Core Energy Surgery for the Electromagnetic Body

Originally Written by: Jon Whale PhD

Originally Published in issue 15 – Oct/Nov 1996

Gravity and magnetism are examples of force and energy fields that our lives depend on, yet the eye can’t see them. Radio waves, Infrared, ultra violet, X-rays and gamma rays are all invisible waves that make up the Frequency Spectrum. The human eye is sensitive to a narrow band of frequencies called light.

Surrounding every living person is a vibrating Energy Field. It is an egg shaped pressure field that contains and characterises our individual consciousness as distinct from that of others and the universe at large. Other descriptions are, the human aura or electromagnetic body. Some scientists call it the unified field.

Fortunately, this field has a very bright, high energy spot on it that the trained eye can ’see’. This spot is the ‘Stationary Assemblage Point’.

For most healthy people, the idea that, ‘How we behave and how we feel’ is beyond our rational control, is preposterous. For those of us, who have experienced a serious physical accident, disease, fever, tragedy, violent intimidation, drug overdose, acute stress or depression, this idea is acceptable. Under such circumstances many people undergo a personality change, often accompanied by unfamiliar physical symptoms and illness.

Suffers experience that ’something’ deep inside them has changed. Although they can remember how they behaved and felt before the incident, it is impossible for them to return to their former self. That indescribable ’something’ deep inside all of us that can suddenly shift, changing our whole perception of reality including our physical health is the ‘Assemblage Point’.

The Assemblage Point is the vortex of high energy in the Electromagnetic Body. It is the location of the Assemblage Point that ‘dictates’ how we behave, how we feel and how we ’see’ the world. Its location influences our conscious reality and greatly affects physical and mental health.

Inside the Core or the energy body are seven major energy vortexes or meridians. Acupuncture and Ayurvedic Medicine call them Chakras. The locations of these energy vortexes coincide with seven major glands and organs inside the body. The vibrational rate and the energy levels of the chakras influence the functioning and efficiency of their associated organs and glands. Chakras directly influence physical and mental health. A prime requirement before all seven chakras can open or function properly is; correct location and alignment of the Assemblage Point to the physical body.

Every one of us has an Assemblage Point and it is very easy to locate. The procedure for locating and correcting it is quick, simple and painless. Manipulation of the location of the Assemblage Point can change our state of consciousness, increase our biological energy levels and improve general health. Familiarity with its location and performing regular adjustments to it can accelerate personal development and improve mental and physical efficiency.

Correct alignment of the Energy Body with the physical body are vital for our physical and mental well-being. Figure 1 shows the correct alignment.

Violence, intimidation, bereavement, shock, accidents, trauma, drugs, toxins and illness can easily dislocate the energy body’s alignment.

Depending on the severity and direction of the misalignment, various psychological and physical symptoms will be present.

Gross misalignment of the Energy Body is present in depression, various psychotic and psychological disorders. Drugs and alcohol addiction, toxicity, leukaemia, cancer, AIDS, ME, MS, schizophrenia, epilepsy, alzheimer’s, coma, Parkinson’s etc.

It is a simple matter to find out the alignment of a person’s Energy Body by locating the Assemblage Point.

For optimum health and vitality, energies in the left and right sides of the brain are equal, and the Electromagnetic Field equally distributed about the bodies central meridian line. The ideal location for the Stationary Assemblage Point is the central position, shown in Fig 1. In this position balanced biological energy flows around the central nervous system and the many organs and glands function in harmony.

This ideal alignment is rare. With most people the Assemblage Point will be found entering on the right side of the chest’s central meridian line. This is due to excessive left brain activity, demanded by today’s stressful life style.

TABLE 1

Drugs, Toxins, Illness, accidents and emotional trauma are the most common causes of misalignment. Once misalignment has occurred, it is very difficult to re-establish the original position by one’s own efforts.

Neither orthodox nor complementary medicine has the knowledge or procedures to correct Electromagnetic Body alignment. Realignment is a simple procedure that takes about one minute to execute.

Misalignment causes mild to serious imbalances of energy distribution in the brain and nervous system, upsetting endocrine and hormone functions. The symptoms directly relate to the location and entry angle as in Fig 2. The further the location is outside the shaded area in Fig 2, the more acute the listed symptoms. The symptoms experienced will vary according to the location and the angle of entry. Severe misalignment causes acute disturbances in the functioning of the organs and glands. Eventually biological damage can occur.

Today, neither psychiatrists, psychologists nor counsellors can correct gross misalignment. The alignment of the Electromagnetic Body controls the way we feel, think, and our perception of reality. Correcting alignment is not possible by talking, thinking or, in acute cases with medication. Therefore the usual method is to employ drugs to relieve or mask the symptoms caused by misalignment.

Shifting the location of the Assemblage Point and adjusting the angle will alter the state of human consciousness.

The Human Electromagnetic Energy Field

Fig 1 The vortex of the energy field is called THE STATIONARY ASSEMBLAGE POINT. The position shown is the location and alignment for optimum mental and physical health (organ and glandular synergy). Large deviations from this location can cause serious health problems.

The Stationary Assemblage Point (SAP)

Fig 2

1 The shaded area is the location and entry angle for a healthy balanced person

2 Large deviations from the shaded are accompanied with the symptoms listed

3 Locations close to the Critical Line cause acute unease and discomfort

4 When it drops below the Critical Line the energy field collapses and death occurs

reminder

Left brain controls right body functions

Left brain is associated with thinking and extrovert activity

Right brain controls left body functions

Right brain is associated with dreaming and introvert activity

Assemblage Point Shift to the Right

Fig 3 Panic, anxiety, anger, violence and sexual deviation

Assemblage Point Shift Below (Right Side)

Fig 4 Acute physical distress and mental depression

Assemblage Point Shift to the Left

Fig 5 Melancholia, Fantasy, Delusions, Dreaming

Assemblage Point Shift Below (Left Side)

Fig 6 Dementia, Alzheimers, Autism, Downs Syndrome, Etc.

