Limmataler Akupunktur - Zentrum (Bergdietikon)

() is part of traditional Chinese medicine (), whose origins go back far before our time. The original name is actually "Zhen Jiu", which means something like stinging and burning. Burning stands for , in which heat is produced by burning dried herbs over the acupuncture points.

Forms of acupuncture:

the so-called bloody needle piercing Chinese massage the

scalp acupuncture

Very important is also treatment with medicines (herbs, minerals, sometimes animal products), most of which are prepared in the form of a tea, but nowadays it is also easier to take granules or tinctures. Herbal therapy is often combined with acupuncture and.

A solid education in Chinese medicine is practically equivalent to a second degree. This is the only way to acquire the basics for a Chinese diagnosis and the initiation of appropriate therapy.

Unfortunately, increasingly fast training is offered, which leads to a lack of treatment success. This then casts a bad light on the method.

With proper application, such as chiropractic / manual medicine can now be fully integrated into conventional medicine, possibly also because the effects of the scientifically explained. After people used to talk about "energy channels" tapped by needles, we now know that neural receptors are stimulated when the needle pierces the acupuncture point, which is located a few centimeters inside the muscles.

The patient can feel this, he feels the so-called DeQi feeling. This DeQi sensation is actually indispensable and shows the neuro-vegetative response to the acupuncture stimulus. The stimulus is then conducted through the nerve pathways to the spinal cord, from where it is conducted through the autonomic nervous system to the internal organs on the one hand, or to the brain on the other. As a result, various neurotransmitters / hormones are released (the best known are the endorphins known to endurance athletes). In addition, after acupuncture has been shown to improve blood circulation in various parts of the body. It is also known to have a positive effect on the immune system.