What are the origins and historical use of Acupuncture, what are the healing phi

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What are the origins and historical use of Acupuncture, what are the healing philosophies and mechanisms used, what are the biomedical interpretations and common indications of practice? And what are the associated risks and costs of therapy?

Origins and Historical Use. Describe where and when the practice originated and what sorts of conditions original practitioners treated.

Healing Philosophy or Mechanism. Describe how a traditional practitioner conceptualizes health and illness, and how he or she would say the therapy works.

Biomedical Interpretations. Describe how a biomedical scientist would explain the observed benefits of the therapy. (In some cases, this may not differ substantially from a traditional practitioners’ explanation. If so, briefly explain why.)

Common indications. Identify the medical diagnoses that practitioners are most likely to encounter at present. Comment on whether or not these conditions seem reasonable given the traditional (non-allopathic) and biomedical explanations previously discussed.

Associated Risks and Costs. Describe the potential and actual risks associated with the therapy and what steps are (or should be) taken to keep patients safe. Also, briefly describe the costs associated with a typical trial of treatment (including out of pocket expenses for products and services).

Explanation / Answer

Acupuncture also called needle puncture

Origins and Historical Use-

Origins

It recorded history of aprox 2,000 years old but some authorities claim that it has been practiced in China for some 4,000 years. However there are some objection about the origion in chaina or japan.

Historical Use

Renal colic, Rheumatoid arthritis, Sciatica, Sprain, Stroke, Tennis elbow, Allergic rhinitis (including hay fever)
Biliary colic, Depression, Dysentery, acute bacillary Dysmenorrhoea, primary,Low back pain, Malposition of fetus,
Morning sickness, Nausea and vomiting, Neck pain, Pain in dentistry etc.

Healing Philosophy or Mechanism

It involve in tho terms of opposing forces yin and yang. Those are control the body health. It may consider as an possitive and negative energy of the body. For th healthy body this energy must be properly maintained but some time the proper flow of the energy may alter body funtioning by some blockage which may lead to pain and other problems.

The Acupuncture or needle punture helps in the opeining of block and get the body normal.

Biomedical Interpretations.

peripheral nervous system, and neurotransmission are involve in this proccess , such as nerve depolarization, mechanical transduction, antidromic/orthodromic conduction, and segmental organization of the nervous system.

That means the method is depends on the neurohumoral transmisson in the peripheral nerve system.

Common indications

The process must be done by the expert only.

the major parts like spinal cord must done carefully

the needle must be new or sterile

the environment not to be cold or more hot

the lighting must be propper in treatment area

the raumatic problem must be avoid.

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