Alternative Therapy
Benefits of Acupuncture
A new study in the University Hospital of Essen, Germany, suggests that acupuncture transforms the way the brain processes pain.
Using MRI, researchers led by Dr. Nina Theysohn could observe brain areas that normally deal with perception and response to pain.
We studied 18 healthy volunteers who received electronic stimulation painful left ankle, the radiologists found that when acupuncture needles are placed on the right side of the body of individuals, the activation of pain processing areas in the brain was reduced substantially.
“This is just one of the studies confirming that acupuncture helps with chronic pain,” said Dr. Daniel Hsu at AOL Health.
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Benefits of Seawater Therapy
Thalassotherapy is a treatment with seawater, which provides therapeutic benefits, preventive, curative and relaxing. The term ‘talassoterapia’ comes from ancient Greek and means Thalassa = Sea and Therapy = Treatment.
A method of therapy that is based on the use of different media together or separately marine (sea water, seaweed, mud and other substances extracted from the sea), the degree of salinity and ocean climate as a therapeutic agent.
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