How to Perform Acupuncture

Series Summary

Acupuncture has a really intriguing history. It's been around longer than anybody could say for certain. One of the earliest indications of acupuncture was found in the northern Alps in Italy. When scientist found a body frozen in the ice with the skin still intact, they discovered acupuncture points. In France, some have found cave paintings that have meridian lines drawn on a human form. However, acupuncture will always be a legacy to Chinese medicine. Even today, modern acupuncturist base their knowledge on information that is more than twenty five hundred years old. Regardless, one can not deny the many health benefits of acupuncture. Most that have had this treatment rave about its success.

If you are interested in knowing more about acupuncture, this video series is perfect for you. Our expert, Dr. Filardo, is certified in Acupuncture, and he has been practicing for many years. Dr. Filardo gives you tips on deciding if acupuncture is right for you. He also shows you an demonstration of the treatment. Learn what conditions that acupuncture can treat, and the many benefits of the treatment on your body. So, if you are considering acupuncture, take some time, and watch this free video series today!

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Dr. Filardo, doctor of chiropractic and also certified in acupuncture and I'm here, on behalf of Expert Village. We have our wonderful patient Ania, here today. Ania, we've been treating for a few months and Ania has a history of allergies. This current segment, we're going to talk about, is how acupuncture is performed and so we're going to go through it verbally and then we're going to give a demonstration, in the next segment. First, what we want to do is, we're going to want to take a very accurate history and diagnostics. We want to look at X-rays and maybe there's something structural, allowing the blood to congest, in the sinuses, or something that the body is causing an allergy whether it be a food allergy or a environmental allergy. So, we want to do a very good diagnostic test and look at hair analysis and look at the adrenal gland and look at the thyroid gland and then do food log, of the last seven days, if the patient has eaten, and then we'll come up with a good prescription of care. So, we're at this point, where Ania is ready for her first acupuncture treatment. We've really fined toned, that the issue, with allergies, is not only just in the sinuses, but also the liver and the colon. So, we're going to treat, Ania's liver and colon, through acupuncture. What's kind of weird is that we won't even go near the liver and colon and so all of our patients say "well that's kind of weird doc. Well aren't you supposed to treat my liver and colon? It's down here," but acupuncture can be done in several different ways because you're following, four thousand year old meridians and their pathways, so you can treat all along those pathways and you can also treat in the ear. There's three hundred and fifty-nine points, in the body, and one hundred and fifty-nine, in the ear. So, in treating Ania's colon and liver today, we're going to do that through her ear and through her face. What we want to do is, firstly, prepare the patient and make sure we alcohol, all the different areas. We always use seirin sterilized needles, it's only a one time use needle, and so we have those ready to go. Then, we're going to map out, through the laser and for the camera, I'm going to map out exactly where we're going to put the needles and what that region demarcates and then we're going to put the needles in. They're very slow and easily insertion. There's a guide tube, on the needle, unlike a needle that you would get from your family doctor or cortisone shot, for example. It actually has a guide to it, which makes it very comfortable for the patient. Then we're going to insert the needles and then we're going to set the timer for about ten to twelve minutes and we're going to use our laser. This Zirconia laser, was designed to stimulate acupuncture needles and acupuncture stimulation, in the meridian therapy's and the meridian pathways, through a certain setting, so I'm going to program that setting. Laser, on top of the needles, and the needles will absorb that energy and it will pull it into the meridian, or pathway, that we're trying to balance, and you'll get a larger longer lasting stimulation. Electrical and energetic stimulation. We're going to do that and then we're going to wait, ten or twelve minutes, and then pull the needles out."