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An alternative cure to depression

Acupuncture and Depression

Following news which broke yesterday that Prozac, the bestselling antidepressant taken by 40 million people worldwide, does not work and nor do similar drugs in the same class, how can the estimated two million people a year in the UK suffering from depression beat it?

The World Health Organisation (WHO) lists acupuncture as a recognised treatment for depression, so if you’re feeling fed-up or dejected it can help treat the condition. *Research shows that one in 20 of us visit our GP because of depression, making it a modern day epidemic.

Many people are unaware that acupuncture has a long history of use in the treatment of psychiatric disorders in China. It is now increasingly being used both on its own and in conjunction with other therapies, such as psychotherapy and antidepressants, in the UK.

How can acupuncture help?

Chinese Medicine acknowledges that emotional factors play a part in health and that emotional life cannot be separated from the physical. Acupuncturists talk about seven main emotions: joy, worry/overthinking, anger, sadness, grief, fear and fright. It is human nature to experience these feelings – the real problem occurs when we experience them to an excessive degree or don’t experience them at all. For example, a person can get stuck in anger due to harbouring resentment over many years, which in turn may manifest in physical or emotional conditions such as anxiety, depression, or insomnia.

Neil Quinton, acupuncturist and British Acupuncture Council member explains how it can help: “My experience has shown that acupuncture has a lot to offer people suffering from all kinds of depression. It really can be an effective alternative treatment for the condition. I have seen many patients change their lives and move on from a very difficult period - it’s as though acupuncture acts as a catalyst for change. Because it regulates the body’s functioning and with the interconnectedness of mind and body, patients always find that as they feel better their physical complaints improve too.

Research into acupuncture and depression

o A double blind study was conducted among women suffering from depression. The results found that acupuncture was significantly better in treating depression than either sham acupuncture or no treatment at all (1998, Allen et al)

o A further study (2000) found that acupuncture gave signifcant clinical improvement to depression sufferers. The patients were treated by true acupuncture ten times in two weeks and when compared to sham treatments showed a marked improvement. It was found to be especially good for treating anxiety symptoms (2000, Eich et al)

o A 1998 study at University of Arizona into the treatment of depression in 33 women by acupuncture was fairly widely reported in the acupuncture profession and elsewhere. The study found that 64% of the women experienced full remission of depression following depression-specific acupuncture treatment, appearing to show that acupuncture can provide significant symptom relief at rates comparable to standard treatments such as psychotherapy or pharmacotherapy.

o A 2004 study found that acupuncture was an effective treatment for depression during pregnancy. (University of Stanford)

As with all health care treatments, it’s important to find a registered and qualified practitioner. To find a practitioner in your area call the British Acupuncture Council on 020 8735 0400 or visit www.acupuncture.org.uk

BAcC practitioners are available for interview, expert comment and case histories.

For further press information please contact;

Paul Joseph

Mandate Communications

Tel: 0207 379 5000

About the BAcC:

The British Acupuncture Council (BAcC) has a membership of over 2,800 professionally qualified acupuncturists. It is the UK’s largest professional body for the practice of acupuncture.

BAcC members practise a traditional, holistic style of acupuncture diagnosis and treatment based on a system developed and refined over 2,000 years. To achieve BAcC membership, practitioners must first undertake extensive training in traditional acupuncture (minimum three years full-time or part-time equivalent), which includes physiology, anatomy and other biomedical sciences appropriate to the practice of acupuncture.

What is acupuncture?

Acupuncture is an Oriental therapy that aims to improve the overall wellbeing of the patient, rather than treating specific symptoms in isolation.

Traditional Chinese philosophy states that our health is dependent on the body’s motivating energy - known as Qi - moving in a smooth and balanced way through a series of meridians (channels) beneath the skin.

For any number of reasons, Qi may become unbalanced and lead to illness. By inserting fine needles into the channels of energy or Qi, an acupuncturist can stimulate the body’s own healing response and help restore its natural balance.

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Tags: prozac, depression, treatment of depression, acupuncture

By Alejandro Bustos

If you are already tired of all acne scars that have and do not want to know anything more about acne products or acne treatments that do not have served for anything, it’s time to start testing a natural cure for acne that you can do at home, Are you ready to reveal the great secret… lemon juice.

