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Acupuncture is traditional form of treatment where thin needles are inserted through a skin, that too at specific points to various depths. There have been many researches suggesting that acupuncture can help get relieve pain. Acupuncture is quite popular and is used for a variety of complaints. However, NCCIH or the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health suggests that there is not sufficient evidence about its effectiveness in the areas that doesn’t involve pain management. Scientifically, it isn’t very clear how acupuncture works, but it does work nonetheless. The acupuncture clinic Las Vegas claims that it works simply by balancing vital-energy in the body, while there are others who claim it to have a neurological effect. Acupuncture remains to be controversial among the scientists and western medical doctors. – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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How does acupuncture works?
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  • Acupuncture is traditional form of treatment
    where thin needles are inserted through a skin,
    that too at specific points to various depths.
  • There have been many researches suggesting that
    acupuncture can help get relieve pain.
    Acupuncture is quite popular and is used for a
    variety of complaints.
  • However, NCCIH or the National Center for
    Complementary and Integrative Health suggests
    that there is not sufficient evidence about its
    effectiveness in the areas that doesnt involve
    pain management.

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  • Scientifically, it isnt very clear how
    acupuncture works, but it does work nonetheless.
  • The acupuncture clinic Las Vegas claims that it
    works simply by balancing vital-energy in the
    body, while there are others who claim it to have
    a neurological effect. Acupuncture remains to be
    controversial among the scientists and western
    medical doctors.

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What is acupuncture?
  • The process involves a professional acupuncturist
    who inserts needles through a persons skin. The
    aim is to balance vital energy in ones body.
  • Acupuncturist or naturopathic physician Las
    Vegas claims that acupuncture can help people
    boost well-being and might help cure illnesses as
    well.
  • Acupuncture is used for a number of conditions
    including various kinds of pain like head aches
    and blood pressure problems as well as whopping
    cough.

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How does acupuncture work?
  • In traditional Chinese medicine, it is believed
    that good health results from a harmonious
    balance of complementary extremes yin and yang-
    also known as qi, that is pronounced chi.
  • Health conditions and illnesses is said to occur
    as a result of imbalances of this life forces.
  • It is said that qi flows through pathways or
    meridian in our body. These energy flows and
    meridians are accessible, with acupuncture,
    techniques through the 350 points in the human
    body.

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  • By inserting needles through the skin in these
    specific points with the appropriate combinations
    brings about a balance in life forces and get the
    flow of energy back.
  • While there is limited proof as to acupuncture
    points or meridians exist, and also it is hard to
    actually prove they do or do not, there are a
    number of studies that suggest that acupuncture
    does work for certain conditions.
  • Many experts and holistic doctors Las Vegas have
    already used neuroscience to proof and explain
    acupuncture.

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  • They suggest acupuncture points to be points
    where the nerves, connective tissues and muscles
    can be stimulated using acupuncture.
  • This form of stimulation with acupuncture
    techniques increases blood flow, and at the same
    time it triggers the activities of a persons
    natural pain-killers.

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  • Pertaining to the invasive nature in which
    acupuncture is used, it remains to be a difficult
    task to set-up investigations on it using the
    proper scientific controls.
  • When it comes to clinical studies, the control
    group need to undergo placebo, or sham
    treatments, so as to compare results with the
    genuine acupuncture.
  • While some studies suggest that acupuncture
    offers results similar to that of placebo, while
    many other indicate that acupuncture offers some
    real benefits to the patients.
  • The uses of acupuncture, according to
    the naturopathic physician Las Vegas, is
    wide-ranging.

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