Acupuncture and Moxibustion for Health Care

August 3, 2007 – 11:26 am

Plenty of clinical experimental research carried out with modern scientific methods have shown that acupuncture and moxibustion can regulate the functions of the whole body so as to build up health and slow down the process of aging.

1. Improving Immunologic Function
Acupuncture and moxibustion can enhance cellular immune function and adjust humoral immune function. For example, they can regulate the count and the activity and its relevant indices of lymphocytes in peripheral blood, adjust the total of leucocytes and their phagocytosis in peripheral blood flow, strengthen the function of the reticuloendothelial system, control the content of immunoglobulin in blood sera, and increase the content of complements in blood sera and the content of some specific complements. Thus acupuncture and moxibustion can produce the effects of preventing diseases, preserving health and slowing down the process of ageing.

2. Adjusting Cardiovascular Function to Improve Microcirculation
Acupuncture and moxibustion have good regulative effects on the functions of the heart and blood vessels. For instance, they can cause vasoconstriction, adjust blood pressure, improve the function of the heart, coronary circulation and microcirculation so as to protect cardiac muscles without enough blood supply, and prevent and treat experimental myocardiac infarction. For this reason acupuncture and moxibustion may be used to prevent cardiovascular diseases and promote the recovery of the patients who have been ill with those diseases.

3. Improving the Function of Digestion and Absorption
Application of acupunction and moxibustion to the acupoints for health care such as Zusanli(ST36), etc. may Attain the effect of regulating gastrointestinal peristalsis to promote the digestion of food and the absorption of nutrients, thus harmonizing the whole digestive system so as to build up constitution and strengthen the resistance to diseases.

4. Improving the Functions of Many Other Systems
Application of acupuncture and moxibustion can regulate the function of the nervous system, the functions of endocrine glands such as the pituitaria and the adrenal gland, and the functions in respiration, urination and reproduction, all for the good of health care.

Tags: Acupuncture, Aging, health care, Moxibustion