Understanding of Acupuncture
How does acupuncture work scientifically? How does it coordinate with our brain and help the pain?
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Cupping Therapy
Cupping has origins dating as far back as Egyptian hieroglyphic writing around 1500 B.C.1. However, the earliest recorded methods may have been between 281-341 A. D.2. Cupping, also known as jiaofa, continued to be part of both eastern and western practices. By the mid to late 1800’s, criticism surrounded the method and western practitioners began to decline. Western science and medicine was looking to discredit eastern practices because there was no scientific backing to what was being performed. Chinese Medicine and other eastern medicinal therapies continued to progress in other parts of the world.
Cupping is a traditional treatment that is usually paired up with acupuncture treatment. Acupuncture and cupping is also paired up with natural herbs intake that has been around for thousands of years. This treatment is a Chinese medicine. The way cupping works is by sucking the skin into the cup, making a bruise like color on the skin once removed, that helps to relax sore muscles, and creates new blood flow (circulation).
PMS and Acupuncture
Acupuncture:
Finally, a kind of prick you can love. Research shows acupuncture is ace at treating PMS. One study found that acupuncture quelled symptoms in 78 percent of women. Though Western doctors still don't quite understand how it works, they believe acupuncture may increase circulation and elevate endorphins, which enhance mood and alleviate pain. Most women experience PMS relief within 24 hours after a session, so depending on your reaction, you might get treated once a month in the week before your period. Best For: cramps, anxiety, insomnia, headaches, nausea |
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Moxibustion/ Moxa
What is Moxa?
Moxa is also know as Mug-wort. Its has been used in Chinese Medicine for thousands of years, and it is where acupuncture started from. It comes in many forms from wool like to pressed into a round coaster size tablet. It is used to conduct heat to the body, give strength to the immune system and to boost the blood flow and qi. 
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Burdock roots, young shoots, peeled stalks, and dried seeds carry numerous compounds that are known to have been antioxidant, preventing illnesses and health promoting properties.
The root is very low in calories; provide about 72 calories per 100 g. Burdock is a good source of non-#starch polysccharides such as insulin, glucose-lapin, mucilage, etc., that help act as a laxative. Additionally, insulin acts as probotics and helps reduce blood-sugar level, body weight and cholesterol levels in the blood. Burdock root is especially containing good amounts of electrolyte potassium (308 mg or 6.5% of daily-required levels per 100 g root) and low in sodium. Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids that helps control heart rate and blood pressure. This herb root contains small quantities of many vital vitamins, including folic acid, riboflavin, pyridoxine, niacin, vitamin-E, and vitamin-C that is essential for optimum health. Both vitamin C and E are powerful natural antioxidants help the human body stave off infections, cancer and neurological conditions. Furthermore, it also contains some valuable minerals such as iron, manganese, magnesium and small amounts of zinc, calcium, selenium and phosphorus. Just like its fellow Asterceae family member dandelion , almost all the parts of burdock herb too found a place in various traditional as well modern medicines. Burdock has been used in many folk remedies as one of the best blood purifiers. It contains certain diuretic principles, which help expel toxic products from the blood through urine. The herb is employed in the treatment of skin problems such as eczema (#dermatitis), psoriasis, skin dryness, etc. The plant parts have been used as an herbal remedy for #liver and gall bladder complaints. Effusion of burdock seeds has been used for throat and chest ailments. Burdock leaves and stems, in addition to their use as a vegetable, have appetite stimulant and are a good remedy for gas and indigestion (#dyspeptic) complaints. |
Honey at its purest form, unheated, and unprocessed is full of antiseptics, antioxidants and immune boosters.
Honey helps the body by :
- Fighting infections
- Reducing inflammation
- Treating digestive problems ( indigestion, stomach ulcers, and gastroenteritis.)
Honey also helps control and treat both high cholesterol and diabetes. In 2014 a study conducted by biochemist H. Gross and his colleagues, found that the honey provided a direct link between of the consumption and the level of polyphonic antioxidants. With a daily dose of buckwheat honey would lower the levels by increasing blood level of protective antioxidant compounds.
Honey also helps people with diabetes by significantly lower blood sugar. Honey has nearly the same carbohydrate as a cupful of apples.
Honey helps the body by :
- Fighting infections
- Reducing inflammation
- Treating digestive problems ( indigestion, stomach ulcers, and gastroenteritis.)
Honey also helps control and treat both high cholesterol and diabetes. In 2014 a study conducted by biochemist H. Gross and his colleagues, found that the honey provided a direct link between of the consumption and the level of polyphonic antioxidants. With a daily dose of buckwheat honey would lower the levels by increasing blood level of protective antioxidant compounds.
Honey also helps people with diabetes by significantly lower blood sugar. Honey has nearly the same carbohydrate as a cupful of apples.
Natural Remedies Black garlic is a type of caramelized garlic first used as a food ingredient in Asian cuisine. It is made by heating whole bulbs of garlic over the course of several weeks, a process that results in black cloves. In another studies, black garlic was found to have twice the antioxidant levels as fresh—the aging/fermenting process appears to double the antioxidants. Black garlic is packed with high concentrations of sulfurous compounds, especially one in particular: s-allylcycteine
In traditional medicine, the fruits, seeds, roots, and leaves of burdock have been used as decorations or teas for a wide range of ailments including colds, catarrh, gout, rheumatism, stomach ailments, cancers, and as a diuretic, diaphragmatic and laxative.
In traditional medicine, the fruits, seeds, roots, and leaves of burdock have been used as decorations or teas for a wide range of ailments including colds, catarrh, gout, rheumatism, stomach ailments, cancers, and as a diuretic, diaphragmatic and laxative.