A good treatment with lemon juice can destroy all these acne scars, it can be take 1 day, or 2 weeks, or 3 months, depending on the seriousness of the acne problem, in my particular case, I ran pretty fast, and believe me, my acne problem was quite serious, but in a matter of 2 weeks and I had no acne scars on my face.

Now, why the lemon juice? Simple… The lemon juice contains acid which stimulates the growth of new cells to replace dead skin. The lemon juice is a little stink, but if you have no problem you can sleep with it in the affected area, there are people who even use it to treat acne but use it very carefully.

To deal with the acne scars is simple, you must first wash your face with warm water, and then apply in a cotton ball a little of lemon juice and gently rubbing on acne marks, leave act for about 10 minutes and then dry the affected zone.

Most importantly, remember that the lemon juice stain the skin, which is why I recommend that if you go out in the sun after having applied the treatment, use some sort of sunscreen to prevent stains.

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We have seen how the lack of oxidation in the cells leads to cells turning cancerous as oxygen levels reduce. Research has shown that cells ultimately become cancerous when there is a reduction in the oxygen level in cells of 35% or more.

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A biochemist and physicist at Gungnir Research in Portsmouth, Ohio, J.B. Kizer working on Warburg’s discovery found that high oxygen tensions were lethal to cancer tissue. A level of 95% was very toxic to cancerous cells where normal cells were not harmed. This seems to show that taking steps to get oxygen into cancerous tissues commenced a process where the cancerous cells begin to die. Additionally the process of fermentation used by cancer cells to make energy suppresses the oxygen intake of surrounding normal cells.

(Poor oxygen level in the cells, as seen in a previous post may be due to an overload of toxins, creating conditions in the cells, preventing proper levels of nutrients and oxygen from entering). Indeed, the cell wall may be deteriorated, again and making it more difficult for oxygen to enter.

Implications of these findings suggest that an effective natural cancer treatment would be to get as much oxygen into the cells as possible raising the oxygen levels and preventing the cells from turning cancerous.

Unfortunately, the process of getting additional oxygen into cells is not straightforward. Breathing in oxygen is limited by the amount of haemoglobin in the blood, and the pH level of your blood also is a factor. In other words, if you’re anaemic, less oxygen is likely to enter the cells. Most liquid oxygen supplements only release oxygen into the blood. There is no guarantee with these supplements that the oxygen reaches the cells.

So how do we approach this problem?

The first step is basically a detoxification of the body. There is plenty of research to show that cancer thrives in an acidic environment, and doesn’t survive in a more alkaline environment. When cells turn cancerous, they produce lactic acid as a waste product, and of course this makes the body more acidic.

So the first thing we should do is concentrate on returning the body to a less acidic state to give the body the best possible chance to commence recovery.

Most foods and drinks we eat today are acidic. Meat, grains, sugar and some other soft drinks are highly acidic. So if your diet has been lacking in natural fresh fruit and vegetables, your body is likely to be more acidic than it should have been for several years. Acidity is also a factor in many other degenerative diseases. Common sense says, to balance the acidity levels, so everything can come back to normal.

You see your body actually tries to maintain its pH level by trying to get rid of the excess acidic toxins. Where do they go? Some are excreted, but most are stored in the body’s cells, which leads to the cells problem in the first place. The more acidic your cells are, the less then can absorb vital oxygen.

So concentrate on your diet, eat more fresh fruit and vegetables with high levels of antioxidants, and consider using a natural detoxifier.

Ever heard of Zeolite? Zeolite is a natural volcanic mineral with some remarkable properties. It has a cage like molecular structure, which naturally attracts positively charged toxins. These toxins, then combine with a molecular structure and become trapped. The toxins and zeolite then travel through the body and are excreted, 40% in stools and 60% in the urine.

Zeolite also activates the P21 gene in cells which is responsible for the cell self-destructing. A 14th month study apparently shows zeolite to be an effective cancer killer, and many people who have been sent home to die have made a recovery using this supplement. There are many personal testimonies from people who have used this supplement.

There are two types of supplement, liquid, and powder. Liquid being the most of effective and fastest. This supplement does not seem to be general available in local stores, and it would appear that the best source is the internet itself.

I have found these two sites as good places to go for purchasing Zeolite.
(UK) www.liquid-zeolite.co.uk and elsewhere www.zeolitesupport.com

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