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Acupuncture And Oriental Medicine
What is Acupuncture? The history of acupuncture
in the United States is less than 120 years. When European Aristocrats
brought with them their medicinal assistants. Yet we know that
in the railroad camps of Chinese Labors acupuncture flourished
for relief from pain. There is even evidence that Viking travels
may have introduced the use of fine bones as needles at certain
points just beneath the skin to heal injury or help with disease
were used by Native Americans over a thousand years ago. So
what really is acupuncture?
Acupuncture is far more than a technique
of inserting tiny thread-like needles along meridian (energy
channels of the body). Acupuncture points map are used in a
complex system of diagnosis that views the person as a whole.
These points connect with every organ, tissue, nerves, and the
brain to create a needed response to help the body heal or relieve
pain.
Ancient Chinese Medical practice of acupuncture
dates back about 5,000 years yet Vedic or Ayurvedic script and
Egyptian writing from 8,000 B.C. E. indicate that the use of
fine needles to cure disease, stop pain, and heal even the most
sick were in use in the middle east long before the far east.
The art of cupping for instance came from Greece. It's the simple
treatment of using warm glass cups upon the skin to release
toxins, relax stress and tension in muscles and much more including
stopping the common cold!
Acupuncture is practiced
based on discerning the "pattern of disharmony" and treating
accordingly. Modern acupuncturist utilizes other modalities
such as herbal medicine, Moxibustion, physical exercise, nutrition,
meditation, breathing exercise and more.
Acupuncture is the insertion of hair-fine needles into the skin
and body tissues. They are inserted into any one or more of
a number of acupuncture points (there are over 1,000 acupuncture
points in the human body) for the purpose of stimulating a physiological
or 'energetic response. The response solicited by the acupuncture
point treatment is focused on balancing the body's systems which
will in turn aid the body to function
properly. Acupuncture does not hurt, The sensation created by
the insertion of each needle should only be one of heaviness
or tingling. Often this sensation feels pleasant and may be
felt over regions of the body which are connected to each other
by what we refer to as Meridians. These are the "roadways" through
which your body's energy flows.
Acupuncture is a primary health care modality that has been
around for at least 6000 years and is used widely throughout
the world. In 2005 another ice-man was found in a remote waste
with acupuncture points tattooed on his body. He is estimated
to be over 10,000 years old.
There are very old papayas paper references to acupuncture in
the year 8,500 BCE in Northern India as well. This all suggests
that Acupuncture was once more wide-spread and perhaps originated
somewhere else than Asia. 90% of Acupuncture today is descended
of Asia however. Debra combines the many Asian acupuncture styles
with Aromapuncture from India and Egypt.
Acupuncture is considered safe and effective.
The art of cupping is found in ancient Greek texts and still
used in Greece today. Though it is part of Oriental Medicine
there is evidence it is of Grecian descent. It involves placing
warmed glass globes on the skin creating a mild suction. An
herbal oil is placed first on the skin so that you can 'slide'
the cups to provide a deep massage much like Native American
Stone Massage. There are other cupping methods as well.
Traction, Tunia, and Guisha, are often compared to trigger point
massage though it is much different. Specific aucpoints are
gently stimulated in a certain direction to re-direct the flow
of 'energy' in a meridian. This deep yet gentle technique may
also use traction as you lengthen and shorten the muscle to
gain your desired results.
Could Acupuncture Be Older
Than Dirt?
Some healers and other experts think
so! The earliest writings come out of what is now India
not China like many once believed. Here are just some the quotes
you can read about how many ancient cultures enjoyed health
through natural medicine including acupuncture.
"Marma points (Ayurvedic pressure
points); the origin of Acupuncture."
Marma points are important pressure points
on the body, much like the acupuncture points of Traditional
Chinese Medicine. One finds the first reference to them in the
Atharva Veda and they are elaborately dealt with by Sushruta.
Like the Chinese acupuncture points, Marma points are measured
by the finger units (Anguli) relative to each individual. Their
size is measured by finger inches and their location determined
by them."
Prof. Dr. Subhash Ranade.
PhD. (1993) Natural Healing
Through Ayurvedic. Passage Press. Utah USA (pp 161-)
"When in former periods of history, India
and China were one big cultural unit, the teaching of the Five
Elements was developed out of the knowledge of the Veda, and
with it the Ayurvedic as the medicine for the people. The Marma-therapy,
namely Acupuncture is a special technique of the former. Acupuncture
and the medical philosophy on which it is based, is not purely
of Chinese origin. The texts of Veda which are dated still further
back than the first Chinese ones as well as the contemporary
Ayurvedic texts (2000 BC) give many hints that these thoughts
were already moved much earlier. Thus it can be assumed that
Acupuncture was practiced already 5000 or 10000 years ago, long
before the Mahabharata war which had destroyed a worldwide culture
of high standards in a cultural context that comprised at least
both the regions of India and China today."
Dr. Dietrich Kluber
M.D. (1994) Acupuncture and Its Indian Roots. Lichtwortverlag,
Kuddeworde. Germany. (p. 79).
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