The Role of The Shadow In The Healing of Acupuncture

The concept of Shadow has been central to many rules of indigenous healing shamanic healing modern psycho-analytic works of Carl Jung. The New Age of the world, you can get pretty dark, and mystified as the traditional "healer" is a journey into a dark world for one is healed. But it's not so mysterious - and when I realized - it can be a great tool to organize the understanding of the healing journey.

You can not talk about the health of modern humans regardless of the environment. Every day, every day from birth, we were asked to process information and stimuli that is often in direct conflict with our ideals, beliefs or the way we see ourselves. To guard against going crazy, our mind creates a reservoir that does not fit our environment. Nothing in this tank until it has been judged harshly by ourselves or others. So - they begin to deny that we really are to adapt to our environment.

I would go one step further and say that this reservoir are unprocessed traumas that were too difficult to palpate. All trauma requires a full version so it does not affect our health - which means that many feel the pain. But we prefer to keep the shade as much as possible in order to continue to participate in society. But in the shadow wants to go - and what's more, we have to fill our destiny.

In my acupuncture practice, I saw that deep healing occurs during the process of acupuncture for various reasons. One of the main reasons to do, especially since the practice in New York, is that during acupuncture, people take linear time. Are released from the universe in three dimensions and time demands and reactions. In most cases, are able to discard everything that is pulling down and are able to go to a place where the conscious and the subconscious can be mixed and integrated. When this happens, move more and more together.

Menopause

Menopause is not in itself a disease. It is a normal physiological change, the natural way to slow the aging process in women of childbearing age. Unfortunately, many women do not cross the dawn quickly and seamlessly. When this happens, they can experience something of a series of signs and symptoms.
These include:
- Hot Flashes
-Night sweating
- Menstrual Irregularity
- Uterine Spotting and Flooding
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Fatigue
- Palpitations
- Migraines
- Insomnia
- Vaginal Dryness & Atrophy
- Vaginal Itching
- Osteoporosis


Traditional Chinese medicine is over 2000 years, professional medical system and gynecology are his specialties. In gynecology, Chinese, menopausal syndrome is a condition recognized and treated. In fact it is a condition most easily and successfully treated by Chinese medicine (as menopause is natural and non-surgical).

Chinese doctors may use acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine, or both to treat symptoms of menopause. Both methods, doctors are trying to nourish and supplement the liver and kidneys, increase and strengthen the spleen qi, nourish the heart and peace of mind, a clear pathogenic heat and lowering of yang energy.

According to Chinese medical theory, menopause occurs when, due to the natural process of aging, without loss of blood is draining from your body and in particular the kidneys, Chinese medicine believes that the root organ of life and longevity. Therefore, the body in its wisdom to reverse the flow of a canal in the center of the body to send blood to the uterus through the heart. Instead, blood and kidney essence is sent to the heart to nourish the spirit of women. Therefore, in traditional cultures, menopausal women are considered to be midwives, because the spirit of the heart is nourished and enlightened in a way that did not exist before.

West not only Chinese doctors use acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine to treat menopausal complaints but also typically advise patients on diet, exercise and lifestyle, and therefore to treat the whole person and to the balance in all aspects of the patient's life. These therapies are without side effects when administered correctly by a qualified and professional Chinese medicine.

About Fertility

The debate and research below provides information on infertility, based on our best knowledge, understanding and daily practice. That is not a substitute for care from your doctor.
There are many causal factors that can cause infertility. Both of these systems, Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), are the insights and understanding of the causes and pathophysiological mechanisms of human infertility, and therefore, the management approaches are described below.

Requires balanced fertility hormones in reproductive organs structurally sound, healthy and nutritious diet and clean. Even with the above in place, the chances of a healthy couple of conception each month is only 25%. The paradigm of Chinese medicine, "Fertility" is equivalent to an obstruction, the free flow of Qi, blood and body fluids in the body, so that a balanced sound reproduction that produces fluctuations in the body's Yin and Yang . For the reproductive system to function at its peak, there must be a balance between all these components and systems of the body.

A couple is considered infertile if after a year of unprotected sex, which were not designed. Infertility is a growing problem, especially in the United States, where infertility affects about 15% of women with $ 1 billion spent annually on treatment. In approximately 10% of cases, the exact reason is unknown. In other cases, reproductive problems, whether male or female, or both are sterile, representing approximately 18% of the population according to 2005 statistics from the National CDC.

