Acupuncture Cure for Chronic Constipation and Hyperacidity

Acupuncture Cure for Chronic Constipation and Hyperacidity


Q.How does acupuncture affect the body ?

Recently, many studies have been done to understand the mechanism of acupuncture. Acupuncture has been shown to stimulate the immune system. It also has effects on circulation, blood pressure, rhythm and stroke volume of the heart, gastric acid secretions and production of red and white cells. It also stimulates the release of a variety of hormones that help the body respond to injury and stress.

CONSTIPATION

Q: What is the myth about constipation ?
Constipation occurs when stools are difficult to pass during bowel movements. Most people think "normal" means stools are passed daily. Actually, it is considered normal to have bowel movements anywhere from three times per day to three times per week, as long as the stools can pass easily.

Q: What are some symptoms of constipation ?
The chief symptom of constipation is the difficulty to pass a stool accompanied by cramping and rectal pain caused by strain of trying to pass hard and dry stools. Bloating, nausea, and sometimes the passing of a small amount of bright red blood are also consequences of constipation. The bleeding is due to the tearing of anus or hemorrhoids due to the hard and dry stools pushing through the anus. This type of bleeding is small in quantity and should stop when constipation is controlled. Constipation can alternate with diarrhea, when mucus and fluid leak out around the stool lodged in the rectum caused by the constipation.

Q: What are the causes of constipation ?
Constipation is mostly due to lack of fiber and inadequate water intake from daily diet. Traveling, lack of exercise, immobility due to illness or aging, certain medications or medical conditions (such as irritable bowel syndrome), overuse of laxatives, pregnancy, hemorrhoids, or delaying bowel movement can all lead to constipation.

Q: How can acupuncture treat constipation ?
 According to TCM perspective, constipation may be caused by either an excessive or deficient condition. If the constipation accompanies abdominal distention and pain and irritability, it is mostly an excessive type and treatment is aimed to sedate the accumulation. If the constipation is accompanied by weakness (deficient type), treatment would aim to tonify the body’s energy field to induce energy circulation and therefore push out the stools.

GASTRIC HYPERACIDITY (HEARTBURN)

Q: What is heartburn ?
Heartburn is a common form of gastric hyperacidity, causing burning sensation in the esophagus, or below the sternum in the heart region. It is one of the most common symptoms of indigestion.

Q: What is the cause of heartburn ?
 The etiology of heartburn may be explained as the result of regurgitation of partial food contents from the stomach back into the esophagus, carrying excessive acidity (hydrochloric acid) secreted by the stomach. Due to its acidity, this irritates the esophagus and produces discomfort or pain with a burning sensation.

Q: What is Traditional Chinese Medicine’s perspective on gastric hyperacidity ?
 According to TCM, gastric hyperacidity is usually the consequence of emotional stress disrupting the normal Qi (energy) pathways, leading gastric acid to be regurgitated from the stomach. Emotional stress can stimulate the vagus nerve (one of the cranial nerves controlling the stomach motion and secretion) which starts the secretion of various gastric juices and the contraction of stomach muscles causing heartburn.

Q: How can acupuncture treat heartburn ?
 Acupuncture is aimed at the underlying cause rather than just the symptom itself. It is believed that unless the root of the cause is targeted, symptoms would only be alleviated, but will not be cured. Treatment is primarily focused on the relaxation of emotional stress to restore harmonized communication between the brain and stomach muscles. Secondary treatment principle is directed toward strengthening the transporting functions of the Stomach meridian.

Consulting Acupuncturist
Dr.B.S.Taneja
M.D Ac.,M.Ac,S.I.Jaipur
M.I.C.C.M.Delhi
M.I.C.Ac.Beijing
Gold Medalist
Acupuncture Specialist

Basically an Ayurvedic Physician Awarded Graduation Degree in Ayurvedic Medicine & Surgery. In 1981 Post Graduation Degree in Clinical Psychology from GurukulKangri University Haridwar.U.K. In 1985 Post Graduation Degree in Acupuncture Therapy M.D.Acupuncture.Practicing Acupuncture for last 25Years with Success.
Email : drbstaneja@yahoo.com
Visit: http://www.justurhealth.blogspot.com/

Only By Appointment
Mobile : +91-9818098372
Phone : 0120-4216264

Acupuncture Therapy For Hypertension Diabetes and Kidney Diseases

Acupuncture Therapy For Hypertension, Diabeties and Kidney Diseases

• High blood pressure

Q. What causes it ?

In many people with high blood pressure, a single specific cause is not known. This is called essential or primary high blood pressure. Research is continuing to find causes.

