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Alte ate Pain Management for Hip Pain

Have you been suffering from hip pain due to some injury that you have had in the past or due to age-related osteoarthritis or bursitis? Maybe you have tried different types of treatment over the course of time with no substantial improvement. There might be one other option for you to consider. This method has been used extensively by the Chinese and is known as Acupuncture. Read on to discover how acupuncture can aid hip pain relief. What causes hip pain?

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Appetite, the Hypothalamus and Acupuncture

The hypothalamus contains several groups of nerve cells, which have the ability to impact emotions, regulate body temperature, and control thirst, the feeling of fullness and salt cravings (when sodium levels are too high within the body, the hypothalamus sends a signal to drink fluids). Body weight is controlled by the hypothalamus through modifying our metabolism. The activities of the hypothalamus are influenced by stress, light, steroids, insulin, pleasant food smells, and invading microorganisms.

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The Hypothalamus, Menopause, Weight Gain and Acupuncture

How important a health problem is excessive weight gain in America? It is so important that First Lady Michelle Obama has made it her number one goal to end childhood obesity in one generation. One third of all American children and adolescents are obese. One third of all American adults are also obese, weighing 25% more than their ideal weight, while two thirds are overweight. It is clear that excessive weight gain has become America’s new epidemic.

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Acupuncture and Glaucoma

Glaucoma is a common eye disease that occurs in more than sixty million people worldwide. People with glaucoma experience pathological changes which include the loss of retinal ganglion cells at a much faster rate than the normal aging process and optic nerve atrophy. There are two types of glaucoma: open-angle glaucoma and angle-closure glaucoma.

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Histamine and Allergies

Histamine can dilate blood vessels to bring more blood flow and white blood cells to local areas, which causes rashes, redness, heat, and pain. This process can help the body clear up damaged tissues or can lead to chronic inflammation or allergies if too much histamine is released for too long. An allergy is an abnormal, acquired sensitivity to certain substances including pollen, drugs, and numerous environmental triggers.

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Boston Chinese Acupuncture: Your Premier Destination for Holistic Health

In the heart of Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Chinese Acupuncture stands as a beacon for those seeking the healing benefits of traditional Chinese medicine. Specializing in acupuncture and herbal medicine, our clinic offers a personalized approach to different health conditions such as allergies, infertility, ED, dry eye, glaucoma, and back pain, focusing on your health needs and wellness goals. The Benefits of Acupuncture

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Tendonitis: Treat it with Acupuncture

Irritation or inflammation of a tendon can cause pain, tende ess around the joint of the affected tendons and may lead to impair function; this is often referred to as tendonitis or tendinopathy. Tendonitis can occur in any of your tendons; the most common joints are the wrists, elbows, shoulders, knees, and heels. Acupuncture is known to reduce the time required for the healing of tendonitis. Peruse on to find out some useful facts on acupuncture and tendonitis. Structure of Tendons

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How Is Acupuncture Effective Against Neuropathy By Li Zheng and Jessica Ward

Understanding Neuropathy Neuropathy or peripheral Neuropathy cites an issue in the human body’s peripheral nervous system, which is the secondary nervous system in the human body. The peripheral nervous system includes the entire network of nerves outside the spinal cord and the brain.

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Raynaud's Disease? Acupuncture Could Help!

Raynaud's disease affects some parts of your body; for example, it causes your fingers and toes to feel cold and numb in reaction to cold temperatures or strain. Women are more prone than men to have Raynaud's disease, also termed as Raynaud's syndrome or phenomenon. It seems to be more frequent in people who reside in colder climatic conditions. What are the causes of Raynaud's?

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Acupuncture and Macular Degeneration

Mary was born in Boca Raton and attended Boca Raton High School, where she participated in many social activities and helped female professionals gain workplace rights. After graduating, she worked at the Delray Beach Hospital for many years. After reaching fifty years of age, she switched to a primarily vegetarian diet: she mostly consumed fish, tofu, beans, while having chicken once or twice a week. However, she loved eating spicy food and nuts. She had been very healthy until she hit menopause, when she developed inflammation in the eyes, intestinal membranes, and feet.

