Treating Endometriosis & Fibroids with Acupuncture

What is the sound the uterus makes when a woman is suffering from fibroids or endometriosis? What are your options to treat these conditions?

Most American women are given the choice of hysterectomy or hormones until menopause to relieve the symptoms of these disorders. What most women don’t know is that there is another, healthier way. Screaming Uterus Syndrome describes approaches to treating these ailments with Traditional Chinese Medicine, including acupuncture, herbs, vitamins, along with diet and lifestyle changes. In this book you will find:

• Basic anatomy and descriptions of these diagnoses
• Clinical information for acupuncturists
• Self-help information for laypersons and more!

Know your options before choosing a therapy.

Read Screaming Uterus Syndrome by Jeanie Marie Kraft, L.Ac. & Norman Kraft, L.Ac. and learn how to stop the shouting.

Screaming Uterus Syndrome

Jeanie Marie Kraft, L.Ac. at the Body & Soul Wellness Center in Salem, MA visit MyAcuDoc.com for more information on how acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine can help you.

Cure in burning stick of mugwort

In Chinese, “moxibustion” literally means “warming with fire”.

Modern moxibustion experts speculate that the practice was probably developed when ancient Chinese discovered that the symptoms of some diseases could be alleviated by warming up near the fire.

Through trial and error, ancient Chinese found that burning the dried leaves of the herb mugwort produces the best therapeutic effects.

According to moxibustion practitioner doctor Fan Changwei, the earliest record of moxibustion can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC). It was a widely used treatment until the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

Moxibustion can serve as a treatment on its own, or it can work in concert with acupuncture.

During the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), the government declared both acupuncture and moxibustion illegal, because it deemed needles and fire unsafe.

However, ordinary Chinese people continued these practices at home, because they were cheap and effective.

The practices underwent a revival in the 1950s, when New China’s government vigorously promoted them.

A proverb from the time says: “If there’s mugwort at home, one need not see a doctor for years.”

China’s opening up exported acupuncture around the world. However, moxibustion’s spread remained stagnant.

One of the challenges to moxibustion’s spread is that the practice is time-consuming, so the practitioner can only treat one person at a time. Also, moxibustion sticks are very cheap. Doctors only made small profits from moxibustion treatments, so many stopped using it, according to Fu Shoufeng, an old TCM practitioner in Beijing.

The smoke from burning mugwort sticks discouraged both the practitioners and patients to resort to the treatment, he said. Some people have an aversion to the fumes.

As younger generations of Chinese turned away from tradition, public awareness about the practice waned, Fan said.

Last month, the Moxibustion Health Care Special Committee was established as an official organization to save the dying practice. Fan heads the committee.

In addition to researching and promoting moxibustion, the committee has also established standards for the medical practice and organized training courses for both professionals and amateurs.

If practitioners are properly trained, moxibustion can become an effective home therapy, providing pain relief and treatment for many common ailments.

source: China Daily

Jeanie Marie Kraft, L.Ac. MyAcuDoc.com

Poking holes in acupuncture theory
By Dr. MARK KESTNER

You know, I get to choose the topics for this column myself. It’s fun to write about the people I meet and the humorous things that happen in my office.

I don’t know why I don’t just stick to the easy topics. Except that I think you may be interested to hear about interesting things such as acupuncture. I have a unique perspective on acupuncture. I have spent several years studying this ancient way of dealing with human ailments after spending so much time learning the western approach to medicine. Acupuncture is borne out of an approach to healing that is very confusing to anyone with a Western medicine viewpoint.

Imagine you are a modern medical researcher assigned to study acupuncture to determine why it works. In your freshly starched, bright-white lab coat you are interviewing an experienced acupuncturist: “OK, now what is your assessment of this patient?”
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New Book by Jeanie Marie Kraft, Lic.Ac and Norman Kraft, Lic.Ac.
Screaming Uterus Syndrome
An alternative approach to treating uterine fibroids and endometriosis.

What is the sound the uterus makes when a woman is suffering from fibroids or endometriosis? What are your options to treat these conditions?

