Acupuncture 'lessens pain in brain not body'.

[Guest guest]

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-brain-not-body-scientists-discover.html

 

Acupuncture works by making the brain, rather than the body, no longer

experience pain, according to new research.

 

Scientists who scanned the brains of volunteers as they were given the Chinese

therapy found it deactivated pathways that govern pain.

 

Complementary medicine expert Dr Hugh MacPherson, of the University of York,

said: " These results provide objective scientific evidence that acupuncture has

specific effects within the brain which hopefully will lead to a better

understanding of how acupuncture works. "

 

The findings, published in Brain Research, suggest acupuncture has a significant

effect on specific nerve structures.

 

Dr MacPherson and colleagues explained when a patient receives acupuncture

treatment a sensation called deqi can be obtained. Scientific analysis showed

this switches off areas within the brain that are associated with the processing

of pain.

 

Dr MacPherson said: " We carried out two tests of acupuncture on our

participants, one where the needles are inserted at a shallow depth which is the

practise in Japan and the other where they went in much deeper which is the

Chinese tradition.

 

" We found 10 out of the 17 experienced 'deqi' while the others didn't, and this

appeared to help in deactivating areas in the brain that are associated with

pain.

 

" The Chinese have been using acupuncture for 2,000 years for wide ranging

illnesses but we have only touched the surface at the moment.

 

" We believe it can help relieve a number of conditions, including depression

which we have recruited 640 people for another study where half will receive

acupuncture and the others counselling. "

 

Last summer acupuncture was recommended for the first time by the drugs watchdog

NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) as a treatment

option for NHS patients with lower back pain.

 

Guidelines now state that GPs should " consider offering a course of acupuncture

comprising a maximum of ten sessions over a period of up to twelve weeks " for

patients with this common condition.

 

Co researcher Dr Aziz Asghar, a neuroscientist at Hull York Medical School,

added: " The results are fascinating. Whether such brain deactivations constitute

a mechanism which underlies or contributes to the therapeutic effect of

acupuncture is an intriguing possibility which requires further research. "

 

The team is currently researching if acupuncture has the ability to successfully

treat irritable bowel syndrome and depression. Previous studies have indicated

the holistic treatment works on knee pain and migraines.

 

Dr MacPherson and colleagues say their research could help to clear the way for

acupuncture to be more broadly accepted as a treatment option on the NHS for a

number of medical conditions.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I believe in Acupuncture and opening up of the channels and chi energies.

working on the Brain.....I have heard somewhere, can't remember where, that

acupuncture can help with a brain cancer person.

A friend of mine has Glioblastoma tumor, very aggressive, but also this person

has lived in fear for a long time of there roomate.

there are many fears involved, and to no end, have we been successful in talking

him into getting out of such a negative enviromnent.

 

Glioblastoma tumor is a very aggressive and will regrow again within a time.

this type tumor when beginning its growth, sends out feelers for blood an oxygen

supply which in turn feeds the tumor and grows.

even if the tumor were surgically somewhat removed, the source of the feeding

comes back.

 

Through acupuncture, I feel there is a way of stopping this and reversing this..

yes? no?

 

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7167362/Acupuncture-lessens-pain-in\

-brain-not-body-scientists-discover.html

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> Acupuncture works by making the brain, rather than the body, no longer

experience pain, according to new research.

>

> Scientists who scanned the brains of volunteers as they were given the Chinese

therapy found it deactivated pathways that govern pain.

>

> Complementary medicine expert Dr Hugh MacPherson, of the University of York,

said: " These results provide objective scientific evidence that acupuncture has

specific effects within the brain which hopefully will lead to a better

understanding of how acupuncture works. "

>

> The findings, published in Brain Research, suggest acupuncture has a

significant effect on specific nerve structures.

>

> Dr MacPherson and colleagues explained when a patient receives acupuncture

treatment a sensation called deqi can be obtained. Scientific analysis showed

this switches off areas within the brain that are associated with the processing

of pain.

>

> Dr MacPherson said: " We carried out two tests of acupuncture on our

participants, one where the needles are inserted at a shallow depth which is the

practise in Japan and the other where they went in much deeper which is the

Chinese tradition.

>

> " We found 10 out of the 17 experienced 'deqi' while the others didn't, and

this appeared to help in deactivating areas in the brain that are associated

with pain.

>

> " The Chinese have been using acupuncture for 2,000 years for wide ranging

illnesses but we have only touched the surface at the moment.

>

> " We believe it can help relieve a number of conditions, including depression

which we have recruited 640 people for another study where half will receive

acupuncture and the others counselling. "

>

> Last summer acupuncture was recommended for the first time by the drugs

watchdog NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) as a

treatment option for NHS patients with lower back pain.

>

> Guidelines now state that GPs should " consider offering a course of

acupuncture comprising a maximum of ten sessions over a period of up to twelve

weeks " for patients with this common condition.

>

> Co researcher Dr Aziz Asghar, a neuroscientist at Hull York Medical School,

added: " The results are fascinating. Whether such brain deactivations constitute

a mechanism which underlies or contributes to the therapeutic effect of

acupuncture is an intriguing possibility which requires further research. "

>

> The team is currently researching if acupuncture has the ability to

successfully treat irritable bowel syndrome and depression. Previous studies

have indicated the holistic treatment works on knee pain and migraines.

>

> Dr MacPherson and colleagues say their research could help to clear the way

for acupuncture to be more broadly accepted as a treatment option on the NHS for

a number of medical conditions.

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