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How Does Acupuncture Help to Restore the Heart to its Normal Rhythm?

What is Atrial Fibrillation? Atrial fibrillation is a condition where the heartbeat becomes irregular — increasing the risk of stroke and heart diseases. Irregular heartbeat — also known as arrhythmia — occurs when the electrical signals of the heart are not working properly. Arrhythmia can be harmless in many cases, but if an abnormality occurs and results in weakness or damaged hearts, arrhythmia can lead to severe and sometimes fatal problems. Atrial fibrillation can increase the risk of stroke or other heart-related complications.

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Do You Have Knee Pain? Try Acupuncture

Acupuncture is a great alte ative to consider in reducing pain, stiffness, inflammation, and improving the range of motion, in your knee, shoulder, hip, and other joints, especially after your surgery. Acupuncture can reduce the swelling quickly and reduce the scar tissue in the near future.

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Benefits of Acupuncture for Treating Psoriasis

If you are noticing red, white, thick and/or silver patches on your skin or if you are experiencing skin inflammation or flaking, you are probably suffering from psoriasis. Psoriasis is a rapidly growing problem around the world—especially in the United States, where it affects the lives of several million in the nation. This disease generally occurs due to an overactive immune system, which causes the skin to generate new cells at a noticeably higher speed than usual. This results in the scaling, discoloration, and thickening of the skin. Treatments for Psoriasis

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What Is The Connection Between Premature Ventricular Contraction And Acupuncture?

Human health is constantly riddled with various diseases and infirmities. This deviation from normal health makes a person physically, mentally and socially unproductive, perhaps non-interactive. Modern medicine is very effective in treating acute diseases, but long term usage of medication can bring other problems. Acupuncture can help people to repair their body so that they can take a lower dosage of medication with less side effects. Understanding acupuncture

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Ditch Those Fad Diets - Acupuncture Offers Safe and Effective Solutions for Weight Loss!

Excess body weight can lead to a host of health problems including high blood pressure, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases to name a few. A majority of overweight individuals fail in their attempt to lose weight due to various reasons. Many people are moving away from modern solutions to natural remedies such as acupuncture for weight loss. Here’s how acupuncture can lead to weight loss and associated health benefits. What’s involved in Acupuncture?

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Acupuncture and Sleep Apnea

What is Sleep Apnea?

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Acupuncture and Infertility BY Li Zheng and Steven Zhou

Infertility brings many challenges to couples; there can be emotional and social impacts. And you are not alone; infertility is a fairly common condition. It may result from an issue with either of the partners or a combination of factors that prevent pregnancy. Fortunately, the chances of pregnancy can be significantly improved by many safe and effective therapies. During the pandemic, many infertility centres in Boston was shut down. Do you know Acupuncture can help you conceive naturally by improving your ovarian and uterus function without any hormone injection?

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How Acupuncture Aids In Restoring a New Balance before and After Menopause

Menopause, the natural state of reduced estrogen and progesterone in females, can bring about many unexpected changes. Many women may experience anxiety, and depression since lowered estrogen has been related to low seratonin, the feel good hormone in the brain. A higher estrogen to progesterone ratio leads to irritability and agitation even though estrogen is decreasing; the progesterone declines much faster, creating the condition called estrogen dominance.

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What is The Best Way To Optimize Your Testosterone Level And Prevent Erectile Dysfunction?

When men reach 60 years old, their testosterone will gradually drop even if they are relatively healthy. Their sexual behavior should not be the same as when they were in their twenties. Having sex twice a week with a partner will maintain men’s testosterone level and help them reduce their daily stress if they also maintain a healthy diet and exercise regularly. Constantly changing partners is not a healthy way to optimize the testosterone level.

