Kungani Kufanele Uzame I-Acupuncture—Ngisho Noma Ungakudingi Ukukhululwa Ezinhlungwini

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• Akuzona Zonke Izinaliti Ezilinganayo
• Kukhona Inguqulo Entsha, Enamandla Kakhudlwana
• Kunezinzuzo Ezengeziwe Ekuthengelweni Kwezinhlungu Kunokusizakala Kwezinhlungu Nje
• Amazinga Aphakeme
• Uma Ungekho Kuzinaliti ... Hlangana, Imbewu Yezindlebe
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Umuthi olandelayo ovela kudokotela wakho ungahle wenzelwe ukutshopa esikhundleni semithi yezinhlungu. Njengoba isayensi iqhubeka ikhombisa ukuthi ukwelashwa kwamaShayina asendulo kungasebenza njengezidakamizwa, odokotela abaningi bayakuvuma ukuba semthethweni kwakho. Ngasikhathi sinye, ukutholwa okusha okuthokozisayo mayelana nokuthi ukusebenza kwe-acupuncture kusebenza kanjani futhi kukhulisa ukuma kwayo njengokwelashwa okuhle kweqiniso. "Kunocwaningo oluningi lwekhwalithi olusekela ukusetshenziswa kwe-acupuncture ezimweni eziningi zezempilo," kusho uJoseph F. Audette, M.D., isikhulu somnyango wokuphathwa kwezinhlungu e-Atrius Health eBoston kanye noprofesa osizayo e-Harvard Medical School. (Okuhlobene: Ingabe i-Myotherapy ye-Pain Relief Iyasebenza Ngempela?)

Okokuqala, ucwaningo olusha olusha oluvela e-Indiana University School of Medicine luthole ukuthi i-acupuncture ikhuthaza ukukhululwa kwama-stem cells, angasiza ukulungisa ama-tendon nezinye izicubu, futhi akhiqize izinto ezilwa nokuvuvukala ezihambisana nokuphulukiswa. Ngokuya ngocwaningo olwenziwe e-UCLA Medical Center, izinaliti zenza ukuthi isikhumba sibangele ukukhishwa kwama-molecule we-nitric oxide-igesi ethuthukisa ukusakazwa kwemithambo yegazi emincane kunayo yonke esikhunjeni. Ngokuphatha izinto ezingasiza ubuhlungu obudabukisayo nokunciphisa ukuvuvukala, le microcirculation ibalulekile enqubweni yokuphulukisa, kusho uShengXing Ma, M.D., Ph.D., umbhali oholayo.

I-acupuncture ibuye ibe nomthelela omkhulu ohlelweni lwakho lwezinzwa, ikwehlise ukuze umzimba wakho uvuseleleke ngokushesha, kusho uDkt Audette. Lapho kufakwa inaliti, kuvusa izinzwa ezincane ngaphansi kwesikhumba, kususe ukusabela kochungechunge okuvala impi yakho noma impendulo yendiza. Ngenxa yalokho, amazinga akho okucindezeleka ayehla. "Ngokuyinhloko okufanele kwenzeke uma uzindla, ngaphandle kokuthi kunamandla futhi kushesha ngokwengeziwe," kusho uDkt. Audette. "Ukuhlinzwa ngokutholwa kuthambisa imisipha yakho, kwehlisa izinga lokushaya kwenhliziyo yakho, futhi kwehlise ukuvuvukala ukukhuthaza ukwelashwa." (Olunye ucwaningo luthole ukuthi i-acupuncture ne-yoga zombili zidambisa izinhlungu zasemhlane. Nakhu konke odinga ukukwazi ngaphambi kokuhlela ukwelashwa kwakho.

Akuzona Zonke Izinaliti Ezilinganayo

Kunezinhlobo ezintathu ezivame ukutholakala zokuthwebula: isiShayina, isiJapane, nesiKorea, kusho uDkt Audette. (Futhi bheka: Okufanele Ukwazi Ngezinaliti Ezomile.) Isisekelo esiyisisekelo sabo bonke ukuthi izinaliti zifakwa ezindaweni ezithile zokutshopa okucatshangwa ukuthi zihlobene nezitho zomzimba ezihambisanayo. Umehluko omkhulu usezinalweni uqobo kanye nokubekwa kwazo. Izinaliti zamaShayina ziyajiya futhi zifakwa ngokujule esikhunjeni; odokotela bavame ukusebenzisa izinaliti eziningi ngeseshini ngayinye futhi bavale indawo ebanzi kuwo wonke umzimba. Inqubo yaseJapane isebenzisa izinaliti ezincanyana, ezifakwa kancane esikhunjeni, zigxile esiswini, emuva, nasezindaweni ezimbalwa eziyisihluthulelo kuhlelo lwe-meridian, inethiwekhi enjengewebhu yamaphoyinti okushaya ngomzimba emzimbeni wakho wonke. Kwezinye izitayela ze-Korean acupuncture, kusetshenziswa izinaliti ezine ezincanyana futhi zibekwe ngamasu, kuya ngesimo ozama ukuselapha.

Zonke izinhlobo ezintathu zinezinzuzo, kepha uma unovalo ngokuzwa kwezinaliti, izitayela zaseJapan noma zaseKorea zingaba yindawo enhle yokuqala. (Okuhlobene: Kungani Ukukhishwa Kwemithi Kungikhalisa?)

