Fa'amatala Fa'amanuiaga ole Acupuncture mo Ga'au

Mo tagata taʻitoʻatasi e maua i le gugu, e mafai e le tuʻufaʻatasia o le acupuncture ma isi togafitiga e fesoasoani e pulea ai tiga ma isi faʻaʻailoga?

Acupuncture Mo Ga'au

O le acupuncture ua leva ona iai mo le faitau afe o tausaga ma o se ituaiga o vailaʻau faʻaSaina masani e faʻaogaina ai nila faʻapipiʻi i vaega eseese o le tino e faʻamalolo ai le tiga ma le mumū. O le faʻataʻitaʻiga e faʻavae i luga o le manatu o le malosi o le ola lea e tafe i le tino i luga o ala e taʻua o meridian. Pe a faʻalavelave le tafe o le malosi, poloka, pe manuʻa, e mafai ona oʻo mai le tiga poʻo maʻi. (Fa'avae Ga'au. ND.) E manaʻomia nisi suʻesuʻega e iloa ai le auala e galue ai le acupuncture therapeutic mechanisms ma le aoga atoa. Ae ui i lea, o loʻo i ai faʻamaoniga o loʻo faʻaalia e mafai e le acupuncture ona maua ai le toomaga mo tagata taʻitoʻatasi o loʻo maua i tiga faʻatasi, aemaise lava i latou e maua i le osteoarthritis ma le maʻi rūmatoid. (Pei-Chi Chou, Heng-Yi Chu. 2018)

faamanuiaga

O le auala moni e faʻaitiitia ai le tiga ma le mumū e le o manino. O aʻoaʻoga e aofia ai o nila e taofiofia tali faʻafefe, faʻaleleia le tafe toto, ma faʻamalo maso. E ui lava e le mafai e le acupuncture ona fofoina pe faʻafefeteina le gasegase, atonu e aoga mo le puleaina o tiga ma faʻaitiitia ai faʻamaoniga, aemaise lava i le tuʻufaʻatasia ma isi togafitiga. (Pei-Chi Chou, Heng-Yi Chu. 2018)

gugu Rheumatoid

O se iloiloga faʻatulagaina o suʻesuʻega e 43, e aofia ai tagata ma manu e maua i le gugu o le rheumatoid, na faʻaalia ai iʻuga eseese. E tele su'esu'ega na fa'aalia ai le fa'aleleia atili o fa'ailoga ma fa'aitiitia fa'ailoga ola o le ma'i rūmatoid pe a mae'a le tasi i le tolu vasega o le acupuncture mo le fa vaiaso pe sili atu. (Sharon L. Kolasinski et al., 2020) O taunuʻuga aoga pe a maeʻa togafitiga acupuncture mo faʻamaʻi rūmatoid e aofia ai:

• Faʻaitiitia le tiga
• Faʻaitiitia le malo o sooga
• Fa'aleleia galuega fa'aletino

O faʻaiʻuga o suʻesuʻega a tagata ma manu na fautua mai ai e mafai e le acupuncture ona mafai lalo-pulea:

• Tulaga o interleukins
• Tulaga o le tumo necrosis factor
• Polotini / cytokines e faʻailoa ai sela faʻapitoa e aʻafia i le tali inflammatory, lea e faʻateleina i tulaga o le autoimmune e pei o le gugu o le rheumatoid. (Pei-Chi Chou, Heng-Yi Chu. 2018)
• O le tele o mataupu su'esu'e na maua fo'i isi ituaiga o togafitiga, aemaise o vaila'au. O le mea lea, e faigata ona faʻauʻu pe faʻapefea ona aoga le acupuncture naʻo ia pe o se faʻaopoopoga faʻaopoopo i isi togafitiga faafomaʻi. (Pei-Chi Chou, Heng-Yi Chu. 2018)

Osteoarthritis

Acupuncture mo le osteoarthritis o le lima, suilapalapa, ma tulivae e fautuaina, e tusa ai ma le American College of Rheumatology and Arthritis Foundation, o lona uiga atonu e aoga le taumafai, e ui o le tele o suʻesuʻega e manaʻomia e faʻamaonia ai lona aoga. Ae ui i lea, talu ai e laʻititi le lamatiaga, o le acupuncture e masani ona manatu o se isi togafitiga saogalemu mo le puleaina o faʻamaoniga. (Sharon L. Kolasinski et al., 2020)

tiga faaumiumi

E pei ona fautuaina e suʻesuʻega faʻapitoa e mafai ona aoga le acupuncture i le tuʻuina atu o le tiga, atonu o se filifiliga fautuaina mo tagata taʻitoʻatasi o loʻo mafatia i tiga tumau. O se iloiloga faʻapitoa talu ai nei o 20,827 maʻi ma 39 faʻataʻitaʻiga na faʻamaonia ai o le acupuncture e aoga mo le togafitia o tiga masani o le musculoskeletal, tiga o le ulu, ma le osteoarthritis tiga. (Andrew J. Vickers et al., 2018)

