Acupuncture and Gallstone

Gallstone is a stone that is exist in our gallbladder. The stone can vary in size ranging from small size like the grain of sand or it may as big as golf ball. Some people may have only one gallstone inside their gallbladder while other people might have many gallstone. If the existence of gallstone produce symptom like pain, then it might need a gallbladder removal surgery. Gallstones that don't cause any signs and symptoms typically don't need treatment. [note]Diseases and Conditions : Gallstones, mayoclinic.org, http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/gallstones/basics/definition/con-20020461[/note]  

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Usually gallstone don’t produce any symptom. The most common symptom of gallstone disease is severe abdominal pain. The pain happen because the gallstone blocks one of the bile ducts. The pain itself is called billiary colic. The pain is constant and isn't relieved when you go to the toilet, pass wind or are sick. It's sometimes triggered by eating fatty foods, but may occur at any time of day and it may wake you up during the night. Biliary colic doesn't happen often. After an episode of pain, it may be several weeks or months before you experience another episode. In a small number of people, gallstones can cause more serious problems if they obstruct the flow of bile for longer periods or move into other organs (such as the pancreas or small bowel). [note]Gallstones - Symptoms, NHS Choices, http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Gallstones/Pages/Symptoms.aspx[/note]  

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The formation of gallstone can happen due to many reason including genes, excessive weight, eating habit or due to problem with our gallbladder. Gallstone can also happen if our gallbladder can’t empty properly. Pigment stones are more common in people with certain medical conditions, such as cirrhosis (a liver disease) or blood diseases such as sickle cell anemia. [note]Gallstones: What You Should Know, WebMD, http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/gallstones#2[/note]  

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Related Acupuncture Points : Gallbladder 34, Pericardium 6, Bladder 19, Stomach 36, Large Intestine 11, and related ear points. Acupuncture Treatment For Gallstone In treating gallstone disease, acupuncture usually use acupoints that closely related with gallbladder disease, which are point LV14 and GB24. The LV14 point is used to treat the symptom such as fullness of abdomen, delirium, fullness of the chest and flanks, distention of gastric region resistant to pressure, and fever. Acupoint of LV14 and GB24 are considered to be the alarm point of liver and gallbladder meridian. Other method of acupuncture called ear acupuncture are also used to treat the gallbladder disease such as gallstone. It is believed to be effective method to expel gallstones and especially effective to treat the patient with the characteristic of damp heat . [note]The Spirits of the Points: The Gall Bladder Official, By Neil Gumenick, Mac (UK), Lac, Dipl. Ac, http://www.acupuncturetoday.com/mpacms/at/article.php?id=32737[/note]

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Acupuncture and Gallbladder Disease

Gallbladder is a human organ that is located in our abdomen. It is underneath our liver. The gallbladder has responsibility to store the bile produced by our liver. Bile is useful to digest fats in our small intestine. Therefore the term gallbladder disease is relating with any disease that happen to our gallbladder. Gallbladder disease is usually happen because of an inflammation. This is inflammation is happen due to an irritation to gallbladder wall. Other disease that may happen to our gallbladder is gallbladder polyps and gallbladder cancer. [note]Gallstones, Written by Brindles Lee Macon, Winnie Yu, and Rachel Nall, http://www.healthline.com/health/gallstones#Overview1[/note]  

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One of the disease that might happen to our gallbladder is gallstone. The symptom of gallstone is pain. However, unfortunately, gallstone is unlikely to cause pain. The most common symptom of gallbladder disease is intermittent pain called biliary colic. Pain will be occur at the right portion of our abdomen. Other symptom that might happen because of gallbladder disease are nausea and vomiting. Belching, feeling unusually full after meals, bloating, heartburn are not likely to be caused by gallbladder disease. [note]Gallbladder Disease, Written by Abdul Wadood Mohamed and Matthew Solan, http://www.healthline.com/health/gallbladder-disease#Overview1[/note]  

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Gallstone that is one of many disease that can happen to our gallbladder is caused by crystallization and hardening process of bile in the gallbladder. Other disease like gallbladder cancer usually caused by DNA change of the gallbladder. This DNA change is sometimes trigger by bad lifestyle such as smoking. Other thing that can cause gallbladder cancer is genetic factor. [note]Gallstones and gallbladder disease, umm.edu, http://umm.edu/health/medical/reports/articles/gallstones-and-gallbladder-disease[/note]  

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Related Acupuncture Points : GB24 LR14 LI20 ST2 Acupuncture Treatment For Gallbladder Disease In acupuncture theory point of view, gallbladder is considered to belong to the wood element. If there is a disorder of the gallbladder, then it is believed that the patient wood element is imbalanced. The wood imbalanced will produced symptom like rancid odor, greenish eyes, and excess of anger. In treating this wood imbalance, the acupuncture will treat not only the gallbladder, but also will treat the liver as well. Acupoints used for the treatment of gallbladder disease are GB37, GB38, GB39, GB40, and GB41. [note]TREATMENT OF GALLSTONES WITH CHINESE HERBS AND ACUPUNCTURE, by Subhuti Dharmananda, Ph.D., Director, Institute for Traditional Medicine, Portland, Oregon, http://www.itmonline.org/arts/gallstones.htm[/note]

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Acupuncture and Freckles

Freckles are consentrated melaninized cells that are clustered. It is quite obvious at people with a fair complexion. Freckles also known as ephelides or singular ephelis. Instead of having melanocytes that overproduce melanin granules (melanosomes), freckles don’t have increasing number of the melanin-producing cells melanocytes. This cause a change of coloration of the outer skin cells. [note]Freckle, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freckle[/note]  

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Freckles may bring many symptoms in the like of change of the skin color and shape, diarrhea, abdominal pain, weight loss, skin cancer, moles, and blood or mucus in the stool. [note]Freckles, youcure.me, http://youcure.me/en/guide/freckles-485[/note]  

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Freckles is happen because there is a direct exposure of sunlight to our skin. It is the ultraviolet that cause melanocytes make more melanin. The melanin make freckles to show up and become darker and apparent. The freckles are not happen to all people, because it is actually also caused by genetic factors. The genetic factors make some people have fair complexion and other people have darker complexions. [note], http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-causes-freckles[/note]  

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Related Acupuncture Points : ST36 CV12 ST44 Acupuncture Treatment For Freckles When dealing with freckles, the way the treatment of acupuncture treat this disorder is by increasing the blood circulation to the face, reducing tension of the face’s muscles, promoting the producing of collagen and elastin, and also inducing exfoliation. The treatment protocol will last for about 5 weeks with the total 10 treatment given. Each treatment need 45 to 60 minutes. The treatment will be more effective if also accompanied with intake of herbal medicine. [note]Mei Zen System — Cosmetic Acupuncture, healingpointacupunctureclinic.com, http://healingpointacupunctureclinic.com/cosmetic-acupuncture-facial-rejuvenation/mei-zen-system-cosmetic-acupuncture[/note]

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Acupuncture and Fracture

A fracture is a broken bone. It may fractured partly or completely. The bone may be fractured in one or many ways like crosswise, lengthwise, or in multiple pieces. [note]Fractures (Broken Bones), orthoinfo.aaos.org, http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=a00139[/note]  

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The sign and symptom of fractures can be vary depending on the bone that affected, age, general health, and also the severity of the impact. Symptoms of fractures are including pain, swelling, bruising, discolored skin, angulation, unable to put weight on the injured area, affected area is unmovable, grating sensation, and also bleeding. [note]Fractures: Causes, Symptoms and Diagnosis, Written by Christian Nordqvist, http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/173312.php[/note]  

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People can get fractured from injuries, for example is an injury during sport activity. But there are many other things that may cause fracture such as osteoporosis, osteomalacia, brittle bone disease, and osteosarcoma. [note]What causes fractures? 12 possible conditions, Medically Reviewed by George Krucik, MD, MBA, http://www.healthline.com/symptom/fractures[/note]  

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Related Acupuncture Points : T6 LIV 14 G34 LIV3 B11 B23 Acupuncture Treatment For Fracture Fracture bring pain. Therefore, acupuncture treatment’s aim is to reduce the pain. However, in this pain treatment, acupuncture is not the main treatment, rather than a complimentary treatment. The treatment given will last for 3 weeks. Several acupoints will be used in this treatment. Sterilized disposable acupuncture needles is used for this treatment. Needling will be done manually by hand at some points and electrostimulation will be used at another points. The needles will stay in the body for about 25 minutes before being removed. [note]Acupuncture in Patients with a Vertebral Compression Fracture: A Protocol for a Randomized, Controlled, Pilot Clinical Trial, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4379479/[/note]

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Acupuncture and Food Poisoning