Fertility program at our clinic that uses acupuncture, Chinese medicine, herbal and nutritional therapies to enhance fertility, improve the overall health and support the ability to become pregnant and bear a healthy baby to term . This treatment method is also used for the treatment program before the overall design.
Pre-Conception Care is a necessary and very important when planning a pregnancy. A healthy, balanced, and the right of the menstrual cycle, as well as healthy, and the eggs depends on the health and well-being of a woman wishes to become pregnant.

Pregnancy occurs when conditions allow the correct timing. Achieving these conditions can be a challenge for many couples, so it is very important to consider a holistic approach. Working with natural conception, we focus on the restoration of fertility by restoring the proper functioning of the body as a whole.
There is a tendency for many patients and doctors to focus almost exclusively on the genitals. Our experience suggests that this approach is often inadequate (as evidenced by the fact that many patients seek us because they have failed conventional medical treatment). We will find good results when it comes to overall health and wellbeing of people. When general health is beginning to change, fertility is often restored automatically. Of course, there are many things that must be addressed directly to the genitals: and that definitely require special skills, but we never could get different results that we see in Chinese medicine, if only focused on the reproductive system.

Note that each of its organs plays a crucial role in maintaining a healthy indoor environment. If none of these organs can not function optimally, which can affect your ability to get pregnant and health from your baby if you are pregnant. For this reason, our program in a natural conception to Chinese medicine not only in the treatment and optimizing the function of reproduction, it is actually making healthy couples.

Chronic Pain Can Be Helped By Acupuncture

Acupuncture for pain can be used to treat knee pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, arthritis, and many types of diseases. Although these drugs is still considered the norm in many parts of East Asia, is considered "alternative medicine" in much of the western world.

Although its reputation is growing rapidly as an alternative to traditional drugs, TCM is often misunderstood and considered, in practice, as the "voodoo" or drugs "Gypsy." In fact, TCM has been tested and could probably be the safest type of drug available. TCM does not depend on modern medicines, but aims to promote the body's own defenses and healing powers in the prevention and cure of diseases. In many ways, these traditional therapies are quite a few 'more practical and less invasive than the medical practices of today.

Most of us Westerners feel that we have found in the human body in high school that the "real reality" description of the facts, not a single description possible. However, if Chinese medicine is making sense of the West in any way, we have the capability of the idea that it is likely to find another legal description of the human body, skills, health and disease. Map of Western human biological morphology is the most likely map of precious health. Not much more accurate than traditional Chinese medicine card, which took over 2,000 years of China to develop.

 Perhaps one of the best known techniques associated with traditional Chinese medicine is acupuncture therapy. This involves inserting fine needles into specific points on the body of a patient, with the idea to increase circulation and balance, or Qi, throughout the body. The treatment of ancient China is based on the theory that illness and disease is caused by an interruption in the flow of body energy and blood, especially in case of pain. In this case, the Qi and blood can not circulate freely, either because they are blocked for any reason, simply is not enough Qi and blood to promote and maintain speed. One might say, if freedom of movement, no pain If there is free movement, no pain

Functions for manipulating the needle to restore movement and provide assistance to a variety of ailments. Due to the fact that works to promote the personal ability of the body to eliminate pain and disease, acupuncture and other traditional Chinese medicine can treat many types of disorders treated well.



Although it may seem an unusual significantly related to the practice of health for people unfamiliar with it, is actually in fact a long and proven method of reducing a variety of ailments. A final exam at the University of Maryland acupuncture on pain found that a large majority of people, acupuncture for pain had a positive impact on affected people suffer from back pain. The review of acupuncture for chronic back pain doctors examined 33 studies and found that most people have made substantial short-term relief. With these research results and many others shed light on the increased health benefits of acupuncture, it may be obvious that such action must have a place in modern medicine.

Another common method of treatment of TCM in the treatment of acute and chronic pain is massage Tuina. This means pushing and grabbing. However, Chinese medical massage consists of a number of other manipulations and massage was developed as a high art in China, and there is a separate clinic devoted to the practice in most hospitals of Chinese medicine. This type of massage apply special techniques to achieve a therapeutic effect is very specific and designed to open directly and immediately regulate the flow of Qi and blood in the canals and boats. Chinese medical massage is an important method in the treatment of any condition, especially the pain has been a popular method for treatment of injuries of athletes from Eastern martial arts.

