Basic Allergy Treatments

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. Acupuncture is a great way to treat allergies, asthma and eczema. In this free video series our expert in Chinese medicine and acupuncture will teach you how to do acupuncture for any type of allergy related symptoms. You will learn about the different causes and symptoms of allergies according to Chinese medicine and learn about different spots on the body used to treat each symptom, including eczema, redness, itching, irritability and chest tightness. If you are interested in acupuncture, let our expert show you everything you need to know about acupuncture for depression.

Video Transcript

"For the past five to ten years, more and more Americans suffered different kinds of allergies. For instance, allergic rhinitis, asthma or urticaria. Or even anaphylactic shock. In which suddenly, a lot of histamine is released into the body. And then all the blood vessels dilate. And people can just suddenly go to coma. So we have all the medication to help the allergy symptoms. The first step is, when you first have allergic symptoms. You will get anti histamine medication. So that will help reduce your symptoms, nose congestion, itchy eyes, itchy skin. So people will stay alert, symptom free for a couple years. Then the symptoms come back. So the second step, is using cortisone shots to reduce the allergy symptoms. And then the next step, we'll use the allergy shots to desensitize the body. But none of this treatment can eliminate allergy. So we're going to talk about how acupuncture can treat the root cause."