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Vashi2Panvel.Com: Navi Mumbai: August 10: Off late, there has been a tremendous increase in health-related problems. Most of us have a difficulty in finding out ways to relieve this stress. The well-found way to de-stress and relax is Acupuncture. “This is a method of encouraging the body to promote natural healing and to improve functioning. This is done by inserting needles and applying heat or electrical stimulation at very precise acupuncture points,” says Dr.Bharat, a Kandivali-based acupuncturist.

Acupuncture is the most sought after treatment option in the present scenario. “People mostly go for these kind of options because it doesn’t have any side effects,” he says. The cost linked with this kind of treatment does not make any difference. “People mostly think of health and fitness as their first priority. They mostly do not think much about the price in these cases,” he informs.
There are many people across the city who have been benefited by this method. “Every kind of disorder can be treated by this method. This has helped me in many ways. The back pain which was troubling me since long has been cured very effectively in two months time,” says Krishna Gupta, a homemaker, Kharghar.

There are many other serious diseases, which has been cured by acupuncture. “I was not able to move my hand as it had been struck off paralysis two years back. The situation was terrible but with the help of meridian acupuncture I was cured completely. I always recommend people to think about this option as a treatment,” says Raghuvendra Tripathi, a business man in Vashi.

Acupuncture is particularly useful in resolving physical problems related to tension, stress and emotional disturbances. The rejuvenation of the energies helps one to relax and remain in the calmer state of mind. The treatment relaxes you to the core.

Smriti Mishra

HOW DOES ACUPUNCTURE WORK?

The classical Chinese explanation is that channels of energy run in regular patterns through the body and over its surface. These energy channels, called meridians, are like rivers flowing through the body to irrigate and nourish the tissues. An obstruction in the movement of these energy rivers is like a dam that backs up in others.

Acupuncture treatments can help the body's internal organs to correct imbalances in their digestion, absorption, and energy production activities, and in the circulation of their energy through the meridians.

The modern scientific explanation is that needling the acupuncture points stimulates the nervous system to release chemicals in the muscles, spinal cord, and brain. These chemicals will either change the experience of pain, or they will trigger the release of other chemicals and hormones, which influence the body’s, own internal regulating system.

The improved energy and biochemical balance produced by acupuncture results in stimulating the body's natural healing abilities, and in promoting physical and emotional well-being.

WHAT IS MEDICAL ACUPUNCTURE? IS IT DIFFERENT FROM ORDINARY ACUPUNCTURE?

Medical acupuncture is the term used to describe acupuncture performed by a doctor trained and licensed in Western medicine who has also had thorough training in acupuncture as a specialty practice. Such a doctor can use one or the other approach, or a combination of both as the need arises, to treat an illness.

In skilled hands, acupuncture treatment is a relatively painless procedure. You may notice a temporary worsening of your condition, but this usually indicates that an effective response will occur later in the treatment. Treatment usually works in stages, in that the first one or two treatments may produce no effect or perhaps only a transitory effect. A course of six to eight sessions is usually required for effective symptom relief. When such relief has been obtained, it often lasts for three to nine months when one or two further treatments will "top-up" the therapeutic benefit.

When the acupuncture needles are actually inserted, they are generally left in place for between 15 and 30 minutes and often the acupuncturist will try and manipulate the needles so that you will feel a dull bursting or numb sensation around their site of insertion. This sensation is called "de qi" or "obtaining energy" and traditionally it is suggested that “de qi” may be an important part of the treatment process.

WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF MEDICAL ACUPUNCTURE?

Medical acupuncture is a system, which can influence three areas of health care:
·Promotion of health and well-being,
·Prevention of illness,
·Treatment of various medical conditions.

While acupuncture is often associated with pain control, in the hands of a well-trained practitioner it has much broader applications. Acupuncture can be effective as the only treatment used, or as the support or adjunct to other medial treatment forms in many medical and surgical disorders. The World Health Organization recognizes the use of acupuncture in the treatment of a wide range of medical problems, including:

·Digestive disorders: gastritis and hyperacidity, spastic colon, constipation, diarrhea.
·Respiratory disorders: sinusitis, sore throat, bronchitis, asthma, recurrent chest infections.
·Neurological and muscular disorders: headaches, facial tics, neck pain, rib neuritis, frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, various forms of tendinitis, low back pain, sciatica, osteoarthritis.
·Urinary, menstrual, and reproductive problems.