Subject: RE:Acupuncture Question.

From: [email-masked] (Romel Cordeiro)
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 10:10:40 -1000

Hi there.

We received a posting saying that some experiments show that local nerve
blocks can stop the effect of the acupuncture stimulation.  We agree with
this experiment and this shows us that the neurological aspect has an
influence and relationship to the way acupuncture works.  Many traditional
Acupuncturists would hate the idea that there is more to the Acupuncture
Medicine mechanism than the energy travelling in the channels and the
balancing of these energies.  We agree with this Mechanism and the
Scientific proof on the treatment and diagnosis using this energy system for
thousand of years.

But in our study group, we are trying to see the relationship and
involvement in the acupuncture stimulation moving the Qi(energy) and the
outcome biochemically, the neurological response to this stimulations.  We
agree that there is a biochemical release of endorphins and other
biochemical substances to local and distal areas.  But we feel that these
amounts of endorphins could not stop a headache in sometimes 5 to 10 minutes
like we saw many times.  We understand the biochemistry mechanism in the
different disorders, but we don't think that a stimulation of a specific
point in the feet could create enough endorphins to stop a major headache in
a very short time.  What we are trying to bring up, is that there are other
things working together to relieve these headaches.

Thanks for the response, we appreciate them.  We understand the point that
Acupuncture works; we are just trying to enjoy the mechanism to the fullest
potential.

Nimai
(responding for our group)