Statistics say:

Hi everyone, how are you doing? I´ve been pretty with tons of homework, but still I manage to give a break and dance and have fun; you too should give each other a time to relax and have peace, so we can continue with the quite harsh week of exams. Well today I am going to write about what the statistics say about acupuncture, what the people have responded to different surveys and with different purposes.

Many times we believe everything the people say, we just hear what my cousin or my neighbor told me and we go an experiment, instead of searching and make sure that what had been told is true and has a consistent background.

The founder of the Pulse of Oriental Medicine, Brian B. Carter, has investigate and found out as follows: “According to a small National Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) survey (1), an estimated 10% of Americans have tried acupuncture, and of those who haven't, two-thirds would consider it. If true, this would mean about 30 million Americans have tried acupuncture, which is amazing, considering it's only been in the U.S. for 30 years, and there are only about 15,000 acupuncturists, many of whom have only been licensed in the last 10 years” (Carter). This statistics show a big number of Americans that believe in the Chinese culture and traditions, and demonstrates that little by little we are having a more intercontinental friendship.

“In 2001, Members for the British Acupuncture Council surveyed 132 acupuncture patients, and found that:

·   Their physical symptoms were relieves 75% of the time.

·   Their emotional and mental symptoms 67% of the time.}
·   In addition, 54% felt “inner life changes”

·    27% experienced “major life changes”
·   42% of the patients changed their reason for coming at some point during the course of their treatment” (Carter).

All this statistics show how the alternative medicine has been taking place all around the world, and how it has been getting more effective each time. We should start been part of this people that has chosen the alternative medicine, instead of the pills and injections, that maybe they cure but they also damage another organ.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 Thank you, Ilse Galván

Bibliography

Carter, Brian Benjamin. Acupuncture Stadistics. 15 de June de 2004. 31 de August de 2011 <http://www.pulsemed.org/acupuncture-statistics.htm>.

Acupuncture´s History

Hey guys, how you´re holding up? Too much homework and projects right? Well I don´t know about you, but I´m pretty tired, and I´ve been very busy these couple of weeks… Well let´s get to what concerns us and that is what I am going to post here. Today I am going to tell you about the history of acupuncture, I know is boring but I think we should know more about from where does acupuncture comes.

Acupuncture started approximately 2000 years ago, and the first report of this practice is written in a medical text named Huangdi Neijing, that means, Yellow Emperor´s Inner Canon.

These technical began as warriors in their battles hurt themselves because of the arrow keys and needed to be cured, so they began to use stones with sharp-pointed in the woundsall this during the Shang dynasty.

Later with the passage of time and the new contributions to metallurgy, the stones were replaced with needles. After acupuncture was spread by all Korea, Japan and the East, and had a great boom in all these places. 

Little by little this medicine was taking life elsewhere in the world such as Europe and America, however, advances in medicine have superseded this practice so it is these places is not so common practice as some others. This medicine was primarily influenced by the philosophy and Asian culture, so it is very practiced today and is used as a "therapy" with medications.

Here are some pictures about acupuncture´s history. 

Acupuncture

Hi everyone! During this time (semester) I will be posting stuff about acupuncture, because I considered it a good method to decrease the amount of stress and to reduce pain, and also because is an alternative medicine, where you´re not forced to take any pills, and also I´ll be writing about this because is the topic I choose for my English class, I hope you like what I post.

Well, what is acupuncture? “Acupuncture is the practice of inserting thin needles into specific body points to improve health and well-being. It originated in China more than 2,000 years ago. American practices of acupuncture use medical traditions from China, Japan, Korea and other countries” (Medicine). Most of the time the acupuncture is use to relieve pain, to cure some kind of disease, stress and even for infertility.

Most of the people choose this kind of alternative medicine, because as I said before you don´t need to take any kind of pills to eliminate your pain since the needles are the ones who make this happen.

I will share a family experience. I have an aunt who had a problem in her back lumbar (lower back), then at times when for whatever reason he crouched, her back locked and she could not get up and the pain was so intense that she could not stop crying and could not move, then a relative or friend of hers recommended acupuncture and as she made ​​an appointment and when she got to the place was hunched in pain, then they have laid the needles and let her sleep about 1 hour and when she wake up she got up and leave the place and with her back well and without any pain.

Bibliography

Medicine, NIH: National Center for Complementary and Alternative. Medline Plus. 20 of April of 2011. 12 of August of 2011 .

xoxo, Ilse Galván