Things to do before your first Acupuncture Therapy

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Things You Should Know Before Your First
Acupuncture Therapy
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Acupuncture treats more than pain

• It treats wide variety of problems like stress,
  infections, childbirth, skin diseases and cancer.
  
• According to WHO, Acupuncture treats common cold
  and stomach infections.

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Don't go in on an empty stomach.

• You should eat something before Acupuncture
  treatment.
• Receiving Acupuncture on empty stomach leads to
  dizziness and fainting.

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To receive acupuncture, you may not need to
remove your clothes like you would for a massage

• Wear loose clothing so that Acupuncturist find it
  easy to rolled or pulled since they need to
  access areas under your clothes.

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Internal Organs

• You may be ask to show your tongue
• Have your pulse taken
• Have your abdomen Pressed

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Expect embarrassing questions

• You may be asked about your lifestyle
• Habits
• Urination
• Menstruation for women

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Needles

• Acupuncture needles are thinner
• Needles are about the width of two or three
  strands of hairs
• Needles are actually flexible

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No reuse of needles

• In United Stated needles are not allowed to resue
  
• So there is no chance of contracting any
  infectious disease.
• Since needles are very flexible there is less
  pain.

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Acupuncturists use more than needles.

• Beside using needles Acupuncturist do
• Tuina (massage)
• Guasha (scraping of the skin)
• Cupping (suction of the skin)
• Moxibustion (heating of the skin)
• Energy healing

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