Different Theorys in Acupuncture
28 03 2009Neuro-hormonal Theory is the transmission of pain between the various points of our body and brain can be modulated at different levels in the brain. Different structures in the brain will process different aspects of pain, such as the experience of emotional pain, the perception of what pain feels like, the recognition of how harmful the pain will be and where the pain is coming from.
The blocking of pain is mediated by what we call neuro-hormones that are attached to the receptors which are responsible for blocking pain. Pain relief using the drug morphine acts on the same receptors that are responsible for blocking pain as those addressed by endorphins, which is a natural substance produced by the body for blocking pain.
Studies have shown that the pain killing properties of acupuncture come about by stimulating the flow of natural endorphins in the brain. This can be scientifically or medically proven by blocking the action of endorphins using a drug called naloxone. When naloxone is administered, the pain killing effect of the endorphin is nullified and the patient feels pain again. Furthermore, when naloxone was given to a person being actively treated by acupuncture, the pain relieving effects of acupuncture is applied is subject to the natural release of endorphins by the brain.
Recent studies have also show that acpuncture releases the levels of nitric oxide in the region of treatment, and that this, it turn, increases blood circulation in the region.
Hologram Theory is our lives began in the womb as a single cell. Then it is safe to say that there is a part in the whole and the whole in the part at the same time. This is what is sometimes known as the hologram theory of acupuncture.
If you were to take apart a holographic image, then a fragment of the image will represent the whole image, although it is obviously considerably less detailed. Therefore, every cell in our body is related to every other cell in the body and every one therefore afects every other one. From this prespective, applying acupuncture to a particular region can affect a seemingly unrelated region.
Fractals theory is patterns that remain the same at all sizes. in simpler terms, the whole struture of the object is composed of many thousands of miniature versions of the object. It is believed that the stimulation of acpuncture points affects remote parts of the body due to fractal resonance. The foot is often seen as “mini body” and treating the foot will therefore yield results for ailments in other parts of the body.
Chaos Theory is based on the idea that sometimes systems may seem random and often even chaotic, whereas in reality they follow a much deeper order that can only be explained by reference to complex formulae.
Chaotic systems can be tamed by recognizing the multiple patterns that cause the appearance of chaos and then adjusting or modifying one or more of those patterns or symptoms with many small inputs. Acupuncture is exactly such a series of small inputs that influences the seemingly chaotic human body.






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