Food poisoning is a disease or an illness that is acquired from eating a dirty or contaminated food. Food can be contaminated by many things such as bacteria, viruses, and parasites. The contamination can occur can occur at any point and any time during the production or processing phase. If not well prepared, food contamination also can happen at your home. Some people that get sick by eating contaminated food may need go to the hospital while other person need not go. [note]Diseases and Conditions : Food Poisoning, mayoclinic.org, http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/food-poisoning/basics/definition/con-20031705[/note]  

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There are many symptoms indicating that you or somebody might get food poisoning. The symptoms of food poisoning including headaches, nausea, mild fever, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, vomiting, loss of appetite, and weakness. [note]Food Poisoning, healthline.com, http://www.healthline.com/health/food-poisoning#RiskFactors4[/note]  

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As stated above, food poisoning is acquired from eating contaminated food that being contaminated by virus, bacteria, or parasite. Activities that may become a contamination point are food not well cooked, food not chilled well, cooked food not being refrigerated, eating food that already contaminated by contaminant from someone else who is ill, contamination from other food and cooking tool. [note]Food poisoning - Causes, NHS Choices, http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Food-poisoning/Pages/Causes.aspx[/note]  

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Related Acupuncture Points : ST25 REN4 ST36 PC6 Acupuncture Treatment For Food Poisoning The most apparent symptom of food poisoning are nausea and vomiting. These 2 symptom can be treated by acupuncture treatment that will draining the dampness and heat from the intestine to get rid away of the pathogen. Not only clear away any pathogen inside the intestine, the treatment will also make the patient stop nausea and vomiting because the treatment will calming down the stomach. The acupoints use for the treatment of food poisoning may differ from patient to patient depending on the symptoms. [note]Acupuncture Treats Food Poisoning, By: Diane Joswick, L.Ac., MSOM, https://www.acufinder.com/Acupuncture+Information/Detail/Acupuncture+Treats+Food+Poisoning[/note]

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Acupuncture and Flu (Influenza)

Flu or sometimes it called as common cold or cold is a disease or disorder that caused by the flu. It is regarded as the most common disease for human. It is said that actually virus that cause flu never really vanish from human body. It just being dormant for sometimes, and after some certain time usually when the human body not fit, the virus will recover and multiply themselves and eventually will cause flu. It is also regarded as contagious respiratory illness, because flu is easy to spread among human. [note]Cold, Flu, & Cough Health Center, webMD, http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/[/note]  

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Although flu is considered as common disease, however at certain condition it may lead to human death. The symptom of flu are fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, headaches, and fatigues. The symptom and severity among patient of flu will vary from patient to patient. [note]Flu Symptoms & Complications, cdc.gov, http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/complications.htm[/note]  

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As stated above, the cause of the flu disease is virus. Flu virus can easily spread through the air when somebody with this disease having cough, sneeze, or talk. People with weakened immunity can easily getting cold if he or she being exposed by the flu virus. Fortunately, our body can produce antibody that can encountered the flu virus. Flu virus have many strain. Exposing to one strain at one particular time will induce our body to produce antibody for certain strain, so that in the future our body can encounter the virus easily. [note]Diseases and Conditions : flu, mayoclinic.org, http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/flu/basics/causes/con-20035101[/note]  

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Related Acupuncture Points : GB20 LU7 LI4 LI20 Acupuncture Treatment For Flu (Influenza) This mild and common disease will easily be cured by acupuncture. By receiving the acupuncture treatment, the patient will have better immune level and also better blood flow circulation. The effect of the acupuncture treatment usually will be obvious 3 days after treatment given. In the term of flu, acupuncture treatment will benefit the patient because the treatment can prevent colds, get faster healing, reducing fever, and relieve sore throat. [note]Acupuncture for Cold and Flu Season, Posted 12/29/2014 by UHBlog, http://www.uhhospitals.org/myuhcare/health-and-wellness/better-living-health-articles/2014/december/acupuncture-for-cold-and-flu-season[/note]

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Acupuncture and Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is syndrome. Which mean fibromyalgia is a disorder that are a group of many symptoms. Fibromyalgia is a syndrome that affects the muscle and soft tissue of human body. Fibromyalgia can be healed by medications, lifestyle changes and also stress management. [note]Fibromyalgia Health Center, webMD, http://www.webmd.com/fibromyalgia/[/note]  

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There are many symptoms that can be associated with fibromyalgia. One main symptom of this disorder is pain that spread all over the body. The pain could be anywhere, but it can be felt worse at certain places like neck or back. The patient of fibromyalgia describe the pain as an ache, or burning sensation, or stabing pain. Other symptoms that may come along with disorder of fibromyalgia would be Extreme sensitivity, Stiffness, fatigue, poor sleep quality, Cognitive problems, headaches, and also Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) [note]Fibromyalgia - Symptoms , NHS Choices, http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Fibromyalgia/Pages/Symptoms.aspx[/note]  

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There are many factors that regarded or thought to be the cause of fibromyalgia. These factors works together producing the disorder of fibromyalgia. The factors are genetics, infections, and Physical or emotional trauma. [note]Diseases and Conditions Fibromyalgia, MayoClinic.org, http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/fibromyalgia/basics/causes/con-20019243[/note]  

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Related Acupuncture Points : SP21 Acupuncture Treatment For Fibromyalgia In acupuncture treatment point of view, there are 4 patterns that might be the path of fibromyalgia : 1. Qi stagnation at liver : If the patient having fibromyalgia due to this cause, then the patient will show symptom such as anxiety, emotional upset, headaches, insomnia, etc. This qi stagnation at liver might be cured by treating at the acupuncture points of yin tang, LI 4, LV 3, GB 34, an mian, ren 17, ren 12, ST 25, SP 6, UB 18, 19, and 20 2. Qi deficiency at spleen : This defiency will cause symptom in the like of chronic fatigue, exhaustion, dull headache, insomnia, etc. Treatment for this cause will concentrate at acupoints of LI 4, ST 36, ren 12, SP 6, 10, PC 6, HT 6, 7, Kid 3, and UB 17, 20. 3. General stagnation of qi and blood flow : This cause will produce symptom such as aches and pains in the whole body, tingling sensation at extremities, and also headaches. Treatment for this condition focus at acupoints of DU 20, LI 4, 10, ST 36, SP 9, 10, LV 3, PC 6, UB 17, 18 4. Kidney deficiency : The symptom that cause by this deficiency would be impotence or lack of libido for males and infertility issues for both males and females. Acupuncturist will treat the patient by targeting the acupoints of ren 3, 4, 6, LI 11, LV 2, GB 39, Kid 3, 6, 7, SP6, and UB 23, 31 [note]Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medical Approaches for Fibromyalgia, By Douglas Yi Wang, Lac, Dipl. Ac., MD (China), http://www.acupuncturetoday.com/archives2005/mar/03wang.html[/note]

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Acupuncture and Fibroids

Fibroids or also known as uterine fibroids are lumps that might grow on the uterus. This grown lumps are consider to be benign growth. The modern medication will treat this disorder by conducting hysterectomy, embolization, and hormone therapy. [note]Fibroids, obgyn.ucla.edu, http://obgyn.ucla.edu/fibroids[/note]  

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Sometime women that have fibroids dont have any symptoms at all. However, other women might have more severe and disruptive. Symptoms of uterine fibroids are Heavy or prolonged menstrual periods, Pelvic pain, Frequent urination, and Low back pain. [note]Uterine Fibroids, webMD.com, http://www.webmd.com/women/uterine-fibroids/[/note]  

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Although the exact cause of fibroids is not so clear, however there are some factors that might be responsible for the fibroids existence, which are hormones, family history, and being pregnant. [note]What Causes Fibroids?, healthline.com, http://www.healthline.com/health/uterine-fibroids#Causes3[/note]  

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Related Acupuncture Points : LV3 SP13 SP4 SP8 Acupuncture Treatment For Fibroids Fibroid or Uterine Fibroids is one of the many disease or disorder that can receive benefit from acupuncture treatment. Acupuncture treat fibroids by inserting needles at some acupoints. Spleen 4 : Tretment at this point will give the benefit to the gynecological and abdominal problems. Kidney 13 : Gynecological issues like uterine fibroids can be corrected by treating this acupoints Stomach 30 : Treating this point will effectively cure any swelling and inflammation in the genitalia. Also, other symptom or disease like abdominal pain and irregular menstruation can receive the good benefit. [note]7 Acupuncture And Herbal Treatment Of Uterine Fibroids, searchhomeremedy.com, http://www.searchhomeremedy.com/acupuncture-and-herbal-treatment-of-uterine-fibroids/[/note]

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Acupuncture and Eye Problems