Most American women are given the choice of hysterectomy or hormones until menopause to relieve the symptoms of these disorders. What most women don’t know is that there is another, healthier way. Screaming Uterus Syndrome describes approaches to treating these ailments with Traditional Chinese Medicine, including acupuncture, herbs, vitamins, along with diet and lifestyle changes. In this book you will find:

Basic anatomy and descriptions of these diagnoses
Clinical information for acupuncturists
Self-help information for laypersons and more!
Know your options before choosing a therapy. Read Screaming Uterus Syndrome and learn how to stop the shouting.

click here to order this book

Asian Medicine Helps Swimmer to Gold

Park Tae-hwan, 17, of Kyeonggi High School, who became a national hero by winning three gold medals in swimming at the 2006 Doha Asian Games, has one physical weakness.

Corns of different sizes continually grow back on the soles of his foot. A surgery may get rid of them, but the one month of necessary post-surgery rest has made Park hesitant since he is aiming to win the Melbourne World Swimming Championships in March of next year.

Then, he found an alternative treatment through Oriental medicine. He received moxibustion, a treatment using mugwort, at an acupuncture clinic in Cheongnyangni on December 21. Yoo Kyeong-seon, an aide to Health and Care Committee member Kim Chun-jin, introduced Kim Nam-soo, 91, an expert in acupuncture and moxibustion, to him.

A dermatologist diagnosed the ailment as a wart, but Kim said it is actually a big corn. A wart does not cause pain. Since moxibustion does not require him to avoid swimming, Park will be able to continue his training for the upcoming championships.
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Osteoarthritis may respond to acupuncture
Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:59 PM GMT

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with chronic pain related to osteoarthritis experience “marked clinical improvement” with acupuncture plus routine care, German researchers have shown.

They randomly assigned 632 patients with osteoarthritis of the knee or hip to undergo up to 15 sessions of acupuncture over a 3-month period or to a “control” group that got no acupuncture. A second group of 2921 patients did not consent to random placement, and all of these patients received acupuncture. The participants in both trials were allowed to continue on their usual treatment.

The results of the study are published in the medical journal Arthritis and Rheumatism.

After 3 months, significantly greater improvements were seen in scores on a standardized osteoarthritis severity scale in the acupuncture group than in the control group, Dr. Claudia M. Witt, of Charite University Medical Center, Berlin, and colleagues report.

Overall, 34.5 percent of the acupuncture group had a good response to treatment after 3 months, compared with 6.5 percent of the control group. Quality of life improvements were also more pronounced in the acupuncture group compared with the control group.

Treatment success was maintained through 6-month follow-up in both trials.

Adding acupuncture to routine primary care “resulted in a clinically relevant and persistent benefit,” the investigators conclude, and “should be considered as a treatment option for patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis-associated chronic pain.”

Jeanie Marie Kraft, L.Ac. MyAcuDoc.com

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Alternative Medicine: Acupuncture treats low back pain

Low back pain is one of the most common health complaints in the country today, and acupuncture can be a very effective method of treatment. Typically, several acupuncture treatments are required to get rid of the problem, depending upon the length of time the problem has persisted, its severity, patient age and any complicating factors.

In Chinese medicine, pain is the result of a blockage to the flow of energy or blood. Once the normal flow of energy and blood is re-established with acupuncture, pain disappears. A trained acupuncturist has a variety of methods and tools to use to achieve this goal.

In the case of low back pain typically the acupuncturist first identifies the specific blocked acupuncture channels. Acupuncture is commonly applied to the site of the pain and at sites away from the pain that lie along the same channel. The needles usually are retained in the body for 20-30 minutes, after which they are removed and disposed of.

Frequently, relief is experienced right away, though any degree of results can be felt at that time. After a course of several visits, usually four to six if the case is uncomplicated, the problem is frequently resolved or diminished to the extent that acupuncture is no longer needed. When the problem is chronic and has persisted for months or years, it may take longer to resolve.

Before treatment, make sure the acupuncturist is licensed and experienced with your condition.

–Andrew McIntyre, Bastyr Center for Natural Health

Jeanie Marie Kraft, L.Ac. MyAcuDoc.com Jeanie Marie is also keeping tails wagging on the North Shore of MA with canine acupuncture house-calls.
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