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  1. #acupuncture #interstitium

    "Inside the Interstitium, the Human Body’s Hidden Pathways

    Acupuncture is used to treat conditions as varied as chronic pain, migraines, seasonal allergies and nausea caused by chemotherapy, but some of its actions have never been completely explained. The discovery of the interstitium may help us understand in modern biomedical terms how acupuncture works.

    The principles of the practice invoke two circulating elements: chi and blood.

    Traditional Chinese medicine describes chi as flowing along one of 12 main tracks, called meridians.

    Acupuncturists insert small needles into specific points on the body to enhance the flow of chi.

    In a 2002 study, Helene Langevin and Jason Yandow mapped the locations of acupuncture points in the arms to the fascia between and around muscles.
    These acupuncture points have since been found to lie within the same areas of connective tissue where fluid flows through the interstitium.

    A 2019 paper by researchers in China, led by Dr. Hongyi Li, explains how they injected chemical tracers into acupuncture points in the hands and feet of cadavers and used chest compressions to push fluid through the bodies.

    Fluorescent photography enabled them to see the tracers traveling toward the heart within interstitial spaces of the arms and legs. Li and colleagues clearly recognized, just as Wells and Theise did, that they had glimpsed evidence of an interstitial circulation system.

    If acupuncture points seem to reside within the interstitium, could the meridians run through the interstitium as well?

    In 2021, a group of researchers conducted a similar experiment in China on living subjects, injecting dye into acupuncture points in the forearms of 15 volunteers.
    In almost all of them, the dye slowly migrated upward along a route corresponding to the pericardium meridian, which passes through the wrist and along the inner arm.

    (Pericardium is the same meridian stimulated by anti-nausea wrist acupressure devices popular on cruise ships.)"

    web.archive.org/web/2026051201

  2. Study reveals high use of complementary health approaches in seniors

    Researchers say the finding highlights the need for more evidence and better conversations about risks and benefits of…
    #NewsBeep #News #Medication #acupuncture #Cannabis #ClinicalTrial #Health #Healthcare #healthcare #medicine #Nutrition #research #Supplements #taichi #Therapy #UK #UnitedKingdom #yoga
    newsbeep.com/uk/555880/

  3. From the archives: Quackupuncture – A question of medical ethics 

    From the archive in 1992, HB Gibson looks at the rise and fall - and rise again - of medical acupuncture in Western society.

    skeptic.org.uk/2026/04/from-th

    #Acupuncture #Archive

  4. #Electroacupuncture is an integrative, non-pharmacological therapy that applies a mild electrical current to traditional #acupuncture needles. It is utilized to improve persistent cognitive dysfunction and reduce psychological distress in #breast #cancer survivors.
    #Oncology #Neurology #Medical #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/04/ongy0403260

  5. #Electroacupuncture is an integrative, non-pharmacological therapy that applies a mild electrical current to traditional #acupuncture needles. It is utilized to improve persistent cognitive dysfunction and reduce psychological distress in #breast #cancer survivors.
    #Oncology #Neurology #Medical #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/04/ongy0403260

  6. #Electroacupuncture is an integrative, non-pharmacological therapy that applies a mild electrical current to traditional #acupuncture needles. It is utilized to improve persistent cognitive dysfunction and reduce psychological distress in #breast #cancer survivors.
    #Oncology #Neurology #Medical #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/04/ongy0403260

  7. #Electroacupuncture is an integrative, non-pharmacological therapy that applies a mild electrical current to traditional #acupuncture needles. It is utilized to improve persistent cognitive dysfunction and reduce psychological distress in #breast #cancer survivors.
    #Oncology #Neurology #Medical #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/04/ongy0403260

  8. #Electroacupuncture is an integrative, non-pharmacological therapy that applies a mild electrical current to traditional #acupuncture needles. It is utilized to improve persistent cognitive dysfunction and reduce psychological distress in #breast #cancer survivors.
    #Oncology #Neurology #Medical #sflorg
    sflorg.com/2026/04/ongy0403260

  9. 1 of 2: Before the Needle, There Was the Hand. ✋✨

    Most people think of #Acupuncture as the pinnacle of healing, but touch is the oldest medicine.