Assemblage Point location affects brain energy levels and its predominant operating frequencies. The brain frequencies and states of consciousness are: -

1. Assemblage Point locations on the right side of the body (Fig.3) reflect an increase in left brain activity and Beta brain frequencies (extrovert attention).

2. Conversely, locations on the left body side (Fig 5) reflect in an increase in right brain activity and Theta frequencies (introvert attention).

3. The Central location (Fig 1) reflects as balanced brain activity and Alpha [relaxed internal and external attention].

4. Low locations (Fig 4 & 6) reflect in low frontal brain energy and low Alpha and Theta frequencies (right=depression left=catatonia).

5. High locations reflect in an increase in frontal brain energy and high Beta frequencies (right=psychosis left=hallucinations).

The Assemblage Point Location and its angle of alignment affect the state of the patient’s consciousness. Manually shifting the Assemblage Point is the fast way back to normality, high biological energy, improved mental and physical health. Realignment should be done as soon as possible to minimise the possibility of physical damage and disease manifesting as a result of long term imbalance in biological energy distribution.

The shift to the right

This is the most commonly found misalignment, symptoms are compulsive mental and physical activity. The medical diagnosis for this location is STRESS. Excessive feelings of anxiety, panic or anger, are indicators of this location. These are associated with high beta brain-wave frequencies in the left brain. The Assemblage Point moves to the right side of the chest as shown in Fig 3. In Paranoia the location and angle are to the right and down. In mania the location is high right and the angle is upwards. Manic depression and schizophrenia are associated with oscillations and splits in the Assemblage Point location.

Intimidation, worry, overwork, insomnia, Cocaine, LSD, amphetamines, antidepressants, excessive caffeine can drive the stationary assemblage point to the far right. In this position various physical symptoms medically connected with stress will appear. Energy demands are high and sleep will be problematic. High Beta activity is present. The attention is external and the awareness of the physical body is absent. Locations further to the right cause psychotic behaviour that can include violence and sexual deviations. Left brain energy will be high, right brain low.

From this position, drugs, illness or emotional trauma can cause complete exhaustion of the nervous system. The Assemblage Point then drops down towards the critical line as shown in Fig 4. ME is a disease with this location.

Shifting the Assemblage Point to the centre will give immediate back to normal, reducing dependence on drugs.

The shift below

From this location it is virtually impossible to recover without realignment of the Electromagnetic Field.

This a dangerous, uncomfortable, distressing location. The indications are very low mental and physical energy with acute psychological instability and physiological disturbances. Impaired functions of endocrine glands and organs may develop. Frontal brain energy will be low.

With this location serious psychiatric or physical illness will often be present. Diseases associated are AIDS, cancer, ME, meningitis, cerebral thrombosis, apoplexy, clinical depression. As the Assemblage Point moves towards the critical line the symptoms worsen. Beta activity will mostly be absent. Distressing feelings and emotions are prevalent. Sympathy, placation or chastisement does not help.

Toxic material, heavy metals, chemotherapeutic drugs, poisoning, head injury, drugs, attempted suicide, solvent abuse, violent intimidation, physical shock, electric shock, long term exposure to strong electromagnetic and high voltage electrostatic fields, anoxia, infections and disease can drive the Assemblage Point to this location. Antidepressants will not correct this location.

Shifting the location up and over to the centre will immediately alleviate the symptoms. Vibrational levels will increase, more energy will be available even if physiological disease is present. The natural healing process will accelerate.

The shift to the left

Irrational preoccupation with daydreaming, fantasy, hallucinations and melancholia are the most common indicators for this location. LSD and other hallucinogenic drugs can cause a shift to the left. Pseudo religious cult brainwashing methods unconsciously shift the location to the left side (Fig 5).

Shifting the Assemblage point to right of the centre will return normal behaviour. It will increase left brain energy, Beta frequencies and rationality.

Senile dementia, alzheimer’s, autism, downs syndrome, coma, are examples where the location will be around the area shown in Fig 6. In the early stages of these diseases regular checks and correction of the Assemblage Point may slow the progress. Astute doctors and clinicians of the future will reverse these diseases by combining Assemblage Point realignment with other therapies.

Death occurs when the Electromagnetic Field collapses, while the Assemblage is above the navel line then there is hope. At the navel there is a weak area, or Gap in the field. By preventing the Assemblage Point from dropping to the Gap, it should be possible to postpone death.

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The latest poll “Which of the following would motivate you to visit a Chiropractor?”  has been closed and the results are as follows:

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However, I noticed that were absolutely no votes for a car accident.  I just wanted to remind everyone that our Wellness Medical, S.C. Clinic offers full medical services to those involved in a personal injury case.  These cases can be work-related, car-related, or any type of personal injury that your attorney can refer you to our clinic for.  Check out our site for more information or post any questions you might have right here.  I would love to give you all of the information you need!

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Can Acupuncture Cure Pregnancy-Related Depression?

By Erica Kain

The March issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology includes an encouraging study for women who have depression during their pregnancies. The study suggests that acupuncture treatments, when specifically geared toward helping depression, may have a positive effect.

As many as one in five women suffers from depression during pregnancy, and I learned firsthand from the roller coaster of emotions I experienced during my pregnancies.

I was plagued by sleeplessness, nausea, and general discomfort at exactly the time I should have been celebrating the good fortune of multiple healthy pregnancies after age 35. Once I sought acupuncture treatments, though, I discovered that by relieving the worst of my pain, nausea, and sleeplessness, I began to enjoy the imminent arrival of my child.

To better understand how a series of needles placed on my body could possibly make me happy, I spoke with Michael Shpak, a board-certified licensed acupuncturist who was trained by two former midwives.

“In pregnancy, the woman’s body is taxed and burdened—her blood-sugar balance, thyroid function, and adrenal function can be altered, and she can be anemic,” he explains.

In other words, your body bears the burden of what Shpak calls “two physiologies”—yours and the baby’s.

