Benefits of Acupuncture

By Kendra Whitmire

Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese treatment that rebalances your body to allow it to heal. Acupuncture is a great treatment for a variety of ailments, from stress to cancer to wrinkles. Even if you are afraid of needles, do not worry. Although it may feel weird to have the needles in you at first, there is no pain involved in acupuncture.

Acupuncture works by stimulating certain areas of your body that are connected to where you might feel problems. According to the philosophy, your body is divided into twelve energy channels called meridians that are linked to specific organs. You Qi, or life force, moves along these meridians. When this energy flow becomes blocked, illness occurs. Acupuncture stimulates the energy flow, bringing balance back to the body. Acupuncture eases stress, soothes pain, improves circulation, helps joints and muscles, and strengthens the immune system.

Whether you believe in acupuncture or not, after just one session, you will feel less stressed and more at ease. Scientific studies have shown that acupuncture stimulates brain chemicals, including endorphins, that boost your mood and decrease pain. Although many rely solely on acupuncture for cures, it also serves as support for other treatments.

Stress:
The body has a natural flight or fight response, similar to all animals. When we sense danger, we tense up, our heart races, our stress hormones go into overdrive, and we decide whether to run or stay. In modern society, many of our lifestyles trigger our stress responses, so we are living in constant states of stress. This causes many health problems, including heart problems, high blood pressure, and even obesity. Acupuncture releases many of the tensions caused by stress and allows your body to fully relax. Just sitting still in a room with the lights off and meditative music eases your stress, which is then amplified through stimulating your Qi and your endorphins.

Cancer:
Cancer is caused by toxins in our bodies that mutate our cells and cause them to multiply indefinitely. Alone or as a supplement cure, acupuncture can help the body fight these cancer-causing toxins. Acupuncture boosts the immune system so it can fight the cancerous cells, along with easing and symptoms and side effects. Additionally, if you are going through harsh treatments like radiation and chemotherapy, acupuncture will support your system, lessening a lot of the damage caused by these harsh treatments

Skin Health:
As you age, it is natural to get some fine lines and wrinkles. In our youth obsessed society, many women turn to botox or face-lifts to rid themselves of these age lines. However, plastic surgery takes away the natural elasticity of your face, so you lose the full range of facial expressions. Alternatively, through a specific acupuncture treatment, you can rejuvenate and tighten the skin naturally. You will look younger and more radiant while still having the full range of facial muscles and expressions.

Migraines:
There are many causes of headaches and migraines, and acupuncture can help with all of them. It will stimulate your natural healing process, ease tension, and balance your body. It will also just relax you, allowing you to rest and recover.

Back Pain:
Acupuncture helps with any back pain, or any pain at all. It balances the nerve endings and eases any pain, while helping to boost the healing process. Additionally, it stimulates endorphins, which are natural pain relievers.

Stomach/GI Disorders:
Many stomach and GI issues have an underlying issue, often stress or an imbalance of flora. Acupuncture will restore the balance in your body, ease your stress, and strengthen your stomach and GI tract so that it can heal itself.

Fertility/Sex Health:
Acupuncture can also help the sex organs. If you have difficulty conceiving, it can bring balance to your cycle and hormones. It will stimulate your reproductive system, making it easier to conceive.

Acupuncture is a great treatment that you can easily incorporate into a regular part your life. It will strengthen your immune system, help you sleep better, keep you relaxed, balance your body, ease your troubles and your mind, and just help you with any issues you may have. Additionally, many insurance companies have started to cover acupuncture. There is no reason to not try this ancient, wonderful, healing treatment for overall wellbeing.

Women’s Health Services, Helping You Plan Your Family

Planning a family is a hard thing to do especially if you are cautious and want to ensure that you are both physically and mentally prepared for the task ahead. If you are a responsible person who wants to know their options before taking on this life changing decision you will often find that you need more than just personal advice.

Somehow women find it easier to talk to their friends and family doctor than to seek advice elsewhere and this could indeed be limiting in some way. Perhaps it is dues to the fact that they are not made aware of the many women’s health services that are provided other than just from their doctors. These are there to act as primary or secondary ports of call especially in family planning and pregnancy.

These women’s health services are more than just places to obtain information; they are also places that will provide you with personal attention and care.

Getting the Right Service

If you find yourself in dilemma of whether or not you are ready to have a family, it is understandable that you will need to seek some form of professional advice. What you need to aware of is that when you discuss this issue with your friends they will most likely fuel your personal desires and fob off your logical and practical needs. Your doctor will always aim to guide in the direction that would most likely be beneficial, but even that might not be sufficient.

The help that you can get from women’s health services is the right kind of help, especially when you have such a dramatic decision to make. You will not only find health service but also psychological help through talking to a counsellor.

There are many things you will need to consider of you want to start your family so that you actually enjoy the experience. With women’s health services you can get your health questions answered. These might be about the whether or not you should start a certain diet before the pregnancy, or how much does having a baby effect your relationship or marriage.

There is nothing wrong with being prepared. By using these women’s health services you will ensure that your fears are put to rest. And in time you can be able to make a more informed decision as you will have already gotten the support that you need from using your local womens health center.