Cupping Massage is another technique often used in TCM. This technique works on the same principles of acupuncture and Tuina massage, but uses some very interesting methods. This type of massage, a number of glass cups are heated and put into the body. When the air expands in these cups, the suction created that pulls the patient's body. With the oils and these cups can be moved, providing a massage inversion pressure. They are commonly used for things such as arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, neck pain, tennis elbow, back pain, and many other common ailments.

Another very common, and perhaps the most widely accepted treatment TCM among Westerners, the Chinese herbal medicine. In this type of treatment, the individual is prescribed a herbal remedy based on their different needs. These herbal treatments to boost the function of balance and harmony through the body from the inside out. Herbal formulas often contain up to 25 different Chinese herbs, and may differ from one patient completely different. Chinese herbal medicine works, not only to treat the symptoms of some diseases, but the power to promote proper healing. Herbal treatment is not always taken only during the illness, you can take a lifetime to ensure harmony and balance in the body.

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is a form of traditional Chinese medicine that treats a person according to their individual symptoms, rather than a western diagnosis. It uses a holistic approach and looks at person's lifestyle, as well as their physical and emotional problems. No two people will be treated in exactly the same way, even if they share the same western diagnosis

Acupuncture is thought to date as far back to 200 BCE, where the earliest written record of it can be found. Acupuncture works by regulating the flow of energy within the body. When a person's energy or qi is blocked or diminished, this can result in poor physical and emotional wellbeing. Fine acupuncture needles are inserted into specific points within the body, to help this energy flow more freely or to actually build upon the energy. Acupuncture is a safe and affective form of treatment for a wide variety of ailments and illness that range from emotional problems such as anxiety, depression, insomnia and stress as well as other conditions such as migraines, infertility, muscular skeletal conditions, arthritis and many more.

 Most patients find the treatment itself highly relaxing and all the needles that are used are extremely fine and do not cause pain on insertion. Needles are left in for approximately 20 minutes and during this time people fall into a highly relaxed state. Many people find themselves falling asleep while their bodies begin to re-balance themselves. Acupuncture is used not only as way of restoring ill health but also as way a preventative treatment. It can be incorporated into someone's weekly routine in the same way that a person may choose to go to the gym and eat a healthy, balanced diet.

In my own experience as a TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) acupuncturist I have found it to be successful with a broad range of issues. In particular people living in a western society find themselves working long hours and showing signs of increased stress, which can result in signs of high blood pressure. Along with long working hours often comes little time to spend on healthy meals and a need to unwind which may often include high consumptions of alcohol, smoking and drug takings; all of which have an effect on an individuals well being.

I have found acupuncture to have a profound effect on stress levels and allow a person to feel more harmonised and balanced. This gives a person more clarity to make better decisions and as a result can often lead to a healthier lifestyle.

Schizophrenics & Mental Health

If you had to pick one disease not to get, schizophrenia would have to be at or near the top of your list. Schizophrenia typically affects young adults, who are suddenly plunged into a world of delusions, hallucinations, and paranoia. Fifty years ago, neuroscientists and psychiatrists identified dopamine, one of the many molecules that brain cells use to communicate, as the bad actor in this story. A half century later, drugs that block dopamine action in the brain continue to be the mainstay of schizophrenia treatment. However, these drugs often control only the most dramatic symptoms, and they leave many patients with highly unpleasant side effects, like tremors and uncontrollable lip smacking. Now a new study suggests that researchers may have found a new class of drugs that could revolutionize the treatment of schizophrenia.

Numerous medicines we use today were discovered by accident, and this new drug likewise received a nudge by an unlikely source: the street drug PCP, or angel dust. Many years ago, researchers observed that people who take PCP often experience symptoms similar to those of schizophrenia. It was also known that PCP affects the action of glutamate, an important brain-signaling peptide. Even more intriguing, glutamate modulates how dopamine works. Once they saw this set of connections, researchers began hunting for a glutamate-related drug to treat schizophrenia.

This research finally paid off with a report in Nature Medicine by scientists at Eli Lilly showing that a glutamate-related drug (named LY2140023, for now) appears to be a safe and effective treatment for schizophrenia—at least in short-term trials with a small number of patients. Patients who received the drug experienced improvement in most of their symptoms when compared with placebo, with none of the side effects associated with more traditional dopamine medications.