Eye problems are any problem or disorder that related with human eye. Because eye is very important, then you can not consider any eye problem as simple disorder as it may lead to permanent loss of vision. There are many problems that related with eyes including cataracts, glaucoma, retinal disorder, diabetic eye problem, and Conjunctivitis. You should see your doctor immediately if you have any symptoms like pain, double vision, fluid coming from the eye, and inflammation. [note]Eye Diseases , MedLinePlus, https://medlineplus.gov/eyediseases.html[/note]  

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Although regarded as very important organs, unfortunately many eye disorder don’t have any early symptom. The symptom will show up if the eyes disorder already at the advanced stage. There are many symptoms that you should aware regarding eye problems, which are pain, redness, inflammation, change in vision, and flashes of light. [note]Eye Pain: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment, webMd, http://www.webmd.com/eye-health/eye-pain-causes-symptoms-diagnosis-treatment[/note]  

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Eyes consist of many parts that have their own function. Every disorder to these eyes part will cause each own symptom or eye problems. Any disorder in cornea will reduce the ability of the eye to receive the incoming light. Disorder at the eye nerve will effect the ability of the brain to receive the visual information from the eye. And any problems with eyelids will cause the eye not having enough fluid, so that it will easily be irritated. [note]Diseases and Disorders, bausch.com, http://www.bausch.com/your-eye-concerns/diseases-and-disorders#.V9l-EaInLYg[/note]  

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Related Acupuncture Points : LI14 LI2 LV3 ST2 ST4 Acupuncture Treatment For Eye Problems The acupuncture treatment for eye problems is done by treating the acupoints that are located at the forehead and below the eyes. This treatment of the specific acupoints also be combined with body acupuncture. The acupuncture method used is by using electroacupuncture method. The treatment course for this disorder would last for around two weeks with the total treatment hour is 10 hours. However, please note that the acupuncture treatment must be performed by professional and licensed acupuncturist [note]A pilot study of an acupuncture protocol to improve visual function in retinitis pigmentosa patients, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4018735/[/note]

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ACUPUNCTURE AND ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION (ED)

Erectile dysfunction is categorized as male sexual dysfunction. This disorder is marked by inability of a man to get or to keep an erection. Although this disorder is mostly happen as we get older, but this disorder is not natural part of aging. Nowadays, erectile dysfunction is regarded the obvious symptom of heart problem. That is, if you have erectile dysfunction, most probably you also have heart problem. [note]Erectile Dysfunction ,medlineplus.gov, https://medlineplus.gov/erectiledysfunction.html[/note]  

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As the name suggest, so the one and only symptom of the Erectile dysfunction is the inability of a man getting and keeping and erection. The definition of erection itself is not simple. Men are said to have good erection if he can maintain the erection as long as need for a sexual activity. [note]Erectile Dysfunction Health Center, WebMD, http://www.webmd.com/erectile-dysfunction/guide/erectile-dysfunction-symptoms-types[/note]  

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In order to get a good erection, the tissue of penis must have enough blood. So, if somebody have erection problem, then it must be there is something wrong with his cardiovascular. The cause of erectile dysfunction can be divided into 2 main group i.e. physical and psychological factors. The physical cause of erectile dysfunction including heart disease, Clogged blood vessels, High cholesterol, High blood pressure, and diabetes. Psychological cause of erectile dysfunction including stress, depression, and anxiety. [note]Diseases and Conditions : Erectile dysfunction, mayoclinic.org, http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/erectile-dysfunction/basics/causes/con-20034244[/note]  

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RELATED ACUPUNCTURE POINTS : SP8 ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT FOR ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION (ED) The acupuncture treatment is considered to be an effective treatment to cure erectile dysfunction because as we know the erectile dysfunction is caused by lack of blood flow into the penis tissue. At another side, the aim of the acupuncture treatment is to improve the blood flow or blood circulation. The acupoints choosen in this treatment would be the acupoints on the legs and abdomen. The course of the treatment will last for 12 sessions during 6 weeks. After receiving series of treatment, the erectile dysfunction could be improved. [note]Acupuncture for Erectile Dysfunction: A Systematic Review, hindawi.com, https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2016/2171923/[/note]

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ACUPUNCTURE AND EPILEPSY (SEIZURE)

Epilepsy is actually a name of group of brain disorder. Epilepsy seizures is a short period of abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. This short period of neuron activity inside thebrain will produce uncontrolled jerking movement and temporary loss of awareness. People with no epilepsy disorder however can also develop seizures. This is possible due to the brain trauma, drug use, and elevated body temperature. [note]Seizures,medlineplus.gov, https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003200.htm[/note]  

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Symptoms of epilepsy are not same among the epilepsy patient. It is actually depend on the location of brain part that is affected. There are so many symptoms of epilepsy such as Brief blackout, Behavioral change, drooling, eye movements, grunting, loss of bladder or bowel control, sudden falling, entire body shaking, and teeth clenching. [note]Epileptic seizure, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epileptic_seizure[/note]  

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The true cause of epilepsy is vary among person. It depend on the age of the person. The cause of epilepsy are genes factors, change of brain structures, being autism, brain infections, head injuries or trauma, strokes, brain tumor, and also Alzheimer’s disease. [note]What Causes Epilepsy and Seizures?, epilepsy.com, http://www.epilepsy.com/learn/epilepsy-101/what-causes-epilepsy-and-seizures[/note]  

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RELATED ACUPUNCTURE POINTS : KD6 ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT FOR EPILEPSY (SEIZURE) The acupuncture treatment method to cure epilepsy would be an auricular acupuncture, because epilepsy is considered to be the disorder that is caused by something wrong inside the patient brain. The auricular acupoints selected are the acupoints of Pizhixia, Nao, and Shenmen. Other acupoints that might be used in this treatment are the acupoints of GV14 and ST36. The treatment of the auricular acupoints will induce vagal tone to suppress epileptic seizures. Auricular acupuncture treatment can be successful because this treatment will bring an anti-inflammation effect. [note]Auricular Acupuncture May Suppress Epileptic Seizures via Activating the Parasympathetic Nervous System: A Hypothesis Based on Innovative Methods, hindawi.com, https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2012/615476/[/note]

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ACUPUNCTURE AND ENLARGED PROSTATE

Enlarge prostate is a man’s disease. It is a disease that make the prostate gland starting to get bigger and bigger. The enlargement usually taking place when a man reach their age of 40. This disorder also known as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) or benign prostatic hypertrophy. Prostate gland is a gland that secrete fluid that nourish the sperm. As prostate gland getting larger and larger,it will press the urethra which in turn make the sufferer getting trouble with his urination. [note]Enlarged Prostate (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia or BPH), emedicinehealth.com, http://www.emedicinehealth.com/enlarged_prostate/article_em.htm[/note]  

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There are some symptom that indicating the disorder of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) or enlarge prostate. The symptoms are frequent urinating, getting dificult to urinate, pain urination or ejaculation, blood in urine, and urinary retention. [note]Symptoms of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), Written by Erica Cirino, http://www.healthline.com/health-slideshow/bph-symptoms#6[/note]  

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Painful urination is caused by enlarge prostate. And enlarge prostate is cause by unknown reason. The possible cause of this disorder including aging factors and cells change of the testicle. The role of testicles’ cells change to the enlarge prostate is apparent because if the testicle of enlarge prostate patient being removed, then the prostate gland will reduce in size. [note]Enlarged prostate, MedLine Plus, https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000381.htm[/note]  

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RELATED ACUPUNCTURE POINTS : CV2 CV3 CV4 GV4 KI3 KI4 KI5 ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT FOR ENLARGED PROSTATE Enlarged prostate or benign prostatic hyperplasia is an enlargement of the prostate. This enlargement is condidered to be non-malignant. The acupuncture treatment is a highly custom treatment. The treatment given to one patient will be different compared to another patient. The differences of the treatment would be in the matter of frequency, method used, and courses of treatment. Regarding enlarged prostate, it is believed that acupuncture can cure the disease, at least it will improve the symptom that come along with this disease. After series of treatment lasted for about 3 months, the symptom like urine flow rate will improve and residual urine volume will be reduced. The method of acupuncture treatment given can be a body acupuncture, auricular, scalp, and electro acupuncture. The treatment may or may not be combined with the herbal treatment. [note]Acupuncture for benign prostatic hyperplasia: a systematic review protocol, Wei Zhang, Jinna Yu, Zhishun Liu, Weina Peng , http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e007009.full[/note]

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ACUPUNCTURE AND ENDOMETRIOSIS

Endometriosis is a disorder that marked by the growth or existence of substance or tissue like the one that lining the uterus found anywhere outside of the uterus. This misplace growth can be found at many place including ovaries, fallopian tubes, area between vagina and rectum, bladder, bowel, vagina, cervixm, vulva, and less commonly found in lung and arm. This unsual place of growth make the sufferer feeling very painful. Unlike the tissue that lining the uterus, when breaking down, the tissue shed and blood of doesn’t come out from the uterus. This left blood and tissue cause an internal bleeding will cause pain, infertility, scar tissue, and bowel problems. [note]What is Endometriosis?, endometriosisassn.org, http://www.endometriosisassn.org/endo.html[/note]  

