Acupuncture found to be more effective than conventional treatments at reducing sensory, emotional, and motor damage

( Natural News ) Needles often conjure images of pain. When someone tells you he’s sitting on pins and needles, it means that person is so tense he can hardly relax. But Traditional Chinese Medicine looks at it another way. Practitioners of acupuncture, a technique using several needles to balance the flow of energy or chi in our body, welcome needles as the key to health. They believe energy flows through pathways in our body and putting acupuncture needles in these pathways help the body regain its lost balance. Yes, your body may feel sore after lying on the acupuncturist’s bed for quite some time, but a growing number of scientific evidence shows that the pain is worth it. Their health conditions improve. It comes as no surprise that in the U.S., the National Health Interview Survey covering health experts in the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center , the University of Maryland School of Dentistry and the University of Maryland School of Medicine reports that the number of those who believe in acupuncture has risen over the past five years. More and more Americans are turning to this form alternative medicine for their aches and pains. A recent study shed more light on the role of acupuncture in helping victims of ischemic stroke , which occurs when a blood clot prevents blood from entering the brain following a clot that blocks the said organ’s blood vessels. Researchers experimented on 21 ischemic stroke patients from January 2011 to December 2013 by dividing them into two groups. Group A (11 patients) underwent acupuncture and conventional treatment . Group B (10) patients were confined to conventional treatment. Mother Nature’s micronutrient secret : Organic Broccoli Sprout Capsules now available, delivering 280mg of high-density nutrition, including the extraordinary "sulforaphane" and "glucosinolate" nutrients found […]

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