Print This Article Post Comment Add To Favorites Email to Friends Ezine Ready

Acupuncture For High Blood Pressure A New Treatment That Works

By: Oliver Turner Home | Health-and-Fitness | High-Blood-Pressure


Since times immemorial, Acupuncture is a unique treatment for reducing high blood pressure in human beings. High blood pressure refers to a situation where blood starts exerting pressure against the walls of arteries, veins and also the chambers of the heart. Over a specified time period, this heavy rush of blood starts damaging the lining of the blood vessels. It can also lead to arteriosclerosis, meaning hardening of the arteries.

Symptoms of high blood pressure

High blood pressure symptoms are often acute in human beings. They include sudden dizziness, flushed faces, nervousness, severe headaches, restlessness, difficult breathing, nose bleeding, insomnia, intestinal complaints, depression, short temper and emotional instability. The diagnosis of high blood pressure is done when the normal pressure tends to repeatedly rise. The other physical symptoms of high blood pressure includes constant tendency to urinate, decrease in eye vision and muscle weakness.

Electro-acupuncture treatments

Acupuncture combined with electric stimulation or electro-acupuncture can lower elevations of blood pressure in human beings. When the research was conducted for the first time, acupuncture needles were inserted on the inside of the forearm just above the wrist, but to no avail. Researchers then started adding electric stimulation to the needles, which means that electric would start flowing from the needles to the body. While high frequency of stimulation had no effect, low frequencies of electro stimulation reduced blood pressure effectively.

A thorough research on acupuncture shows that the inserted needles excites brain cells, causing them to release neurotransmitters that always heighten the heart's activities. To cure high blood pressure, acupuncture inserts needles on certain points on the wrist, forearm or leg, to excite the opioid chemicals in the brain and reduce excitatory responses of the cardiovascular systems. This eventual decrease in heart activity and need for oxygen can lower blood pressure to a great extent. It also promotes in the healing of other heart-related conditions like myocardial ischemia and hypertensions.

Other acupuncture treatments to reduce high blood pressure

While you are undergoing acupuncture treatments for curing high blood pressure, you can also use herbs like Tian Ma [Gastrodia Rhizome], Xia Ku Cao [Prunella] and Shan Zha to reduce high blood pressure. You should inject the juices of these herbs into your blood to achieve better results.

A unique and natural acupuncture treatment for high blood pressure also include pressing of the skin on the back of your hand in between the thumb and index finger.



Article Source: http://www.eArticlesOnline.com

About the Author:
Find all about acupuncture and high blood pressure only on acupuncture for high blood pressure and much more. All about acupuncture on LeanderNet - http://www.leandernet.com

Tags: , ,

Please Rate this Article

 

Not yet Rated

Click the XML Icon Above to Receive High-Blood-Pressure Articles Via RSS!

Recent Related Articles From High-Blood-Pressure

  • What Causes High Blood Pressure
    By: Dr.Christopher | Dec 28th 2009
    Hypertension or high blood pressure is specific to the chronic medical condition which results in an unhealthy increase of blood pressure level. Read

  • Why Is It Important To Treat High Blood Pressure
    By: Dr. Mital John | Feb 11th 2011
    Hypertension is often called high blood pressure. Blood pressure is the amount of force that your blood puts on the walls of blood vessels when in transit. Over time, high blood pressure can damage blood vessels and can lead to serious problems such as heart attack or stroke. Read

  • Know The Causes And Symptoms Of High Blood Pressure
    By: mikej | Jul 1st 2010
    High blood pressure otherwise known as hypertension is a serious problem nowadays. Like other illnesses, the causes are obesity, poor and unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, heredity, adrenal tumor, and constriction of the aorta and kidney diseases.
    Read

  • The Proper High Blood Pressure Diet
    By: mikej | Jun 18th 2010
    The most that high blood pressure can bring are strokes and cardiac arrests. In such cases, the heart stops beating and the other vital organs of our body suffer because of damage. So, to rescue from high blood pressure, there is a need of a proper and balanced diet.
    Read

  • Assisting A Coworker With High Blood Pressure Treatment
    By: Lac Tran | Apr 23rd 2007
    It's a somewhat awkward situation, but it happens in the workplace on a regular basis: You've just learned that a coworker has been diagnosed with high blood pressure(http://www.mitamins.com/disease/High-Blood-Pressure.html).

    In an understandable state of panic, he comes to you as a teammate and friend, askin ...
    Read

  • Why You Should Eat Celery For High Blood Pressure Reduction
    By: Paul J Johnson | Apr 24th 2007
    So, what's behind the thought that a person can eat a salad food like the humble celery for high blood pressure relief? Is it myth or medication?

    For over 2000 years Traditional Chines Medicine practitioners have been prescribing celery to relieve high blood pressure. It is a traditional medicine that until ...
    Read

  • How To Lower High Blood Pressure And Help Relieve Stress On Your Gp
    By: Roseanna Leaton | Oct 28th 2009
    If you break your leg and take pain killers so as to numb the sensations, would you still embark upon a five mile run? With high blood pressure, why take tablets to lower it but not change the way in which you live? Read

  • The Silent Killer: Signs Of High Blood Pressure
    By: Eddie Lamb | Dec 12th 2006
    They say that high blood pressure is the silent killer. They say this because you really don't know if you have high blood pressure unless you get checked by your doctor. However, if unchecked, and you do, in fact, have high blood pressure, it could cause major problems, even death. Read

  • Training For The Fight: How To Prepare For High Blood Pressure Treatment
    By: Lac Tran | Apr 26th 2007
    You wouldn't run a marathon without warming up, and you would never paint a wall without first priming and sanding it... so why would you try to combat high blood pressure without first prepping your body?

    The Case for High Blood Pressure Treatment Preparation

    If you've been told that your high b ...
    Read

  • It Stands The Test Of Time: Magnesium As A Treatment Of High Blood Pressure
    By: Lac Tran | Apr 28th 2007
    There has been much research done and the results are undeniable: magnesium deficiency leads to high blood pressure. Because the modern U.S. diet lacks magnesium, most Americans are unknowingly deficient in this important mineral. As countless studies have shown, it helps to take magnesium supplements daily for the treatmen ... Read


Copyright © 2005-2011 eArticlesOnline, LLC - All Rights Reserved
Terms of Service | Privacy Policy