For millions of people who live with pain, acupuncture is no longer an exotic curiosity. It’s now widely accepted among the medical community and popular with patients. A recent survey found that almost 3.5 million Americans  said they’d had acupuncture in the previous year. We have been practicing for over 40 years in our clinic. It is not only for treating pain but also for all illnesses. Why?

Acupuncture involves inserting fine needles into specific points on the skin without using medication. When the practitioner manipulates the needles, the patient may experience tenderness, sharpness, numbness, or heaviness. This response is referred to as “De Qi” in Chinese medicine.

The “Qi” generated can then flow through the body’s channels, helping to address deficiencies or reduce excess energy, known as “Xie” in Chinese medicine. Balancing these energies is essential for maintaining health and preventing illness.

Through scientific research, we have discovered that when a small needle is inserted into a specific acupuncture point, the nerve endings respond to the signal provided by the practitioner. This signal is then transmitted through our nervous system to the central nervous system via the spinal cord. Different acupuncture points can affect various brain areas, allowing the signal to reach the specific location that needs treatment.

In this way, acupuncture functions similarly to conventional medicine, which uses medication to control the body. However, acupuncture leverages the body’s natural processes to promote self- healing. As a result, there are no side effects associated with acupuncture treatments.

All Natural Medicine Clinic practitioners have been serving patients in China since 1976. They have received both conventional and Chinese medical training, allowing them to research Chinese medicine through the lens of traditional medical theory. This integrated approach enables them to provide comprehensive services to their patients.

Acupuncture has the potential to reduce pain. After the treatment, it works through the nervous system to help normal tissues function more effectively, reducing pain sensation. For instance, acupuncture can be effective in treating conditions such as low back pain and spinal degeneration.

While acupuncture needles may help regenerate degenerated cells quickly, resulting in pain relief, imaging (like MRI) often shows no significant changes in conditions like lumbago following treatment. This suggests that the pain relief mechanism might involve other factors: the needles can stimulate normal tissues to absorb inflammatory metabolites, leading to reduced stimulation of the tissues that cause pain feelings. Although the inflammation remains, it can cause pain or no pain (inflammation), which is called a specific named illness; this reduction in stimulation can lead to pain relief.

However, since the inflammation persists, pain may return, indicating that continued treatment may be necessary. Acupuncture’s mechanism of treating inflammation goes beyond simply raising the pain threshold, which helps explain why it can effectively treat various conditions in clinical settings.

All Natural Medicine Clinic researches and treats diseases widely. Pain is one of the symptoms of inflammation, whether caused by infection, non-infection, or injury. Pain would occur if the metabolites or inflammation affect the sensory nerves.

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