Electro-Acupuncture Medicine

Electro-acupuncture is the featured therapy at the clinic of Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine, LLC in Coventry, RI. This article is a simple overview of the benefits and how it works.

Electro-Acupuncture is a medical procedure performed by an acupuncturist to stimulate the body’s natural healing abilities.

Each day, cells in the human body are dying and being replaced. Cells, forming all the complex structures in the body such as skin, muscles, bone, organs, and blood require energy and nutrients to maintain health, grow and function. In Traditional Chinese Medicine including acupuncture, energy is called qi (pronounced ‘chee’) and nutrients are called gu qi (pronounce ‘goo chee’).

The normal operating state of a healthy cell is -20.8mv (millivolts). This state increases to -50mv when a cell is diseased.

Acupuncture channels are pathways or groupings of tissue structures that directs the flow of this subtle energy called qi within the body. Some tissue structures are more highly conductive than others such as the epineural coverings of nerves and the fibrous membranes of blood vessels. Acupuncture needles are inserted into specific points along a channel to therapeutically influence the energy flow that a channel provides to related tissues and organs.

Acupuncture stimulates the circulation of energy and blood to help restore and normalize cellular health and function. Applying electrical stimulation to acupuncture needles (electro-acupuncture) boosts these therapeutic effects.

Additional therapeutic effects include using specific frequencies that can have a beneficial influence on healing and body function. For example, one part of the nervous system responds to stress/activity – sympathetic nervous system (SNS). Another part of the nervous system responds by restoring and recovering from stress/rest – parasympathetic nervous system (PNS). The body can get stuck in a stress response pattern. This can cause the sympathetic nervous system to dominant and block or diminish PNS function and its ability to heal, restore and recovery. Stress breaks down the body and rest builds it back up. As you can imagine, turning down the stress response and turning up the healing response can be very beneficial to improving health and healing.

Some higher frequencies used in electro-acupuncture can increase blood flow in tissue while lower frequencies can help the body produce natural pain killers (endorphins) and anti-inflammatories (ACTH – a precursor to cortisol).

Electro-acupuncture is different from TENS (Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation). TENS pads are placed on the surface of the skin, but electro-acupuncture bypasses the skin with a needle to target more sensitive tissue structures such as nerves and blood vessels. A needle is gently inserted in a precise location called an acupoint. A clip is then attached to the needle from an electrical device. This gentle electrical stimulation is slowly turned up to the patient’s comfort level and then the patient is left to rest comfortably for 20 to 30 minutes.

Main Factors that Drain Energy and Health:

Scars – can disrupt tissue structures and block energy flow into the surrounding tissue.

Thyroid health – thyroid is a master gland with a wide-ranging influence on body health and healing.

Adrenal health – another important gland particularly important for managing inflammation and handling stress.

Stomach / Small Intestine Organ health – these are the primary organs with the ability to digest food and absorb nutrients. They are fundamental to obtain the building blocks to heal, restore and rejuvenate the body’s health. Many health issues will not improve until digestive function improves.

Dental – a variety of dental issues including extractions, root canals, impacted teeth and amalgam-mercury fillings can lead to silent infections and drain energy from specific acupuncture channels. This can have a great and unexpected impact on the health and function of tissue influenced by those channels.

Immune / Toxins / Allergies – Toxins come in many forms – the air we breathe, the food we eat and the electro-magnetic radiation bombarding us every day. These toxins can drain energy and stress our immune response creating an excessive inflammatory pattern leading to all sorts health issues. Chronic pain, digestive discomfort, fatigue, irritability, skin problems, mental fogginess – all can be connected to toxins and limit our ability to maintain good levels of health and healing.

Emotions – emotions are like energy patterns vibrating in the body. The ups and downs of emotions are normal but when chronic can block energy flow, deplete nutrients, and dysregulate hormones and organ function.

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