Chinese
Herbal Medicine and Nutrition Success with Treating Allergies
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""I've
been using acupuncture to treat my allergies for years,
but in the past year that I've been working with Maya I
have seen a dramatic improvement in my overall health, and
allergies in particular. The herbs make a huge difference.
No longer faced with the choice of being either miserably
allergic or groggy from antihistamines, I am happily clear-headed
and healthy." |
ALLERGIES AND
A CLEAR HEAD
"There are many reasons why people chronically do not feel
clear-headed and healthy. Allergies are one of the most common
causes for the feeling like one is living in a fog. People who
are suffering from allergies may have felt that way for so long
they do not know there is any other way of feeling. Nicotine
and coffee are two substances that help short term with clearing
this condition but in the long term they, too, actually cause
the same condition of fogginess. Too much processed food in
the diet, or fatigue from not enough sleep or broken sleep schedules,
are just a few other reasons why people get used to the substandard
feeling of living. For all of these people, feeling the 'zen'
of a clear head, with clear thinking, memory, and energy all
at the same time, is probably not how they usually feel!
Maya Acupuncture
and Herbs treats this scenario differently for each person,
using differential diagnosis, and taking into account each patient's
lifestyle, health, happiness, and exercise requirements. With
the absence of a foggy head, people notice that they can experience
wider amplitudes of feelings, think more sharply, speak more
succinctly, remember more details, feel the 'zen' in their daily
lives.
Acupuncture
Helps with Smoking Cessation
For everyone who smokes, Oriental medicine can make the difference
in their efforts to quit smoking by showing them what better
health feels like, and looks like. One can breathe better, think
more clearly, recognize his/her own energy, learn how to anticipate
drops in energy and how to garner more energy, how to lose weight,
etc.
Acupuncture
has become well known as an effective treatment for smoking
cessation. In the face of quitting the strong addiction to nicotine,
smokers have to go through a variety of difficult withdrawal
symptoms and relinquishing of habits. People have tried to quit
smoking previously or at least lessen their nicotine dependency
and oral craving without help, or with the aid of hypnosis,
nicotine patches, Nicorette Gum, and smoker’s support groups.
The acupuncture treatment plan we recommend for smoking cessation
is designed to alleviate the physiological and psychological
struggle associated with nicotine withdrawal. Once the withdrawal
symptoms have begun to lessen, the patient can modify appetite,
accept relaxation techniques, and let go of cravings for nicotine.
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What
is involved in an Acupuncture Smoking Cessation Treatment?
Acupuncture needles, ultra-fine stainless steel, silicon-coated,
sterile needles are gently inserted into specific points
in one ear, along with a few needles inserted in various
specific points on the body.
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During
the acupuncture treatment, the patient usually feels relaxed
and sedated, although still in control of his/her body, because
the natural endorphins of the body are being called into action
to replace the nicotine’s function in the memory loop,
but not at the expense of creating an over-stimulating response,
like nicotine does, nor with a drugged, hangover response. After
thirty minutes the needles are removed, and tiny pellets are
placed in the other ear in the same places as the first ear’s
needle locations, in order to reinforce and remind the body
of its new memory loop pathway. These pellets are to be pressed
several times throughout the day, especially during strong craving
times, and are left in place for several days, until the next
acupuncture treatment. The stimulation provided by acupuncture
is taking the place of nicotine with respect to the reward system,
while the body is making its way back to homeostasis with acupuncture.
How
many treatments does it typically take for a person to quit
smoking? Success in smoking cessation differs from person to
person, depending on their constitutional health, dependency
reasons for smoking, and their commitment to changing their
diet, and incorporating helpful new habits and exercise into
their lives. Based on the average healthy person, who is committed
to smoking cessation, it typically takes between 6 to 10 treatments
to completely stop. The good news is that right from the beginning,
people are able to drop radically the number of cigarettes they
smoke per day, with each treatment. The last few treatments
primarily help the patient recover good health and detoxify
from the nicotine, while supporting the residual cravings as
they occur.
Cigarette
smoking is a difficult addiction to beat, but acupuncture and
Chinese herbal medicine can make all the difference in overcoming
the difficult withdrawal symptoms. Oriental Medicine can bring
you back to health so efficiently that the person clearly recognizes
the difference between health while smoking, and health without
smoking, and chooses to no longer smoke, in order to pursue
a more healthy lifestyle.
