Acupuncture is an ancient system that looks at how and why your body is not functioning its best and then coaxes it toward better functioning.
Acupuncture stimulates sensitive areas of the body to create an effect in your muscles as well as your brain and internal organs.
It is a safe, drug-free treatment that can be used on its own for pain, stress, and illness management, or in combination with other health modalities.
Acupuncture is part of a whole-body medicine. When your body is already trying to fight off invaders or repair tissue damage, acupuncture can be one way to shorten the amount of time you are sick or sore.
Acupuncture can reduce inflammation and thereby help the conditions ending in ‘-itis’ or ‘-osis’:
Acupuncture can help regulate:
Acupuncture helps regulate the immune system:
Acupuncture helps regulate the nervous system, both the larger picture of your fight and flight responses and ‘small’ local nerve irritations:
Acupuncture can help balance hormones:
For more information on studies please check here: https://www.evidencebasedacupuncture.org/who-official-position/
The World Health Organization has broken conditions into categories by the strength of research supporting each.
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