Acupuncture in the Heart of the Mission : Perfect Package For Heart Patient
By: James Phillay
Submitted: 2010-01-22 08:56:45 | Word Count: 584
Acupuncture in the Heart of the Mission
Heart of the Mission
Many individuals that don t really know much about acupuncture automatically assume that it originated in China. However there is some skepticism regarding this as there are various explanations as to how acupuncture actually came about. Some believe that it occurred many years ago when soldiers that were wounded during the various wars were treated with the common arrows to control the pain. Its unlikely though if one were to go the heart of the Mission area that they would find the acupuncture clinics there using arrows as their form of treatment. Mission is now enjoying the fact that there are many acupuncture clinics opening up that offer these services.
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Now as far as China s input goes with acupuncture there are records that can almost trace it back to the stone age where in that period of time it is believed that the treatment was carried out with very sharp stones in place of the needles. During the second century stone needles and bone needles which had been discovered as well were replaced with the metal type needle. Some of the recordings are traced back to between 305 and 204 BC so as one can see the art of acupuncture has been around for many centuries. In our current world in the heart of the Mission district, which is found in San Francisco, there are many acupuncture clinics beginning to surface.
It would seem unusual that for something that many skeptics believe has no purpose that it has lasted this amount of time. A very interesting factor is that Europe conducted a study on a 5000 year old mummy and it was discovered that there were various groups of tattoos on the body of the mummy. It was determined that these groupings of tattoos were located in common acupuncture locations so it raises the question if acupuncture was the purpose of this as well.
As time went on acupuncture still survived as a means of treatment for various conditions. It did go through a period of time where it wasn t as popular, which took place around the middle history of the treatment itself. An interesting note is that there was a European writing on acupuncture that was done by a Dutch physician during the middle history and he had studied the art of acupuncture as a student for two years in Japan and a most interesting point was that the writing was based on a condition of arthritis. It is believed that the reason for acupuncture starting to lose its popularity at this time was because there were less and less experts learning to carry on the tradition and those that were doing it were not getting the results that had been known in the past. The current acupuncture clinics now open in heart of the mission are utilizing the services of well trained acupuncturists.
As we have said in today’s modern world, acupuncture still exists and it is not just restricted to the eastern countries. Many other Western countries are now looking at it as being a safe alternative compared to all the chemical drugs that are being used particularly when it comes to pain control.
Probably the best experts to determine whether acupuncture works or not are those that have had successful treatments. This is evident with the clients who have had acupuncture treatments in heart of the mission.
Although the skeptics retort it is simply a mind over matter scenario.