In addition to this physical taxation, there are psychological ramifications in the transition to becoming a mother. And not all of that is a celebration, according to Shpak.

How does it work?

“Persistent pregnancy-induced discomforts respond beautifully and reliably to both the systemic and local effects of acupuncture,” says Shpak.

Acupuncture affects the central nervous system, which controls the brain and spinal cord. Studies have shown that it can work both locally, where it can reduce inflammation, improve circulation, and ease pain, as well as globally, in that it can directly influence brain chemistry through the release of endorphins.

Endorphins are released along with cortisol, the hormone involved in your reaction to stress and anxiety. “The combination of these neurotransmitters and hormones helps to balance those four physical functions—blood-sugar balance, thyroid function, adrenal function, and anemia,” says Shpak.

Research has also shown that acupuncture activates the nucleus accumbens, or pleasure center of the brain, which may explain the link between acupuncture and relieving depression.

Which is safer: pill or needle?

Which is safer: pill or needle?

Recent evidence indicates that it may not be entirely safe to take antidepressants during pregnancy, as women who take such drugs may be more likely to have preterm infants or infants who need to spend time in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Most doctors believe that antidepressants work by increasing chemicals in the brain, especially the neurotransmitters serotonin and norepinephrine. However, acupuncture supports your body in producing inhibitory neurotransmitters that may decrease pain signals traveling through the spinal cord and “create a balance and reduce the effects of excitatory neurotransmitters,” says Shpak.

“Drugs don’t help make more inhibiting neurotransmitters,” he tells me. “But acupuncture can help create that balance and stimulate a natural endorphin release.”

However, acupuncturists agree that there are certain points that may stimulate the womb to contract, which is why it is important to seek out licensed, trained practitioners. In California, where I live, acupuncturists must pass a state board exam, which includes training related to treating pregnant patients.

However, the risk of preterm labor is ultimately not very great. “A woman whose health is generally good would not be stimulated to go into labor [by use of these points], but if a woman’s health is delicate, even an argument with her husband could put her into labor,” says Shpak. It makes sense to err on the side of caution and avoid any potentially stimulating points.

No treatment is one-size-fits-all

There are several kinds of acupuncture treatments for different types of depression. According to Shpak, a woman with thyroid-related depression might feel exhaustion, malaise, and a general lack of motivation. But a woman with an adrenal issue related to pregnancy would have a different kind of exhaustion—specifically a feeling of apathy and an inability to manage daily challenges.

In any of these cases, an experienced acupuncturist should be able to decide the best course of action.

Hearing these symptoms made me remember the crazy woman I became by the middle of my second trimester. At the time, it was upsetting, but now I can see the unpredictable roller coaster from a distance, and I’m also grateful for my acupuncture treatments that may have functioned as an emotional seat belt throughout the journey.

Previous posts by Erica Kain:

The Surprising Effect of Pregnancy and Nursing on Eyesight Are You Really Pregnant? The Truth About Early Pregnancy Tests The Mommy Makeover: Is a Tummy Tuck the Answer?

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Headache relief with crude cures

The biggest reflection of current drug is related to stress-induced conditions and psychosomatic diseases. Headaches and especially inveterate migraines embody disturbing robustness problems, especially since nearby are genuinely of culture that resort to considerable quantities of analgesics.

The migraine headache is a neurological position more general to women than to men.

The typical migraine headache is unilateral and pulsating, lasting from 4 to 72 hours; symptoms contain nausea, and hyperacusis; approximately one third of people that suffer migraine headache perceive an aura visual, olfactory announcing the headache.

The cause of migraine headache is unknown; the accepted theory is a disorder of the serotonergic subjugation system, as PET scan has demonstrated the aura coincides with diffusion of cortical devaluation consequent to increased blood run down.

The headache phase of the migraine attack universally begins within 60 minutes of the termination of the aura phase, but it is sometimes delayed in the air to several hours, and it can be missing entirely.

A migraine trigger is any factor that, leads to the development of an acute migraine headache.

Whilst the question of addiction is low, butalbital can be habit-forming if used daily, and it can lead to rebound headaches.

Sometimes acupuncture is used to relieve the torment of an active migraine headache.

In Reference to

Managing Migraines, Claire Houlding, 2007

Everything You Need to Know about Migraines and Other Headaches, Barbara Moe, 2000

Tell me what to eat if I have headaches and migraines, Elaine Magee, 2005

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Acupuncture may relieve menstrual cramps - report

Acupuncture may relieve menstrual cramps – report

By Manager Online 26 February 2010 13:17 This photo retrieved February 24, 2010 is from http://www.featurepics.com. Western doctors turn to acupuncture to cure their patients more.

February 25, 2010

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Acupuncture may be helpful in alleviating menstrual cramps, which affect up to half of all young women, an extensive review of past studies has found.

In a review of 27 studies that involved nearly 3,000 women, researchers from the Oriental Hospital at Kyung Hee University Medical Center in South Korea found that acupuncture may be more effective than drugs or herbal medicines.

“There is convincing evidence on the effectiveness of using acupuncture to treat pain as it stimulates the production of endorphins and serotonin in the central nervous system,” the researchers wrote in a statement.

Endorphins are compounds produced naturally by the human body during exercise and excitement and they result in a feeling of well-being. Serotonin is a brain chemical.

“Compared with pharmacological treatment or herbal medicine, acupuncture was associated with a significant reduction in pain,” they added in their paper, which was published in the latest issue of the BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

The U.S. National Institutes of Health has cited acupuncture as a possibly effective way of dealing with menstrual cramps.

The causes for many cases of menstrual cramps are unknown and for some women, the pain — accompanied by bloating, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness and headache — can become more severe or may last longer as they grow older.

This photo retrieved February 24, 2010 is from http://www.fitsugar.com. The causes for many cases of menstrual cramps are unknown and for some women, the pain — accompanied by bloating, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness and headache — can become more severe or may last longer as they grow older.

The problem may become so bad for about 10 percent of younger women that they cannot go to work, resulting in billions of dollars in lost wages and productivity on the job annually.

