Acupuncture is the process of piercing the skin with needles at specific points to treat various illness, and according to the latest finding it can also prevent heart failure. It works on the sympathetic nervous system, which causes involuntary movements such as excess palpitation and inappropriate blood pressure. Over activation of sympathetic nerves is one of the main reason for heart failures. The cure thus lies in controlling the activity of these nerves which is effectively done by Acupuncture.
It has been noticed that the sympathetic nerve is much more active in heart patients than in people with healthy heart. This exerts the weak heart to work more than it's capacity, leading to heart failure.
Dr. Holly R. Middlekauff, M.D., associate professor of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, for the first time experimented Acupuncture as a treatment to prevent heart failure.
Dr. Holly along with other researchers, underwent an experiment of acupuncture on 14 heart patients. They were divided into three groups. The first group of heart patients were given acupuncture at the traditional sites. The second group of patients received it in "non-acupoint" and the third group, did not receive it at all.
Mental stress was then created on patients by giving them math problems to solve mentally and speak out the answers aloud. They were also given the colour/word test. The words were written in different colored ink and the patients were asked to tell the colour of the words.
After 20 minutes, for the first group, blood pressure and heart rate remained unaffected and the activity of the sympathetic nerve reduced. On the other hand, activity of the sympathetic nerve increased in both the non-acupoint patients and the patients who did not receive it at all.
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Thanks for sharing this news Neetu!! There is an accelerated rate of heart disease among even very young people duie to stressful and unhealthy lifestyle!! Such an alternative therapy will definitely help many to control this issue!
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Yes --- Acupuncture has a clearly recorded history of about 2000 years, but some authorities claim that it has been practiced in China for some 4000 years..... :)
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