Why acupuncture?

The Chinese system of medicine is quite intricate, especially in the way that it is suggested that our organs and mental symptoms are related.
Traditionally, Western scientists and medical practitioners have been suspicious about the nature of this traditional healing method.

However, some interesting parallels between Western and traditional Chinese medicine have been observed over recent years. As an example, with reference to our earlier example of the relationship between the heart and the kidney, Western medicine has now observed that when one suffers from severe heart problems, kidney failure is often quite close behind.

Whilst this is a relatively recent discovery in the West, this connection between the two organs was established many centuries ago in traditional Chinese medicine.
More than 10,000 studies have been conducted into the scientific basis of the effectiveness of acupuncture. It should, therefore, be no surprise that the science of acupuncture is evolving as scientists are taking a renewed interest in this centuries old science.

Because of this, it is now a highly respected, yet intriguing mode of healing. There are several contemporary scientific theories that argue the case of acupuncture.
There are in fact changes that happen in our bodies when acupuncture is performed. Consider the scientific theories below as evidence of this truth:

Studies using radioactive tracers have shown that acupuncture channels or meridians are in fact distinct channels that are separate from blood vessels and lymph vessels.

Acupuncture points on the body generally have a higher electrical resistance than surrounding tissue.

The conduction of electricity through our bodies is faster through the meridians than it is through the rest of the body.

An electrical charge initiated at one acupoint can be received at a distant point on the same meridian.

The acupuncture needle can act as an antenna and attract electromagnetic energy to pass it into tissue.

Acupuncture also makes the brain release neuropeptides that are helpful in relieving pain.

Another theory claims that needles can jam the pathways and prevent pain signals from reaching the brain