Common treatments include exercise, painkillers and applying heat to the lower abdomen. Acupuncture has also become the subject of discussion and investigation.

However, the researchers noted flaws in the methodology of some studies and called for more clinical trials to be done.

Acupuncture has been used as a form of anesthesia in China for at least 2,600 years and experts believe it can clear blockages in circulation.

In a growing number of places, doctors trained in western medicine are turning to acupuncture for their patients as a complementary treatment to help relieve pain.

(Reporting by Tan Ee Lyn)

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A Day at Fatima's Clinic - with Pizza!

Nov. 17.

“Good lunch with Vidhea with a rare (for me here) ham and pineapple pizza at the roadhouse in thamel – a meat-eaters delight after all this veg food.

Vidhea is an adventurer and i love it that she shares some measure of her adventure and local contacts with me on this passage. Today we went to see Fatima – a Chinese physician, acupuncturist and reputedly the best foot massage in the country! I wanted a perspective on chinese alternative medical healing and treatments here.”

“The building was on a quiet side street, calm, with lots of foot traffic of patients coming and going and a pleasant inviting drive with lots of flowers. “

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Acupuncture for Depression in Pregnancy, Clinical Trial, Wall Street Journal

The following is an article published in the Wall Street Journal by Shirley S. Wang

Acupuncture designed to treat depression appears to improve symptoms in pregnant women, suggesting it as an alternative to antidepressant medication during pregnancy, a study found.

The study, published Monday in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, is the largest to date examining the effectiveness of acupuncture to treat depression in pregnant women. It was funded by a grant from the government’s Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. “Acupuncture that we have tested works for pregnant, depressed women,” said Rachel Manber, a study author and professor at Stanford University. However, “no single study is enough to make policy recommendations,” she said.

Depression in pregnancy is a risk factor for postpartum depression. Postpartum depression is associated in some studies with poorer cognitive and emotional development in children. Some have linked depression in pregnancy and low birth weight.

As many as 14% of pregnant women are thought to develop a significant depression at some point during their pregnancy, according to the study authors, comparable to numbers who suffer from postpartum depression. Antidepressants are generally considered safe for use in pregnancy, but research has been limited and concerns continue to grow, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. One study showed that the risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension, a potentially serious lung condition, is significantly greater in newborns whose mother took antidepressants later in pregnancy. The Food and Drug Administration recommends that patients and physicians “carefully consider and discuss together” the benefits and risks taking antidepressants during pregnancy.”Antidepressants are not an attractive option for many women,” said Dr. Manber. “Many women are concerned about using antidepressant medication during pregnancy.”

Acupuncture, based on ancient Chinese medicine, attempts to treat conditions by stimulating points on the body, most often with needles stuck in the skin and moved by hand or electrical stimulation, according to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

In the study, 150 clinically depressed pregnant women who weren’t previously taking antidepressants were randomly assigned to get either acupuncture for depression, acupuncture not specifically designed for depression, or massage for eight weeks. Those who got acupuncture targeting depression had a significantly greater decrease in depressive symptoms, compared with the other women. Some 63% of women in the acupuncture-for-depression group responded to treatment, compared with 44% in the other groups.

There wasn’t a difference between the groups in full recovery from the depression. Though this study didn’t compare acupuncture for depression with another active treatment, the response rates are comparable to those rates from other depression treatments in studies of non-pregnant individuals, Dr. Manber said. And future work needs to examine how acupuncture for depression compares with standard treatment like antidepressants or psychotherapy, as well as who responds to treatment and what the optimal dose of the acupuncture treatment should be.

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Author Panel in Berkeley: Rolfing, Trauma, and Medical Acupuncture

An Ortho-Bionomy therapist, Rolfer and massage therapist, and medical acupuncture educator will present their healing arts on Saturday, February 20 from 2-4 p.m. at Berkeley Public Central Library in downtown Berkeley. This is the third author panel in the free series Get Well! Alternative Practitioners Talk With You About Healing, sponsored by North Atlantic Books and Berkeley Public Library.

Moderator for the February panel is Kathy Kain.

The panelists:

- Art Riggs, Rolfer and Massage Therapist, author of Deep Tissue Massage: A Visual Guide to Techniques

- Kathy Kain, Ortho-Bionomy therapist, author of Ortho-Bionomy: A Manual of Practice

- Joseph Helms, M.D., medical educator, acupuncturist, author of Getting To Know You: A Physician Explains How Acupuncture Helps You Be the Best YOU

Authors will explain their modalities and read from their books. Audience questions will be followed by a book signing.

“We hope to further the public discourse, and thus the readership, about alternative health, or complementary medicine,” Lindy Hough said. “A wider demographic should be able to use these kinds of medicine, know their history, and see how effective they are in healing many conditions inexpensively, without recourse to drugs or surgery.”

“The Berkeley Public Library is excited to be working in partnership with North Atlantic Books to better serve the interest in mind/body/spirit their readers are seeking,” said Douglas Smith, Deputy Director of the Library. “We’re pleased to be expanding our programming, outreach, and collections in these important directions.”

An Afternoon on Rolfing, Trauma, and Medical Acupuncture

Get Well! Alternative Practitioners Answer Your Questions About Healing series

Saturday, February 20, 2010

2pm-4pm

Berkeley Public Central Library

3rd Floor Community Meeting Room

2090 Kittredge Street

Berkeley, CA 94704

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Acupuncture And Pain - Needle Away Your Painful Conditions

By Roger Mitchell

The ancient form of Chinese medicine that has been known to man for over two thousand five hundred years is now a very popular means of treating pain, especially back pain. The basics of acupuncture teach us that there is an energy called chi or qi that flows within the body along the meridians that are pathways in the body. When the flow of this energy is interrupted, you will experience pain as well as illness. Using acupuncture for pain is a means to correct the flow of this energy and thus get much needed relief.

