ACUPUNCTURE

NaturalHealth Choice provides primary health care based on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) - health evaluation and treatment; adjunctive therapies and diagnostic techniques for the promotion, maintenance and restoration of health and prevention of diseases.

Treatments may include (with patient's informed consent) acupuncture needles insertion, injection therapy of herbal/ homeopathic supplements, Tui Na manual therapy, Gua Sha dermal friction, moxibustion, cupping, thermal methods, acupatches, manual stimulations, acupressure, reflexology, shiatsu massage, electro-acupuncture, percutaneous and transcutaneous electrical stimulation.

Herbs and homeopathic preparations, approved for use in the US, compliment the above treatments.

Pain Management. Acupuncture stimulation has been shown to facilitate and stimulate the release of natural painkillers like endorphins and enkephalins that bind to opioid receptors. Acupuncture promotes the function of the adrenal glands; affects chemicals that are known to be involved in mood and pain perception (serotonin, GABA, dopamine etc), and influences the body's pain-generating messengers (substance P).

Based on clinical experience, the World Health Organization lists a number of conditions for which acupuncture can be considered, including a variety of digestive, gynecological, neurological, respiratory and psychological conditions.


Studies and reviews have supported the use of acupuncture for migraine and tension headaches, acute & chronic pain and soft-tissue injuries of the joints. Acupuncture is most frequently used in both China and the U.S. for musculoskeletal pain relief.

Infertility Treatment. Acupuncture, herbal medicine and homeopathy have been used for centuries to treat some causes of infertility by improving the ovarian and follicular function and helping to develop a thick, rich uterine lining.

Acupuncture is not contraindicated for anyone regardless of their pathology or the medications they are taking. It can be used to treat any type of fertility disorder. Acupuncture combined with herbs can treat elevated follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), repeated pregnancy loss, unexplained (idiopathic) infertility, luteal phase defect, hyperprolactinemia (when not caused by a prolactinoma), and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) with annovulatory cycles.

Younger women in their early/mid-30s may consider acupuncture treatment first, before investing in expensive invasive fertility treatment.

For women approaching the age of 40, specialists recommend a fertility workup before applying acupuncture.

Addiction. Acupuncture has been used in drug detoxification programs for many years. In 1985 it was instituted as part of the addiction treatment program in the South Bronx's Lincoln Hospital where it continues to be used today. According to the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA): "Within this sub-category is found strong evidence for the effect of the NADA protocol in improving patient outcomes in terms of program retention, reductions in cravings, anxiety, sleep disturbance and need for pharmaceuticals."

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