Benefits of Acupuncture

Oriental medicine is a holistic approach, which is based on the treatment of all bodily systems. Acupuncture benefits the improvement of physical health conditions as well as affective disorders and instills a feeling of increased mental clarity.

• Acupuncture has been effectively used for the treatment of back pain, headache, migraine, and sports injuries.
• It is helpful in treating anxiety, insomnia, digestive problems, abdominal, menstrual cramps, weight control, infertility, addictions, phobias, obsessive behavior, eating disorders, and much, much more.
• With certain health conditions, acupuncture can be effective enough to reduce or eliminate the need to take drugs to control pain or symptoms.
• Additional benefits of acupuncture are faster recovery from injuries, decreased symptoms of stress and improved circulation.
• Acupuncture benefits the strengthening of the immune system function, which through treatment is better able to withstand colds, minor infections, and flu.
• Reduce post-surgical nausea and vomiting and restore a sense of “normal self” after surgery or illness. Many post-surgical patients find that acupuncture treatment is effective in increasing energy, and brings a sense of vitality.
• Multiple emotional or psychological disorders can be treated by acupuncture, which benefits Acupuncture can also be beneficial when used alongside conventional medicine treatments for both acute and chronic disease.
• Often used as a form of preventative medicine, acupuncture is beneficial in preventing illness from occurring.
• Acupuncture treatment strengthens general constitution, and can correct a feeling of being unwell although there is no physical disorder, imbalance or illness in the traditional Western medicine sense.

Although acupuncture has become widely accepted and available in North America in the last 10 years, it had already been endorsed a century earlier by the renowned Canadian physician, Sir William Osler , widely referred to as the "Father of Modern Medicine":

"For lumbago [low back pain], acupuncture is the most efficient treatment"
------ Sir William Osler