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The major symptom of the sign of endometriosis is pain. The degree of the pain is not related with the severity of the endometriosis, rather than it is depend on the location of the growth. The sufferer of endometriosis will feel pain when they have menstrual period, pain during sex, pain in their pelvic, and ovulation pain. Second symptom of endometriosis is bleeding. Bleeding from endometriosis is considered as heavy bleeding. Bleeding that is longer than normal, and also bleeding before menstrual period. Third symptom of this disease are bladder and bowel problem. [note]Symptoms & causes, jeanhailes.org.au, https://jeanhailes.org.au/health-a-z/endometriosis/symptoms-causes[/note]  

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Although there are several theories regarding the endometriosis, but actually the real cause of this disorder is not clear. Things that are considered as possible cause of endometriosis are Retrograde menstruation, Genetics, spreading through blood stream or lymphatic system, immune system disorder, Environmental factors, and Metaplasia. [note]Endometriosis - Causes , NHS Choices, http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Endometriosis/Pages/Causes.aspx[/note]  

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RELATED ACUPUNCTURE POINTS : Ren, foot Yangming, Du 20, Ren 6, BL 20, ST 36, BL 32, Zi Gong, GB 36 ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT FOR ENDOMETRIOSIS The way acupuncture treat the patient is not the same as the western medication pratice do. Acupuncture see the patient as a whole body rather than part by part. Acupuncturist will ask to the patient to establish the disharmony that may exist in the body. If this disharmony is unexist, then the body will be able to cure themself. Endometriosis is regarded as existence of the mass inside human body. The existence of this mass will bring symptom such as irregular painful menstrual periods, pain during sex, fatique, and many other symptom. Acupuncture believe this mass exist because there is a blood stasis inside human body. In order to cure this disorder, acupuncture give treatment that will remove the blood stasis and nourish the Qi. Acupoints selected for this treatment purpose would be Ren, foot Yangming, Du 20, Ren 6, BL 20, ST 36, BL 32, Zi Gong, GB 36 [note]Endometriosis, tcm.health-info.org, http://tcm.health-info.org/Acupunture/treatment/endometriosis.htm[/note]

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ACUPUNCTURE AND EMPHYSEMA

Emphysema is a lung disease that including in the family of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Emphysema happen because the lung tissue is damage. The damage is happen at the alveoli or air sacs. The destroyed air sacs make the sufferer of emphysema can not breath easily. If you are a smoker, then most likely you will have this disease. The disease that may accompany emphysema is a chronic bronchitis. People that emphysema disease usually have shortness of breath when they conduct an activity. The bad news is that this disease is certainly not curable or irreversible. [note]Emphysema, lung.org, http://www.lung.org/lung-health-and-diseases/lung-disease-lookup/emphysema/[/note]  

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There are many symptoms that are the sign of emphysema such as daily productive cough, cough up mucus, breathless especially when doing an exercise, chest tightness. [note]COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) - Symptoms, webMD, http://www.webmd.com/lung/copd/tc/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-copd-symptoms[/note]  

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The major cause of emphysema is cigarette smoking. Although regarded as most dangerous cause, but it is actually the most preventable cause also. If know the danger of smoking, then smoker should stop smoking, Other cause that might cause emphysema are enyzyme deficiency, air pollution, gene factors, age, and gender. [note]Emphysema Causes, emedicinehealth.com, http://www.emedicinehealth.com/emphysema/page2_em.htm#emphysema_causes[/note]  

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RELATED ACUPUNCTURE POINTS : LU1 (Zhongfu), LU5 (Chize), LU9 (Taiyan), CV4 (Guanyuan), CV12 (Zhong-wan), CV22 (Tiantu), ST40 (Fenglong), BL13 (Feishu), BL23 (Shenshu) and KI3 (Fuliu). ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT FOR EMPHYSEMA Emphysema is considered as the non-reversible disease. That is, once you got emphysema, it will getting worse and worse as the time goes by. Considering this fact, acupuncture may not be able to cure completely the disease, however it will be able to reduce the severity of the symptom. Emphysema patient who got acupuncture treatment will have better condition. They will be able to walk at longer distance without being breathless compare with previous condition before they receive acupuncture treatment. However, this acupuncture treatment can not go along by itself. It must be combined with daily medication from the doctor. The treatment will last up to 3 months. Not only getting better in term of the breathing ability, emphysema patients that receive acupuncture treatment will also feeling better regarding their digestive function. [note]Acupuncture May Be Worth a Shot for COPD, By Denise Mann, WebMD Health News, http://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20120514/acupuncture-may-be-worth-shot-for-copd[/note]

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ACUPUNCTURE AND ECZEMA

Eczema is a skin disorder that make the skin itchy and having red patch surface. It can be happen at any part of our body such as cheeks, chin, chest, neck, inner elbows, or behind knees. It is so itchy that make you unresist to scratch it. The scratch by your hand, especially when you have long nail will make the red patch become more irriated. [note]Understanding your eczema, nationaleczema.org, https://nationaleczema.org/eczema/[/note]  

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The symptom of eczema is clearly an itchy sensation of the skin that is affected by the disease. The itchy rash can appear anywhere on the skin of our body. The ezcema rash will look red, very dry, thickened, or scally, Because of scratch action, the affected area could be appeared darker or lighter due to affected skin pigmentation. [note]Skin Conditions and Eczema, WebMd, http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/guide/atopic-dermatitis-eczema#1-2[/note]  

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Eczema mostly is caused by genetic or inherited factors. People that have parents with atopic eczema disorder will have the likelihood of having this disorder also. However, the good news is that eczema is not an infectious disease, so that it can not be spread through close contact with the sufferer. [note]Atopic eczema - Causes, NHS Choices, http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Eczema-(atopic)/Pages/Causes.aspx[/note]  

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RELATED ACUPUNCTURE POINTS : SP10 ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT FOR ECZEMA Acupuncture is believed to have the ability to cure the eczema quite well, especially if combined with medical herbs. It is so promising so that even after 1 treatment the eczema symptom like itching can reduce by 50%. Acupuncture will use needle as the primary tool when dealing with eczema. The course of the treatment would last up to three months depending on the severity of the disease. The treatment will be given weekly after some successful intial treatment. When treating the patient, the acupuncturist must consider the patient’s qi strength so that the treatment will be appropriate. [note]Treating Childhood Eczema With Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs, By Soma Glick, http://www.acupuncturetoday.com/archives2005/mar/03glick.html[/note]

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ACUPUNCTURE AND EATING DISORDERS

There are many types of eating disorder, which are binge eating disorder, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, pica, rumination disorder. However, obesity is not including into this eating disorder. These all eating disorder is categorized as a mental disorders that in turn give negative effect to the person’s physical or mental health.. [note]Eating disorder, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_disorder[/note]  

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The symptom of eating disorder is depend on the type of eating disorders. The symptom of anorexia is when people eat very little and thus have a low body weight. While bulimia disorder having symptoms of eat a lot and then try to rid themselves of the food. [note]Eating Disorders, By John M. Grohol, Psy.D., http://psychcentral.com/disorders/eating-disorders/[/note]  

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As stated above, eating disorder is merely a mental disorder. The cause of eating disorder is somewhat complex cause. It is consist of many factos such as biological, psychological,and/or environmental abnormalities. Example of biological factors are irregular hormone functions. Factor that include in psychological factors are Negative body image and Poor self-esteem. Environmental factors that could be the cause of eating disorders are Dysfunctional family dynamic, Stressful transitions or life changes, and childhood traumas. [note]Eating Disorders: Causes, Symptoms, Signs & Treatment Help, eatingdisorderhope.com, https://www.eatingdisorderhope.com/information/eating-disorder#Causes-of-Eating-Disorders[/note]  

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RELATED ACUPUNCTURE POINTS : BL20 BL15 SP1 HT7 SP6 ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT FOR EATING DISORDERS Anorexia and bulimia are 2 disorder that can be regarded as eating disorder. Eating disorder can be treated using acupunture treatment. Treatment given to this disorder usually lasting for 30 minutes. Acupuncture choose some acupoints that is related with this disorder. The acupuncture treatment for this disorder usually also accompanied with massage and also herbal medicine. Eating disorder is disorder that is related with brain function. Therefore any acupuncture treatment that give benefit to mental illness like auricular acupuncture also can be used to treat the eating disorder. [note]Fight Eating Disorders with Chinese Medicine, pacificcollege.edu, http://www.pacificcollege.edu/news/press-releases/2015/05/06/fight-eating-disorders-chinese-medicine[/note]

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ACUPUNCTURE AND EAR INFECTION

