Can my child have acupuncture treatment?

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A lot of parents today are turning to acupuncture for their children due to the fact that it is alternative way of promoting or encouraging the body healing itself. With today’s modern methods of acupuncture, which include painless acupuncture, the inclusion of children in its use has never been so welcoming.

Yan Acupuncture Clinic uses specially designed very fine and painless acupuncture needles for children even as young as a day old. Letting your child undergo an acupuncture treatment could even be a lesson in open-mindedness, showing them that there is more than one way to tackle a problem and reminding them to be open to them. But before you set up an appointment with just any acupuncture practitioner, make sure that they’re registered with a professional medical body in your region. If you’re in Australia, you can check with the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia for clinics and/or practitioners registered to practice Chinese medicine.

Yan Acupuncture Clinic is registered under Dr. Yan Li, Chinese Medicine Registration number: CHR000172170.

Would Acupuncture help my symptoms during pregnancy?

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Under normal circumstances, pregnancy will not cause a healthy woman any problems. However, if a woman has a pre-existing tendency to blood/yin deficiency or to a kidney deficiency, then problems may develop during pregnancy because such deficiency will be accentuated.

There are many symptoms during the pregnancy mainly due to deficiency of the qi and blood and Kidney, stagnation of Qi, and spleen deficiency and phlegm, such as: Hyperemesis gravidarum is a condition similar to a severe form of morning sickness; bleeding or spotting in the early months of pregnancy; exhaustion, migraine headaches, heartburn and many other symptoms associated with pregnancy; emotions; lower back pain, hip pain and leg pain during the pregnancy; and many others.

The Acupuncture treatment will focus on the following main principles during the pregnancy: nourishing blood and tonify the kidneys; Move the Qi and eliminate stagnation; tonify the spleen and resolve phlegm.

Well-trained professional acupuncturists should check your medical history, conditions and Pulse and Tongue carefully during the consultation. The points they are selecting are also important, since there are certain acupuncture points are forbidden in pregnancy. In addition to these, points below the umbilicus should not be used at any time during the pregnancy, while points above the umbilicus may be used during the first trimester but not after that.

Pregnant women should take particular care with their lifestyle. She should avoid overwork in the sense of working long hours without rest, rest enough, avoid physical over-excretion and lifting or jumping, avoid high-altitude places and have enough sleep. She should avoid too tight clothing. She should avoid emotional stress, worry and anger. She should eat nourishing but easily digestible food; avoid too hot, spicy, salty, greasy food.

Qi Vitality and Chinese medicine

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A major functional concept from traditional Chinese medicine is Qi. We will refer primarily to its expression as energy. The Qi concept gives us a measure for the vitality of a person, object, or state. If Qi or certain food is of good quality, then the food will taste better and impart more Qi to the individual who consumes it. In a person, good Qi is manifested an ability to accomplish things, lack of obstruction in the body, better functioning of the internal organs, and so on. To further understand Qi, which itself is Yang quality, it is helpful to understand its Yin counterpart – Blood. Blood is Yin and the “mother of Qi”, since the nutrients in blood support and nurture Qi. At the same time Qi leads and direct for the blood to be formed and to circulate.

Whatever manifests in a person does so with that type of Qi. Someone who is graceful, for instance, has harmonious Qi; weak people lack qi; those who have strong abundant Qi; people with pure, clean minds have “refined” as opposed to “confused” Qi. Thus Qi is not only the energy behind these states of being but the intrinsic energy/substance of these states. The Qi concept, then, provides a way to describe every aspect of life.

For therapeutic point of view, there are several functional aspects of Qi. It is warming and is the source of all movement; it protects the body, flows through the acupuncture channels, and maintains activity of the body systems and organs. Sources of Qi in the body are tree-fold: from food, from the air we breathe, and from the essence of the kidneys, some part of which we are born with.

How well we utilize qi from these sources depends on how we live and on our attitudes. Qi is also transferred between people in interactions of every kind. The Qi of the cook permeates the food. Exercise, herbal therapy, acupuncture, and awareness practices such as meditation are traditional ways of clearing obstructions and maximizing Qi flow.

Qi that stagnation causes accumulations resulting in obesity, tumors, cysts, cancers, and the multitude of viral and east-related diseases that plague those with sedentary lives and refined, rich diets.

The Qi of body can be accurately measured and regulated by the diagnostic and therapeutic methods of Chinese medicine.

Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture

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If you’re reading this, you’ve most likely decided that a procedure as drastic as a surgical face lift is not for you and you’d rather go with something less invasive. Here we will compare and contrast the pros and cons of both procedures in the hopes of helping you decide which is best for you.

Cosmetic acupuncture on the other hand is an ancient Chinese practice that has been in existence since the Sung Dynasty (960-1279 AD) and was performed on the Empresses and Emperor’s concubines. It has its roots in Traditional Chinese medicine where the focus of treatment is the root of the symptom or illness which allows for an overall balance of body, mind and spirit.

HOW DO THEY WORK?
Facial acupuncture, also known as cosmetic acupuncture or acupuncture facelift, is a procedure involving the gentle insertion of thin needles into specific points on the face to induce the flow of blood and encourage the production of collagen, a protein in found in connective tissue that your body uses to keep your skin youthful and elastic. The increased blood flow rehydrates, nourishes, tones and reduces the appearance of facial wrinkles in addition to tightening pores and improving muscle tone. In advanced facial acupuncture, your body’s energy is further strengthened by the insertion of needles in the arms, legs and body helping to fulfil a complete treatment that which balances the improvement of the external beauty by strengthen the internal energies that influence it.

BENEFITS
Cosmetic acupuncture benefits both your internal and external being. If you have any other symptoms that present themselves, they are also normally addressed, leading to a more holistic treatment overall. The most visible of benefits are the improvement of muscle tone, elimination of fine lines, the reduction in sagging jowls, tightening of the neck, lifting drooping eyelids, tightening pores and improving facial colour, leaving your skin rejuvenated. It does not require anaesthesia.

DRAWBACKS AND SIDE EFFECTS
Cosmetic acupuncture’s biggest drawback is the number of sessions it takes to make collagen permanent. Each session can take up to 60 minutes, with a recommended 10 sessions of initial treatment recommended by the Cosmetic Acupuncture Association. This can make it a little costly with each session costing between $120 to $150. The side effects of acupuncture might include bruising and puffiness

CONCLUSIONS
Having looked at the two and seeing just how different one is from the other, the decision on which treatment to undergo is entirely up to you. It will most likely boil down to how quickly you want to see results and the permanence of said results.

Yan Acupuncture Clinic offers you facial rejuvenation acupuncture treatments as well as Chinese herbs, which can be combined with the acupuncture treatments. We welcome your questions in relation to the treatments we offer.