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This type of acupuncture blocks the sending of pain messages from the brain. The pituitary gland being one; this gland, when stimulated by needles, releases endorphin. The second site are the periaquaductal gray neurons in the mid brain which release endorphins when stimulated...
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The third, electrical stimulation to the spinal cord endorphin system. The spinal cord releases endorphins to block the release of neurotransmitters, which carry the painful messages from the brain. Acupuncture, used in Asia for over four thousand years; Originally for the relief of pain...
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Acupuncture Acupuncture is a Chinese medical practice that treats illness and provides local anesthesia by the insertion of needles at predetermined sites of the body...	2 / 474
acupuncture In the world that we live in now there are many types of medical treatment. One of the many is acupuncture. Acupuncture is a procedure used in or adapted from Chinese medical practice in which specific body areas are pierced with fine needles for therapeutic purposes or to relieve pain or produce regional anesthesia...	2 / 524
Acupuncture 2 and provides local anesthesia by the insertion of needles at predetermined sites of the body. Acupuncture may also follow many other forms. The word acupuncture comes from the Latin word acus, meaning needle, and pungere, meaning puncture...	2 / 465
acupuncture An estimated two thousand years ago, the Jin dynasty introduced a new medical practice to their culture. The practice, known as acupuncture, treats many common ailments using needles on certain areas of the body in order to enhance the flow of energy or "qi"...	2 / 362
Acupuncture The first basis of acupuncture was probably first theorized by Shen Nung about 5000 years ago in a document called "Huang Di Nei Jing" (Singer). Shen Nung believed that there is an energy force running through the entire body called "Qi" (pronounced chee)...	3 / 622
Acupuncture The difference between the Complementary medicine and Alternative medicine is that Complementary medicine is used along with Conventional medicine, while Alternative medicine is used in place of Conventional medicine ("Acupuncture" NCCAM)...	4 / 981
acupuncture The Chinese healing art of acupuncture is one that can be dated back at least two thousand years. Some authorities maintain that acupuncture has been practiced in China for even four thousand years...	4 / 1093