We have ear infection if there are fluid that trapped in our middle ear. This disease if often happen to children. The ear infection itself is occur because of cold, throat infection, or allergy attack. [note]Ear Infection Health Center, WebMD, http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/ear-infection/[/note]  

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People with ear infection disease will feel one or more symptoms like mild pain or discomfort inside the ear, fussiness (especially in young infants), puss-like air drainage, and hearing loss. [note]Ear Infections, Written by Bree Normandin and Marijane Leonard, http://www.healthline.com/health/ear-infections#RiskFactors3[/note]  

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Ear infection is happen because of the existence of bacterium or virus inside our middle ear. This existence of bacterium or virus is happen because of another cause such as cold, flu, or allergy, which then cause the congestion and swelling of organ like nasal passages, throat and eustachian tubes. [note]Diseases and Conditions Ear infection (middle ear), MayoClinic.org, http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/ear-infections/symptoms-causes/dxc-20199484[/note]  

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RELATED ACUPUNCTURE POINTS : TH5 GB41 GB20 TH17 GB2 LI4 TH3 TH5 GB40 GB41 LI4 LI11 GV14 SP9 GB34 LV13 LV3 ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT FOR EAR INFECTION Basically, acupuncture treat the ear infection by removing external pathogen, clear away the dampness,and then recover the function of the meridian system. The acupoints that used in this treatment would be : - LI4, LU7 and GB20, which is responsible to clear away the external wind using body natural defenses. This action will also give benefit to expel the dizziness, head pain and visual disturbances. - TE5 and GB41 is useful to release the exterior pressure. This points also has influenced to ear. - CV12 and ST40, which mainly used to reduce nausea and epigastric discomfort. - TE17 and GB2 is two points that is used to treat the disorder of the ear. [note]Ear Infections and acupuncture, by Therese. Posted on August 9, 2013, http://theresekerr.com/ear-infections-and-acupuncture/[/note]

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ACUPUNCTURE AND DYSPHAGIA

People said to be having a dysphagia disorder if he or she have difficulty in swallowing. People that get this problem often not realizing having this disorder. Dyspagia disorder make the sufferer having lack of pharyngeal sensation. Having this disorder doesn’t mean that the sufferer feeling painful swallowing, because it is surely different. Painful swallowing is a disorder called odynophagia. [note]Dysphagia, wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysphagia[/note]  

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People are said to have a dysphagia disorder if he or she have symptom like being unable to swallow, drooling, being hoarse, having frequent heartburn, and Coughing or gagging when swallowing. There are many other symptoms that could be the sign of dysphagia. [note]Diseases and Conditions Dysphagia, MayoClinic.org, http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dysphagia/basics/symptoms/con-20033444[/note]  

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The disorder of dysphagia is happen because the throat and esophagus are having problem to bring the food down to the stomach. This difficulty happen because the muscles and nerves are not working right. This failness of muscles and nerves is caused by many cause like Had a stroke or a brain or spinal cord injury, Certain problems of our nervous system, An immune system problem, and Scleroderma. [note]Difficulty Swallowing (Dysphagia), webMD, http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/tc/difficulty-swallowing-dysphagia-overview[/note]  

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RELATED ACUPUNCTURE POINTS : LI 4, LU 7, LU 1, LI 15, and LI 18 ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT FOR DYSPHAGIA Acupuncture treat dysphagia disorder by treating the patient by needling the acupoint around the neck. Because dysphagia is difficulty to swallow. The main acupoint use for treating this disorder is the acupoint GB20. This acupoint is located 1 inch below feng chi. After placing the needle, then the needle being twirled for 200 times per minute. This treatment will last for 2-3 minutes. The stimulation process will be repeated every 10 minutes. After the treatment, the needles will be left or retained at the acupoint for 30-45 minutes. [note]Toowoomba Acupuncturist Discusses Treatment of Swallowing Difficulty (Dysphagia) Using Chinese Scalp Acupuncture as Developed by Neurosurgeon Jiao Shun-fa., http://thenaturalmedicalhealthwell.com/acupuncture-toowoomba/toowoomba-acupuncturist-discusses-treatment-of-swallowing-difficulty-dysphagia-using-chinese-scalp-acupuncture/[/note]

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ACUPUNCTURE AND DYSLEXIA

Dyslexia is a disorder that caused by something wrong in the brain. People with dyslexia disorder have learning difficulty, especially with language matter. They will have the learning difficulty regarding reading, writing, and spelling. Please note that dyslexia is a learning difficulty, not learning disability, which mean that people with disorder don’t have any intelligence problem. Although it is a lifelong problem, but with proper support people with this disorder can also be successful at work and school. [note]Dyslexia, NHS Choices, http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Dyslexia/Pages/Introduction.aspx[/note]  

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The symptom of dyslexia is depend on the age of the people that have this disorder. Symptom of children at school age is different with the symptom of before school age children. The symptom of dyslexia will be clearly notice when a child entering the school age, because it is at that time they will be required to learn the read and write. Sign and symptom of the children at school age are Reading skill is well below the expected level. Children at before entering school age will show sign and symptom like late talking, Learning new words slowly, and Difficulty learning nursery rhymes. It is not only chldren that will show the symptom of dyslexia. We can also see symptom of dyslexia in teens and adult, which are Difficulty with time management, Difficulty summarizing a story, and Difficulty doing math problems [note]Diseases and Conditions : Dyslexia, mayoclinic.org, http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dyslexia/basics/symptoms/con-20021904[/note]  

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It is not so clear what is the cause of dyslexia. It is said that dyslexia often runs in families. So it is most probable that dyslexia is caused by mainly genetic factors. Other possible cause of dyslexia would be a brain injury, stroke, or other type of trauma. [note]Dyslexia: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments, Written by Christian Nordqvist, http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/186787.php[/note]  

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RELATED ACUPUNCTURE POINTS : EX ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT FOR DYSLEXIA Dyslexia is a condition or disorder that related with brain. When dealing with disorder caused by something wrong in the brain, usually the acupuncture method used is an auricular acupuncture. In auricular acupuncture, there are some acupoints used, which are : a. Point zero, which is related with ear center, point of support , umbilical cord, and solar plexus. The function of point zero is to bring the whole body to its homeostatis, create energy balance, creating hormone, and induced brain activity. b. Shen Men, which is known as spririt or divine gate. The function of this acupoint is to tranquilize the mind and bring the connection to essential spirit into harmony. This master point alleviates stress, pain, tension, anxiety, depression, insomnia, restlessness, and excessive sensitivity. c. Sympathetic Autonomic point . The function of this point is to balance the sympathetic nervous system. It iimproves blood circulation by facilitating vasodilation, corrects irregular or rapid heart beats, reduces angina pain, alleviates Raynaud’s disease, reduces visceral pain from internal organs, calms smooth muscle spasms. [note]Auricular Acupuncture - Master Points, http://stgeorgeacupuncture.com/Auricular-Acupuncture-Master-Points.html[/note]

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Acupuncture and Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding (DUB)

Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding (DUB) or abnormal uterine bleeding is bleeding from uterus that is considered heavier or longer than usual menstrual period. Bleeding beyond regular menstrual periode also regarded as abnormal uterine bleeding. If you have the abnormal bleeding, then it is advisable to see your doctor right away. [note]Abnormal Uterine Bleeding - Topic Overview, http://www.webmd.com/women/tc/dysfunctional-uterine-bleeding-topic-overview#1[/note]  

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Symptoms of dysfunctional uterine bleeding or abnormal uterine bleeding are bleeding from the vagina between menstrual periods, Unsual length of mesntrual period (could be shorter or longer), Irregular length of menstrual period, Unsual amount of menstrual bleeding. [note]Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding (DUB), nytimes.com, http://www.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/dysfunctional-uterine-bleeding-dub/overview.html#Symptoms[/note]  

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The disease of Dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB) could be cause by postmenopausal bleeding, abortion, endometriosis, cervical cancer, and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). [note]What causes dysfunctional uterine bleeding?, medically Reviewed by George Krucik, MD, MBA, http://www.healthline.com/symptom/dysfunctional-uterine-bleeding[/note]  

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Related Acupuncture Points : REN4 BL23 ZI GONG SP6 SP1 REN5 DU4 KI2 KI3 KI6 BL20 ST36 SP10 SP1 LI11 ST44 LR2 SP8 SP12 Acupuncture treatment for Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding (DUB) Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding (DUB), especially for women, are caused by menstrual blood that still flow even after menstrual period finished. The other caused would be irregular menstrual period and amenorrhoea. The treatment of acupuncture will try to cure this cause of the disease. The method use is aiming to clear an excess, tonify a deficiency or clear heat. The treatment given would be last only for 3 courses of treatment. Each courses will be consist of 4-5 days treatment prior and after menstruation period. This treatment objective is to normalising the menstrual cycle and regulate ovulation. [note]Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding, British Acupuncture Council, http://www.acupuncture.org.uk/arrc/public-review-papers/gynaecology-and-acupuncture-the-evidence-for-effectiveness.html[/note]

