Rachael Ray's Anti-Aging Tip - Acupuncture Facial

The Rachael Ray show recently did a segment on anti-aging tips and discussed the benefits of acupuncture facials with the Derma Roller. It was discovered that the derma roller actions were based on the concept of ancient oriental acupuncture. The results were a reduction of the appearance of wrinkles, lines, black heads, and white heads. The derma roller is also proven to remove stretch marks and is one of the best ways for removing acne scars.

The benefits of the roller acupuncture facial are compared to results from laser therapy, chemical peels, and microdermabrasion. While each individual might get slightly different results, everyone experiences some positive benefits from the derma roller facial.

And, the best part using the roller is much less invasive with less risks and complications than the other anti-aging treatments listed above and is much cheaper. This type of acupuncture facial can be done at home, for just pennies a session.

How does it work? The roller has 192 micro-points that opens the pores of the skin which sets off the natural healing process thus causing extra collagen to be produced - up to 1000% more. Another benefit is the maximum absorption of your best face cream if applied right after a session. Studies show that creams are up to 40 times more than without the roller.

What's even better is the derma roller is guaranteed and is FDA approved for skin rejuvenation, as a scar remover, and for stretch mark treatment. You can see the Rachael Ray interview with a leading dermatologist at the link below.

Linda Robsion

See the Rachael Ray Show Clip here.

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Nixon, Appendicitis, and Acupuncture

In 1971, a man by the name of James Reston was visiting China and became sick. He was taken to a hospital and diagnosed with appendicitis. Shortly after, Reston underwent surgery and his appendix was removed, setting off a chain of events that is responsible for the mushrooming interest and acceptance of acupuncture and Chinese medicine in the United States.

Certainly, Chinese medicine wasn't new to the United States in 1971. With the influx of Chinese immigrants who helped build our railroads and worked in the gold fields, Chinese medicine followed. However, it was delegated to the back rooms of China towns in cities across the nation and thought of as something akin to voodoo-that is until James Reston's appendix heated up.

James Reston was a reporter for the New York Times in 1971. He was in China in advance of Dr. Henry Kissinger's famous trip, which would occur a few weeks later. When Reston got sick, he received typical Western-style care in the form of immediate surgery to remove his appendix. However, what happened after surgery are the events that sealed the fate of Chinese medicine in the West. During his recuperation, Reston experienced a great deal of post-operative pain. Rather than immediately giving him standard pain killers, the Chinese doctors performed acupuncture to relieve his pain. To Reston's astonishment, the acupuncture worked!

Reston came home and wrote an article about his experience with acupuncture in the New York Times. Reston who was also an acquaintance of Dr. Kissinger, told Kissinger about his encounter with acupuncture, and Kissinger passed the story on to President Nixon. The President was so impressed with the story that he instituted a program in which traditional Chinese doctors came to the United States to share their medicine, and American doctors were sent to China for the same purpose. In the years following, Chinese medicine in the United States began to take off.

When people say that President Nixon is responsible for the acceptance of Chinese medicine in the United States, it's true. However, the source of the story begins with an inflamed appendix.

Lynn Jaffee

Lynn Jaffee is a licensed acupuncturist in practice at Acupuncture in the Park in Minneapolis, MN. She is also the author of the book, Simple Steps: The Chinese Way to Better Health. For more information and articles on acupuncture and Chinese medicine visit her website at http://www.acupunctureinthepark.com or her blog at http://www.acupuncturetwincities.com

Top 5 Acupuncture Myths

In recent years acupuncture has enjoyed a tremendous surge in popularity and acceptance. Just the other day, my mother called to tell me "Oprah's talking about acupuncture on her show today!" Despite Oprah's coverage, the questions I hear over and over again about acupuncture tell me that what I do for a living is still not well-understood by everyone. When I was asked to write an article for a local newspaper about acupuncture, I decided that busting common myths about acupuncture would be a good place to start.

Myth #1: Acupuncture needles hurt!

Compared with the needles used to take blood or deliver medicine, acupuncture needles are many times thinner, solid rather than hollow, flexible rather than rigid and rounded at the tip. An acupuncture needle is inserted quickly through the skin's surface until you feel tingling, warmth or pressure in the area of the needle. After a few minutes, these sensations fade away and you are left feeling sleepy and deeply relaxed.

