Dr. James B. Keating, D.C., M.S.Ac.

Preventive Medicine, PC

History and Evolution of Acupuncture

From the stone age to the bronze age.

Through the ages

Earliest uses documented in China 2000 years ago.

References that go back 4000 years A procedure that got results

No modern understanding of anatomy and physiology

The claim that it was illegal to dissect the dead

Accurate measures in size and weight of organs

Relatively good understanding of basic organ function

Superimposing energy flow on to that model

Brilliant people

From sharp stone to bronze spike to metal knives We now have needles that are thin sterile single

use and steel

Now with universal precautions infection rates are extremely low

According to wrongdiagnosis.com in the years

1990 through 2003 only 0.04% of acupuncture practitioners had a malpractice claim against them.

Evolution of the needle

The most effective medicine, but for what conditions?

When you don’t have another option you have to treat everything with acupuncture

Based on the energy flow theory any condition can respond to treatment

Part of a system of medicine : herbs, tui na, acupressure, moxa, cupping, gua sha, plumb blossom, dietary therapy

The only doctor

Documenting/organizing: TCM is brought into being: Chairman Mao

creates schools for the barefoot doctors in 1949

Points/meridians were consolidated, agreed upon and written down.

The schools were also designed to take the taoist or spiritual influences from the healing art

China gets it organized

Korea, Japan, Vietnam, etc. – acupuncture spread and was altered by each culture

Micro systems are developed

When TCM became organized international organizations began to form and acupuncture traveled to the Western European nations

Other cultures coordinate and communicate

The medical community in the west was quick to denounce this medicine as quackery when Nixon brought it to America.

Much of it we now under stand in western terms:

Endorphin release, pain gate, healing cascade, muscle stretch/tone, increase circulation, decrease INFLAMATION

World Health Organization (WHO?)

We have had to accept

Adverse reactions to radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy Allergic rhinitis (including hay fever)Biliary colicDepression(including depressive neurosis and depression following stroke Dysentery, acute bacillary Dysmenorrhoea, primary Epigastralgia, acute (in peptic ulcer, acute and chronic gastritis, and gastrospasm) Facial pain (including craniomandibular disorders) Headache Hypertension, essentialHypotension, primary Induction of labourKnee pain LeukopeniaLow back pain Malposition of fetus, correction ofMorning sickness Nausea and vomiting Neck pain Pain in dentistry (including dental pain and temporomandibular dysfunction) Periarthritis of shoulder Postoperative pain Renal colic Rheumatoid arthritis Sciatica Sprain Stroke Tennis elbow

www.tcm.health-info.org/WHO-treatment-list.htm

Diseases,symptoms or conditions for which acupuncture has been

proved-through controlled trials-to be an effective treatment:

What we do not understand now: mechanisms, hormones, internal conditions, emotions, Microsystems, lasting results

Just because we cant explain how it worked……

By focusing on the statistics we can see that this form of medicine gets results.

My experiences with this form of medicine include:

FibromyalgiaRAWeight lossSmoking CessationPTSChronic painHeadaches (chronic on going migraines)Sinus, allergyParkinson's disease

On a personal note

At Preventive Medicine we combine it with:Massage therapy/manual therapyEMS (electric muscle stimulation)Hot moist pack/Cold PackUltra soundChiropractic adjustment/manipulationTherapeutic exercisesNutritional supplements

Combined with other treatments

Thank you for your time and attention