Acupuncture and Drug Abuse

Drug abuse is the use of certain drugs that is considered illegal. Drug abuse cause many social problems such as criminalities, violence, child abuse, etc. Drugs that is considered illegal to use are Heroin, Cocaine, Marijuana, Anabolic steroids, and Methamphetamine. [note]Drug Abuse , Medline Plus, https://medlineplus.gov/drugabuse.html[/note]  

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People with the drugs abuse or addiction usually perform symptoms such as intense urges for the drug, Making certain of supply of the drug, stealing the drugs, problems with daily works, unable to stop using the drug, withdrawal symptoms, and spending unsual amount of money on drugs. [note]Diseases and Conditions : Drug Abuse, mayoclinic.org, http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/drug-addiction/basics/symptoms/con-20020970[/note]  

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The cause of drugs abuse could be come from genetic factors, Co-occuring conditions, and environmental factor. Genetic factor means that having drugs abuse parents or relatives can lead a children being a drug abuser too. Co-occuring conditions mean that drugs abuse can cause by other illness such as mental illness. Environmental factor mean that living in an environment that close to the drug abuser can lead someone as a drug abuser too. [note]Drug Abuse Causes: What is the Cause of Drug Abuse?, Written by Natasha Tracy, http://www.healthyplace.com/addictions/drug-addiction/drug-abuse-causes-what-is-the-cause-of-drug-abuse/[/note]  

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Related Acupuncture Points : kidney," "lung," "liver," "sympathetic," and "shenmen Acupuncture treatment for Drug Abuse The role of acupuncture for curing drug abuse already recognised by the WHO. After receiving certain treatment, the patient of drug abuse have reported increasing level of many hormone such as enkephalin, epinephrine, endorphin, serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine. One method of acupuncture, which is auricular acupuncture is in treating alcohol and drug abuse. [note]Acupuncture therapy for drug addiction, Farid Esmaeili Motlagh, Fatimah Ibrahim, https://cmjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13020-016-0088-7[/note]

Acupuncture and Down Syndrome

Down syndrome is a syndrome that make a person having physical appearance such low muscle tone, small stature, upward slant of the eyes, and deep crease at the palm. This disorder is caused by something wrong with chromosome 21. This syndrome will happen if the child having partial or full extra copy oif chromosome 21. [note]Down Syndrome, Written by The Healthline Editorial Team, http://www.healthline.com/health/down-syndrome#Overview1[/note]  

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Although may have the same symptom, but there are differences between person with down syndrome. They have different problem related with the intellectual and developmental. The problem can be light to moderate range. The obvious sign of people with down syndrome is their physical appearance. Common physical appearance regarding this syndrome are Flattened facial features, small head and neck, protruding tongue, poor muscle tone, Excessive flexibility and Excessive flexibility [note]Diseases and Conditions : Down Syndrome, mayoclinic.org, http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/down-syndrome/basics/symptoms/con-20020948[/note]  

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As explained above, the down syndrome is connected with something wrong with chromosomes. It is chromosome number 21 that play the role. The extra copy of this chromosome will make the baby get a down syndrome. Regarding this syndrome, it is the most common genetic disorder in the US, that is about 1 in 700 newborn baby get this syndrome. [note]What Is Down Syndrome?, ndss.org, http://www.ndss.org/Down-Syndrome/What-Is-Down-Syndrome/[/note]  

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Related Acupuncture Points : GV20 MHN1 Zhi San Zhen GV24 GB13 Acupuncture treatment for Down Syndrome Acupuncture maybe can not completely cure the down syndrome, but it is believed that acupuncture can treat some symptom of this disorder. Not only can not completely cure, it is also take a long time to remove many symptom of this disorder, especially if the patient is a very young children. The treatment period can take up to 4 years. Acupuncturist see the down syndrome as a disorder that caused by something wrong in the kidney. This kidney condition will make the condition called dampness and distinctive heat exist. To treat the dampness, the acupuncturist will treat the patient by needling at acupoint of Bl23 (Shen Shu ), Ki3 (Tai Xi ), Ren4 (Guan Yuan), Du16 (Feng Fu ), Du15 (Ya Men ), Bl10 (Tian Zhu). While heat will be treated by targeting the acupoints of Li2 (Xing Jian), He8 (Shao Fu ), Gb20 (Feng Chi), Ren23 (Lian Quan), He5 (Tong Li , Bl23 (Shen Shu). Acupuncturist can also use another tool other than needle, especially if the patient still very young. Acupuncturist can use crystal to replace needle. [note]The Treatment of Down Syndrome, Trisomie 21 with Acupuncture, Birgit Baur-Mueller*, http://www.omicsgroup.org/journals/the-treatment-of-down-syndrome-trisomie-21-with-acupuncture-2167-1206-1000183.php?aid=66110[/note]

Acupuncture and diverticulitis

Diverticular disease is a disease that related with large intestine or colon. Small bulges or pockets forms in the large intestine lining is the sign that you have this disorder. When this small bulges or pockets becoming inflamed or get infected then it is called diverticulitis. [note]What Is Diverticulitis?, healthline.com, http://www.healthline.com/health/diverticulitis#Causes2[/note]  

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You may have diverticulitis disease if you have any pain that could be constant and persistent during few days. You may feel the pain at the lower leff side of your abdomen. Other sign or symptom indicating that you may have this disease are nausea, vomiting, fever, tenderness at abdomen, and constipation. [note]Diseases and Conditions :Diverticulitis, mayoclinic.org, http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/diverticulitis/basics/symptoms/con-20033495[/note]  

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Although not clear what is the cause of diverticulitis, it is believe that low fiber diet could lead to this disease. Because having low fiber diet can induce the formation of the sacs inside colon. High fiber diet can make the stool become soft which in turn make the bowel movement become easy. Low fiber in your food will make you have constipation. If you have constipation you will have difficulties in your bowel movement and need extra pressure. This extra pressure can cause the forming of diverticula. Even worse, having constipation will lead to the infection of the sacs because left fecal matter in your colon. [note]Diverticular disease and diverticulitis, NHS Choices, http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Diverticular-disease-and-diverticulitis/Pages/Introduction.aspx[/note]  

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Related Acupuncture Points : CV6, LI4, ST36. Acupuncture treatment for diverticulitis Diverticulitis is associated with pain in the stomach, Therefore, the way acupuncturist treat the disease is by needling some acupoints around the stomach. Not only concentrating with the disease alone, acupuncturist also try to cure the disease by improving blood circulation and sometime also strengthen the function of the spleen. Some acupuncturist will carefully palpating the stomach of their patient, because one of the sign of diverticulitis is the tenderness in abdomen. This tender part usually are responding well to the needling process. [note]Chinese Herbs and Acupuncture for Diverticulitis, 29 May 2015 by Heiko Lade, http://www.theacupunctureclinic.co.nz/chinese-herbs-and-acupuncture-for-diverticulitis/[/note]

Acupuncture and Diarrhoea

Diarrhea, also can be spelled as diarrhoea is the disease that make the patient getting loose or liquid bowel movement. Only one loose bowel movement per day doesn’t mean that you have the disorder. You have to be getting minimum three loose or liquid bowel movement in order to be classified as the diarrhea patient. This disease can last for more few days and usually will cause a dehydration. For babies, having loose stool not mean that he or she have a diarrhea, provide that the stool is not watery. [note]Diarrhea, wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diarrhea[/note]  

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Other than loose or watery stool, the diarrhea also bring many symptoms, including stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, headache, and sometimes loss of appetite. Dehydration is also the symptom of diarrhea. Dehydration can be serious if not treated quickly and correctly. [note]Diarrhoea - Symptoms, NHS choices, http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Diarrhoea/Pages/Symptoms.aspx[/note]  

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Many things can cause diarrhea such virus, bacteria, and parasite. These things can cause diarrhea after we are being contacted with them. Usually, contact with these things are when our hand touch or contact with something that already contaminated with the contaminant. Contact with things that cause diarrhea not only come from hand contact, but also can come from our food and drink that we consume. [note]Diarrhoea: Symptoms, treatment and prevention, http://www.webmd.boots.com/digestive-disorders/diarrhoea[/note]  

