AOM is the acronym for acupuncture & Oriental (east Asian) traditional medicine, which this commonly includes Chinese herbal medicine, tui-na medical massage, qi-gong breathing & exercises, and diet therapy. These many different strategies all conform to one treatment principle -- to assist the body's normal physiological process return to health, and to reach an optimal level of wellness.
Non-pharmacological Pain Relief
Modern pharmacology has provided us with many pain relieving drug products. Unfortunately, these drug products may also carry serious side effects [such as peptic ulcers, hearing loss, renal failure, cardiovascular events, seizures, constipation] and are increasingly the cause of serious substance abuse addiction in our society, overtaking even heroin use.
Acupuncture had been proven in many studies to as effective or more so than pharmaceutical products for relieving pain, with almost zero side effects.
Furthermore, because acupuncture theory addresses not only the symptomatic relief of pain, but its underlying disorders of Qi and Blood disharmony, in some cases it can actually eliminate the need for all treatment rather than prolong it.
News
Britain's National Health Service recommends that patients with persistent low back pain should be offered acupuncture, massages or exercises.
|