Acupuncture For High Blood Pressure

Acupuncture for high blood pressure has been used successfully for thousands of years in the treatment to help lower blood pressure and heal the body.

It is one of the primary tools in traditional Chinese medicine. Acupuncture is the insertion of fine hair-like needles into specific points along a series of lines known as meridians.

Qi And High Blood Pressure

There is an energy force running throughout our bodies. This energy force is known as Qi.

Qi travels throughout our bodies along meridians or special pathways on both sides of the body.

This Qi consists of all our essential life activities which include the spiritual, mental, emotional and the physical aspects of our body.

Our health is influenced by the flow of Qi in combination with the universal forces of life that we all know as Yin and Yang.

Yin Yang And Blood Pressure

Yin and Yang are opposite forces that when balanced works to lower blood pressure.

Yin is the female attributes and Yang is the male attributes.

If the flow of our Qi is unbalanced or blocked illness may occur.

Acupuncture Points

Acupuncture points are specific locations on the body where the meridians come to the surface of the skin and are easily accessible by needling.

Exact placements of these needles are determined by auscultation and olfaction, inspection, inquiring and palpation.

Auscultation and olfaction refers to listening for particular sounds such as wheezing and the scent of your body.

Inspection focuses on the face, the tongue to see if the tongue is swollen, the color and coating and the absence of presence of teeth marks around the edge.

Inquiring focuses on chills and fever, thirst and taste, urination, pain, sleep and other body indications of unbalanced energy.

My acpuncturist, Maria Antonopoulos who I highly recommend, thoroughly checks your pulse, tongue, eyes and asks specific questions and listens attentively, so that she'll be able to treat you effectively. And, what I like most about her is that if she is unable to help or thinks you need additional medical treatment, she is not afraid to help you choose the right medical treatment for your ailment.

Palpation includes feeling your body for tender points, and feeling for the pulse on your wrist.

Before inserting the needles, the acupuncturist slide her fingers down a specific area searching for your pulse or meridians that coincide with the treatment of your specific ailment.

The needles open up the blocked meridian or qi and allow energy to flow freely into these areas so that healing can occur.

Acupuncture for high blood pressure facilitate the flow of oxygen rich blood, remove muscle obstructions and relaxes the nervous system thereby lowering your blood pressure.

Acupuncture Treatment For High Blood Pressure

Throughout the years I have used acupuncture to help with the lowering of my blood pressure and to maintain my overall health, and in my using acupuncture for high blood pressure the acupuncturist inserts needles into both my ear.

The ear I am told has many acupuncture points that correspond to many parts and organs of your body.

Acupuncture is said to restore the body's balance.

While acupuncture for high blood pressure is not a cure-all, it is a comprehensive medical system that can address many medical problems, it can also be used effectively in conjunction with western medicine.

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