Using Acupuncture to Treat Anxiety
Anxiety is a normal human emotion and most people will experience it to some degree as a normal response to stress. Anxiety becomes pathological when it repeatedly interferes with daily life, is irrational, excessively prolonged or out of proportion with the cause. In Chinese medicine, anxiety is the emotion most frequently associated with disorders of the heart. For obvious reasons, we as acupuncture physicians in Cho Acupuncture and Herbal Clinic treat anxiety patients with special care and gentleness.
In our experience, acupuncture is especially good for calming the mind and the repeated application of needles on a weekly or twice-weekly basis ensures the momentum of the treatment. At the same time, herbs are also good at calming the mind. Together, acupuncture and herbs are effective at ameliorating the withdrawal effects of conventional medications and at the same time dealing with the problem that gave rise to the anxiety in the first place.
Some drugs cause of anxiety:
*Withdrawal from or dependence on benzodiazepine, alcohol and other drugs of addiction
* amphetamines
*bronchodilators
*caffeine excess
*ephedrine
*levodopa
*thyroxine
For a full discussion of the acupuncture approach to anxiety, please consult with Cho Acupuncture and Herbal Clinic.
In our experience, acupuncture is especially good for calming the mind and the repeated application of needles on a weekly or twice-weekly basis ensures the momentum of the treatment. At the same time, herbs are also good at calming the mind. Together, acupuncture and herbs are effective at ameliorating the withdrawal effects of conventional medications and at the same time dealing with the problem that gave rise to the anxiety in the first place.
Some drugs cause of anxiety:
*Withdrawal from or dependence on benzodiazepine, alcohol and other drugs of addiction
* amphetamines
*bronchodilators
*caffeine excess
*ephedrine
*levodopa
*thyroxine
For a full discussion of the acupuncture approach to anxiety, please consult with Cho Acupuncture and Herbal Clinic.