Most Benefits Patients When Used Along With Other Treatments

Acupuncture and pain will benefit the patient most when it is used in combination with other treatments, and being a safe method of treating pain, there is also no known risk attached to this form of treatment provided you get your acupuncture treatment from a reputable acupuncturist. Use is made of sterilized needles when dealing with acupuncture and pain, and these needles are usually disposable and must be FDA approved.

Use of acupuncture for pain requires undergoing a treatment session in which one to twenty needles are inserted into various parts of the human body, with the needles either simply penetrating just beneath the skin, or at other times they may even have to penetrate the fat as well as muscles. Once inserted, the needles may be left for anywhere from fifteen to thirty minutes and they may also be twisted and be removed and placed elsewhere in the body.

The beauty of acupuncture and pain is that the acupuncture treatment itself does not cause any pain; rather, it helps alleviate pain and is supposed to be very relaxing, and a patient may even drop off to sleep while the treatment is ongoing. It is also an enervating experience, which can be further enhanced by using acupuncture needles that are different from your normal hypodermic needles, being as fine as hair and solid as well.

Acupuncture and pain are well suited for one another as it enables the electromagnetic signals to be relayed much faster than is normal, which will increase the flow of pain relieving natural chemicals to areas that are injured, and where there is a lot of pain being felt. In fact, acupuncture for pain management has been successfully been used especially for fibromyalgia, chronic headaches, neck pain as a result of whiplash, knee as well as hip pain due to arthritis, as well as for chronic abdominal pain and asthma, as well as pain caused by shingles. http://www.myhealtharticles.org/acupuncture has other well-written and helpful articles not only related to acupuncture and sports injury help, but also other information and resources related to acupuncture.

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Treating Chronic Pain With Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine

By Nicholas LaFasto

Chronic pain, whether due to an injury, surgery, repetitive motion, or a medical condition such as arthritis, can make life difficult by limiting your physical body as well as your overall well-being and emotional outlook. Chronic pain is not limited to any group of people and can affect anyone, anytime. Having chronic pain can lead to job related and relationship stress, extra healthcare costs, missed work days, difficulty sleeping, increased irritability, and the inability to enjoy physical activities such as sports. How can acupuncture, herbal therapy, and Chinese medicine help with chronic pain and all of the associated symptoms?

Acupuncture can address the pain directly. No matter where on the body you are experiencing pain, there are acupuncture points that can help decrease the pain. Pain, in Chinese medicine, is unbalanced and stagnant Qi (energy). Using acupuncture will:

• Promote healthy blood circulation in the injured area

• Increase the body’s immune system response to the affected area

• Decrease inflammation in the tissues

• Improve the flow of Qi to the affected area

• Decrease the pain signals sent to the brain so you can relax easier

• Decrease swelling in the affected area

• Decrease spasms that can cause pain

Acupuncture can treat any symptoms associated with chronic pain. In addition to treating the pain directly, treatments can also include acupuncture points to help with:

• Sleeplessness or insomnia caused by the pain

• Emotional changes, such as irritability, anger, or frustration caused by chronic pain

• Improving your overall outlook about your condition

• Decreasing fatigue caused by the pain

• Improving muscle and motor function that may have been lost

• Restoring digestive functions which may have been affected

• Restoring any decreased immune system function

• Decreasing the side effects from long term medication use

Herbal therapy can increase the therapeutic effects. Chinese herbs may come in the form of liniments (oils) that can be massaged into a painful area, or a customized herbal formula that you drink as a tea. Both of these can continue the healing process after an acupuncture treatment.

Chronic pain can take a toll on your body, mind, and your emotions, making life very challenging and limiting. Acupuncture and herbal therapy can help restore the balance of your Qi, treat any associated symptoms, decrease the source of the pain, and allow you to return to the pain free life you desire.

If you are looking for a Centennial acupuncture clinic, please click the link to visit Nicholas’ website. Nicholas LaFasto is a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist practicing in Centennial, Colorado, in the South Metro are of Denver.

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Are Chinese Herbs Safe?

Every so often, news outlets publish the comments of an ‘expert’ bringing into question either the safety or effectiveness, of so-called ‘natural’ medicines.

The most recent of these articles can be found on the ABC’s website:  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/08/2813236.htm?site=news

As I was reading this article, I reflected on the products I sell in my own practice and thought it timely I share with you my thoughts on this subject as well.

Australia has a body which governs the safe manufacture and distribution of all therapeutic goods.  This body is called the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).  The TGA is a division of the Department of Health and Ageing.  You can visit their website here:  http://www.tga.gov.au .

All herbal products sold in my practice are manufactured, safely, under TGA guidelines.  Australia has a two-tiered regulatory system in place for complementary medicines.  This system is based on ‘risk assessment’.  Items are either “Listed” (which means the ingredients are deemed low risk) or “Registered” (which means the ingredients are considered high risk).

You can tell if an item is recognised by the TGA as the product labelling will contain something like this “AUST L” and then a registration number.

What that number means is that the TGA is satisfied that the ingredients of the product are commonly used, tested for efficacy and that they have a body of evidence behind them which supports their use.

The TGA also monitors the manufacture of these products and also records any known reactions experienced by people taking these products.

So, reports like that listed above are not wrong – but they are not entirely right either.

When I was studying in China I often came across herbal medicine products which had been combined with steroids, antibiotics and a host of other pharmaceutical drugs.  When not administered by a practitioner qualified in both pharmacology and herbology (the name the Chinese give to the practice and study of herbal medicine), these products could be very dangerous.

Similarly, I guess it is always possible that such products might find their way onto the shelves of some disreputable supplier somewhere in Australia.  But if they had not passed the watchful eye of the TGA, they would be in breach of the act to be selling these items.  I do not sell any such products in my clinic.  I purchase my stock from recognised and reputable suppliers.

This is why it is ALWAYS a good idea to check the bona fides of your clinician who is selling you these products.  Many of the herbal medicine products I sell in my clinic are designated “Practitioner Only” and to order and sell these I need to be a registered member of the Australian Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine Association.

