Acupuncture

Postby **Aka-chan** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 7:50 pm

I was visiting my uncle, who is a doctor and also knows acupuncture, and got to try it out (I love needles.) I found out that there's more to its effectiveness than just ideas of flows of chi and whatnot and that certain points affect the brain's reactions in parts of the body. I thought it was really neat, and it seemed to work pretty well for my cough. Has anyone else tried it?

Postby **JediSonic** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 7:53 pm

you had acupuncture for a COUGH??? :wow!:

Supposing you started coughing uncontrollably when the guy was putting those needles near your eye! :forehead:

Postby **Azier the Swordsman** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 7:55 pm

JediSonic wrote:you had acupuncture for a COUGH???

Supposing you started coughing uncontrollably when the guy was putting those needles near your eye!

That would have sucked.

Postby **Aka-chan** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 7:56 pm

x_0 Owies. That would be bad, but he's done this for a long time. Besides, it wasn't a bad cough (I actually got the treatment just because I wanted to see what it was like -- and for the needles -- more than because I needed it) and the needles went in just below the collarbone and above the lobes of the ears (which really surprise me; who knew a point in your ears affected your lungs??).

Postby **Raiden no Kishi** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 7:59 pm

It sounds cool. It would make a cool fighting style for an anime. Using well-thrown darts or spiked fingers to hit specific points, disabling your opponent with minimal force...cool...

Rai

Postby **Aka-chan** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 8:01 pm

Haku from Naruto used that technique. I loved him. ^___^

Postby **Mangafanatic** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 8:20 pm

Needles. *passes out.*

Postby **Mr_Anderson** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 8:33 pm

i dont like needles, but u can get free accupunture by rolling around in sum catus, well.. i don't no if it will make u not hurt... well, i cant stand needles. although the funny thing is a doctor was supposed 2 give me sum shot a long time ago, but had to have some1 else do it cause they were afraid of needles :lol:

Postby **shooraijin** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 8:56 pm

I took an alternative medicine course as a medical student where we attended, and had performed on us, acupunture and acupressure. I really don't know what to say about acupuncture as a method of general medicine, although I will say that as alternative methods of pain control, there are many people I have encountered who have had great benefit from them.

Acupressure, btw, hurts. *shudders* But it felt soooo good when he finished!

Postby **kirakira** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 8:58 pm

Wow. That's intresting. Needles make me squeamish, though. I don't think I could do it. *sweatdrop*

Postby **Heart of Sword** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 5:54 am

Eh...I had to get a flu shot last December and was cowering in the corner, screaming "LORD JESUS CHRIST, please my God, please HAVE MERCY on me! Please Lord, please Lord, don't let them do this to meeeeeee!"

I got hauled out of the corner and got the shot. And guess what? It didn't hurt!

No way would I ever get acupuncture.

Postby **SwordSkill** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 7:26 am

Two of my uncles used to have regular acupuncture sessions and one of them accidentally once forgot that he still had a needle on him when he got home. And I do rub the pressure points between my thumb and my index finger when my stomach starts acting up. It does stave off the pain for a while, but I'll eventually have to go to the bathroom afterwards.

Postby **Heart of Sword** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 7:45 am

I should try that sometime...hehehhe...

Postby **shooraijin** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 8:21 am

The acupunture needles don't really hurt much if they're inserted properly. I had two connected to my leg, and then an electronic stimulator attached to that. It was more of a deep ache sensation -- the needles don't really bother you.

There are also small "thumbtacks" that can be used for pressure point stimulation in places like the ear. I was so fatigued once that I tried one on my earlobe, supposedly for energy (this was after being up all night on call). It worked, although I can't say whether it was because it hurt or because it was actually doing something, but it DID work! ^^

Nevertheless, as an MD, I'm still hesitant to advocate acupuncture/pressure as a universal cure. That being said, I do think it has definite applications, and for someone where conventional therapy has failed, why not?

Postby **Mave** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 8:31 am

Erm Shooby, exactly how does acupuncture worK? I never really understood the principle behind it.

Postby **Heart of Sword** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 9:32 am

It's creepy! ;_;

Postby **Locke** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 9:48 am

sounds fun , i have to try that sometime

on shots.... i used to hate em!!!

but that y i have my radio...

Postby **Yojimbo** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 9:57 am

It's all in your head...

Postby **Heart of Sword** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 9:57 am

No, shots DO hurt...well sometimes...blood tests hurt terribly. So do IV's.

Postby **Locke** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 9:59 am

o_o IV's....

how bout when youre a kid and they give you that shot in the butt?

pwned !

Postby **Heart of Sword** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 10:02 am

Never gotten a butt-shot...never want to either...

IV's hurt after a while...it's a tube stuck in your skin OWIE.

What about microchips? O_O;;;; *screams and hides in a closet, baring teeth at doctors* NO WAY.

Postby **Locke** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 10:06 am

yeah the ones that tell the doctors your personal information
but hey that would be prety cool to be man and have a computer in your head =)

Postby **shooraijin** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 12:41 pm

Getting back on topic (ahem),

> I never really understood the principle behind it.

Neither do I

but as best as I was told, the idea is that there are energy points and channels in the body, and the pins are placed in these points and channels to redirect and funnel the body's energy towards healing processes.

Postby **Aka-chan** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 3:02 pm

Something like that, I think. It feels really weird, though; it hurts only a little when they put the needle in, and by the time the pain has actually registered it's gone. It feels even weirder afterwards, though, because you know the needle's in you, but you can't really feel it.

Postby **JediSonic** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 3:21 pm

how far do the needles penetrate?

Postby **shooraijin** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 9:02 pm

Depends on what you're after and the technique of the operator, but not more than half an inch or so.

Postby **Fsiphskilm** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 10:38 pm

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Postby **EireWolf** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 5:38 pm

I believe that touching (or putting a needle into) one part of the body can affect another part entirely. Sometimes, for example, I feel a twinge in my back if my arm gets poked or pinched. It's happened too often to be a coincidence, in my mind. I'd probably try acupressure or acupuncture... not as a first resort, but I would try it.

Postby **Heart of Sword** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 5:52 pm

No way am I going to be a pincushion! NO NO NO NO NOOOOOOOOO...........

Postby **Azier the Swordsman** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 6:21 pm

It looks rather interesting to me. I'll have to try it sometime.

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