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Acupuncture Treatment and Preventive Measures for Atrial Fibrillation

Characterized by irregular and rapid heart rate, shortness of breath and weakness; atrial fibrillation is a serious medical condition that requires treatment. It can increase the risk of heart failure, stroke and other complications related to the heart. Evidence-based research found on www.hindawi.com/jou als has gathered evidence that yoga, diet and the use of Acupuncture for Atrial Fibrillation are vital in treating and altering a patient’s electrical system. Symptoms and Types

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How Acupuncture Can Deal With The Condition Of Excess High Prolactin Secretion?

According to the old Chinese tradition, the human body comprises two complementary elements, known as “yin” and “yang” that act as the parts of the life force, called as “qi”. These two elements complement and balance the life force. However, the imbalance of the forces causes illness in humans. This is where the Chinese medicine recognizes “acupuncture” as a treatment to this elemental imbalance. What is High Prolactin?

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Treating Depression with Chinese Herbs

By Li Zheng and Janice Yelland Symptoms of Clinical Depression

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What you should know About Acupuncture and Shoulder Pain

The extensive and versatile mobility of the shoulder joint comes with a high risk of injuries and other issues that may cause pain. Shoulder pain can disrupt your ability to do daily activities. The traditional Chinese medicine suggests using acupuncture to relieve the pain. Here are a few facts on the effects of acupuncture and shoulder pain. Structure of Shoulder Joint

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Acupuncture Helps in Curtailing Potential Causes of ADHD

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is commonly found among children. This psychiatric disorder features inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. This mental disorder hampers concentration capacity and creates difficulty in controlling behavior. The symptoms of ADHD appear in the first 12 years for a child. This problem impacts the performance of the child in school and in everyday life. Abnormal connections among brain cells cause ADHD. Children with ADHD face many challenges at home, school, and among friends. The brain function is different in children with ADHD.

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Valuable Tips to Protect Your Vision through Macular Degeneration Acupuncture

The term acupuncture must have tickled your mind often. This traditional Chinese form of medication involves inserting needles within the human body. It relieves people from neck and back pain and can treat various ailments. Although it originated in China 5000 years ago, this therapy is now popular across the globe. An experienced and efficient acupuncturist has the capability of treating many serious diseases.

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Malfunction of Thyroid Glands and Acupuncture

The thyroid gland, which produces hormones such as T3 and T4, is very important for metabolic processes in the body. Insufficient production of thyroid hormones or overproduction can lead to weight loss, weight gain, high blood pressure, irregular heart beat, constipation, indigestion, hair loss, and depression. Over-production of T3 and T4 is called hyperthyroidism and can result in weight loss, increased sweating, diarrhea, and sometimes insomnia.

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What Is Dry Eye Syndrome?

Our eyes are the window to the world and help us to see beauty all around us. It is very important to take good care of your eyes. There are many problems that could affect our eyes and one of those is dry eye syndrome. It is a condition when not enough tears are produced thus preventing the lubrication of the eyes. For a healthy eye and clear vision, tears are important. When the eyes are dry, it becomes very uncomfortable and one becomes very sensitive to bright light. Eyes become inflamed and red. The most common treatment is to use eye drops that help lubricate the eyes.

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Facial Acupuncture: A Method to Reduce Wrinkles and Uplift your Face

Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese therapy wherein very thin needles are placed at certain points of the body so as to heal the body and regulate the blood flow. There are 12 prime meridians in the body and more than 400 acupuncture points on the regular meridians. The ultra-thin needles are placed on these acu-points to promote free flow of blood and Qi (universal life energy) throughout the body to create healing and balance within the mind, body, and soul.

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Alte ative Medical Treatments Have Little or No Side Effects

People prefer to use medications that do not have many side effects. Herbal medicines and alte ative medicine barely have any, which is why these forms of medical treatments are making a comeback and more people are opting for them in many parts of the world. Acupuncture is one such form of medicine that people are choosing to treat various kinds of chronic conditions. Acupuncture is beneficial for a wide breadth of conditions like cancer, heart problems, fertility problems, macular degeneration, allergies, digestive issues and much more.

