American College of Acupuncture

The American College of Acupuncture advocates the use of acupuncture to ease the symptoms and treat a wide variety of diseases. There have been numerous studies pointing to the health benefits of using this ancient Chinese procedure. Among the conditions that acupuncture is known to help with is pain and science now knows how. A paper written by researchers from the University of California Irvine's Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine discovered that electroacupuncture—a type of acupuncture wherein mild electrical currents are coursed through the needles— causes the release of enkephalins . These are natural opioids found in the brain.   Just like their medicinal counterparts, these opioids have strong pain-relieving effects, enabling patients to feel relief and comfort. Furthermore, these natural chemicals have the added ability to lower blood pressure. These results indicate that electroacupuncture may be applicable for the reduction of pain, as well as the ma...

According to the American College of Acupuncture, most experts agree that almost 70 percent of cancer patients suffer through insomnia and sleep deprivation at some point during their illness and treatment. Supposedly, it was found out that having acupuncture as complementary treatment is successful in alleviating insomnia for the patients. In   a new study by researchers from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, their clinical trials showed that as part of treatment plans for cancer patients, acupuncture placed high success rates against conventional therapies. The TCM method was measured against Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I). The American College of Acupuncture believes that this may be due to the holistic approach that acupuncture, as well as other TCM methods, are known for. Instead of just treating the issue itself, traditional Chinese medicine targets the cause of the body’s issue. For cancer patients, instead of just treating...