Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine Clinic

Cortizone Shots What are they and how do they work? They are a class of medication that is used to reduce inflammation powerfully via injections, pills, applied onto the skin, and or injected into the muscles or tissues in various parts of the body. What is it usually used to treat?... Tendinitis, arthritis, soreness in muscles What are the long term effects of Cortizone shots? Bleeding, infection, blood clotting, thinning of the skin, bruising, weight gain, nerve damage, delayed recovery time. Because of the intense strength of these shots there is a limited number of cortizone treatments per year for each patient. How can natural medicine and acupuncture relieve pain immediately? Acupuncture can decrease pain by releasing endorphins, the body’s natural painkilling chemicals, and by affecting the part of the brain that governs serotonin, a brain transmitter involved with mood. Our acupuncturist Caiden Jen says Imagine an individuals body as if it was filled with many freeways. Many times an individual might feel a lot of pain on one side of the freeway and in order to alleviate the pain, an acupuncturist must access the meridians or the place of flowing Qi (energy) that will reach that area in which the freeway might be feeling an ‘accident’. The acupuncturist job is to alleviate pain by triggering the parts of the freeway that are connected to where the pain might be and will over time alleviate any problems that the patient might have. In other words, acupuncture will help a patient who might be in severe pain by providing them with treatment that will have no side effects and no long term negative effects in the body. research and information obtained from : http://www.health.harvard.edu//relieving-pain-with-acupunc and http://well.blogs.nytimes.com//do-cortisone-shots-actuall/ and http://www.webmd.com//cortisone-injection-soft-tissues-joi

What are GMO’s? GMO’s are genetically modified organisms usually found in food that contain DNA from insects, bacteria, and animals. 80% of the U.S. processed foods contain GMO DNA. These foods that contain GMOs are used to withstand insecticide and herbicide in order to produce large amounts of food at a faster pace without the interference of bugs and other organisms that can hinder crops from growing. These combinations of DNA in foods are not created naturally and therefo...re may bring about unstable organisms in foods. The most popular GMO foods are corn, soy, canola oil, and Hawaiian papaya. How do GMO’s affect your health? Studies have suggested that GMO foods over long periods of time cause toxicity in the body and can harm one’s health in the long run which can cause irregularities in health and even bring on a higher chance for an individual to be affected by cancer. How do we avoid eating foods that are genetically modified? The Non GMO project is in partnership with the Non GMO food label which is listed on the back of non GMO foods. People can feel safe to know that these products are free from chemicals and do not contain harmful ingredients that may affect their wellbeing. Information obtained from www.nongmoproject.org

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