Pathological anxiety, depression, and chronic stress lead to structural degeneration and impaired functioning of the hippocampus, which may account for the increased risk of developing neuropsychiatric disorders, including depression and dementia.
The lucky thing is, our never system they are connected each other. Acupuncture points are all on the longest never, called vagus. The different points will reflex on the neuron with a different function. For example, the point call ST36, P6 that through import the signal reflex on the vagus nerve and control the LES muscle, allows the ring-closing, the result is to stop the contents refluxes to the esophagus, this treatment can prevent heartburn in second, like electrical wire turn on a light.
A pathological emotional disorder that indicates hippocampus neurons cannot produce enough neurotransmitters due to the brain structure impairing by different reasons, like infection, gene, and injury. However, the acupuncture points like D20, Yintang can help the symptoms better immediately.
On the other hand, the neurons can perform different pathology when it is impaired. Acupuncture therapy will give the various points to reform the damaged neurons even regenerate the neurons if it dies, which called a stem cell.
That is different with drugs to cover the symptoms called “science,” leaving the impaired neurons causing further physical problems. Our clinical research is based on science but beyond it.
Therefore, acupuncture looks like a simple therapy, but the treatment process is complicated, selects the acupuncture points, and manipulates it skillfully, depending on the practitioner’s knowledge and technique.