Myth #2: Acupuncture only works if you believe in it.

While keeping a positive attitude will probably help you get well, how and why acupuncture works is not so simple. According to the National Institutes for Health (NIH), studies have shown that acupuncture seems to affect the body's immune reactions, blood pressure regulation, blood flow and temperature, and may aid the activity of endorphins (the body's own painkilling chemicals) and immune cells "at specific sites in the body". While most clinical studies on acupuncture do note that even "sham acupuncture" (in which an needle is not inserted or not inserted into a non-acupuncture point) seems to have a small therapeutic effect on the body, study participants who receive "real" acupuncture treatment consistently do better than those in the control group or those receiving conventional treatment.

Myth #3: Acupuncture is only good for treating pain.

It is true that pain responds very well to acupuncture. Low back pain, sciatica, neck pain, shoulder pain, tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, fibromyalgia, headaches and other kinds of pain may all be treated successfully with acupuncture. But because the aim of acupuncture is to bring balance and harmony to the whole person, it can also be an excellent treatment for insomnia, fatigue, digestive problems, menopause, menstrual disorders, infertility, MS, Lupus, and a supportive treatment for patients with cancer, Hepatitis or HIV.

Myth #4: Acupuncturists aren't licensed medical professionals.

This may have been true 35 years ago when acupuncture first became available in the U.S., but today acupuncture is a licensed, regulated profession. A Google search of "acupuncture in hospitals" reveals acupuncturists on staff at a number of hospitals across the country. To be licensed in most states, acupuncturists must complete a 3 to 4-year graduate program in acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and pass a series of national certification exams. Like other professionals, to maintain our licensure, we must add to our knowledge with continuing education, maintain national board certification and adhere to a strict code of medical ethics.

Myth #5: My insurance won't cover acupuncture, so I can't afford to try it.

Don't be so sure about that! Where I practice, there has been a sudden increase in coverage for acupuncture treatment and there is currently a bill in congress (HR646) that would allow acupuncture to be covered by Medicare. Many acupuncturists offer discounts for seniors, students or for multiple treatments purchased at once. Community Acupuncture, a traditional style of acupuncture treatment that allows patients to receive simple treatments alongside other patients (fully clothed, of course) at a very low cost, $15-$40 per visit.

Christina Wolf

Acupuncture Weight Loss - An Ancient Way to Heal a Modern Problem

Let's recognize it. These days, there are many overweight people around the globe. This is caused by our desk-bound lifestyles and unhealthy, fatty foods. And eating well and exercising is apparently the surefire method to lose weight.

There will be no miracle diet or magical solution that will grant you long term results for certain. Nonetheless, acupuncture can be of great help in order to meet your lose fat goals more quickly and to aid the natural weight loss procedure. It's easy to perceive the reason why acupuncture for weight loss treatment is gaining traction.

A Useful Tool in the Battle

Adjunct therapy is another term used for acupuncture for weight loss. Acupuncture can give you dramatic results when combined with exercise and a healthy diet, although it is not a cure or miracle treatment.

How acupuncture works is still a matter of clarification but when needles are poked into certain parts of the body and ears, a calming effect are felt and a stronger will power and faster metabolism is built.

Stress which is habitually a result of overeating is made easier to deal with through the calming and relaxing effect of acupuncture for weight loss treatment. Endorphins are released that affect the digestive and hormonal systems when needles are inserted into the ears.

These endorphins will increase your metabolism and will restrain your urge from eating too much.

An acupuncturist will check your tongue and your pulse in order to analyze the reason behind your overeating. In this way, you overall energy level is measured and he or she can find out whether you have underlying digestive disorders.

The ear is believed to be a micro-system with points that correspond to all of the essential organs in the body in traditional Chinese medicine.

The lung for food and sugar addicts, the thyroid for slow metabolism, the mouth for impulsive eaters, and the kidney for water retention are included in some common points on the ear used in ear acupuncture for weight loss treatment.

Now you learn something essential. Yes, acupuncture can help you if you desire to lose your weight more quickly. You may attempt to give a try, this is for a fact that acupuncture for weight loss treatment has had promising results to lots of people.

There's no harm in trying anyway, aside from that, it will help you at least relieve stress and you will surely enjoy the road to weight loss.

Ricky Lim

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