Using Acupuncture for Migraines

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 Traditional Chinese Medicine, or TCM. 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. One of the most well-known applications of Traditional Chinese Medicine is found in acupuncture. In this free video series, an acupuncture physician will teach you how to treat migraine headaches with acupuncture techniques. You'll learn several Tui Na techniques, such as the grasping, rolling, one-finger pushing, and pulling techniques. With these tips and methods, you'll be well on your way to helping someone forget about their migraine troubles.

Video Transcript

"In this episode we're going to be demonstrating acupuncture for migraine headaches. Jackie has been suffering from migraines for a number of years and we are going to start by swabbing a few points. Sterilize the area. The main thing we are working on here is some chi stagnation and probably a little blood stagnation as well. Which is just some of the more unique diagnostic terms that we, we use to describe some problems. So I've actually already spent a few minutes talking with her, trying to ascertain what's going on with her. So we're going to use a point here called gb thirty four, which is helpful in relaxing the tendons as well as specific for the head and neck and shoulder area. Where she holds probably a bit of some old injuries there. One of the side effects that she gets with her migraines is nausea, so we are going to use stomach thirty six. That's very helpful for combating some digestive problems and one of my favorites for a whole variety of problems, but in particular, chi stagnation of the liver is a point there called, liver three. And then we combine that with a point in the hand called large intestine four. Which makes up the four gates. It's specific for removing chi stagnation. Once we get those points in we let her relax here for about twenty minutes while the chi starts to move and hopefully we work towards preventing any future migraines."