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Is this is bad sign?
I been eating a lot of fast food lately such as mcdonalds and wendys and kfc etc.
After I finish eating it, sometime from 5 minutes to 10 hours i get this really weird feeling in my vein, the spot where doctors put the needle when taking a blood test. And this feeling happens more than once. It feels like someone taking a thumb and giving that spot a massage, but underneath the skin.
that happened to me to and it scared da crap outta me
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Anyone knowledgeable about acupuncture? Is this response to it normal?
Today was my second accupunture treatment. I have an autonomic nervous system that doesnt function properly, so I have very tense muscles with knots, fatigue, TMJ, and insomnia among other things. I didnt feel much different after yesterday’s accupuncture but today when I went in, I had a headache, so they did this “3 point” thing on my head with needles and massage to rid the headache. He also did a “cupping” technique on my upper back and found that my blood was “foamy” which he said meant I have a lot of toxins built up.
So why did I have a dull headache all day afterward (still), when the cupping technique was supposed to relax muscles and the 3 point technique was supposed to ease headache?
He also mentioned to me yesterday to take it easy for a week or so because I will be sort of detoxing and that will take much of my body’s energy.
It is quite common for things to get worse before they get better. Acupuncture will mobilize energies that have been stuck, and along with cupping will release toxins as well. These toxins, while being eliminated, can cause a temporary worsening of the condition. Also, once energies start moving, things like temporary headaches or aches or other weird or uncommon sensations are possible. However, you should see an improvement within a few more treatments. If you continue to have headaches and feel exhausted or off-kilter, your acupuncturist needs to use a different approach.
Another thing could be that the acupuncturist did too much local treatment, rather than addressing the condition by using more distal points. There are many different schools of acupuncture and theories and approaches to treating conditions. If you still have the headache by the time you get your next treatment, you may ask your doctor to use more distal points. If headaches are caused by rising liver energy, then using points on the feet first to ground and pull down the energies may be a better approach.
But in general, it is good practice to take it as easy as you can when you start acupuncture treatments, especially if there is a lot of detoxification. You can aid the process by drinking a lot of water, getting mild exercise like walking and eating light, unprocessed foods. These things will help your body eliminate the toxins.
And by the way, there are numerous studies out that prove acupuncture works. Recent studies done monitored brain waves while patients received acupuncture, and it was very clear that acupuncture has major effects on pain. I see patients every day that come into the clinic after Western medicine has failed them and offered experimental surgery as the only option left, just to see them improve within a few treatments. And if acupuncture was just a hoax and didn’t work, insurance companies wouldn’t readily offer to pay for acupuncture treatments. It is well-acknowledged for it’s ability to deal with complex pain conditions as well as many other medical conditions.
Cat gives a cardiac massage to his injured girlfriend – Elliott Smith, Needle In The Hay