January 17th, 2013 | Posted in 3 Various Specific Problems
What is COPD?  COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) includes chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both. Patients with COPD have trouble pushing used air out of their lungs, making it difficult to take in healthy new air. Although there is no cure for COPD, a patient’s quality of life can be improved by controlling symptoms, such…..
Read MoreJanuary 17th, 2013 | Posted in 3 Various Specific Problems
Acupuncture Beats Drugs for Irritable Bowel Syndrome 07 January 2013 01:14  Acupuncture combined with moxibustion is more effective than conventional ‘western’ medicine for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). A new meta-analysis of 11 research investigations with a sample size of over 950 patients shows that acupuncture with moxibustion leads to better clinical outcomes…..
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Acupuncture Point Asthma Infrared Radiation Finding.   Source: HealthCMi    12 December 2012 10:58 A new acupuncture study finds that asthma patients emanate lower infrared radiation output from an important acupuncture point related to the health of the lungs. A study of 34 asthmatics and 34 healthy patients documented measurements of the infrared radiation emanating…..
Read MoreOctober 11th, 2012 | Posted in 3 Various Specific Problems, Emotions+Stress
Cancer and Stress Posted on May 1, 2012 in Cancer Articles/Blogs on the ACI/TCMCI website by Vincent Carroll   M.B. M.P.H. Dip Acu. It has always been suspected that a relationship existed between the development of cancer and the presence of stress in one’s life. The difficulty was in establishing the nature of the relationship.   Not…..
Read MoreOctober 11th, 2012 | Posted in 3 Various Specific Problems, Emotions+Stress
Acupuncture is effective in helping with cancer treatment There have been many advances in the early detection and treatment of cancer and while the standard medical care for cancer is effective, the treatments are aggressive and cause numerous unwanted side effects as well as a lowered immune system. Acupuncture has received much attention as an…..
Read MoreSeptember 12th, 2012 | Posted in 3 Various Specific Problems
Drug, Nicotine or Alcohol withdrawal symptoms can all and each be relieved by Acupuncture.   How can acupuncture help withdrawal? Acupuncture relieves tension and stress in the body and calms the mind and the thinking. The first and foremost aim of acupuncture is: to promote a person’s maximum state of well-being, therefore, Acupuncture seeks to balance a…..
Read MoreSeptember 9th, 2012 | Posted in 3 Various Specific Problems
Acupuncture can help! The first and foremost aim of acupuncture is: to promote a person’s maximum state of well-being. Acupuncture seeks to balance a person, not only physically but on all levels: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. It strengthens the will (kidneys); detoxifies the body and eases stress (liver); gives determination (gallbladder); relieves cravings (spleen);…..
Read MoreAugust 23rd, 2012 | Posted in 3 Various Specific Problems, Emotions+Stress
Stress and Acupuncture Although there are many forms of stress, we naturally carry ourselves in a different way when stressed. The back, neck and shoulders all have a role to play in the level of stress manifesting in a physical way. Â The shoulders are more elevated, the neck becomes a little stiffer, as does what…..
Read MoreJune 29th, 2012 | Posted in 3 Various Specific Problems
Understanding the importance of digestion in Chinese thinking Posted on May 30, 2012 in Acupuncture Council of  Ireland:  Stress Articles/Blogs Within minutes of being born we are fed. Adequate nourishment every day means we grow, we walk, talk, run, we learn, we fight infections and in essence live life because we have the energy to…..
Read MoreJune 26th, 2012 | Posted in 3 Various Specific Problems
Acupuncture regulates the whole immune system.  The original purpose of acupuncture was to prevent disease or illness from occuring at all. It keeps the body in an optimum state of health and well-balanced emotionally, mentally and spiritually, as well as physically. Other Ways of Helping the Immune System. ‘I’m too busy to be…..
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