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alternative meds Ronalda Mcquinn ENG 112 April 6, 2006 Acupuncture Verses Pain Medicine Using acupuncture as an alternative medicine in some Health Conditions may
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Ronalda Mcquinn
ENG 112
April 6, 2006
Acupuncture Verses Pain Medicine
Using acupuncture as an alternative medicine in some Health Conditions may be an advantage as opposed to treating some conditions without the use of modern medicine. Alternative medicine is a general term, which the definition can be very controversial to some professionals and patients. It has many different techniques for preventing and treating certain illnesses. It has along with many other therapies, been a part of Asian cultures and has just recently been integrated into the United States.
Acupuncture has been a strong component in china, and can be traced back to their health care system for at least 2,500 years ago. From the years that China has been using this form of procedure to treat varies of health related issues has shown that it is an important tradition in their culture and proved that it works. From this aspect it has been, shown acupuncture has gained respect from other cultures as well as the United States. To get a better understanding of this procedure it is helpful to know a little of the background on Chinese medicine and what they call the art of the procedure. It is said that they believe from the Asian culture that health is achieved though the balance of the opposing forces between "Yin" which is the spirit and "Yang" that is the blood. The attraction between them creates an energy called "Qi". This energy flows to all parts of the body through channels, which are known as "Meridians" the pathway that runs along the surface of the body and then branches into the body's interior. An imbalance in these forces then occurs and that is what is to be believed to cause illness and disease. When needles are inserted the acupuncture points along the meridians, balance and a person's health is then restored.
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