If you suffer from chronic headaches, cramps, back pain or poor digestion, it may be time to try acupuncture. Acupuncture is a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) treatment that rebalances your internal energy. Although the treatment has Eastern origins, many Western practitioners embrace acupuncture
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What to Expect During Your First Acupuncture Treatment
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The Many Health Benefits of Essential Oils
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In today's modern age, synthetic chemicals bombard our bodies through our food, the air, the water, and our medical treatments. Although most modern medicine has been derived from plant chemicals, pharmaceutical companies alter the chemical compounds in order to obtain patents. These alterations lead
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The Benefits of Acupuncture and Massage
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Do you suffer from chronic pain or muscle aches? If so, you might benefit from undergoing acupuncture and massage treatments, two popular forms of alternative medicine. Let’s take a look at how they can help alleviate chronic pain or temporary muscle aches. How Does Acupuncture Work? Originating
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Sports Injuries & Acupuncture: A Winning Combination
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Has your body fallen prey to sports injuries that keep you from competing at your peak or even training properly? Do you wish you had a natural, drug-free means of improving your overall fitness and wellness so you can enjoy your favorite sport more fully? Then perhaps it's time you looked into an ancient
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Relieving Stress Naturally
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These days, most people experience a level of diminished physical and mental health due to stress. Detecting the sources of stress may be easy, but identifying and applying simple, effective solutions pose more challenges. Fortunately, acupuncture offers one such solution. How Does Stress Affect the
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Quit Smoking With the Help of Acupuncture
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Quitting smoking is not an easy feat. Nicotine, the main ingredient in tobacco, is a highly addictive substance, and the act of smoking itself becomes a deeply ingrained habit in most smokers. However, the good news is that the more often you try to quit smoking, the greater your chances are of success.
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Qi and Your Health
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Traditional Chinese medicine is an ancient practice still used by millions of people across the world, often as a complement to Western medical practices. At the root of Chinese medicine is a belief in the “qi” (also known as “chi”), the body’s circulating life force and natural energy. This
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Overcome Stress with Meditation
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Stress is as harmful as a poor diet and a sedentary lifestyle to health. Seemingly non-physical, stress has a surprisingly destructive effect on physical health, not to mention mental well-being. Scientific studies show that mental and physical health are strongly intertwined. How, in the name of healthy
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Overcome Insomnia With Acupuncture
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Failure to get enough sleep can wreak havoc on your body. Sleep deprivation can lead to an increase in accidents, make it difficult to think and process information, and can raise your risk of developing heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes. Although you could take a sleeping pill to get the
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Natural Weight Loss
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Worldwide obesity has nearly doubled since 2000. As of 2008, an estimated 1.4 billion adults were overweight or obese, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). For many individuals struggling with excess weight, dietary changes and regular exercise are not enough to take off the pounds – especially
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Menopause and Acupuncture
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Acupuncture has been embraced by the Western world for decades. Its popularity has grown considerably-- so much, in fact, that many major health plans now cover the cost of acupuncture treatments. It is often beneficial to use a combination of TCM and the advances of Western medicine to treat and promote
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Managing Heartburn & GI Disorders
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Gastrointestinal disorders, including severe cramping, heartburn, acid reflux and diarrhea, are a serious health problem affecting millions each year. Heartburn, also known as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), occurs when the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) relaxes, allowing stomach acid to reflux.
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Managing Headache Pain
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While popping an aspirin may do the trick for the occasional headache, over-the-counter drugs and even prescription medications are not a long-term solution for chronic headache pain. Three out of every four adults suffer from tension headaches, the most common type of headache. While not everyone with
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Managing Chronic Inflammation with Acupuncture
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Inflammation is a normal response to various forms of stress, but when it becomes a chronic state it can cause all kinds of serious and/or painful conditions. Unfortunately, anti-inflammatory drugs can create problems of their own. That's why it makes sense to turn to acupuncture as a drug-free way of
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How Acupuncture Works
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When it comes to acupuncture, many folks think of some mysterious Eastern medicine that involves needles in various places on the body. While this is partially true–it does originate in Ancient China–this Eastern medical practice follows precise philosophies and methodologies to correct imbalances,
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Finding Balance through Acupuncture
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A balanced body is something that is vital to overall health. Many of us have lived most of our lives in an unbalanced body—you know the symptoms, aches, pains, headaches, allergies, menstrual cramps, poor digestion, sore stomach, fatigue, stress and just that feeling of being “off” somehow. Acupuncture
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