Informative Essay On Acupuncture

Acupuncture is a well-endowed and central technique of Traditional-Chinese Medicine. But why does it work? Through stimulating acupuncture points with needles, acupuncturists can boost body functions and give a sense of well-being. Many people may doubt the legitimacy of acupuncture but consider this. If acupuncture did not work it would have been forgotten ages ago considering that it was used hundreds of years before the common era. But it is still widely practiced today improving people's health and lives.

Here are some reasons for you to try acupuncture.

Health Benefits
In our day to day lives, we are attacked from all sides by deadlines, projects, and our personal goals. All of this can accumulate into a lot a stress and anxiety. How can acupuncture help? By slowing the body's stress hormone
production acupuncture can help you manage your stress levels so that they do not develop into an unhealthy medical condition.

Weight Loss is another benefit of acupuncture. Now this may sound improbable but acupuncture can help you manage your appetite and increase metabolic function. This is accomplished through inserting needles into your outer ear. Why the ear? Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that the ear represents all parts of the body and what you do to the ear affects the body. The acupuncturist is inserting needles into parts of the ear that control metabolic functions and cravings stimulating those functions leading to weight loss.

Sleep is something a lot of us do not get enough of and when we do it is probably not quality sleep.
Acupuncturists can stimulate the neurons related with relaxation and sleep leading to a better quality of sleep. Over many studies, acupuncture has been proven to be a treatment for insomnia and give a better night’s rest.

Personalized Treatment
Most certified acupuncturists are trained to take every detail of you and treat anything that that they see wrong with you whether it be neck pain or headaches. They examine things from the inside of your mouth to your eyes and skin to find things that are wrong with you and fix them. Some even go a step further and find the root cause and fix that or at the very least notify you of it. They are like a traffic cop, fixing things that are lacking and controlling flow for the greatest benefit of the system.

It Does Not Hurt
Even though the thought of needles conjures up thoughts of pain and doctors visits it is in fact quite painless. The needles are extremely thin and when put in at worst they feel like a dull ache. If there is any pain at all it is momentary. After the fact, the effects are quite pleasurable and
relaxing.