Kukhona Inguqulo Entsha, Enamandla Kakhudlwana

I-Electroacupuncture iya ngokuya yande kakhulu e-U.S. Ekuthonyeni kwendabuko, lapho izinaliti sezibekiwe esikhunjeni, udokotela uyaziginqa noma aziphathe ngesandla ukuze zivuselele izinzwa. Nge-electroacupuncture, amandla kagesi agijima phakathi kwezinaliti ezimbili ukufeza umphumela ofanayo. “Kunobufakazi obuningi obubonisa ukuthi i-electroacupuncture ikhipha ama-endorphin ukuze iqede ubuhlungu,” kusho uDkt. Audette. "Futhi, cishe uqinisekisiwe ngempendulo esheshayo, kanti i-manual acupuncture ithatha isikhathi esiningi nokunakwa." Okubi kuphela? Kwezinye iziguli ezintsha, ukuzwa-ukushaya kwemisipha lapho izinkontileka zamanje-kungathatha ukujwayela okuncane. U-Allison Heffron, udokotela onamandla onelayisense nodokotela wezokwelapha e-Physio Logic, isikhungo sempilo esihlanganisayo eBrooklyn, uthi udokotela wakho angadudula i-current kuze kancane ukukusiza ukuyibekezelela noma uqale ngokuthwebula ngesandla bese udlulela ohlotsheni lwe-electro ngemuva izikhathi ezimbalwa ukuze ukwazi ukujwayela.

Kunezinzuzo Ezengeziwe Ekuthengelweni Kwezinhlungu Kunokusizakala Kwezinhlungu Nje

Imiphumela ye-analgesic ye-acupuncture inamandla futhi ifundwe kahle. Kepha ucwaningo olukhulayo luveza ukuthi izinzuzo zalo zibanzi kakhulu kunendlela odokotela abacabanga ngayo. Isibonelo, abagulayo bokungezwani komzimba abaqale ukuhlinza ngaphambi kwenkathi yempova bakwazi ukuyeka ukuthatha ama-antihistamine ezinsukwini eziyisishiyagalolunye ngokushesha ngokwesilinganiso kunalabo abangazange bayisebenzise, ​​ngokusho kocwaningo olwenziwe eCharité-University Hospital Berlin. (Nazi ezinye izindlela zokususa izimpawu zokungezwani komzimba nezinkathi ezithile zonyaka.) Ezinye izifundo zikhombisile ukuthi lo mkhuba ungaba wusizo ezindabeni zamathumbu, kufaka phakathi isifo samathumbu esibuhlungu.

Ucwaningo lwakamuva luye lwathola izinzuzo ezinamandla ezingokwengqondo ngokushopa. Kunganciphisa imizwa yengcindezi kuze kube izinyanga ezintathu ngemuva kokwelashwa, ngokusho kocwaningo olwenziwe e-Arizona State University. Isizathu semiphumela yaso ehlala isikhathi eside ingahle ihlobene ne-HPA axis, uhlelo olulawula ukusabela kwethu ekucindezelekeni. Ocwaningweni lwezilwane e-Georgetown University Medical Center, amagundane acindezeleke isikhathi eside anikezwa i-electroacupuncture ayenamazinga aphansi kakhulu amahomoni aziwa aqhuba ukulwa noma ukusabela kwendiza komzimba uma kuqhathaniswa nalawo angazange akuthole ukwelashwa.

Futhi lokho kungahle kube ukuklwebheka ubuso bokuthi yini i-acupuncture engayenza. Ososayensi baphinde babheka lo mkhuba njengendlela yokunciphisa imvamisa ye-migraine, ukwenza ngcono izimpawu ze-PMS, ukunciphisa ukuqwasha, ukukhulisa ukusebenza kwezindlela zokudangala, ukwehlisa umfutho wegazi kubantu abane-hypertension, nokunciphisa imiphumela emibi yezidakamizwa ze-chemotherapy. Ngenkathi ucwaningo oluningi lusesezigabeni zokuqala, lukhomba ekusaseni eliqhakazile lale mpatho yasendulo.

Amazinga Aphakeme

Njengoba i-acupuncture iba yinsakavukela, izidingo ezisetshenziselwa ukuqinisekisa odokotela ziba nzima kakhulu. "Inani lamahora okufundisa okungewona odokotela okufanele bawafake ukuze bafanelekele ukuhlolwa kwezitifiketi zebhodi liye lenyuka kancane kancane, lisuka emahoreni angu-1,700 okuqeqeshwa laya emahoreni angu-2,100 - lokho cishe iminyaka emithathu kuya kwemine yokufunda i-acupuncture," kusho uDkt Audette. Futhi ama-MD amaningi nawo aqeqeshwa ukugcotshwa. Ukuze uthole udokotela ongcono kunabo bonke endaweni yakho, thintana ne-American Academy of Medical Acupuncture, umphakathi okhokhelayo odinga ukuthi kufakwe isitifiketi esingeziwe. Odokotela kuphela asebenze iminyaka emihlanu futhi abanikeza izincwadi zokusekelwa ezivela kontanga yabo abangabhalwa esizeni senhlangano.

Uma Ungekho Kuzinaliti ... Hlangana, Imbewu Yezindlebe

Izindlebe zinenethiwekhi yazo yamaphoyinti okushaya, kusho uHeffron. Abasebenzi bangafaka izindlebe njengoba benza wonke umzimba wakho, noma babeke imbewu yendlebe, ubuhlalu obuncane bokunamathela obucindezela amaphuzu ahlukene, ukuze kube nemiphumela ehlala njalo ngaphandle kokwelashwa. "Imbewu yezindlebe inganciphisa ikhanda nobuhlungu beqolo, inciphise isicanucanu, nokuningi," kusho uHeffron. (Ungabuthenga ubuhlalu ku-inthanethi, kodwa u-Heffron uthi kufanele uhlale ubenza bubekwe udokotela. Nansi yonke imininingwane ngembewu yezindlebe kanye nokutshopa izindlebe.)

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