Demystifying Acupuncture
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Acupuncturists take a more individualized approach than Western doctors by thoroughly examining a patient's complete symptom picture and medical history in order to make a precise Chinese medicine diagnosis describing the root cause of their condition, such as five sample patients all having different diagnoses beyond just irritable bowel syndrome based on their additional distinct symptoms.
Demystifying Acupuncture
- 1. De-mystifying Acupuncture A simple explanation By Angela Bell
- 2. Imagine five patients see their Primary Care Physician with the following chronic symptoms:
- 4. A Classic Case of: Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- 5. All five patients would be given the same diagnosis...
- 6. and the same medication.
- 7. In Chinese Medicine, the acupuncturist makes a much more specific diagnosis AND an individualized treatment protocol
- 8. Heres how it works...
- 9. Acupuncturists begin by listening and recording symptoms...
- 10. For example, lets take those same five patients...
- 11. Each of whom complains of: (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Abdominal pain or cramping Feeling bloated Excess gas Diarrhea and/or constipation
- 12. After a thorough health intake and examination, the acupuncturist discovers...
- 13. Patient #1 also suffers with: High stress PMS (irritability) Menstrual pain Cold hands & feet
- 14. So, while its true that in Western Medicine terms, each of our five patients have Irritable Bowel Syndrome...
- 15. Chinese Medicine knows thats only half the story.
- 16. Acupuncturists take the IBS symptoms, evaluate them along side all bodily symptoms and create a diagnosis more specific to the individual.
- 17. Heres how it looks...
- 18. IBS Symptoms Additional Symptoms Abdominal pain or High stress cramping PMS (irritability) Feeling bloated Menstrual pain Excess gas Cold hands & Diarrhea and/or feet constipation Classic Case of Liver Qi Stagnation
- 19. You see, Acupuncturists use Chinese Medicine to diagnosis and treat the cause not the symptoms.
- 20. So its important they know every symptom a patient is experiencing.
- 21. From an acupuncturists perspective, each of our five patients actually look quite different Patient #1 Patient #2 Patient #3 Patient #4 Patient #5 High stress Fatigue Low backache Feeling of heat Sudden PMS (irritability) Hemorrhoids Dizziness Thirst without abdominal pain Menstrual pain Poor appetite Tendency to be desire to drink Feeling of cold Cold hands & Tendency cold Scanty dark Cold sensation feet toward loose decreased libido urine in the abdomen ~ stools ~ Diarrhea with Thick tongue Abd. pain Tendency to Abd. pain blood/mucus coating Bloating obesity Bloating ~ ~ Excess gas ~ Excess gas Abd. pain Abd. pain Diarrhea/consti Abd. pain Diarrhea/consti Bloating Bloating pation Bloating pation Excess gas Excess gas Excess gas Diarrhea/consti Diarrhea/consti Diarrhea/consti pation pation pation
- 22. Instead of one common diagnosis, Chinese Medicine sees five, more specific, diagnoses...
- 23. Abdominal pain/cramping, feeling bloated, excess gas, diarrhea and/or constipation plus Patient #1 Patient #2 Patient #3 Patient #4 Patient #5 High stress Fatigue Low backache Feeling of heat Sudden PMS (irritability) Hemorrhoids Dizziness Thirst without abdominal pain Menstrual pain Poor appetite Tendency to be desire to drink Feeling of cold Cold hands & Tendency cold Scanty dark Cold sensation feet toward loose decreased libido urine in the abdomen stools Diarrhea with Thick tongue Tendency to blood/mucus coating obesity Chinese Medicine diagnoses: Liver Qi Spleen Qi Kidney Yang Damp-Heat in Cold in the Stagnation Deficiency Deficiency the Large Large Intestine Intestine
- 24. Once your diagnosis is identified...
- 25. a highly specific, individualized treatment protocol is implemented.
- 26. Just for you.
- 27. This protocol is aimed at treating the underlying root cause of all your symptoms.
- 28. Come in today and let me design your individual treatment plan.