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Related Acupuncture Points : CV12 LI11 LI3 SP3 ST25 Acupuncture treatment for Diarrhoea The acupuncture treatment to each patient is different between patient. It is a custom treatment. The treatment given based on the symptom and condition of each people. The way acupuncture give benefit to human body is by adjusting or correcting the flow of qi along human body and organ. When qi flow is fixed, the body become balance and hopefully it can self healing all the disorder inside the body. Acupuncture treat diarrhea by inserting needle into some points of human body. Some acupoints that are targeted by acupuncturist are : a. ST36 – by targeting this point, it is hoped that digestion function will be stronger and harmonizing the abdomen b. ST25 – treating this point will give the benefit like correcting the intestine disorder. It also will help regulating qi flow of the lower abdomen c. Rn12 –The harmony between stomach and intestine can be regulated by treating this point. To get the maximum effect, acupuncturist can also combine the acupuncture with another way of treatment such as herbal medicine and massage. [note]Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for Diarrhea, altmd.com, http://www.altmd.com/Articles/TCM-for-Diarrhea[/note]

Acupuncture and diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes melitus is a disease that is consider to be chronic rather than acute. People can have diabetes if their insulin production by the pancreas getting impaired. There are 2 types of diabetes, which are type 1 and type 2. Type 1 diabetes, which is developed during childhood and adolescents age is diabetes that is caused by the inability of the pancreas to produce insulin. Type 2 diabetes , which is more common then type 1, is a diabetes that happen because our body unable to properly respond the action of insulin. [note]Diabetes mellitus, who.int, http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs138/en/[/note]  

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The common symptoms of diabetes are frequent urinating, being thirst all the time, sudden weight loss, impaired vision, slowly healed sore, and Tingling or numbness in the hands or feet. However, people with type 2 diabetes sometimes not experiencing any symptoms. You have to see your doctor immediately if you experiencing any above symptoms. [note]Diabetes Mellitus Signs and Symptoms, ucsfhealth.org, https://www.ucsfhealth.org/conditions/diabetes_mellitus/signs_and_symptoms.html[/note]  

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As explained earlier, the cause of diabetes depend on the type of diabetes. Both of them is related with insulin matter. One thing is because the insulin is not properly by the pancreas. Other thing would be the fail of our body to respond the action of insulin. [note]Causes of Diabetes, niddk.nih.gov, https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/causes[/note]  

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Related Acupuncture Points : L-5/ K-2/ K-3/ Ren-4/ Ren-6/ Ren-23 Acupuncture treatment for diabetes Mellitus Since diabetes melitus is a complex disease and also different symptoms among people, therefore there are no single treatment method or protocol of acupuncture treatment for diabetes melitus. The acupuncturist must conduct full examination on the patient before decide which method and the treatment protocol that will be used. However, one guide that can be follow by acupuncturist is that he or she must treat the most predominant symptom or manifestation of the disease. If there is any minor symptom, then therapist can add more treatment. For example, if there is a minor symptom of kidney deficiency, then therapist may add moxibustion therapy to acupoint Qihai REN-6 and Guanyuan REN-4. Other example would be treatment to the acupoint of Quchi L.I.-11, Jiexi ST-41, Hegu L.I.-4 if there is a minor symptom of thirst. [note]Diabetes Mellitus From Western and TCM Perspectives - Part 2, By Clinton J. Choate L.Ac., http://www.acupuncture.com/Conditions/diabetes2.htm[/note]

Acupuncture and Depression

In our daily life, there are so many things happen. This things can make us happy or sad. So it is normal if somebody is happy at one day and then feeling sad in another day. Depression is different with daily change of mood, because people are said to be depressed if he or she feel unhappy for more than few days. It can be last for weeks even months. Although seems hopeless, fortunately, people with depression can recover completely if being treated and supported. [note]Clinical depression, NHS Choices, http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/depression/Pages/Introduction.aspx[/note]  

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Depression can have many symptoms, such as feeling of helpless and hopeless, loss of interest to daily activities, loss of appetite, insomnia, easily get anger, fatigue, and self-loathing. [note]Depression Symptoms and Warning Signs, helpguide.org, http://www.helpguide.org/articles/depression/depression-signs-and-symptoms.htm[/note]  

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One event in our life can not make us being depressed. Depression is a gradual process caused by many recent events and personal factors. However, one event, especially a great scale of life changing event can make a person heavily depressed. The depression is also depend on each person mental strength. Basically, depression are caused by combination of live events, personal factors, and changes in the brain. [note]What causes depression?, beyondblue.org.au, https://www.beyondblue.org.au/the-facts/depression/what-causes-depression[/note]  

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Related Acupuncture Points : LI5 LI7 LU3 LV3 SP1 Acupuncture treatment for Depression According to the acupuncture treatment practise, the disorder of depression is caused by the stagnation of qi at liver and spleen. This liver and spleen qi stagnation and deficiency cause many symptoms. So, please note that the depression is not the main symptom. Other symptom like tiredness, irritability, frustration, and restlessness may come along with the primary symptom. The course of treatment would last for 12 sessions and the treatment given usually each week. The treatment given not only consist of primary traditional acupuncture but also involved electrical acupuncture, moxibustion, and even massage. The acupoints involved in this treatment is somewhat numerous. Some of the acupoints used are Liver 3, ST36, Large Intestine 4, Pericardium 6, and YinTang. [note]Acupuncture for Depression: Patterns of Diagnosis and Treatment within a Randomised Controlled Trial, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3712236/[/note]

Acupuncture and Dementia

Dementia is a group of some symptoms that is caused by declining brain function and abilities. The brain function getting declined as we get older and older. Therefore usually, the dementia patient is older people, usually at people over age of 65. Dementia can make people become less interested to their usual activities. Their personalities also can be affected. A person with dementia will therefore usually need help from friends or relatives, including help with decision making. [note]What Is Dementia?, alz.org, http://www.alz.org/what-is-dementia.asp[/note]  

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Having memory problems doesn’t mean that a person have the dementia disease. A person can be diagnosed as dementia sufferer if he or she having at least to type of impairments that affecting everyday life. People with dementia will lost their ability related with brain function such as memory loss, thinking ability, mental problems, language problems, understanding and judgment problem, and also lost of emphaty. [note]10 Early Symptoms of Dementia, healthline.com, http://www.healthline.com/health/dementia/early-warning-signs#Symptoms2[/note]  

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Dementia syndrome, which is a group of some symptoms is caused by defective brain cells. As different brain part responsible for different function, therefore people with dementia may have different symptoms. Most cause of dementia are irreversible and get worse over time. Symptoms that are not caused by dementia can be recover if treated properly. [note]About dementia, NHS Choices, http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/dementia-guide/pages/about-dementia.aspx[/note]  

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Related Acupuncture Points : Du 14,26, 16, Ren 15, SI 3, PC 8 to LI 4, PC 5 to SJ 6, LR 3 to KI Acupuncture treatment for Dementia Acupuncture treat the patient with dementia disorder is vary from patient to patient. The treatment given will be depend on the age and the health history of each patient. Dementia, which is consider as mental illness, treat by inserting the needle at acupoints of shenting (GV-24), shenmen (HT-7), jianshi (PC-5), hegu (LI-4), zusanli (ST-36), sanyinjiao (SP-6), taichong (LV-3). The treatment will be given everyday for 30 days long. After series of treatment, the examination is conducted to assess the mental health state of the patient. When dealing with mental ilness, the acupoints involved would be the scalp points and forearm/hand points. The intelligence needles at the head directly impact the functional activity of the cerebral frontal lobe and the mind and check the liver and calm wind. The hand points are the important ones for treatment of mental diseases: they can regulate the mental state, open orifices, tranquilize the mind, clear the pericardium, and help sleep. Acupuncture can improve the blood flowing in the brain or can promote absorption of hematoma in the brain, leading cerebral cells to be awakened and to gain recovery of functions, speeding up the repair of the injured brain tissues. Acupuncture can also promote release of a large quantity of serotonin in the brain and noradrenalin in the spinal cord. [note]Chapter 5 Acupuncture Treatment Protocols, itmonline.org, http://www.itmonline.org/shen/chap5.htm[/note]

Acupuncture and Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis is a disease that regarded as a serious illness. It is affected the way our body produce mucus and sweat. And also, our lungs, digestive system, and some other human organ may be affected too. Consider its seriousness, the treatment to this disease must be performed as soon as possible after being diagnosed with this disorder. Medical service nowadays also actively screening the newborn babies, so that the treatment can be given as early as possible. Even better, the babies can be also be diagnosed before their birth. [note]About Cystic Fibrosis,cff.org, https://www.cff.org/What-is-CF/About-Cystic-Fibrosis/[/note]  

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Not everybody with cystic fibrosis get the same symptom. And also the severity of the symptom might vary. If a person get cystic fibrosis, their mucus can be so thick. This thickness of mucus can blog our lungs and in turn make the patient hard to breathe. Not only the lungs that get affected by this disease. Our body digestive system also can be disrupted due to blocked pancreas. If pancreas getting blocked, then it will be hard for our digestive system to digest food. Common symptom that might emerge at the patient of this disease would be salty sweat or skin, persistent cough with phlegm, frequent lung infections, poor growth, and male infertility. [note]Cystic Fibrosis, webmd.com, http://www.webmd.com/lung/what-is-cystic-fibrosis#1[/note]  