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Why women should use acupuncture to reduce hot flashes, night sweats and insomnia?

Every year over 1 million women are diagnosed with breast cancer worldwide and 55% are estrogen-receptor positive according to the findings of Boyle and Levin in 2008. In order to block estrogen’s stimulating effect, hormone treatments with Tamaxofen or aromatase inhibitor are frequently prescribed for women with positive estrogen-receptors after surgery and chemotherapy. When estrogen drops to a certain level, the hypothalamus (temperature control center in the brain) becomes very sensitive to small temperature changes.

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Neuropathy Acupuncture Can Provide Successful Results

Neuropathy, which manifests itself as nerve pain or tingling, can result from a number of different disorders. According to a leading medical news site, more than 20 millio Americans suffer from this ailment. As you get older, chances increase that you or a loved one could be susceptible to one or more of the disorders that may lead to neuropathy. Neuropathy acupuncture performed by experienced practitioners has been shown to relieve neuropathy to a large extent. What Acupuncture Offers

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Acupuncture, Diabetes and PCOS

Diabetes has become more common in the last twenty years. Processed foods are loaded with fructose, which is absorbed much faster than fructose in fruits. Women with type II diabetes or glucose intolerance tend to develop Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The common symptoms of PCOS are: high levels of testosterone, obesity, insulin resistance, (the insulin receptor is not as sensitive as it should be due to high sugar intake), chronic anovulation (not ovulating regularly), high blood level of insulin, high level of bad cholesterol and low level of good cholesterol.

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Acupuncture and Depression

Depression is a serious mental health problem with symptoms such as low mood, fatigue, weight change, disturbed sleep, and inability to enjoy daily life despite having money and a loving family. It can significantly interfere with the quality of life and even lead to suicidal thoughts. Conventional Western medicine focuses on symptom treatment without getting to the root of the problem, and the medications prescribed also come with several side effects, such as severe mood swings, insomnia, weight gain and migraines.

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Learn How Acid Reflux Acupuncture Provides Relief

Occasional acid reflux can be considered normal if you are lying down or bending over from the waist after a heavy meal. However, if it occurs repeatedly and accompanied by other symptoms such as nausea or dysphagia, then you could be suffering from acid reflux disease. The usual treatment plan includes medications, and in extreme cases, surgery may be necessary. However, there is an effective, alte ative treatment using acid reflux acupuncture provided by Boston Chinese Acupuncture that can successfully reduce your symptoms over time. What Acid Reflux Does

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Effective Chinese Medical Acupuncture Treatment to Rid out Depression

Clinical depression is one of the most common mental disorders in the United States. Symptoms include: sad, anxious or empty mood, feelings of hopelessness, pessimism, guilt, worthlessness, helplessness, irritability, loss of interest/pleasure in activities, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, decreased memory, insomnia, restlessness, loss of appetite, and suicide.

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Balancing the Qi to Restore Health in Acupuncture

Acupuncture is an alte ative medical system wherein stainless needles are inserted into specific locations in the body to stimulate those points. Stimulation helps to correct the imbalances in the body responsible for the onset of the disease process. Likewise, in this medical system, also called Traditional Chinese Medicine, the smooth flow of energy called Qi along the meridians or channels in the body is responsible for good health. If there is a disruption in any way that causes an imbalance, there will be a deterioration in health.

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Treating Excessive Sweating with Acupuncture

There are many people all around the world who suffer from excessive sweating. Excessive sweating usually affects the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet because those areas have the most number of sweat glands than any other part of the body. When excessive sweating is severe, it can cause negative effects on a person’s overall health, work and social life. Fortunately, there are many effective forms of treatment including Excessive Sweating Acupuncture which is an ancient Chinese method of treatment.

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