Who Benefits from Acupuncture?

People of all ages from children to the elderly can benefit. Each person is unique, and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and adjunctive therapies are unique for each person. Adjunctive therapies include Cupping, Moxibustion therapy, Tui Na ( Chinese massage) and Classical Chinese Herbal Formulas.

Safer than Aspirin
One reason to compare aspirin and acupuncture is that they are both used clinically for managing pain.  Chemically, aspirin is know as acetylsalicylic acid.  This chemical could be the most universally used ingredient in drugs taken by millions of people who are inflicted with every kind of pain conceivable. A few drugs wich contain aspirin are Alka-Seltzer, Ascriptin, Bufferin, Darvon, Easprin, Ecotrin, Empirin, Excedrin, Fiorinal, Percodan, Soma and Talwin.  In the clinic advice concerning drugs or medicines, whether to take them or not to take them is never given.  Individuals are legally permitted to take with discretion as much aspirin as desired at any time needed.  This seems to indicate that taking aspirin is safe for our body and health.  The truth is that there are several gastrointestinal side effects which are know to be associated with taking aspirin.   They include stomach pain, heartburn, nausea, vomiting, and stomach and intestinal bleeding. The occurrence of any or all of them is not necessarily dose-dependent. There has been reported incidents in which one aspirin tablet has caused chaotic turmoil in the gastrointestinal system.

It is no exaggeration to say that aspirin is one of the panaceas for all sorts of pain.  The impact aspirin has had on human civilization must be enormous.  This fact could be  proven by watching TV advertisements for drugs.  No expertise is needed to notice that the drugs wich appear on the TV screen most often are for pain management.   Next after drugs for pain come drugs for excess acid on the stomach, drugs of antacid nature.  Another group of drugs appearing rather frequently on TV is for constipation.  Medically, very little attention has been paid to the interrelation between chronic pain, drugs for pain, antiacid lotions or tablets, and laxatives for constipation.  There must be some cause and effect involved, since patients encountered in the acupuncture clinic have a very high incidence  of gastrointestinal disorders and problems.  The observation leads to a conclusion  that if there is any advantage to accepting acupuncture as a means for pain management, it will be that acupuncture will absolutely be safer than aspirin.

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