Acupuncture for Anorexia Nervosa

Anorexia Nervosa disorder usually experienced mainly by women, especially at their young age. This disorder is a disorder when a young girl have extreme fear of weight gain. This condition will lead to excessive effort to reduce weight. 1 The symptoms of this condition would be a condition that the sufferer will reduce their body weight as much as they can. People who have this disorder will make an attempt to lose their weight like miss their meals, obsessively count the calories in food, and exercise excessively. 2 The cause of this condition is not clear. It is believe that the cause is the combination between biological, psychological and environmental. Biological means that it may be a genetic changes. Psychological means that they may have obsessive-compulsive personality traits. While environmental factors means that they may get pressure from their environment. 3 Related Acupuncture Points : BL20 BL15 SP1 HT7 SP6 Acupuncture treatment for Anorexia Nervosa : The acupuncture treatment course for this disorder would be 2 treatment per week for the first 3 week. After that, weekly treatment will be administered. Not only acupuncture treatment, people with this disorder will also be received acupressure treatment. 4 According to the acupuncture theory, this anorexia disorder is the result of organ damage and meridians of digestion. 5 [note]anorexia nervosa, Meriam Webster,http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anorexia%20nervosa[/note] [note]Anorexia nervosa - Symptoms, NHS Choices,http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Anorexia-nervosa/Pages/Symptoms.aspx[/note] [note]Symptoms and causes of Anorexia Nervosa, Mayo Clinic Org,http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/anorexia/symptoms-causes/dxc-20179513[/note] [note]Acupuncture and acupressure and massage health outcomes for patients with anorexia nervosa: findings from a pilot randomized controlled trial and patient interviews., NIH Gov,http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24102480[/note] [note]Fight Eating Disorders with Chinese Medicine, AcuFinder,https://www.acufinder.com/Acupuncture+Information/Detail/Fight+Eating+Disorders+with+Chinese+Medicine[/note]