How Acupuncture Can Help With Stress

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How Acupuncture Can Help With Stress
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How Much Stress Do You Have?

• 62 of Americans say work has a significant
  impact on stress levels.
• 73 of Americans name money as the 1 factor that
  affects their stress level.
• Two-thirds of all office visits to family
  physicians are due to stress-related symptoms.
• Increasing numbers of children, teenagers and
  college students report feeling stressed.
• Stress is linked to the 6 leading causes of
  deathheart disease, cancer, lung ailments,
  accidents, cirrhosis of the liver, and suicide.

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Types of Stress

• Mental Stress
• Job stress, too many projects, deadlines,
  financial problems
• Emotional Stress
• Death in the family, divorce, bad relationships
• Physical Stress
• Extreme physical exercise when not strong enough
  for it
• Over-doing it
• Environmental and Chemical Stress
• Pollution, poor eating, work environment
• Too much coffee, nicotine and alcohol

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Symptoms of Stress

• Forgetfulness, lack of concentration, poor
  judgment, poor memory, lack of organization,
  mental cloudiness, feeling spacey, confused, lack
  of interest, negative self-talk
• Irritable, mood swings, depression, anxiety, no
  sense of humor, anger, hostility, nervousness,
  overly emotional, worry, grief, sadness, fear
• Palpitations, headaches, migraines, fatigue,
  stiffness, pain, aches, sweaty palms, digestive
  problems, acne, herpes breakout, sleep problems,
  cold hands, shortness of breath, dizziness,
  pregnancy complications, restless leg

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Happy? It may keep you healthy. Those with upbeat
moods have lower harmful stress hormones, study
says
cortisol - a stress hormone that, when
chronically elevated, may contribute to high
blood pressure, obesity, and dampened immune
function
women who reported more positive emotions had
lower levels of proteins that indicate
inflammation in the body that is believed to
contribute to a range of ills, including heart
disease and cancer
happier people tend to be in better health than
those who are persistently stressed
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Acupuncture and Stress

• Qi provides nourishment for every cell, tissue,
• muscle, gland and organ
• When Qi becomes blocked and imbalanced
• sickness, illness, mental problems and disease
• Qi is like water, flowing through meridian
  network
• which is like a river inside your body

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Acupuncture and stress
Meridians are river networks inside our body
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Why Acupuncture Works?

• Acupuncture
• Effectively treats by unblocking bodies energies
• Relaxes the body
• Calms mind
• Reduces anxiety
• Clears your mind
• Supports digestive problems
• Eliminates headaches
• Helps with pain, stiffness and aches
• Lowers blood pressure

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The NIH and WHO
Addiction - alcohol, drug, smoking
Anxiety Arthritis Asthma Bronchitis
Carpal tunnel syndrome Chronic fatigue
Colitis Common cold Constipation Dental
pain Depression Diarrhea Digestive
trouble Dizziness Dysentery Emotional
problems Eye problems   
Facial palsy/tics Fatigue Fertility
Fibromyalgia Gingivitis Headache Hiccough
Incontinence Indigestion Irritable bowel
syndrome Low back pain Menopause Menstrual
irregularities Migraine Morning sickness
Nausea Osteoarthritis Pain PMS
Pneumonia Reproductive problems Rhinitis
Sciatica Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
Shoulder pain Sinusitis Sleep disturbances
Smoking cessation Sore throat Stress Tennis
elbow Tonsillitis Tooth pain Trigeminal
neuralgia Urinary tract Infections Vomiting
Wrist pain
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Thank You From Dr. Brenda