Acupuncture and Social Anxiety

Social anxiety is a disorder that make a person who have this disorder reluctant to interact with other person. People who have this disorder usually fear that they will be judged and evaluated negatively by other people. This feeling in turn can leads to avoidances. [note]What is Social Anxiety? | The Social Anxiety Institute, https://socialanxietyinstitute.org/what-is-social-anxiety[/note]  

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SYMPTOMS

CAUSES

TREATMENTS

 

SYMPTOMS

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The symptoms of this disorder are : - Avoidance to see other people - Inadequacy feeling - Inferiority - Embarassment - Humiliation - Depression [note]Social anxiety disorder (social phobia) Symptoms - Mayo Clinic, http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/social-anxiety-disorder/basics/symptoms/con-20032524[/note]  

CAUSES

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The cause of social anxiety disorder are : - childhood experience - enviromental factor - psychological factor - education - social status [note]Top 10 List of Reasons Social Anxiety Causes Depression | Social, https://socialanxietyinstitute.org/top-10-list-reasons-social-anxiety-causes-depression[/note]  

TREATMENTS

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Related Acupuncture Points : CV14 CV24 Acupuncture Treatment For Social Anxiety Acupuncture treatment method is proved to be effective for treating social anxiety disorder. It is quiet popular treatment as acupuncture treatment usually have no or very little sid effect compare with modern drugs. Treatment for social anxiety disorder focus on acupoints of Baihui (DU-20), Neiguan (P-6), Shenmen (HT-7), Tiachong (LIV-3), Sanyinjiao (SP-6), Zusanli (ST-36). Those acupoints are body acupoints. For this disorder, treatment not only done with body acupuncture, but also with ear acupuncture. The aim of ear acupuncture is to correct the imbalance and dysfunction of the brain regions. Ear acupuncture have the purpose of stimulating areas between Yintang (M-HN-3) and Shenting (DU-24) and Shangxing (DU-23), and between Taiyang (M-HN-9) and Shuaigu (GB-8) and Tianchong (GB-9). [note]Scalp Acupuncture Treatment Protocol for Anxiety Disorders:, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4104565/[/note]  

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