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Re: Acupuncture and depression

Posted by Tenifer on November 4, 2005, at 21:18:07

In reply to Re: Acupuncture and depression, posted by FireBreather on October 22, 2005, at 0:19:24

Acupuncture works for anxiety and depression.

I have seen two acupuncturists. The first practiced Japanese Acupuncture. To be honest, I didn't see much benefit despite having had many treatments with him. In retrospect, after seeing how my current acupuncturist works, he didn't seem consistent in his treatment.

I now see an acupunturist who practicies both Japanese and Chinese styles. He has 26 years of experience and is very consistent in his treatment.

He uses an electrical stimulation device on my ears and then puts needles in my legs (below the knees) and arms. Sometimes he puts a single needle in my forehead. None of this is painful. A slight stick and then nothing. Maybe a very dull ache. You can't feel them after they're in.

I don't usually feel anything from it in terms of anxiety reduction or depression until that evening and the next day. Let me tell you though, the first time I was awestruck! Things just lifted so suddenly I was amazed! I didn't think itcould be the acupuncture..I thought I had a spontaneous improvement. Anyway, it lasted about 2 days the first time and that was a couple of weeks ago. My treatment was interrupted so I'm still at about the same level.

Traditional Chinese medicine is best done as a combination of Acupuncture and herbs for best effect. It has been stuidied and found to be as, if not more effective, than synthetics. It is a very adaptable and tailorable treatment.

I just started taking herbs again a few days ago to augment the acupuncture. This is my second run as I experienced an interruption (wish I hadn't but that the way things go). The first time I felt improvement and was just starting to see pronounced gains when I ran out due to this interruption. This go 'round things are uncertain but I'm continuing with them for a while longer.

They are gentler on your body than synthetics so they are a logical place to start. I can always scale up to synthetics if I get an unsatisfactory response. For the record, I had tried Paxil and Effexor and both made me considerably worse.

There are thousands of herbs in the chinese pharmacopea so I am confident that something will work for me if what I'm taking doesn't.

At present I am taking a product called "Modified Eleven Flavors Warm the Gallbladder" manufactured by Blue Poppy Enterprises. They are only available to acupuncturists and chinese herbalists. You can listen to an audio description (it IS confusing the way they view the body) and read about its use here.

http://www.bluepoppy.com/

In addition to the herbs, they have tons of reserch materials that attest to the effectiveness of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and favorably compares TCM to western treatments.

http://www.chinesemedicalpsychiatry.com/

Note: both sites were down when I composed this but keep trying. The studies are well worth reading.

Hope this has helped someone!

May the grace of God and Jesus be upon each of you as you navigate to eventual healing.

David


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