    Long before tools, we instinctively rubbed our sore spots. This act—Acupressure—is the "Ancient Mother" of all we do today.

    In my practice, I use modern tools like Biboting Cupping (negative pressure for fascia release) and Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation or TENS, but my hands remain the "Mapping Tools."

    Whether I'm using the rhythmic rocking of Kembiki or leaning my body weight into a meridian, I’m tapping into a 3,000-year-old conversation.

    Healing isn't just "fixing" a muscle; it’s listening to the body’s fluid rhythm. 🏮🛡️

    #TCM #Shiatsu #WellnessWithCrissy

  10. Mach 7 "Railgun Acupuncture" Cures Stiffness

    Supersonic needles save writers. Stiffness gone, but shockwaves destroy rooms. "Shoulders light, home gone."

    alt.andpaper.net/en/articles/2

    #Railgun #Acupuncture #Doujin

  11. I have "degenerative disc disease" in my spine. It's been causing a lot of pain and discomfort on the left side and down my left arm. I had it treated today with injections. Well, I got home and realized, the RIGHT side of my neck hurts now. I'm pretty sure it's because the left side doesn't hurt any more and was drowning out the right side's discomfort.

    Anyway, going to try #acupuncture. Any of you have experience with it?

  12. Just had to fill out a form prior to an #acupuncture appointment.
    The form asked for details of next of kin.

    Now I am apprehensive!

    Strangely the acupuncture was suggested by my NHS consultant. Hope it works...

  13. How do we make informed health decisions about traditional, complementary & integrative medicine (TCIM)?

    This updated interpretive review explores the challenges.
    📖 sciencedirect.com/science/arti

    🔍 The synthesis of 167 publications, including WHO, EVIPNet, GRADE, and TCIM-specific guidance affirmed the importance of:
    1. Transparent decision-making processes with TCIM stakeholders
    2. Context-sensitive framing to optimise TCIM relevance
    3. Whole-of-evidence approach, including traditional knowledge (TK)
    4. Centering equity, including epistemic equity

    TCIM guideline developers are leading the way with rigorous, inclusive strategies evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM).

    By respecting diverse knowledge systems, these innovations offer valuable models for global health policy and guideline development.

    #TCM #EvidenceBasedMedicine #acupuncture #research #medicine

  14. I'm always up for trying something new, 5 pin #acupuncture on both ears for free on a converted schoolbus in a library parking lot.

    #selfcare #mentalhealth

  15. Point what you want!
(Don’t trust the Internet and the oligarchs)
    
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By Meister Jeder, Dadaist & Realistiker 9/25
#dada #Nature #Color #Art #AIart #PicturePanel #Thing #animals #Bildtafel #Acupuncture #Akupunktur

  16. An Australian trial of acupuncture in our hospitals has found the therapy is just as effective as drugs when it comes to relieving pain.
    www.7NEWS.com.au
    #Health #7News #acupuncture #pain

  17. Discovery Reveals the World’s Oldest Acupuncture Needles.

    Archaeologists have found the oldest known steel acupuncture needles in a 2,000-year-old Chinese tomb.

    Read more: omniletters.com/the-oldest-acu

    #archaeology #china #Acupuncture

  18. During this era, there was widespread racial prejudice against Chinese immigrants. Western doctors attacked Chinese herbalists and dismissed Chinese medicine as quackery, and Chinese doctors were denied medical licenses because medical boards refused to recognize their training, even though practitioners like Dr. Tan completed training at top institutions like the Imperial Medical College of Beijing.

    #tcm #history #chinesemedicine #acupuncture #herbalmedicine

  19. Take control of your Alpha-Gal journey with the natural wisdom of acupuncture and compassionate, professional expertise

    Free until May 21st!

    amazon.com/dp/B0F8X1ZHLS

    #medical #alphagalsyndrome #acupuncture #meatallergy

  20. #Acupuncture is going mainstream in animal care, with patients ranging from a perentie lizard in Dallas to a penguin in Boston and a goat in Chicago buff.ly/p1MYfll

    Photo: Kevin, a King Charles spaniel, receives acupuncture treatment at a Washington, D.C. animal hospital. Getty Images