Transcript How Acupuncture Can Help With Stress

How Acupuncture Can Help With Stress
How Much Stress Do You Have?
• 62% of Americans say work has a significant impact on stress
levels.
• 73% of Americans name money as the #1 factor that affects
their stress level.
• Two-thirds of all office visits to family physicians are due to
stress-related symptoms.
• Increasing numbers of children, teenagers and college students
report feeling stressed.
• Stress is linked to the 6 leading causes of death—heart disease,
cancer, lung ailments, accidents, cirrhosis of the liver, and
suicide.
Types of Stress
• Mental Stress
– Job stress, too many projects, deadlines, financial problems
• Emotional Stress
– Death in the family, divorce, bad relationships
• Physical Stress
– Extreme physical exercise when not strong enough for it
– Over-doing it
• Environmental and Chemical Stress
– Pollution, poor eating, work environment
– Too much coffee, nicotine and alcohol
Symptoms of Stress
• Forgetfulness, lack of concentration, poor judgment, poor
memory, lack of organization, mental cloudiness, feeling
spacey, confused, lack of interest, negative self-talk
• Irritable, mood swings, depression, anxiety, no sense of humor,
anger, hostility, nervousness, overly emotional, worry, grief,
sadness, fear
• Palpitations, headaches, migraines, fatigue, stiffness, pain,
aches, sweaty palms, digestive problems, acne, herpes
breakout, sleep problems, cold hands, shortness of breath,
dizziness, pregnancy complications, restless leg
Happy? It may keep you healthy.
Those with upbeat moods have lower harmful
“stress” hormones, study says
…cortisol - a “stress” hormone
that, when chronically elevated,
may contribute to high blood
pressure, obesity, and
dampened immune function…
…women who reported more positive
emotions had lower levels of proteins that
indicate inflammation in the body that is
believed to contribute to a range of ills,
including heart disease and cancer…
…happier people tend to be in
better health than those who
are persistently stressed…
Acupuncture and Stress
• Qi provides nourishment for every cell, tissue,
muscle, gland and organ
• When Qi becomes blocked and imbalanced =
sickness, illness, mental problems and disease
• Qi is like water, flowing through meridian network
which is like a river inside your body
Acupuncture and stress
Meridians are river networks inside our body
Why Acupuncture Works?
• Acupuncture
– Effectively treats by unblocking bodies energies
– Relaxes the body
– Calms mind
– Reduces anxiety
– Clears your mind
– Supports digestive problems
– Eliminates headaches
– Helps with pain, stiffness and aches
– Lowers blood pressure
The NIH and WHO
• Addiction - alcohol,
drug, smoking
• Anxiety
• Arthritis
• Asthma
• Bronchitis
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Chronic fatigue
• Colitis
• Common cold
• Constipation
• Dental pain
• Depression
• Diarrhea
• Digestive trouble
• Dizziness
• Dysentery
• Emotional problems
• Eye problems
• Facial palsy/tics
• Fatigue
• Fertility
• Fibromyalgia
• Gingivitis
• Headache
• Hiccough
• Incontinence
• Indigestion
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Low back pain
• Menopause
• Menstrual irregularities
• Migraine
• Morning sickness
• Nausea
• Osteoarthritis
• Pain
• PMS
• Pneumonia
• Reproductive problems
• Rhinitis
• Sciatica
• Seasonal affective
disorder (SAD)
• Shoulder pain
• Sinusitis
• Sleep disturbances
• Smoking cessation
• Sore throat
• Stress
• Tennis elbow
• Tonsillitis
• Tooth pain
• Trigeminal neuralgia
• Urinary tract Infections
• Vomiting
• Wrist pain
Thank You From Dr. Brenda