Practitioner

 Zak.Han

Chinese Acupuncture practitioner,Chinese

exarmy doctor,worked

in army hospital 20 years.He specialises in

  back pain relief

This website does not provide specific medical advice and the information provided should not be used as a substitute for seeking medical advice from a registered health practitioner.

Obesity

Simple obesity-general, secondary and other obesity three categories. Simple obesity, and no obvious means of endocrine-metabolic etiology, is divided into obesity and physical access to two types of obesity, acupuncture slimming aimed at simple obesity, and obesity to obtain better results.
     Excessive obesity, on human health is a threat. Body fat accumulation more, the heavier the burden on the heart, and myocardial fatty more easily to cause myocardial injury. Obesity can cause endocrine disorders, lipid increased 67.70 atherosclerosis. Obesity may lead to immune and anti-infection decline. Compared with ordinary people, the cancer a high incidence of times, the high incidence of coronary heart disease five times higher incidence of hypertension 8 times, diabetes high seven times. In recent years, as the material life is rapidly increasing, and changes in the structure of food and reduce the labor intensity, my simple obesity is a growing incidence increased. Currently, the treatment of obesity, more modern Western medicine taken Anorexics and metabolic stimulating agents, the results were not very satisfactory, but more side effects.

Scholars also further explore the mechanism of acupuncture to lose weight. Some of the work confirmed that the ear acupuncture weight loss and changes in taste led to the reduced food intake. The study found that the world's ear acupuncture can McGREGOR allergies, thereby suppressing appetite. The body of the biochemical substances and hormonal changes in the determination that there can diminish appetite specific Otopoint exist, they alter insulin, gastrin secretion. Still, Auricular Acupuncture, a signal along the vagus nerve conduction, while blocking the hypothalamus hunger information, limiting feeding to achieve the purpose of weight loss.

Body acupuncture
     Points
     Main Points : Guanyuan, Sanyinjiao.
     Points allocation :
     Neiguan, Shuifen, Tianshu, Fenglong, Lieque, Pishu, Qvchi, Zhigou, Daheng, Siman, Neiting, Fujie, Zhigou, Zhongzhu, Daimai, Xuehai, Shenshu, Taixi

Body acupuncture

    Prescription: Quchi (LI 11), Shangjuxu (ST 37), Neiting ( ST 44 ), Yinlingquan ( SP 9 ) and Sanyinjiao (SP 6).

    Modification: For heat in the stomach and intestines: Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36) and Fenglong (ST 40) are added; for asthenia of stomach and spleen qi, Pishu (BL 20), Weishu (BL 21), Zusanli (ST 36) and Taibai (SP 3) are added; for insufficiency of renal primordial qi, Zhong-wan (CV 12), Guanyuan (CV 4) and Sanjiaoshu (BL 22) are added; for constipation, Tianshu ( ST 25 ), Zhigou (TE 6) and Yanglingquan (GB 34) are added; for profuse sweating, Zhongwan (CV 12), Shangwan (CV 13) and Zusanli (ST 36 ) are added; for somnolence, Zhaohai (KI 6), Shenmai (BL 62) and Tianshu (ST 25) are added; for abdominal distension, Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Xiajuxu (ST 39) and Wangu (SI 4) are added; for palpita-tion and shortness of breath, Shenmen (HT 7), Neiguan (PC 6) and Jugue (CV 14) are added. For thirst with pol-ydipsia, Zusanli (ST 36), Chengjiang (CV 24) and Taixi (KI 3) are added; for edema of lower limbs, Shangqiu (SP 5), Shuifen (CV 9) and Sanjiaoshu (BL 22) are add-ed; for irregular menstruation, Xuehai (SP 10), Diji (SP 8) and Ququan (LR 8) are added; for impotence, Shenshu (BL 23), Mingmen (GV 4) and Guanyuan (CV 4) are added.

    Performance: Heat in the stomach and intestines is treated with reducing needling technique; asthenia of spleen and stomach qi or insufficiency of renal primordial qi is treated with reinforcing or mild reinforcing and re-ducing needling techniques. In the early stage 4 - 5 acu-points are selected each time. Eventually ten or more acu-points are selected for each treatment. Deep needling is required for all acupoints except the ones on the limbs.

 Causes of Obesity

Author: Charles Goldie

Let's face it the world has definitely become larger where the size of the people are concerned. More people of all ages are weighing in as being obese. People no longer look to the Barbie doll as being the model for the average woman. So what are the causes of obesity? There are many factors that can be a part of the causes for obesity.

* Fast paced life styles- This plays a huge factor in people becoming over weight. The busier the person the more prone they are to grabbing food on the run. That means that they will be more likely to stop at fast food places or just grab a bag of chips to satisfy their hunger. This is a sure fire way to pack on the pounds and people often do not pay attention to their weight until it is too late.

* Medical issues- there are many underlying medical conditions that can be the cause of obesity in some people. Some people are too afraid to go to the doctor out of fear or embarrassment for letting themselves go. They do not even realize that they may have some sort of medical issue that can be the cause. Often times if the medical issue is resolved then the weight will start to fall off with little effort.

* Medicine- there are a number of medicines that can help a person pack on the pounds with steroids being near the top of the list. When a person is on steroids they sometimes get uncontrollable urges to eat. This can lead to binge eating. There have even been reports of sleeping pills causing people to get up and wander in the night to eat without even remembering doing so. It is important to talk with your doctor about the side effects of the medications that you are on.

* Lack of exercise- many people get into the habit of sitting in front of their computers or televisions and they just don't get up and moving. People that are stuck behind a desk from 9 to 5 have a higher rate of being obese then those who aren't in desk jobs.

No matter what the reason is for the obesity it is certain that the world needs to learn to get things under control. Make sure you talk with your doctor about your obesity and he or she can put you on the right track to curing the problem.

 Do acupuncture works for fecal incontinence ?

Copyright(c) 2005-2007 Bristol Chinese Pain Relief acupuncture. All rights reserved.