In some people, high blood pressure is the result of another medical problem or medication. When the cause is known, this is called secondary high blood pressure

Q. What is high blood pressure ?
A blood pressure of 140/90 or higher is considered high blood pressure. Both numbers are important. If one or both numbers are usually high, you have high blood pressure. If you are being treated for high blood pressure, you still have high blood pressure even if you have repeated readings in the normal range.

Q. What are the symptoms of high blood pressure?
Usually, there are no specific symptoms which indicate that someone has high blood pressure. But some population surveys have shown that a wide variety of common symptoms, such as sleep disturbance, emotional upsets, and dry mouth, are slightly commoner in people with higher pressures. The differences are small, however. Going red in the face, or feeling flushed, is not indicative of high blood pressure.

Q. What is Diabetes ?
Diabetes Mellitus is a syndrome characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from impaired insulin secretion and/or effectiveness, associated with risks for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) or nonketotic hyperglycemic-hyperosmolar coma (NKHHC) and a group of late complications including retinopathy, nephropathy, atherosclerotic coronary and peripheral arterial disease, and peripheral and autonomic neuropathies. Hypertension, hyperinsulinemia and hyperlipidemia are often associated with diabetes. The normal fasting plasma glucose level range is between 60 to 109 mg/dl.

• Type 1- Diabetes (formerly known as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus) accounts for 10% of all cases of diabetes mellitus and is clinically characterized by hyperglycemia and a propensity to DKA. Its control requires chronic insulin treatment. Although it may occur at any age, it most commonly develops in childhood or adolescence.
• Type 2- Diabetes (formerly known as non-insulin–dependent diabetes mellitus) is characterized clinically by hyperglycemia (fasting plasma glucose level >126mg/dL) that is not associated with a propensity to DKA, but some patients intermittently or persistently require insulin to control or prevent symptomatic degrees of hyperglycemia which might lead to NKHHC. It is usually found in patients over the age of 30 but it also occurs in children and adolescents. It is commonly associated with obesity. Type 2 diabetes is a heterogeneous group of disorders in which hyperglycemia results from both an impaired insulin secretory response to glucose and decreased insulin effectiveness.
• Symptoms of Type 1- Diabetes include irritability, frequent urination, abnormal thirst, nausea or vomiting, weakness, fatigue, weight loss despite a normal intake of food and unusual hunger.
• Symptoms of Type 2- Diabetes include blurred vision, itching, unusual thirst, drowsiness, fatigue, skin infections, slow wound healing, tingling or numbness in the feets.

Acupuncture as a complex therapeutic system has been used to treat a variety of diseases and pathological conditions. Although the exact mechanism(s) of acupuncture remains unknown, some evidence suggests a mechanism initially involving signal transduction through connective tissue, with secondary involvement of other systems including the nervous system. Acupuncture has become increasingly popular in the Western countries as a therapy for pain and several chronic disorders difficult to manage with conventional treatments. Acupuncture and acupuncture-like somatic nerve stimulation have been used in different kidney diseases and several complications related to them. The effect of acupuncture techniques in some kidney diseases, hypertension or diabetes is reviewed on the basis of clinical reports as well as mechanisms that may possibly explain the beneficial effects mediated by acupressure/acupuncture. The potential effect of acupressure techniques in renal inflammation and whether these effects could be mediated through the newly identified cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway are discussed.

Results are encouraging but individual results sometime gives thought to summaries results very carefully.
About the author:-
Consulting Acupuncturist
Dr.B.S.Taneja
M.D Ac.,M.Ac,S.I.Jaipur
M.I.C.C.M.Delhi
M.I.C.Ac.Beijing
Gold Medalist
Acupuncture Specialist

Basically an Ayurvedic Physician Awarded Graduation Degree in Ayurvedic Medicine & Surgery. In 1981 Post Graduation Degree in Clinical Psychology from GurukulKangri University Haridwar.U.K. In 1985 Post Graduation Degree in Acupuncture Therapy M.D.Acupuncture.Practicing Acupuncture for last 25Years with Success.
Email : drbstaneja@yahoo.com
Visit: http://www.justurhealth.blogspot.com/
Only By Appointment
Mobile : +91-9818098372
Phone : 0120-4216264