ACUPUNCTURE IN LGUNA HILLS
If you need to relieve your pain or improve your health, we have a way to do it using natural alternative medicine with acupuncture, cupping, moxibustion, auriculotherapy, therapeutic massage and natural products of recognized quality. We are certified in Acupuncture and Therapeutic Massage, meeting all professional requirements and licenses and we have more than 20 years working in conventional medicine and alternative medicine. We treat all health conditions, orthopedic, endocrine, neurology, cardiology, psychiatry, pulmonary, digestive, gynecological, urinary, sexual, rheumatological disorders, etc. We accept most health insurance.
HISTORY OF ACUPUNCTURE
Acupuncture has an amazing long history that has made it the world's oldest contemporary medical system. "More people have been treated by acupuncture than by all other systems of medicine combined." (According to Dr. David Brestler, director of UCLA's Pain Center.) Medical Acupuncture was developed by clinical research in physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology. In other words, it is a coming together of modern international medical science with classical acupuncture medicine. In March of 1996, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States of America approved acupuncture as a medical treatment method. Because of this great demand and scientific research, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) incorporated acupuncture into mainstream medicine in April, 1997. In July of 1997, Senate Bill 212 was signed into law, which indefinitely include acupuncturists in the definition of "physician" for the treatment of injured employees entitled to worker's compensation medical benefits. SB 212 will ensure that patients have the freedom to choose treatment from a healthcare provider that is most appropriate to their needs. In November, 1997, the American Health Counsel publicly announced acupuncture to be good for the treatment of pains, nausea, asthma, and arthritis. Acupuncture has proven to be an effective treatment method and a valuable medicine.
Cupping Therapy
Cupping in all of its different forms places a cup over the skin creating a vacuum so blood is drawn to the surface of the skin in specific areas where the body needs healing. The cups may be made of, glass, bamboo, earthenware or silicone. In Traditional Chinese Medicine it is most common to use perform fire cupping. When performing fire cupping a practitioner will use forceps, a cotton ball soaked in 90 proof alcohol, and a glass cup. The fire is quickly placed into the glass cup to remove all the oxygen creating a vacuum, then the glass cup is quickly applied to the skin before the oxygen returns.
The skin will rise into the glass cup and begin to redden as the presence of blood arrives. Cups are usually left on the body for 3-5 minutes and no longer than 10-15 minutes.
History of Cupping
It is believed that cupping has been practiced as early as 3000 BC. The Ebers Papyrus, one of the oldest medical textbooks in the Western world, describes the Egyptians’ use of cupping, as well as many other living in the Sahara of Northern Africa. In ancient Greece, Hippocrates used cupping for internal disease and structural problems. Muhammad was also a big proponent of cupping.
Muslim scientists continued to develop cupping further into what is know as Hijama. Cupping and its multiple forms spread into medicine throughout Asian and European civilizations. In China, the earliest use of cupping that is recorded is from 281–341 A.D
CUPPING CAN HELP WITH:
- Arthritis
- Headaches
- Migraines
- Hip Pain
- Neck Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Shoulder Pain
- Low Back Pain
- Sciatica
- Stress