Comments on: Acupuncture as a Preventive Health Tool

By: Jamz Products

Jamz Products — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:06:47 +0000

WOW What a wealth of information. Thank you so much for compiling this info for me.
I may have the answer to some of my health issues.

By: Florida Pain Clinics

Florida Pain Clinics — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:00:44 +0000

We have a saying ‘prevention is better than cure’.preventatives like Acupuncture is the true path of good health.

By: Shuaib

Shuaib — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:51:27 +0000

Hi all

Sorry for coming late to the party , however I was searching this very concept on Google and therefor came across this blogpost.

I understand from reading somewhere (dunno if true or not) that in ancient China (where acupuncture originated) you paid your doctor while you stayed healthy and stopped paying him when you got ill (what a concept!).

So I am sure they used (and still use) acupuncture for preventative purposes (ie to re-balance and re-align the energy levels in the meridians regularly before they got too out of sync and caused any major problems to the body).

I would also love to hear from someone who knows more about this.

Thanks

Shuaib

By: Broadland

Broadland — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:13:48 +0000

“like most healing systems, acupuncture depends on symptoms in order to treat a person.”
I started my reading with this preconception, but would a few references to prevention using acupuncture. I am myself not clear in my mind if there is a practive of giving regular acupuncture as a way of maintaining health. It would be nice to hear from somebody who is doing this or is getting this regular treatment.

By: Vishal

Vishal — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:54:43 +0000

Thanks for stopping by Michelle

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:07:53 +0000

On the face of it, this seems like a good idea. However, like most healing systems, acupuncture depends on symptoms in order to treat a person.

Assuming a person is in good health, or at least good enough to be without symptoms of illness, how would one know where there is an organ imbalance, and which points to stimulate? You wouldn’t want to stimulate the wrong ones, or you would create an imbalance.

In order for acupuncture to be useful as a preventative therapy, we will have to refine our methods of detecting qi or organ imbalance, and treat the imbalanced condition before it causes illness.