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Chinese Acupunture and
Moxibustion |
(A) Information about Chinese acupunture & Moxibustion
Acupunture and moxibustion are fast gaining popularity in the west
as an alternative way to treat illnesses. This technique is an
ancient Chinese discovery to treat various illnesses. Traditional
Chinese medicine claims that all illnesses are due to a misbalance
of positive and negative forces in the body. Through the technique
of acupuncture and moxibustion they aim to restore the body’s
balance making it easy for the body to help itself recover.
Traditionally acupuncture requires the insertion of needles into
various points of the body known as ‘acupoints’. This releases a
burst of energy that radiates in a specific direction. According to
the nature of the body’s condition the acupuncturist decides whether
this energy needs to be increased or decreased for the body to
recover.
(B) Different Chinese acupunture & Moxibustion
Whereas acupuncture involves treating the body by the insertions of
needles moxibustion techniques uses fire to cure illness. There are
various ways to get treatment under these two forms. Acupunture
involves muscular therapies, massage therapies and self regulation
therapies. Since this ancient technique has reached the modern west
many new ways such as electric and laser acupuncture have been
developed on the same principles.
Moxibustion; the treatment with fire, also has a number of ways in
which it can work. The most commonly used methods are that of Moxa
and cupping. This technique works by covering the effected area with
a jar and applying heat to it which results in sucking the disease
out of the body. It has the effect of improving the blood
circulation in the affected area. Many new techniques have also been
invented for moxibustion.
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