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ACUPUNCTURE

History of Acupuncture. First recordings of acupuncture date back to 300BCWas used mainly in far east countries 2500 years agoUsed in western countries from around 1950'sFirst needles were made from Stone. Types of acupuncture. There are 2 types of acupunctureTraditional Chinese Acupuncture M

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ACUPUNCTURE

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    1. ACUPUNCTURE Presentation by Natalie Lusty BSc (Hons) Acupuncture September 2009

    2. History of Acupuncture First recordings of acupuncture date back to 300BC Was used mainly in far east countries 2500 years ago Used in western countries from around 1950’s First needles were made from Stone

    3. Types of acupuncture There are 2 types of acupuncture Traditional Chinese Acupuncture Medical Acupuncture

    4. What is Acupuncture? Acupuncture works on energy in the body. Energy Flows through the 14 meridians in the body, these meridians connect to each organ in the body Energy is known as Qi (pronounced chi)

    5. Acupuncture works by trying to balance the body, In Chinese acupuncture this is shown by yin and yang. Yin and Yang are always opposites of each other. If they are not balanced then it causes illness.

    6. Table of diagnosis

    7. What are the Benefits of acupuncture? Acupuncture can help with a wide variety of symptoms and conditions Headaches/Migraines Pain (back/Neck, etc) Depression Addiction Asthma Insomnia/Sleeping problems Gynaecological problems General feeling of poor health and low energy

    8. What happens in an acupuncture session? Consultation Discussing treatment options Needling Removal of needles Aftercare advice

    9. How many treatments are required? Initially a course is recommended 6 sessions, every week once a week. Top up sessions as and when required

    10. Research www.acupunctureresearch.org.uk This web site has a list of various research that had been carried out. One of the first trials carried out about substance abuse of heroin, compared drug abstinence in ear acupuncture and the methadone group. The acupuncture group were nearly twice as likely to be free of drugs with in one year.

    11. Examples of diagnosing A client presents with lower back pain and always feels hot, suffers with night sweats, dry mouth and throat and constipation Diagnosis Kidney yin deficiency Acupuncture prescription Ren 4, Kid 3, Kid 6, Sp 6, Lu7

    12. Regulations As it stands there are no current regulations. There are talks of regulating acupuncture which can be found on this website http://nds.coi.gov.uk/Content/Detail.aspx?NewsAreaId=2&ReleaseID=405517& Governing bodies such as British Acupuncture council

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