Most herbal medicine products I sell are manufactured in factories in China under the watchful eye of the TGA.  Products are routinely tested for heavy metals and only the highest quality herbs are used.

It is true, however, that there are some Chinese herbal medicinal products which, if inappropriately administered, can be dangerous.  While I don’t always agree with their rulings on these herbs, the TGA has banned the use of several commonly used herbs as they considered them to pose a risk to the community.

What’s more, it is my opinion that Chinese herbal medicine products should only ever be dispensed by an appropriately qualified practitioner – one who has the appropriate level of training to safely diagnose and prescribe.  Again, this is an important part of your checking your clinician’s bona fides.

Thanks for reading and your comments, thoughts and reflections are most welcome….

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How Acupuncture Affects the Brain

Dr Hugh MacPherson was the founder of the Northern College of Acupuncture where I trained and I must say I say that with a feeling of pride. His high standards within research gives acupuncture the credibility it so richly deserves and yet so desperately needs to silence it’s critics. Understanding the mechanisms of acupunture completes an important piece of the jigsaw, somehow connecting ancient knowledge with modern understanding and linking east and west.

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Candida Die Off Update

I’ve been on my milk thistle for a week now and am taking my acidophillus when I remember and am feeling much better.  My face is still a little bit spotty, but NOTHING compared to what it was like last week.  I’ve still got a big crack down the side of my nose, which I’m treating with Canestan cream – but I think I need to get a doctor’s opinion as to what is actually causing it.  I’m a little concerned as to how my skin is going to react next week when I hit the slopes.  I’m going to try and get another acupuncture session in before I go away, to stave off a regression back into leaky face!

We’re lucky enough to be going on a work trip to Champagny for four days and I can’t wait!  I do hope my diet isn’t going to cause any issues.  Not just on the food front, but on everyone chipping in their two cents worth as to what they think of my diet.  It’s getting a little bit tiresome hearing what everyone thinks I should do.  I know what I’m doing.  We’ve got a chalet chef who has been briefed on my regime and I’m taking a whole load of food over in my suitcase too.  I think my lunch up the mountain might consist of a bowl of fries, so I’ll pack loads of nuts and carob bars to stuff in my pockets.

Talking of carob bars.  I’ve started developing an addiction to these little bars and need to knock them on the head after my ski trip.  I’m also eating too many crisps and corn chips.  If I want my weight to get down that last couple of kilos then I need to put them on the restricted list – not on my every day list as they currently are!

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Acupuncturists Respond to Haiti Earthquake Disaster

Acupuncturists from around the country are making plans to travel to Haiti to offer acupuncture to earthquake survivors. Much like the efforts in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, the program will offer free group-style acupuncture to help with pain, trauma, stress, sleep, and any other physical ailments.

Though acupuncturists had planned to wait until basic needs were met, such as water and food, sanitation, and emergency medical care, these plans have changed.  As early as February 3rd, three acupuncturists will accompany a group of doctors to rural areas in Haiti.  These doctors have stated clearly that they want acupuncturists’ help immediately for pain and trauma treatments and surgical anesthesia, as well as treating the doctors themselves, who will surely also be overwhelmed, exhausted, and traumatized.

Acupuncture is increasingly recognized as highly useful in emergency situations.  Survivors in New Orleans frequently commented that acupuncture was the most helpful support they got as they tried to adjust to life after Katrina. Acupuncture has also been used more and more frequently by the military in combat situations, to treat pain and stress in injured soldiers even before they are transported to medical facilities. And, programs across the country are using acupuncture to treat post-traumatic stress in veterans.

The Haiti Disaster Recovery Project is a joint program of Acupuncturists Without Borders, and Pathways to Wellness in Boston.  For more information, visit the AWB website: http://acuwithoutborders.org/haitiprogram.php

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Taking Ginko Biloba Doesn't Work? No, REALLY.

Scientists did a study recently, the largest of its kind yet (at least 100,000 people), to determine if ginkgo biloba actually helps improve your memory. World-shattering news: in over six years of faithfully taking the supplement at the recommended dosage, NO CHANGE. None.

I could have told you that. That needs to go up on the year’s most obvious study results. For future reference, these also don’t work. At all. Ever.

• Acupuncture
• Cupping
• Aromatherapy
• Crystal Healing
• Rolfing
• Chromotherapy
• Iridology
• Live Blood Analysis
• Colon Irrigation

Or any number of other non-scientific, bogus methods for separating the gullible and desperate from their money.

Of course occasionally the bogus treatment coincides with the very real remission or recovery of a patient. The fact is, this has nothing to do with the treatment, and everything to do with the patient.

This is part of the reason why the recovery rate for most diseases is almost the same inside the waiting room as it is after you see the doctor. When you factor in the hypochondriacs,  the people who were just reaching the end of a curable sickness before seeing the doctor, and those who are sick with, say, a virus, it’s obvious that some things are going to get better basically at random. The treatment of those things isn’t going to affect much chronologically, and if the treatment happens at just the right time, it’s gonna look like the treatment (whatever it is) is responsible. It isn’t.

But when it IS something curable, the cure rates go drastically up depending on whether the person who is infected has seen a (western style, science based, medical) doctor. By drastically I mean almost a 100% improvement. I guess random chance isn’t exactly good medicine, now is it?

Now there’s one argument left about naturopathy, homeopathy, et. al. – and that is the placebo effect. Many people have felt the placebo effect at one point in their lives. Hell, if the placebo effect were guaranteed in even 70% of the cases, I might say that these treatments were somewhat valid.

But since we can’t rely on the placebo effect to treat even 70% of the people, and we can’t expect the effects to last after being informed of the placebo’s nature, I’m thinking that it’s pretty much a wash.

Besides, if I’m gonna take a placebo, it’s gonna be a plain old sugar-pill, thank you very much, not some freaky new-age metaphysical bullshit that puts hundreds or thousands of my dollars in the hands of con men.

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to test -- or not to test

That is the question.

