Martes, Setyembre 17, 2013

Cure your Insomnia and Sleep Disorders with Acupuncture


Insomnia is considered one of the most common complaints seen by acupuncturists, and acupuncture can be highly effective at resolving it. But even if you do not recognize or consider your sleep a problem, acupuncture treatment has a tendency to give you more restful nights.



Owing to today's fast paced stressed-out world, there is an increase in cases of insomnia and sleep disorders. A number of people are facing so many sleepless nights thus they are taking sleep medications. But this can have side effects and an addictive nature that can be harmful to anyone.

Insomnia is considered one of the most common complaints seen by acupuncturists, and acupuncture can be highly effective at resolving it. But even if you do not recognize or consider your sleep a problem, acupuncture treatment has a tendency to give you more restful nights.



 

Traditional Chinese medicine understands the significance and importance of sufficient sleep for the well being of physical, psychological and spiritual self. TCM regards insomnia as an imbalance of heart functions. Stagnation of Qi (pronounced “chee”) can be due to stress and poor diet and this stagnation travels like “fire” to your heart which can result in malfunctioning of the heart. The damage done by the fire eventually leads to insomnia and sleep disorders.


How Effective is Acupuncture in Del Mar, CA for Treating Insomnia and Sleeping Disorders?

Acupuncture has been used very successfully by practitioners of TCM against insomnia, sans any kind of side effects of prescription or over-the-counter sleep aids.

The benefits can be as follows:


  • Inadequate sleep can lead to poor job performance, impaired judgment, and severe accidents while driving or operating any type of machinery. However, with regular sessions of acupuncture, you can experience improved sleep which in turn means good health. 
  • Acupuncture for insomnia works by taking action against root causes of insomnia in your body that are responsible for causing the condition. Hence, those who use acupuncture for insomnia not only attain better sleep, but also achieve an overall enhancement of physical and mental health.
    • The therapy sessions entail the insertion of very fine needles into specific points on the surface of your body. These points lie along the energy meridians of Qi flow. During the acupuncture session, those points are triggered, and flow is unblocked – hence, resulting in positive physical and emotional changes in the body.

    • Sleep is essential as well as important in order to maintain the smooth flow of Qi and body harmony. Insufficient sleep might act to compel your body to produce stress hormones like adrenaline and cortisol in excess. This might cause you to be nervous and more aggressive. With increased levels of cortisol due to persistent stress, it can also lead to high blood pressure, an inefficient immune system and drastic weight gain.

    There is not one common prescription for taking up acupuncture to treat insomnia. Your professional acupuncturist will chalk out a unique treatment plan for your particular condition. This will affect a different set of meridians or points specific to your individual health concerns.

  • Electro-Acupuncture

    According to a study conducted by researchers at the Shandong Provincial Hospital of Shandong, an innovative form of acupuncture – Electro-Acupuncture has been indicated to be useful for enhancing the sleep quality in patients suffering from insomnia. The study also showed that acupuncture treatment for insomnia might help you to get better quality of sleep as compared to the medication alone to treat insomnia.

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