a trained acupuncture practitioner Prepared for: Pain management clinic specialling in back pain Prepared by: Iain McKay Toowoomba 27 SEPTEMBER 2013 Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to make argument both for and against acupuncture when treating back pain. Acupuncture is a form of Chinese medicine. Acupuncture involves inserting needles into acupuncture point on the body to heal and treat different conditions. Their are risk involved with having acupuncture performed
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In chapter 18 “Complementary and Alternative Therapies” the complementary and alternative medicine are the conventional medical care collected from different cultures. These kinds of therapies become widespread around the world especially by adults in mid-age and older age that suffered from chronic pain. The complementary and alternative therapies go over a lot of modifications and evolutions starting from ancients to this day but the concepts and principals of these therapies remain the same through
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Acupuncture When a life threatening incident happens you can be scarred physically and live with stress. The perfect remedy for curing physical pain and stress is acupuncture. Acupuncture was used in ancient china by the Taoist and has been scientifically proven to reduce stress and chronic pain. Acupuncturist believe that pain and illness result from the disruption of the energy flow in the body and use various methods such as needling and herbal remedies to return the body back into its natural
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medicine and western medicine.The traditional Chinese medicine refers to a broad range of medicine practices sharing the theoretical concepts which are based on a tradition of more than 2000 year in China‚ including various forms of herbal medicine、acupuncture and dietary therapy.While western medicine based on the pathology‚physiology and microbiology for a microscopic investigation including several types of pill injection‚surgery and surgical operation vaccination.As we know‚one’s character determines
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Japanese Health Beliefs and Practices Kristin Santiago Cal State University‚ Dominguez Hills School of Nursing Concepts of Professional Nursing Practice BSN 306‚ Section18 Caole A. Shea‚ PhD‚ RN‚ FAAN Novemeber 4‚ 2012 Japanese Health Beliefs and Practices As the Japanese began migrating to the United States in 1885‚ throughout the decades‚ the cultural integration and assimilation of the western culture has been embedded into the Japanese Americans. Early traditional Japanese immigrants are called
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influential official second only to the king‚ there is a wall painting depicting the possible practice of reflexology. Reflexology was believed to be practised in India over 5000 years ago and taken to China via travelling monks and here an early acupuncture was being used alongside digit techniques. There is neither an exact founder nor origin of reflexology yet it has stood the test of vast time and helped thousands of people to better health. The dictionary definition of Reflex is “an involuntary
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there always been a question whether it’s science or pseudoscience. Acupuncture is one example of an alternative medicine practice. Acupuncture has been practice in China for over thousands of years and recently became popular in western medicine. In traditional Chinese medicine life force or energy flows throughout the body called Qi. The Qi is influence and balance by stimulating specific points on the body and these points are located along channels of energy called meridians. Meridian channels
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(Ernst‚ 1995‚ p506) CM was introduced to the UK with the arrival of thousands of Chinese immigrants during the 60s and 70s but grew in popularity in 1971 when the international media reported that President Nixon‚ who was visiting China‚ received acupuncture following an
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MEDICAL DECISIONS ‚ NOWADAYS WE CAN FIND MANY UNCONVENTIONAL MEDICINE SUCH ACUPUNCTURE TO CURE HIPOTHIROIDISM; NONETHELESS‚ I SPEND MUCH TIME TO TAKE A DECISION SINCE A PILLS TREATMENT WOULD HELP ME TO OVERCOME THIS ILLNESS AS WELL AS PILLS TREATMENT. ARE YOU IN THE SAME SITUATION? BEFORE TAKE A DECISION IS BETTER TO KNOW SOME DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES I FOUND WHILE I TRY THIS TWO OPTIONS. ONE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BOTH TREATMENT IS THE TIME ANY OF THEM INVOLVE. BECAUSE OF FOLLOWING THE
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Chinese Medicine) and Five Element Styles of Practice." About.com Taoism. Accessed April 29‚ 2013. http://taoism.about.com/od/qigongchinesemedicine/a/TCM.htm. 5"History of Acupuncture." Academy of Classical Oriental Sciences History of Acupuncture Comments. Accessed April 29‚ 2013. http://www.acos.org/articles/history-of-acupuncture/. 6 "The Globalization of Chinese Medicine | Globalization101." Globalization101. Accessed April 29‚ 2013. http://www.globalization101.org/the-globalization-of-chinese-medicine/
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