O isi faʻamanuiaga e mafai ona aofia ai aʻafiaga antioxidative: (Pei-Chi Chou, Heng-Yi Chu. 2018)

• Faʻaitiitia le faʻamaʻi faʻamaʻi ma le mumū
• Faʻaleleia le metabolism malosi
• Fa'aosoina le tu'uina atu o endorphins/hormones e fesoasoani e fa'aitiitia le tiga.

saogalēmū

• O le acupuncture ua manatu o se faiga saogalemu e se tagata tomai faapitoa laiseneina ma faʻamaonia.
• Ina ia fa'ata'ita'i le acupuncture i le Iunaite Setete, e mana'omia e le acupuncturist se la'ititi o le tikeri o le matuaofaiva mai se polokalame ua fa'atagaina e le American Academy of Acupuncture ma Oriental Medicine ma se laisene i le setete na latou maua ai a latou togafitiga acupuncture.
• O foma'i o lo'o iai le tikeri MD po'o le DO ua laiseneina i le Iunaite Setete e fa'atino galuega fa'afoma'i e mafai fo'i ona laiseneina e le American Academy of Medical Acupuncture pe a mae'a a'oa'oga fa'aopoopo.

lamatiaga

O a'afiaga e feso'ota'i ma le acupuncture o le toto ma le toto'a, aemaise lava mo tagata ta'ito'atasi o lo'o maua i le ma'i toto pei o le hemophilia po'o le inuina o vaila'au e fa'amama toto. E fautuaina tagata taʻitoʻatasi e talanoa i latou tausi soifua maloloina e fuafua pe o le acupuncture o se filifiliga saogalemu.

Aafiaga itu

O le tele o tagata taʻitoʻatasi e le oʻo i ni aʻafiaga, e ui o faʻafitauli e mafai ona aofia ai: (Shifen Xu et al., 2013)

• Soreness
• Faʻasusu
• Faʻailoga
• Te'i nila: o se tali vasovagal e fa'aalia ai le lagona vaivai, ma'i lima, ma'alili, ma sina faafaufau.

Sauniga Acupuncture

• I le taimi muamua o togafitiga, o le a talanoaina e tagata taʻitoʻatasi o latou talaʻaga faʻafomaʻi ma poʻo a sooga ma vaega o latou tino o loʻo faʻaalia ai faʻamaoniga.
• A maeʻa se suʻega faaletino, o le a taoto le tagata i luga o se laulau togafitiga.
• O tagata taʻitoʻatasi e mafai ona faʻasaga i luga pe lalo e faʻatatau i vaega o le tino e manaʻomia e le acupuncturist ona maua.
• E fautuaina le ofuina o lavalava ta'avale e mafai ona taai i luga pe aveese mai le auala e faigofie ai ona o'o atu i vaega eseese.
• Fa'alagolago i vaega e mana'omia ona sao i ai, e ono talosagaina tagata ta'ito'atasi e sui i se ofu fa'afoma'i.
• Ole acupuncturist ole a fa'aogaina le 'ava malosi e fa'amama ai le vaega a'o le'i tu'uina nila.
• O nila e faia i le uamea ma e matua manifinifi lava.
• Atonu e lagona e tagata ta'ito'atasi se pine itiiti i vaega ma'ale'ale e pei o lima ma vae, ae o le fa'aofiina o nila e tatau ona fa'alelei ma talia lelei e aunoa ma se fa'alavelave tele.
• Mo le electroacupuncture, o le acupuncturist o le a pasia se eletise eletise vaivai e ala i nila, e masani lava 40 i le 80 volts.
• E tumau nila i totonu mo le 20 i le 30 minute.
• A maeʻa togafitiga, e aveese e le acupuncturist nila ma lafoai.

faisoʻoga

• Ole tele ole taimi ole acupuncture ole a fa'atatau ile ogaoga ole auga ma pe fa'atagaina asiasiga ma toe totogi e le kamupani inisiua soifua maloloina.

Tau ma Inisiua

• O tau mo le acupuncture e mafai ona eseese mai le $75 i le $200 i le vasega.
• O le vasega muamua, lea e aofia ai se uluai iloiloga ma iloiloga, e masani ona sili atu le tau nai lo asiasiga tulitatao.
• Pe o le inisiua soifua maloloina e aofia ai nisi poʻo tau uma o sauniga acupuncture e faʻalagolago i le kamupani inisiua taʻitasi ma le tulaga o loʻo togafitia.
• Medicare o lo'o aofia ai auaunaga acupuncture e o'o atu i le 12 asiasiga i totonu o le 90 aso mo na'o tiga maualalo maualalo.
• E le mafai e le Medicare ona ufiufi le acupuncture mo isi tulaga. (Medicare.gov. ND)

Acupuncture e le o se fofo mo le gasegase, ae atonu o se meafaigaluega aoga e fesoasoani ai i le puleaina o tiga ma isi faʻaʻailoga. Ia mautinoa e fa'afeso'ota'i se tausi soifua maloloina pe a akupunika e saogalemu e fa'ata'ita'i e fa'atatau i tala fa'asolopito.

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