Acupuncture: A Path to Relief

Experiencing TMJ disorder (TMD or TMJD) can turn even the joy of biting into your favorite chocolate bar into a painful ordeal.  TMJ disorder is a condition affecting the temporomandibular joint, which connects your jaw to the skull. This joint’s dysfunction can lead to a range of symptoms, impacting one’s quality of life. Symptoms may […]

PCOS main cause

How acupuncture heals the root cause of PCOS

The precise cause of polycystic ovary syndrome or PCOS remains undetermined by the scientific community. However, a compelling new hypothesis has recently emerged regarding its pathogenesis. In addition to the well-established factors of insulin resistance and hormonal imbalance, another process has been identified in women with PCOS: elevated sympathetic nerve activity. Research indicates that this […]

Brush teeth for healthy heart

Brush your teeth twice a day for a healthy heart!

Professor Richard Watt from London has analysed data from the Scottish Health Survey and discovered, that brushing your teeth twice daily reduces your risk of a heart attack. Brushing your teeth improves your gum health and reduces the risk of your gums getting inflamed. Studies show that chronic inflammation plays an important role in the […]

Acupuncture for amblyopia or “lazy eye”

Amblyopia, better known as “lazy eye”, may affect up to 5% of the children. The condition is caused by the brain and one of the eyes not communicating properly. And this study to be published in the Journal of Opthalmology promises that acupuncture may be able to help to speed the recovery. The Department of […]

Heart failure acupuncture

Acupuncture treatment for heart failure

Acupuncture remarkably improves exercise tolerance in patients with heart failure says Dr Johannes Backs from University Hospital of Heidelberg in Germany. His placebo-controlled study included 17 patients with congestive heart failure. The patients were randomised to receive acupuncture or placebo – a needle that simulates the procedure without piercing the skin. No improvement in cardiac […]

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Acupuncture vs drugs

Amusing reasoning of advantages of acupuncture over drugs for pain relief in an article on military medicine: “Imagine being a military medic on a combat patrol that is ambushed and suffers casualties. Although several of your wounded troops have painful injuries, their trigger fingers still work and you need them to continue fighting. Instead of […]

Fertility acupuncture for trying to conceive

Success. After taking control when trying to conceive

Tracy Ryan had given up hope of having a second child. Two years of trying to conceive, including three failed artificial inseminations, had finally culminated in a successful in vitro fertilization-and 2-year-old Christopher. But further attempts at IVF had left Ryan, 35, disappointed and exhausted. Desperate to feel better, the stay-at-home mom from Fair Haven, […]

How acupuncture works?

Acupuncture increases Adenosine 24-fold

 Would you like to hear about the latest breakthrough in acupuncture? I have came across an article on the mechanism of acupuncture in the latest issue of the journal of Nature. A team of amazing scientists from the University of Rochester, New York have discovered that acupuncture triggers an incredible 24-fold increase in neurotransmitter […]