- Tahoe Neuro HealingVan Harding, LAc, Dipl.OM
Truckee, CA Life's A Journey. Make It A Healthy One.
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How Does Acupuncture Work?
Acupuncture has been studied for years in the west to scientifically understand how these little needles provoke healing. Here are a few of the conclusions:
1. Acupuncture increases the circulation of blood- reducing pain and swelling
2. It causes the release of certain neurotransmitters- benefitting mental health
3. Acupuncture stimulates the natural release of opioids- reducing pain
4. A reaction with the central nervous system occurs- benefitting overall health.See the Scientific Research section under FAQs.
Why Herbs & Nutraceuticals instead of pharmaceutical drugs?
Herbs and Nutraceuticals correct the underlying dysfunctional biological mechanism that causes the symptoms whereas drugs only seek to alleviate the symptom.
Herbs and nutraceuticals are safer than drugs. According to the CDC there are “0” deaths annually due to herbs and nutraceuticals whereas prescription drugs cause approxiamtely 250,000 deaths annually.
2010 Drug Overdose Deaths: 38,329 and of that 30% were Anti-anxiety meds and 18% were Anti-depressant.
2008 Pain Relief Medication deaths: 14,800
2007 NIH: Surveillance of prescription drug-related mortality using death certificates
Military Pokes Holes in Acupuncture Skeptic’s Theory
by Blake Farmer Feb. 16, 2012The US Army has begun to make Acupuncture more widely available to troops returning home for P.T.S.D, Traumatic Brain Injury and back pain.
Research Articles
Motor Imagery in Physical Therapist Practice 2007
Journal of the American Physical Therapy Association
1 May 2007 doi: 10.2522/ptj.20060331 Physical Therapy July 2007 vol. 87 no. 7 942-953
Motor Imagery in Physical Therapist Practice
Ruth Dickstein and Judith E Deutsch
Author Affiliations
R Dickstein, PT, DSc, is Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Continue reading
Acupuncture Stimulation of Taichong (Liv3) and Hegu (LI4) Modulates the Default Mode Network Activity in Alzheimer’s Disease
Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2014 Jun 6. pii: 1533317514536600. [Epub ahead of print]
Source: PubMed
Liang P1, et al.
OBJECTIVES: The acupuncture has been used in the therapy of Alzheimer disease (AD), however, its neural underpins are still unclear. The aim of this study is to examine the acupuncture effect on the
Effect of Acupuncture on Blood Flow Velocity and Volume in Common Carotid and Vertebral Arteries in Migraine Patients
Medical Acupuncture
Published in Volume: 21 Issue 1: February 26, 2009 21(1): 47-54. doi:10.1089/acu.2008.0649.
Effect of Acupuncture on Blood Flow Velocity and Volume in Common Carotid and Vertebral Arteries in Migraine Patients
Kyu-Hyun Park, Hak-Jin Kim, Sun-Yong Baek, Byung-Mann Cho, and Tae-Woo Yoo.
ABSTRACT
Background: Acupuncture has been reported to be beneficial for both acute and chronic
Effect of scalp-acupuncture on plasma and cerebral TNF-alpha and IL-1beta contents in acute cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury rats.
Zhen Ci Yan Jiu. 2008 Jun;33(3):173-8. Effect of scalp-acupuncture on plasma and cerebral TNF-alpha and IL-1beta contents in acute cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury rats [Article in Chinese] Zhou L1, Zhang HX, Liu LG, Continue reading
Effects of electroacupuncture on expression of angiogenic growth factors and antiangiogenic growth factors in the brain tissue of the rat after focal cerebral ischemia reperfusion
Effects of electroacupuncture on expression of angiogenic growth factors and antiangiogenic growth factors in the brain tissue of the rat after focal cerebral ischemia reperfusion
Article in Chinese
Ma JX1, Luo Y. 1Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing University of Medical Sciences, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Neurology, Chongqing 400016, China. Abstract OBJECTIVE:
To explore the mechanism
Effects of Scalp Acupuncture Versus Upper and Lower Limb Acupuncture on Signal Activation of Blood Oxygen Level Dependent (BOLD) fMRI of the Brain and Somatosensory Cortex
To cite this article:
Seong-Uk Park, Ae-Sook Shin, Geon-Ho Jahng, Sang-Kwan Moon, and Jung-Mi Park.
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. November 2009, 15(11): 1193-1200. doi:10.1089/acm.2008.0602.
Published in Volume: 15 Issue 11: November 18, 2009
Seong-Uk Park,1 Ae-Sook Shin,1 Geon-Ho Jahng,2 Sang-Kwan Moon,3 and Jung-Mi Park, O.M.D., Ph.D.1 1Department of Cardiovascular & Neurologic Disease (Stroke Center), East–West Continue reading
Acupuncture for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Conceptual, Clinical, and Biological Data Support Further Research
CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics
Volume 17, Issue 6, pages 769–779, December 2011
Acupuncture for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Conceptual, Clinical, and Biological Data Support Further Research Michael Hollifield
Article first published online: 26 FEB 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-5949.2011.00241.x
SUMMARY
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common, debilitating, and has highly heterogeneous clinical and biological features. With the exception
Effects of acupuncture on declined cerebral blood flow, impaired mitochondrial respiratory function and oxidative stress in multi-infarct dementia rats
Neurochemistry International Volume 65, January 2014, Pages 23–29 Effects of acupuncture on declined cerebral blood flow, impaired mitochondrial respiratory function and oxidative stress in multi-infarct dementia rats
Review of neuroimaging studies related to pain modulation.The periaqueductal grey (PAG) is an area activated across the majority of mechanisms
Review of neuroimaging studies related to pain modulation
Lone Knudsen, Gitte Laue Petersen, Katherine Naested Norskov, Lene Vase, Nanna Finnerup, Troels Staehelin Jensen, Peter Svensson
Highlights This is a narrative review of neuroimaging studies related to human pain control mechanisms. Neuroimaging techniques have clarified supraspinal sites involved in a number of these. The periaqueductal grey (PAG) is an area activated Continue reading