Acupuncture points and meridian illustrations online

A very useful website that I have discovered is www.acuxo.com out of England. On the site are graphics of individual acu points and all of the acupuncture channels plus much more.

For regular folks who want to practice some acupressure on themselves, this site can provide accurate information. Enjoy it , use it but do not try treating serious ailments on your own. Some professional guidance can save you a lot of time and suffering.

The point illustrated above is Nei Guan (inner gate) also called P6. The P stands for Pericardium which is also referred to as the Heart Protector and the 6 means it is the 6th point on that channel.

This point is between two tendons that run down the middle of the inside of your forearm. You can locate the point by laying your first three fingers across the forearm with the ring finger next to the biggest crease across your wrist.
P6 will be between the two tendons where your index will be laying.

This point is frequently used for stomach pain as well as nausea and chest pain. It is also used for motion sickness.

You can find acuxo's information on P6 here:

http://tinyurl.com/26sjbe

Heart Transplant and Acupuncture Help- Mayo Clinic Video

F31 - August 2005 - Acupuncture After Heart Transplant

Intro: For thousands of years, the Chinese have used acupuncture to treat many conditions including headaches, anxiety, joint pain and digestive problems. Now, many Western medical centers are using acupuncture too. Why? Because for many people, it works. Doctors at Mayo Clinic are studying acupuncture to see how it helps people who've been stuck in the hospital for weeks on end. People like the young woman you're about to meet who had not one, but two heart transplants.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/medical-edge-television-2005/2005-aug-01.html

http://snipurl.com/31y4u

Fibromyalgia Relieved by Acupuncture, Mayo Study Finds

Acupuncture Relieves Symptoms of Fibromyalgia, Mayo Clinic Study Finds

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Evidence suggests acupuncture reduces the symptoms of fibromyalgia, according to a Mayo Clinic study.

Fibromyalgia is a disorder considered disabling by many, and is characterized by chronic, widespread musculoskeletal pain and symptoms such as fatigue, joint stiffness and sleep disturbance. No cure is known and available treatments are only partially effective.

Mayo's study involved 50 fibromyalgia patients enrolled in a randomized, controlled trial to determine if acupuncture improved their symptoms. Symptoms of patients who received acupuncture significantly improved compared with the control group, according to the study published in the June issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

"The results of the study convince me there is something more than the placebo effect to acupuncture," says David Martin, M.D., Ph.D., lead author of the acupuncture article and a Mayo Clinic anesthesiologist. "It affirms a lot of clinical impressions that this complementary medical technique is helpful for patients."

Increasingly, patients are interested in pursuing complementary medicine techniques in conjunction with their mainstream medical care, Dr. Martin says. But often, such techniques lack scientific evidence to justify a patient's expense and time.

The study lends credence to patients' belief that nontraditional methods may improve their health. In Mayo's trial, patients who received acupuncture to counter their fibromyalgia symptoms reported improvement in fatigue and anxiety, among other symptoms. Acupuncture was well tolerated, with minimal side effects.

Mayo's acupuncture study is one of only three randomized and controlled studies involving fibromyalgia patients. Of the other studies, one found acupuncture to be helpful, while the other reported it was ineffective for pain relief.

Dr. Martin says Mayo's study demonstrates that acupuncture is helpful, and also proves physicians can conduct a rigorous, controlled acupuncture study. Future research could help physicians understand which medical conditions respond best to acupuncture, how to apply it to best relieve symptoms, and how long patients can expect to their symptoms to decrease after each treatment.

Dr. Martin performed the study at Mayo Clinic Rochester with co-authors Ines Berger, M.D.; Christopher Sletten, Ph.D.; and Brent Williams.




http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2006-rst/3495.html

http://snipurl.com/31y2p

IVF Success Rates and Acupuncture

Acupuncture Shows Promise In Improving Rates Of Pregnancy Following IVF
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Acupuncture given as a complement to IVF increased the odds of achieving pregnancy. (Credit: iStockphoto/Pascal Genest)

ScienceDaily (Feb. 11, 2008) — A review of seven clinical trials of acupuncture given with embryo transfer in women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) suggests that acupuncture may improve rates of pregnancy. An estimated 10 to 15 percent of couples experience reproductive difficulty and seek specialist fertility treatments, such as IVF.

IVF, which involves retrieving a woman's egg, fertilizing it in the laboratory, and then transferring the embryo back into the woman's womb is an expensive, lengthy, and stressful process. Identifying a complementary approach that can improve success would be welcome to patients and providers.

According to Eric Manheimer of the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Center for Integrative Medicine and colleagues who conducted the systematic review, acupuncture has been used in China for centuries to regulate the female reproductive system.

With this in mind, the reviewers analyzed results from seven clinical trials of acupuncture in women who underwent IVF to see if rates of pregnancy were improved with acupuncture. The studies encompassed data on over 1366 women and compared acupuncture, given within one day of embryo transfer, with sham acupuncture, or no additional treatment.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080210085601.htm

http://snipurl.com/31xuo

Acupuncture relieves menstrual pain

NEW YORK -- Acupuncture can help relieve menstrual pain and improve the quality of life for some women, a new study from Germany shows.

Because the acupuncture patients were compared with a control group that received no therapy, rather than a "sham," or fake, version of the treatment, the placebo effect could have played a role, Dr. Claudia M. Witt of Charite University Medical Center in Berlin and her colleagues acknowledge.

"Nevertheless, our study showed that acupuncture was beneficial for women . . . ," the researchers write in the American Journal of
Obstetrics & Gynecology.

http://tinyurl.com/564jrd