Acupuncture therapy , Acupuncture ,  :

Treatment of disease by inserting needles along specific pathways or meridians. The placement varies with the disease being treated. It is sometimes used in conjunction with heat, moxibustion, acupressure, or electric stimulation.

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scalp acupuncture therapy (head acupuncture): Puncture of specific areas on the scalp that are externalizations of acupuncture meridians (alleged routes of Qi).

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ACUPUNCTURE: Acupuncture originated in China over five thousand years ago. It is based on the belief that health is determined by a balanced flow of qi (also referred to as chi), the vital life energy present in all living organisms.

According to acupuncture theory, qi circulates in the body along twelve major pathways, called meridians, each linked to specific internal organs and organ systems. According to William Michael Cargile, B.S., D.C., F.I.A.C.A., Chairman of Research for the American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental medicine, there are over a thousand acupoints within the meridian system that can be stimulated to enhance the flow of qi. When special needles are inserted into these acupoints (just under the skin), they help correct and rebalance the flow of energy and consequently relieve pain and/or restore health.

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Acupuncture and acupressure are two non-drug therapies which are making their presence felt in the complementary medicine scene. And acupressure and reflexology are getting the crowds because of ease of practice. But how do these gentle systems work?

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Manipulative therapy involves use of body work or massage therapy and other physical manipulation of the body for healing, such as osteopathy, and chiropractic. A survey released in May 2004 by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine focused on who used complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), what was used, and why it was used in the United States by adults age 18 years and over during 2002. According to this recent survey, manipulative therapy was the 3rd most commonly used NCCAM classification of ...

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Therapy (in Greek: θεραπεία) or treatment is the attempted remediation of a health problem, usually following a diagnosis. Some therapeutic methodologies from Western medicine, Eastern medicine (especially traditional Chinese medicine), and alternative health care include: acupuncture adventure therapy agoratherapy aromatherapy art therapy colour therapy crystal healing Dianetics diversional therapy hyperbaric oxy ...

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Tui na (推拏 or 推拿, both pronounced tūi ná), is a form of Chinese manipulative therapy often used in conjunction with acupuncture, moxibustion, Chinese herbalism and qigong. Tui na uses traction, massage and manipulation in conjunction with acupressure points and is used for both acute or chronic musculoskeletal conditions, as well as certain non-musculoskeletal conditions. It is an integral part of traditional Chinese medicine. Tui na is taught in acupuncture schools as part of formal training in Oriental medicine, and many East Asian martial arts schools teach tui na to their advance ...

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Electroacupuncture, also known as electroacupuncture according to Voll (EAV), electrodermal screening (EDS), bioelectric functions diagnosis (BFD), bio resonance therapy (BRT), or bio-energy regulatory technique (BER), is a controversial alternative medicine method of using electrodiagnostic devices to diagnose and treat “energy imbalance” often using homeopathic products, first used by Reinhold Voll by combining acupuncture with galvanometer in 1958. It is not used in conventional medical treatm ...

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• Electroacupuncture - Related devices
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• Electroacupuncture - Inventors of related devices and methods

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Moxibustion (Chinese: 灸; pinyin: jiŭ) is an oriental medicine therapy utilizing moxa, or mugwort herb. It plays an important role in the traditional medical systems of China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Tibet, and Mongolia. Suppliers usually age the mugwort and grind it up to a fluff; practitioners burn the fluff or process it further into a stick that resembles a (non-smokable) cigar. They can use it indirectly, with acupuncture needles, or sometimes burn it on a patient's skin. Moxibustion - Terminology. Th ...

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• Moxibustion - Theory and practice
• Moxibustion - Parallel uses of mugwort

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Energy psychology is not a specific field of study but rather refers generally to a collection of techniques and therapies that are often classed as alternative medicine. Energy psychology focuses on the interrelationship of emotion, behavior, psychopathology, and health through the electrical activity of the nervous system, acupuncture meridians, chakras, biofields, and morphogenetic fields. Energy psychology - Criticism. Like most forms of alternative medicine, the various techniques collectively k ...

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• Energy psychology - Historical precursors to energy psychology
• Energy psychology - Modern schools of thought

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Acupuncture - An ancient Chinese healing art that employs fine needles inserted at various (ca 2000) points in the body to restore "the smooth flow of qi (energy)." Each location along a meridian is associated with specific organs, and every acupuncture point is considered to have a particular therapeutic effect.

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ACUPUNCTURE: Fine needles are inserted at specific points to stimulate, disperse and regulate the flow of chi, or vital energy, and restore a healthy energy balance.

The acupuncture, which puts back on an old philosophy of several thousands of years, is based on balance between the yin and the yang like on the doctrines of the five elements: wood fire, hearth, metal and water. In Occident, it is the most known component of Chinese traditional medicine. It consists in introducing fine needles on points located along the meridian lines (each one of these points corresponding to a part of the body) in order to stimulate and to rebalance the energy which circulates there.

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Ear acupuncture , Auricular acupuncture , Auricular acupunctures, Ear acupunctures:

Acupuncture therapy by inserting needles in the ear. It is used to control pain and for treating various ailments.

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aqua acupuncture (aqua acupuncture therapy, aquapuncture, the injection therapy): Form of acupuncture that involves the hypodermic injection of substances (e.g., vitamin preparations or liquid herbal extracts) at acupuncture points, to stimulate them by pressure from the injected substance.

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Ayurvedic Acupuncture (Bhedan Karma, traditional Indian acupuncture): Subject of The Lost Secrets of Ayurvedic Acupuncture: An Ayurvedic Guide to Acupuncture (1994), by Frank Ros, A.M.D. (probably Doctor of Ayurvedic Medicine), D.Ac. Ayurvedic Acupuncture is a form of Marma Chikitsa. The basis of Ayurvedic Acupuncture is the Suchi Veda. Bhedan Karma means piercing-through therapy.

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acupuncture (acupuncture therapy, Zhenjiu): Generally, any treatment that involves subcutaneous stimulation of acupoints, which enable direct influence of the flow of Qi (chi).

 It typically involves the insertion of needles of various shapes into the skin. Practitioners may be called acupuncturists or acupuncture therapists. Most forms of acupuncture are unnaturalistic. Neuro-electric acupuncture and New Scientific ElectroAcupuncture - and, apparently, osteopuncture - are naturalistic.

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auricular acupuncture (auricular acupuncture therapy): stimulation of acupoints on the auricle (the outer portion of the ear). Practitioners may base their choice of points on clinical experience, modern medicine, the site of the disease, or the TCM theories of Organs and meridians.

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Acupuncture: An ancient Chinese medical system over 5000 years old, recently revived in China and becoming popular in the West. It deals with subtle energy flows (chi) in the body related to the cosmic principles of Yin and Yang. The balance of these energies in the human body affects health and disease. Acupuncture therapy alters these energy flows by inserting fine needles at key pressure points, for varying periods of time. Anesthesia for surgery can also be effected by acupuncture.

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electroacupuncture (electric acupuncture, electric acupuncture therapy, electrical acupuncture):

1. Application of electricity to acupoints, with or without needles.
2. Application of electricity to acupoints through needles.

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Korean Hand Therapy (KHT, the K.H.T system, Korean Hand Acupuncture, Koryo Hand Therapy): A mode of hand acupuncture developed by Tae-Woo Yoo, O.M.D., Ph.D., in 1971, in Korea.

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