Bu Tong Acupuncture is Pleased to Offer Low cost Acupuncture Services in Its Ear Acupuncture and Communal Clinics
By: James Phillay
Submitted: 2010-02-06 01:03:27 | Word Count: 519
Acupuncture SF
In the minds of most that don t know anything about acupuncture they conjure up this horrid scene of having needles inserted in multiple places over the body. Although there is, a little truth to this it is not near as horrific as what is imagined. Many people are starting to enjoy acupuncture sf in not only the Mission district but also other areas of San Francisco itself.
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Very fine needles made of steel are inserted into the skin but there is very little discomfort associated with this. It really didn t become something that was of any interest in the states until around the 1970s. Then there was a flurry of interest and activity in regards to acupuncture when there was an article that appeared about an individual that had his appendix removed while visiting in China. Although during the operation the patient was treated with the same anesthetic that would normally be used in any type of surgery, acupuncture was used to relieve the pain and discomfort after the surgery. As this individual was so impressed with the relief that he experienced that, he spoke about this when returning home and an article was released about this in the New York Times. Acupuncture sf is becoming more popular because it is an alternative to pain medication.
As time progressed there was the first national Association formed in the United States concerning acupuncture. This brought more popularity and knowledge to the states itself through their seminars and their presentations on research.
Finally, the first acupuncture pain clinic came to be in 1972 and this was known as the first legal clinic and as such was formed in a medical school setting. At this time, though it was not classed as a medical expense but in 1973 that changed. From there the interest in acupuncture continued to grow. Now one can find acupuncture in SF across the state.
Like anything there have been scams concerning acupuncture, which gives a bad taste to many individuals that perhaps were beginning to warm to the concept. For example in 2006, there was a big flurry of news about a heart patient that has undergone open heart surgery only with the use of acupuncture as an anesthetic. After an investigation into this claim, it was learned that the patient had been given some weak mixtures of anesthetics when mixed together had a much more powerful effect .This unfortunately put a bad stigma on acupuncture for a period of time
One of the interesting things to note about acupuncture now is that there is actually treatments coming out for cosmetic acupuncture this is being used in order to help reduce wrinkles and age lines and may be a very popular replacement for Botox injections for example.
There is no doubt that as one sees the use of acupuncture growing for cosmetic purposes that there will be more and more locations opening up such acupuncture in SF that offer this type of treatment. The cosmetic industry is one of a huge magnitude and how they will receive the theory of cosmetic acupuncture should be quite interesting.
