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Acupuncture Offers a Drug-free Way to Kick the Smoking Habit for Good!


Americans as well as the British seem to be trying to quit the smoking habit in greater numbers. Unfortunately, millions of them are turning to powerful drugs to ease their cravings. In fact, one such pharmaceutical product is now being accused of causing adverse reactions such as suicidal thinking and strange dreams.
Acupuncture, on the other [...]

Children with Headaches Respond Well to Acupuncture Treatments with Lasers


Children can certainly be counted among the many folks in the world who benefit from Acupuncture treatment. But for kids, the sight of needles alone can be tough to handle, much less having a number of them inserted in the skin. Hence, Laser Acupuncture – the concept of shining laser beams at Acupuncture points – [...]

Study Bolsters Acupuncture’s Position as a Provider of Low Back Pain Relief


Acupuncture treatment for low back pain should receive a boost in popularity as more sufferers of the condition consider the results of a recently completed study in Germany. Acupuncture out performed conventional therapy by a significant margin of more than 20 percent during the course of a 6-month treatment period in bringing relief to study [...]

Electro-Acupuncture Helps Stroke Victims to Enjoy Restored Movement


A person who has suffered any type of a stroke and survived certainly faces a long road to recovery. A recent study shows that Acupuncture can play an important role in helping such a patient along the road to physical repair, rehabilitation and a useful life.
The study involving 23 patients was recently conducted to determine [...]

Pressure Applied to Acupuncture Points Brings Long-Lasting Low Back Pain Relief


When a person complains of low back pain, physical therapy is often included in the treatment. Now, based on the results of a recent study, simply applying Acupressure to a troubled area may bring very favorable results. Acupressure is the applying of pressure to the body with the thumbs or the forefingers to the same [...]

Checking Facial Temperatures Provides Clues to Important Acupuncture Points


There may be an improved way to pick Acupuncture points than to simply follow the time honored locations developed over the long and successful history of the practice. Now the results of a new study show that introducing the modern technique of infrared thermography to diagnosis may help direct an acupuncturist to the most critical [...]