Archives: 2008 April

Headache?  Menopause? Sinusitis? Tremors?  Muscle Aches? Age?  Are you wondering what all of these could possibly have in common?  Following in a tradition thousands of years old, Pittsburgh acupuncture centers are actively treating these and many other ailments all across the steel city.
What is Acupuncture?
Acupuncture is the practice of inserting sterilized needles into distinct areas [...]

Popularity: 33% [?]

Acupuncture is a procedure that many people think that they should undergo, but few people actually know exactly what acupuncture is all about, and so they therefore avoid undergoing the treatment. In this article, we’ll do our best to demystify the treatment that is known as acupuncture so that you can feel more informed about [...]

Popularity: 19% [?]

One thing people of all ages share in common are a desire to not feel pain. No one enjoys suffering from pain. Not only does physical pain hurt but also it can affect a person on a psychological level as well as affecting a person socially and decreasing a person’s quality of life. Parents do [...]

Popularity: 20% [?]

Can I just go to an acupuncturist, give him my hand and walk away feeling healthier without having to undress or even lay on a table?  As of 1971, the answer to that question is yes.  Korean hand acupuncture offers the same healing potential as more traditional varieties without any special procedures or time consuming [...]

Popularity: 21% [?]

As night rolls around and you prepare to go to bed is it with the knowledge that you will have a good night’s sleep waking in the morning refreshed? Or are you one of the thirty million American’s who suffer from a sleep disorder? Insomnia comes in many forms. For some insomnia is a failure [...]

Popularity: 18% [?]

By the time we reach our 30s or 40s, most of us no longer enjoy the complexion and the facial skin that we once enjoyed in our youth. Whether the skin that was once radiant is no longer so radiant or whether fine lines or wrinkles have set in, maybe people would like to improve [...]

Popularity: 19% [?]

Traditional Chinese medicine includes a number of different practices. Historically traditional Chine medicine is broken down into eight branches of treatment and these include in no special order: massage therapy (or tui na), acupuncture and moxibustion, Chinese herbal medicine, Chinese food therapy, qigong and related breathing as well as meditation exercises, t’ai chi ch’uan and [...]

Popularity: 23% [?]

Recently, acupuncture has become very successful in the United States and Europe, but the history of acupuncture probably started hundreds of years ago in China.  Although the early history is not well known, the roots of acupuncture in China are very strong.  Some of the history of acupuncture has been gathered by archeologists working in [...]

Popularity: 17% [?]

In the western world today, most people rely on doctors and clinics in order to administer the types of treatment that can help them to get over the things that make them feel under the weather. However, more and more people are turning to acupuncture as a means of helping them to get over sickness; [...]

Popularity: 29% [?]

Equine acupuncture is becoming more prevalent in the Western world. Some horse owners frown on acupuncture as any remedy for their horses, while others swear by this Chinese medical technique. Equine acupuncture has created a great interest in the horse owners associations throughout the world.
The history of equine acupuncture dates back to around 650 B.C. [...]

Popularity: 28% [?]