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Date published: January 22, 2007 |
Suffering from Osteoarthritis? Acupuncture to the Rescue
by CarolAnn Bailey-Lloyd
 Keeping in tune with our commitment to providing news about the latest medical breakthroughs, I recently had the rare pleasure of speaking with Professor Jorge Vas Ruiz, subdirector of the Master University of Acupuncture, ACMAS Huangdi located in Sevilla, Spain regarding acupuncture's effectiveness on osteoarthritis of the knee.
For more than eight years, Professor Ruiz and his team of elite professors have investigated the effectiveness of acupuncture treatments. In the past two years, his work focused on a trial of 40 patients whereby acupuncture and relative therapies were applied.
The discoveries were that acupuncture techniques exceedingly heightened internal healing organisms. Accordng to Professor Ruiz'swritings, "The art of traditional Chinese Medicine categorized Osteoarthritis as 'Bi Syndromes,' Blockages in Qi energy circulation, which result in ill health.
From ancient wisdom, analgesic properties were founded through points of acupuncture. Numerous studies have demonstrated which nervous system neurotransmitters and natural antigens respond to the stimulus of acupuncture, and how the analgesic effectiveness of acupuncture can fine-tune the peptide pathways to allow natural opiate substances into the undefined gray areas. In the case of Osteoarthritis, acupuncture has effectively reduced and alleviated pain improving mobility of the joints, and finally, increasing the quality of life and overall wellbeing.
Acupuncture is often used as an alternate to surgery, and for man, it's proven to be an effective treatment for arthritis of the knee. Normally, 10-12 repetitive treatments are necessary depending on the condition's seriousness. Normally, patients did not require treatment past six months.
"Overall, the process of osteoarthritis responds well to acupuncture," Ruiz explains. "Depending on one's initial stage of arthritis, this medical treatment can effectively help with pain and inflammation."
Professor Jorge Vas Ruiz is the subdirector for ACMAS Huangdi, a practicing and teaching university of acupuncture and traditional Chinese Medicine. His research has been featured in several medical journals, including the British Medical Journal.
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© 12/2004 Suffering from Osteoarthritis? Acupuncture to the Rescue
Resource Box: CarolAnn Bailey-Lloyd - Former staff writer for HolisticJunction.com, Educational Resources for Acupuncture Schools, Natural Healing Schools, and other Alternative Medicine Schools.
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