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Mainly, the cystic fibrosis is happen due to the flaw of human gene. The disease is a manifest of the defect of our gene which called cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene. This gene responsible for water and salt flow to and out of our body’s cell. The thick mucus due to this disease can be accumulated in our body’s organ like intestines, lungs, pancreas, and liver. Person with this disease might get the disease from their parents and later they will pass the gene defect to their descendants. [note]Cystic Fibrosis, Written by Abdul Wadood Mohamed and Matthew Solan, Medically Reviewed by Steve Kim, MD on January 25, 2016, http://www.healthline.com/health/cystic-fibrosis#Causes3[/note]  

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Related Acupuncture Points : CV3 CV5 SP9 ST29 Acupuncture treatment for Cystic Fibrosis Basically the acupuncture treatment practice see the disorder of Cystic Fibrosis is caused by the imbalance of yin and yang. The treatment given will be aimed to restore the balance between these 2 forces. Along with this balance, it is hoped that the flow of qi would be normal again which in turn will let the body cure the disease. The treatment will be applied using needle. The needle inserted to the body may be twisted, twirled, or connected to some electrical source. The acupoints choosen not always near or at the point which the disturbed organs located. Sometime the acupoints choosen are located at some distance from the targeted acupoints. [note]Cystic Fibrosis,henryspink.org/, http://www.henryspink.org/cystic_fibrosis.htm[/note]

Acupuncture and Crohn's Disease

Crohn’s disease is a disease that happen inside our digestive tract. It is regarded as a chronic disease, because the disorder can last for long period of time. The pain that usually feel in our abdomen caused by inflammatory inside the digestive tract. [note]What is Crohn’s Disease?, ccfa.org, http://www.ccfa.org/what-are-crohns-and-colitis/what-is-crohns-disease/[/note]  

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[The symptom of this disease is not same among patient, because not the same part of the digestive tract affected. However, there are some common symptom that experienced by the sufferer. Not only different symptom, also the severity of the symptom might different between patient. Common symptoms for crohn’s disease would be recurring diarrhoea, abdominal pain that worse after meal, extreme tiredness (fatigue), and unintended weight loss note]Symptoms of Crohn's disease , NHS Choices, http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Crohns-disease/Pages/Symptoms.aspx[/note]  

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Crohn’s disease is believed to be caused by hereditary, genetics, and/or environmental factors. Once developed, other cause might play their role. For example, diet and stress can excalate the level of the disease. The other cause of this disease is our immune system response. The way that immune system response can cause inflammation inside our digestion system. The inflammation later will cause the intestine wall getting thick and thicker. This intestine wall thickening in turn will produce symptoms. [note]Crohn's Disease,webmd.com, http://www.webmd.com/ibd-crohns-disease/crohns-disease/[/note]  

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Related Acupuncture Points : UB20 UB23 UB25 ST26 REN12 UB10 DU4 REN4 K3 LIV 13 ST37 Acupuncture treatment for Crohn's Disease The way acupuncture treat the Crohn's Disease are by stimulating the acupoints of Zusanli (ST36), Shangjuxu (ST37), Gongsun (SP4), Sanyinjiao (SP6), Taixi (KI3), and Taichong (LR3). The needle will be inserted at the depth of 20-30 mm. The needle itself is at the size of 25 - 40 mm in length and 0.30 mm at the diameter size. Manual acupuncture will be conducted to achieve the sensation of de qi. The treatment itself will be last for 30 minutes. The course of the treatment will last 36 treatments during 12 weeks in a row. [note]Acupuncture Helps Crohn’s Disease Patients , HealthCMI, http://www.healthcmi.com/Acupuncture-Continuing-Education-News/1386-acupuncture-helps-crohn-s-disease-patients[/note]

Acupuncture and Cough

Cough is our body response to clear our air passage inside the body. The air passage can be strained by many things like secretions, irritants, foreign particles and microbes. The cough itself happen through some process which is an inhalation, a forced exhalation against a closed glottis, and a violent release of air from the lungs following opening of the glottis, usually accompanied by a distinctive sound. Coughing can happen spontaneous or unspontaneously. You have to be aware if you have frequent coughing. Because frequent coughing indicating the presence of disease inside our body. [note]Cough, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cough[/note]  

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Cough is a symptom. However, other symptom may come along with the cough. Symptoms that accompany the cough depend on the cause, whether it is infectious and noninfectious causes. Symptom that come along with the infectious cause would be fever, chills, body aches, sore throat, nausea, and vomiting. Noninfectious cause will have the symptom like wheezing, coughs that routinely worsen when an indivdual goes to certain locations or do certain activities, or coughs that improve with inhalers or allergy medications. [note]Cough Symptoms, emedicinehealth.com, http://www.emedicinehealth.com/coughs/page2_em.htm[/note]  

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Normally, cough is a normal condition. However, persistent cough could be a sign of a serious medical problems. Cough can be categorized into acute and chronic caugh. It is said as acute cough if the cough last less than three weeks, while it is said as an chronic cough if the cough last longer than 8 weeks. The acute cough is caused by common cold, flu, irritants, and pneumonia. And chronic cough is caused by allergies, asthma, bronchitis, and post nasal drip. [note]Diseases and Conditions : Cough, mayoclinic.org, http://www.mayoclinic.org/symptoms/cough/basics/causes/sym-20050846[/note]  

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Related Acupuncture Points : LI18 LU1 LU5 LU9 SP18 SP19 SP20 ST11 ST12 ST13 Acupuncture treatment for Cough Acupuncture sees the cough as the disease caused by 2 cause, which are external and internal cause. External cause for this condition would be the invasion of the outside force to the body such as wind. Internal cause of cough is due the dysfunction of internal organ, which are phlegm-dampness cough, liver-fire cough, and yin-deficiency cough. A wind-cold, which is regarded as external cause will cause a choking cough, scratchy throat with thin white phlegm, aversion to cold, headache and stuffy runny nose. While Internally-caused phlegm-dampness is caused by a deficiency of the lungs and spleen which in turn cause the excess production of phlegm and dampness. [note]Chronic Cough,okanaganacupuncture.com, http://okanaganacupuncture.com/chronic-cough/[/note]

Acupuncture and Constipation

If you have fewer than than three bowel movements during one week, than you might have the disorder that is called as constipation. However, not every people have the same bowel movement habit. Therefore we can not say that one people get constipation and other people doesn’t have it. You have to be aware of your bowel movement habit so that you can be alert when you have constipation. [note]What is Constipation?, webMD, http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/digestive-diseases-constipation#1[/note]  

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Although it is not the same for every people, there are some common symptom that come along with the disorder. The common symtoms that can be a sign of the constipation would be Fewer bowel movements, Trouble having a bowel movement, Hard or small stools, Swollen abdomen or abdominal pain, and vomiting. [note]Definition and Facts for Constipation, niddk.nih.gov, https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-topics/digestive-diseases/constipation/Pages/definition-facts.aspx[/note]  

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This disorder of constipation is caused by excess water absorbing from the stools by the colon. This excess absorbment will cause become hard and dry. The over absorbed of the water by the colon happen because the stools stay in the colon longer than normal. The risk factor that may increase the chance of getting constipation are not having enough fibre in our food, change of eating habits, postpone the urge to pass stools, not drinking enough fluids, and also anxiety or depression. [note]Constipation - Causes , NHS Choices, http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Constipation/Pages/Causes.aspx[/note]  

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Related Acupuncture Points : KD6 LV3 SP15 SP16 ST25 Acupuncture treatment for Constipation Acupuncture treat the disorder of constipation by treating the patient by stimulating some acupoints. Dealing with constipation, which is believed caused by some disturbance in internal organ, two acupoints that quite popular are the acupoint Back Shu and Front Mu. [note]A Simple Acupuncture Protocol for Habitual Constipation, abstracted & translated by Honora Lee Wolfe, Dipl. Ac., Lic. Ac., FNAAOM, https://www.goldenneedleonline.com/library/2009/05/26/a-simple-acupuncture-protocol-for-habitual-constipation/[/note] These 2 points are the acupoints that related with large intestine. Other acupoints that use for treating this disease would be the acupoint of He-Sea and Lower He-Sea. These 2 points also related with large intestine organ. The treatment conduct by puncture the acupoints using the filiform needles continued with re-puncture using auxiliary needles 2 mm with a depth of 2 mm. Stimulation of this acupoints will be given using electric stimulator machine. The treatment will be last for 4 weeks with total 16 treatments given. [note]Use acupuncture to treat functional constipation: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3414758/[/note]