I saw my acupuncturist this morning and she asked me again if I took a pregnancy test. She asked me two weeks ago right before I was expecting my period. She was taking my pulse and mentioned that it was very rapid. I remember when she said it — I immediately thought about the book I’m reading “The Infertility Cure” by Randine Lewis, PhD. It’s a great and inspiring read about infertility, acupuncture and herbs. I’ve learned so much about my body and I definitely recommend it for anyone going through infertility. She recommends taking supplements for different infertility symptoms. Since I found out that my FSH is high (and possibly have PCOS) — I’ve been taking wheat grass, royal jelly, spirulina, coenzyme Q-10, l’arginine, prenatal vitamins — along with the chinese herbs from my acupuncturist. I have to admit that I’ve felt a huge difference after taking them, lots of energy and just an overall good feeling.

In the book, she ends each chapter with a success story and I noticed that in most of them she’d say, “and I knew that she was pregnant right away because her pulse was more rapid than usual.” So when heard my acupuncturist say that my pulse was faster than usual, of course I immediately thought, could this really be true? She recommended that I take a pregnancy test. That night I started to spot and I knew my chances of pregnancy were null and that my period would soon follow so I didn’t test. And, my period came, I think. It wasn’t a full period, mostly spotting. I just figured that it was irregular because of the herbs and acupuncture regulating my system.

Flash forward two weeks later and as she’s asking her usual questions, I mentioned that I’ve been experiencing some nausea the past few mornings and especially today. She also pointed out that my temperature on my BBT chart was holding steady. So, she asked me again, “did you ever take a pregnancy test?” I told her that I didn’t because I got my period. To which she replied, “but you did say that it was lighter than usual, right?”

Ugh! I’m so frustrated! I don’t want to get my hopes up again that I might be pregnant. It’s been over a year since we’ve been trying and I went that route of testing every month and getting so disappointed when it was negative. I hate that feeling. It’s like a slap in the face. But now I can’t stop thinking about it. I even googled, “can you get your period when you’re pregnant?” — and of course  a ton of stories came up where women thought they had their periods and still turned out to be pregnant. Oh joy, more false hope.

As I write this, I’m thinking, “just go buy a damn test and take it — what’s the big deal?” I don’t know why I’m being so stubborn. I should just do it, right? I already know it’s going to be negative so I what’s the harm? At least it will put my mind to rest.

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Knee Pain and Acupuncture

Do you have knee pain?  In a recently published study electro-acupuncture was compared to “sham acupuncture” in the treatment of knee pain.  Sham acupuncture are needles placed in “fake acupuncture points” to eliminate the  placebo effect.  Electro acupuncture is a modification of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture – the needles are hooked up to an electrical stimulation device and electrical input is placed to enhance the effects of acupuncture.

What is interesting is that not only did the Electro – Acupuncture patients report Better pain control than Sham Acupuncture patients in the treatment of knee pain, but also documented via blood tests that patients who received electro-acupuncture had higher Beta-endorphin levels than those receiving sham acupuncture.  Endorphins are the body’s natural “pain control hormones”.

This study confirms the positive results I receive in my own patients receiving electro-acupuncture.

To view study click HERE

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International Integrative Medicine Day

International Integrative Medicine (IM) Day inspires worldwide dialog, education, collaboration, research initiatives and programming about medicine that is patient-centered, holistic, economically and environmentally sustainable, and conscious of integrating different global medical systems. IIM Day promotes the principles and practice of models of integration and care that preserve the patient-healer relationship and the healing of the patient.

As an acupuncturist in my first year of practice, I welcome these words and the sentiments behind them. During my three years of study, Chinese Medicine became my life. It seemed completely normal to be layed, half-clothed on a couch while a cohort measured 3 cun below my patella, one fingerwidth from the anterior crest of my tibia to mark the point precisely with a felt tipped pen.  Should illness occur, acupuncture would be my first choice of treatment. It is as normal to me as to others, is taking an aspirin.

However, I’m aware that to many it is still seen as quackery or a result of placebo. It can be frustrating to have to defend your profession. While I’m aware acupuncture has it’s limitations, it also has such potential to improve the lives of so many. I’m currently engaged in research reviewing the evidence for acupuncture in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia. Although my review will be systematic, and fulfill the requirements of a masters degree, good quality large-scale acupuncture trials are limited as is access and translation of foreign databases, partly due to the difficulties in getting funding .

I hope one day, we will see a better sharing of our knowledge on a truly global scale and an integrative approach to healthcare that has the patient and not politics and profit at it’s heart.

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Article - Speer Chiropractic & Acupuncture

Get relief from pain at Speer Chiropractic & Acupuncture


By Ashley Puderbaugh

Published January 2010

Women’s Edition magazine

The American Chiropractic Association estimates that 70 to 85% of adults will experience significant low back pain for two weeks or longer at some stage in their lives. From sitting too long at a desk, to straining in the garden, hoisting your little ones up and down, suffering a sports injury, or just being stressed out, low back pain is a very common ailment. The majority of low back pain cases improve over a few weeks, though some cases remain chronic and debilitating.

One of the ways you can relieve low back pain and other types of pain without medicine is with the help of Speer Chiropractic & Acupuncture in Lenexa, Kansas. The clinic provides chiropractic care and acupuncture to treat everything from sports injuries to sciatica. The clinic’s specialties are the diversified adjusting technique and the Specific Prone technique, which provide gentle adjustment and correction of the spine. When necessary, the clinic will use both acupuncture and chiropractic to treat your conditions.

Speer Chiropractic & Acupuncture opened this past July. Dr. Gerrad Speer is a native Kansan, growing up in Scott City. He then moved to Baldwin City to play fullback on Baker University’s football team. After graduation, he moved to the Kansas City area and received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Cleveland Chiropractic in Overland Park.

