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Acupuncture Orlando and Weight Loss
A healthy lifestyle is essential for an individual to maintain good health. When a person over eats, it is usually a sign that he/she may be suffering from an emotional problem and finds solace for this through food. Sometimes obesity also comes from getting old when the body efficiently does not burn as many calories at it used to. The United States has the largest cases of obesity in the world where around more than 70% of the population are overweight.
In order to be treated with acupuncture Orlando, the acupuncturist has to determine the cause of your problem. When the cause of the overeating and the amount of food intake is determined, a general check up of the pulses, your energy level and your stomach energy are done. Physical check up of the tongue is also done to determine if there are heat or cold problems in the stomach. Once a diagnosis is made the acupuncturist would know what acupuncture points would be inserted with needles and what particular technique would be used. Although ear acupuncture (needles inserted in the auricle) is usually applied for weight loss, points in the mouth, stomach, lungs, spleen and kidneys among others are also applied with needles.
Modern techniques such as electro acupuncture applied in some needles are very effective in eliciting a proper response from the body. Ear tacks are also inserted after the acupuncture, to prolong the effectiveness of the treatment. Whenever the urge to eat is felt, the patient just rubs the them back and forth to stimulate the release of endorphins and quell the craving. Once irritation or some discomfort is felt, the ear tacks are then removed. The ear tacks are usually removes after three days of use.
The length of the treatment program depends on the severity of the craving of the individual. Sometimes for mild cases, once or twice week for one hour per session is usually the case while the severe ones have daily sessions for almost a week then decrease in frequency the next week. Sometimes herbal medicine is added to the treatment to optimize the treatment.
A change of lifestyle is advised for those who have undergone acupuncture treatment for weight loss. Once the body gets used to the normal amount of food intake, then the program is considered successful. Herbal teas can help supplement the body with minerals and vitamins and can help maintain the body’s normal metabolic rate to burn calories as efficiently as possible. The added benefit that is often overlooked is the positive psychological effect acupuncture gives due to the release of endorphins and other “feel-good” chemicals that remove the negative emotions which were the cause of the craving in the first place.
The Benefits of Acupuncture New York
Acupuncture New York has been helping people with illnesses and injuries for thousands of years. It is part of traditional Chinese medicine and has been the most popular alternative treatment in the West since the 1970’s. It has been proven to cure a wide range of illnesses from infertility, back pain and skin disorders to addiction, heartbreaks and infectious diseases.
Acupuncture believes in the life force called chi traveling inside the body through networks called meridians. These networks are like the nervous system or the circulatory system of the body. Physical problems, extreme emotions and/or the environment (pathogens and the climate) can cause the blockage of chi in the meridians. These factors cause disharmony and imbalances in the body and manifest physiologically and/or emotionally in the form headaches, sadness, hypertension, obesity, strokes, arthritis, insomnia, rage, crying spells or muscle or joint pain among others.
The common health problems plaguing the United States are obesity, alcoholism and substance abuse. These three are usually attributable to emotional or psychological causes. Acupuncture is a holistic medicine, which means acupuncture is concerned not only with the physical aspect of the individual but also with its psychological well-being, as well. Considering the three aforementioned problems in the US usually have psychological roots in nature, acupuncture has been very successful in curing physically and psychologically, many of these cases.
For obesity, the abnormal craving for food usually underlies the social disappointments of the individual, particularly in relationships. This problem becomes psychological because the person experiences extreme emotions such as sadness, anger or anxiety. These emotions cause blockages in the flow of chi causing symptoms and illnesses to develop. Acupuncture helps by removing these blockages to enable chi to flow again normally. It also stimulates the brain to release endorphins that help the person feel a sense of euphoria and joy and these feelings neutralize the negative emotions of the individual. The endorphins also reduce the cravings of the person allowing it to resist the urge to indulge in inordinate eating.
For alcoholism and substance abuse, acupuncture also helps the individual kick these nasty habits by neutralizing their addiction through the release of endorphins. These feel-good chemicals satisfy the body’s need to feel good through natural means instead of experiencing it through harmful ways such as alcoholism and drugs. The causes of alcoholism and drug addiction usually have psychological roots. They may be caused by anger, disappointment, frustration, sadness, stress or loneliness. With the help of a capable professional acupuncturist, individuals suffering these problems can be cured physically and emotionally and can go back to society leading normal happy lives again.
Acupuncture allows the body to heal itself in a natural and safe way. It is used usually in conjunction with herbs and other therapeutic techniques such as oriental massage.