acupuncture

Treatment of knee osteoarthritis.

Treatment of knee osteoarthritis.
Am Fam Physician. 2011 Jun 1;83(11):1287-92
Authors: Ringdahl E, Pandit S
Knee osteoarthritis is a common disabling condition that affects more than one-third of persons older than 65 …

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Acupuncture for mystery symptoms

Knowing you have a specific disease is bad enough, but having the symptoms of illness without being able to get a specific diagnosis can be even more frustrating, writes Siski Green. With no diagnosis, it’s difficult for a doctor to advise on treatment and so often a patient simply has to go on suffering without [...]

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Acupuncture for Menstrual Cramps – Does it Really Work?

Cramps. Just that word makes women shudder. This is the reason most of us got acquainted with Tylenol, Midol and whatever else painkiller was in the medicine cabinet. But maybe we Westerners should think outside the box when it comes to beating this type of pain. What about acupuncture? Many persons absolutely swear by it [...]

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Can Acupuncture Improve Your Heart Health? – EmpowHER.com

When it comes to alternative healing therapies, acupuncture is certainly one of the more well-known. Thousands of years old, acupuncture is Chinese in origin. Practitioners believe that the insertion of thin needles at designated points along meridians rebalance your chi (also sometimes referred to as qi). Chi is the term used to describe your life [...]

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Acupuncture: When East Meets West

Sitting across a small desk like table, I extend my arms toward her. She places her index, middle and ring fingers on each of my wrists. Like a skilled piano player, she moves her fingers, first lightly, then with a bit more force and finally with an even deeper touch, shifting these alternating pressures from [...]

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Acupuncture cools cancer-related hot flashes

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For women who suffer severe hot flashes during breast cancer treatment, bacupuncture/b may provide effective, long-lasting relief

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