Dr. Speer says he was taking biology and chemistry classes and was thinking about going into pre-med. “But about junior year is when I decided I didn’t really want to do that, and I was in limbo for a while,” he says. “I was considering laboratory work, but when I needed a job between junior and senior year, the chiropractic job just fell in my lap.” He interned for his cousin, Dr. Jeremy Rodrock, in Baldwin City for five months following graduation. While there, he gained experience from working on clients and Dr. Rodrock himself. “Dr. Speer helped my mid-back out tremendously,” explains Dr. Rodrock. “I’d been having a lot of mid-back problems, and he definitely helped relieve that. Gerrad’s a great chiropractor and very passionate about what he does. And he’s a quick learner. Being a new doctor, experience helps, and my patients said he has very good hands and made good adjustments.” When the internship was over, Dr. Rodrock encouraged Dr. Speer to open his own office and helped him to procure a state-of-the-art digital x-ray machine.

Chiropractic works for a number of neuromuscular conditions, according to Dr. Speer. For instance, sometimes pain develops in a certain area of the spine, resulting in numbness or tingling anywhere in the body. Sciatica, or inflammation of the sciatic nerve, can result in low back pain. Headaches, for example, can be a sign of a sinus condition. By using chiropractic techniques to relieve pressure on the nerves, Dr. Speer says he can help boost your immune system so that it is better able to fight pain in other parts of the body. He analyzes the body for misalignment of the vertebrae in the spine, which causes nerve stress. Using his hands and analytical tools, he is able to isolate the problem and use a spinal adjustment to correct the stress, he explains.

When chiropractic work isn’t getting the results he would like, Dr. Speer says he integrates acupuncture into the treatment. There are three ways he can use acupuncture. The first: “Needles, the old-fashioned way,” he says with a laugh. “It doesn’t hurt much, but if someone doesn’t like needles we can do electro-acupuncture (the second way), which has a metal tip and puts a little electrode in you. It’s not very stout, so it doesn’t hurt.” The third way is just by using his fingers. The latter method is what he uses most often because he can easily combine chiropractic and acupuncture together, he says.

A natural treatment for a variety of conditions is therapeutic acupuncture, which uses needles and/or a small electrical impulse to alter the flow of energy (or Chi) in your body, which is believed to treat disease. According to the belief, when Chi is interrupted, you experience pain that could be caused by organ malfunction or disease. By stimulating acupuncture points in the body, it helps relieve pain and restore energy flow so that your immune system can do its job.

Acupuncture is a 5,000-year-old Chinese system of natural healing that is known to help hundreds of diseases and ailments. There is some research that suggests acupuncture increases electrical activity in the body as part of its healing process. Dr. Speer says he uses acupuncture to treat all types of injuries and to promote wellness. He also uses it to handle pediatric problems and to boost the body’s immune system pre- and post-operation. Acupuncture is also used to keep the body’s organs and systems working as optimally as possible.

Pregnant women can especially benefit from acupuncture and chiropractic, Dr. Speer says. For example, when a baby is in the breech position, by stimulating acupuncture points, the baby will turn to the proper position, he states. Sometimes a mother’s posture results in aches and pains from the weight of her unborn child. Acupuncture and chiropractic can relieve the pain without medication, he reports. Dr. Speer admits that he was a bit skeptical when he first learned about acupuncture, however. “I thought I’d go for at least 25 hours of the 100-hour course to see what it was like. I took a gamble.”

During class one day, the teacher asked for a volunteer who had a specific problem to treat. A couple months prior, Dr. Speer had hurt his knee playing flag football. He could walk, but he couldn’t run on it. He’d had chiropractic work done and it wasn’t helping, so he volunteered and the teacher treated his knee in front of the class that day. A month later, Dr. Speer was running again. “Needless to say, I finished the course,” he says. And now Dr. Speer is certified in acupuncture.

If you’re interested in having chiropractic work or acupuncture done but are worried about the cost, Dr. Speer says he takes ACC and Signa insurance, in addition to Medicare. “We can also reduce the price a little bit for people and put them on a cash-based treatment plan,” he notes. “They can pay monthly or upfront or at each visit—whichever’s easiest for them. So far people have really liked it.”

To find out more about Speer Chiropractic & Acupuncture, visit www.speerchiropractic.com or call 888-880-0619. The office is located at 13624 W. 95th St., and is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday.

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Back Pain Might Be Reduced For Pregnant Women By… Acupuncture

According to new data a specific ear acupuncture might help to relieves lower back pain in pregnant women.

In essence, the majority of women who had acupuncture needles put and taped down at three unique acupuncture points in their ears for at least one week really noticed a large reduction in lower back pain and pelvic discomfort; versus women patients in a control group and placebo acupuncture group who didn’t get needles at all or were receiving needles in the inappropriate acupuncture points.

According to statistics pregnant women often suffer from lower back pain and pelvis discomfort which may lead to chronic lower back pain in the end.

Fundamentally, ear acupuncture may offer women patients an all-natural significant improvements in ability according to the information for those women.

However, the pain relief wasn’t long-lasting for some women. Unfortunately, a week after the conclusion of acupuncture research study, sixty-eight (68) percent of those who received the real acupuncture were feeling a thirty % or greater relief in pain versus to the beginning of acupuncture treatment, whereas thirty-two percent in the placebo acupuncture group and eighteen (18) % of the control group preserved this degree of reduction in their back pain.

For this reason and many others, it was noted in the study that there was no significant amount of difference in the groups in the percentage remaining free of back pain 2 weeks into the study.

There was only one side-effect and it was temporary tenderness in the ear area, reported by less than 3-5 percent of the women who received acupuncture whether it was in the real acupuncture group or the placebo acupuncture group total.

Bear in mind that the acupuncture procedure described is actually inexpensive at an expense of $15 to $25 for a pack of 100 needles. It takes about three minutes for the needles to be put in place if someone that is experience is doing it.

This is a somewhat new discovery and more studies will be needed to establish if outcomes may be experienced more permanently with continuous acupuncture greater than the 2 week period and if there are any effects on pregnancy outcomes.

SOURCE:

1. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, September 2009.

2. © Thomson Reuters 2009.

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