Has anyone been cured with acupuncture? My sister swears it helped her tremendously during her cancer treatments. I just don't believe it is effective because there is no scientific basis for it. Yet it still is popular and there is a following. I'm wondering it it can cure my fatigue.
any experience with acupuncture?
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Acupuncture is good for relief of various types of
pain. Those cases I know of where acupuncture were
effective involved degenerative diseases not cancer.
You better consult a TCM practitioner rather than a
pure acupuncturist. Well-trained TCM practitioners should
be equipped with sufficient knowledge of western
medicine to understand the scientific aspects of
the treatment of the disease. In all likelihood TCM
with acupuncture can only play a secondary role
to standard treatments of cancers like chemotherapy.
For your fatigue the TCM doctor would have to figure
out the cause based on empirical rather than scientific
principles. The cause could be something as abstract
as a deficiency of yin in your kidney. This can be
easily fixed with some traditional herbal formula
augmented by acupuncture.
pain. Those cases I know of where acupuncture were
effective involved degenerative diseases not cancer.
You better consult a TCM practitioner rather than a
pure acupuncturist. Well-trained TCM practitioners should
be equipped with sufficient knowledge of western
medicine to understand the scientific aspects of
the treatment of the disease. In all likelihood TCM
with acupuncture can only play a secondary role
to standard treatments of cancers like chemotherapy.
For your fatigue the TCM doctor would have to figure
out the cause based on empirical rather than scientific
principles. The cause could be something as abstract
as a deficiency of yin in your kidney. This can be
easily fixed with some traditional herbal formula
augmented by acupuncture.
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Yes I could not believe it..but I got sick 2 years ago and had tried everything you can imagine to get better...my friend suggested it, and I thought why not give my well earned money to someone who is going to stick needles in my head and body..sounds fun....not...but it bloody worked...if you have pain on the right side they stick the needles in the left side..what I thought was going to be a waste of money turned into a very worthwhile investment...if you do not feel better after the first visit then you have only lost the 200 bucks.If you have tried other remedies I highly recommend this.
If you are being treated for impotence none of the acupuncture
points will be on your penis or the skin of your scrotum, The therapist
will likely put needles at various points on your back and near you ankle.
The point nearest to your genitals lies below your naval hole.
BTW, $200 for one session is horrendous. I think the average cost
is around $50/hh.
points will be on your penis or the skin of your scrotum, The therapist
will likely put needles at various points on your back and near you ankle.
The point nearest to your genitals lies below your naval hole.
BTW, $200 for one session is horrendous. I think the average cost
is around $50/hh.
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It's a curious thing.
In the East those who can afford it come to the West for allopathic medical care.
Here those desperate for relief or a cure seek out Eastern remedies.
I have a friend who is a licensed practitioner who will treat me for $20 a session. He's also a chiropractor so sometimes I go that route as well.
As he says to me after 3 or 4 treatments you should have a handle on whether it is working for you.
Remember everybody is an individual and don't discount the placebo effect.
For me it worked only marginally
In the East those who can afford it come to the West for allopathic medical care.
Here those desperate for relief or a cure seek out Eastern remedies.
I have a friend who is a licensed practitioner who will treat me for $20 a session. He's also a chiropractor so sometimes I go that route as well.
As he says to me after 3 or 4 treatments you should have a handle on whether it is working for you.
Remember everybody is an individual and don't discount the placebo effect.
For me it worked only marginally
Let me just qualify the $200 session as an initial consultation and then therapy session..at the time I felt this was very reasonable.
Actually a large part of if not the entire Asia has long embraced science-based
western medicine. Much of the PRC were in poverty until the end of the last
century. A lot of people there couldn't afford TCM let alone a physician schooled in
the west. Chairman Mao's personal physician was U.S. trained. Mao in fact preferred
western physician to TCM doctor. PRC in its modernization of nation's health care
had no reason to phase out the practice of TCM which they have integrated into
modern medicine effectively.
There is no reason why TCM and conventional medicine have to be
mutually exclusive. My ex-landlord a white woman turned to a herbal
expectorant to cure his son's coughing. If it was the placebo effect
that cured his son it would only mean the herbal medicine was free of side
effects of the medical expectorant her son's family physician prescribed.
I have had great success with acupuncture treatments for certain things.
The first time I tried it washout of desperation and I was amazed.
I've used it for a number of different things over the years and it has worked for almost everything, but there have been a couple of times when it didn't help.
As others have mentioned, its effectiveness will vary from person to person.
It also depends on how good your acupuncturist is. Like everything in life, some are good, some are great, and some may not be that great.
If you're struggling with something, it's definitely worth a try.
Probably best to find someone who comes to you via a personal referral.
And again, as someone mentioned, a TCM practitioner is probably a better way to go than someone who only does acupuncture.
The first time I tried it washout of desperation and I was amazed.
I've used it for a number of different things over the years and it has worked for almost everything, but there have been a couple of times when it didn't help.
As others have mentioned, its effectiveness will vary from person to person.
It also depends on how good your acupuncturist is. Like everything in life, some are good, some are great, and some may not be that great.
If you're struggling with something, it's definitely worth a try.
Probably best to find someone who comes to you via a personal referral.
And again, as someone mentioned, a TCM practitioner is probably a better way to go than someone who only does acupuncture.
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