Acupuncture for Anti Aging

Treatments

• Aging Center
• Pain Center
• • Low Back Pain
  • Neck Pain
  • Foot Pain
  • Knee Pain
  • Shoulder Pain
  • Wrist, Hand Pain
  • Migraine Headache
• Infertility
• Weight Loss & Ear Stapling
• Other Symptoms

中医诊疗所

ヒューストン鍼灸

Acupuncture Aging Center

Introduction
Cardiovascular system
Bones, muscles and joints
Common kinds of Arthritis
Cancer
Kidneys, bladder and urinary tract
Brain and nervous system
Stroke
Sexuality
Other

Introduction

2000 years ago reveals a fable in China, the Emperor Qin ShiHuang sent 500 boys and girls led by a Taoist priest boated toward the sun rise palace to look for the immortal herbal medicine for the emperor. Unfortunately the emperor didn't live long enough for them to come back. Even now some people still believe that the progenies of that 500 boys and girls still walk on earth.

1990s, when I was PhD student in the Department of Senescence Biology, Kyoto University, Japan, I heard some private conversations after conferences, "are you trying to get people to live a longer life of 100 or 200 years?", the answer is "No, our goal is to understanding the aging, to hope we live a healthier and high quality of senor life." In my opinion the concept of anti-aging is not the power of immortality, but that of betterment to our aging process.

The Chinese have a history of pursuing anti-aging, wellness, or long for all the region and group of people. We practiced the concept of Qigong, Taiji, herbal medicine treatments, acupuncture, and the harmony of warm and cold property of food to fit different body types. Modern science discovered the specific genes like aging -1 in worms and the theory of calorie restriction diet for anti-aging. However, I have always thought about "what is the process of aging?" and "what is the cross point for both Traditional Chinese Medicine and modern science to understand the aging process?" It is important to realize for the second question that the target and goal is the same, the human body. Now we understand the fundamentals of aging including genetics, environments and life styles, it is important for us to realize all these elements make up the process of aging.

The Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has a principle theory to understanding the human body and aging. To my understandings, the keyword of the theory is Qi energy. Negative factors such as stresses, diseases, aging will harm the Qi energy when we get sick, become stressed out and deteriorate from aging. Through the negative factors the Qi energy will be weakened, and finally all the Qi energy will be lost and the life will come to an end. The acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, and traditional exercises training such as Qigong, Taiji, Bagua, or Xinyi, all are treatments of Qi energy. These practices will cultivate, smoothen the flow of Qi energy. This way the Qi energy will flow stronger through the channel of our bodies. The body "channel" is a TCM conception that is similar to that of a highway network connection that links each parts of our body. This way we will provide maintenance to our health, and a brake to the process of aging. If the Qi energy is sufficient in the whole body and local organ system, all the symptoms are possible for improvement, such as chronic fatigue, pain management, memory loss, sexual problem, constipation and loss of bladder control.

We say that mostly aging health problems are the result of insufficient and weakness of the Qi energy. Memory loss, chronic fatigue, and various pain problems are the common symptoms that can occur to the elderly. Thus the acupuncture treatments or Chinese herbal medicines have to concentrate on the whole body to supplement the Qi energy. When the entire body's condition has improved, the specific problem will be improved too. For example, in case of foot pain, treatments involve combination of inserting acupuncture needles into foot and additional needle and herbal treatment for some other body organs. This way the treatments will not only solve the problem of foot pain, but also the Qi energy will receive more effective results. Additionally, the traditional therapy or exercises combining medication may be helpful for individuals to manage their health.

Risk of diseases is increase through the aging process, and various diseases are more common to target the elder people (senior). The diseases include cancer, arthritis, and Alzheimer's disease. The following are some typical changes we can expect when we get older.

Cardiovascular system

Elder people's heart muscle will be less efficient pump, and the blood vessels become less elastic. Hardened fatty deposits may form on the walls of your arteries (atherosclerosis), narrowing the passageway through the vessels. This can lead to high blood pressure (hypertension).

Now few theories try to explain the relationship of aging process of cardiovascular: oxidative stress appears to be the primary explanation for aging in the cardiovascular system. Hypertension, diabetes and insulin resistance, which are associated with aging, contribute to vascular malfunction, altering the aging mechanisms of blood vessels.

Bones, muscles and joints

The bones reach maximum mass between ages 25 and 35, when increase of age, bone density will gradual loss, bone become weakens and more susceptible to fracture (osteoporosis). Muscles, tendons and joints generally lose some strength and flexibility too.

Common kinds of Arthritis

• Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common type of arthritis in older people, other name known as degenerative arthritis, degenerative joint disease, hypertrophic arthritis, because the cartilages become ragged and wears away. Cartilage is the part of the joint that cushions the ends of the bones and allows easy movement of joints. OA symptoms can range from stiffness and mild pain that comes and goes with activities like walking, bending, may have joint soreness, morning stiffness, Grating or catching when moving the knee, weakened large thigh muscles.
• Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) - RA is an autoimmune disease that leads to inflammation in joints and tissue around the joints. This inflammation causes pain, swelling, and stiffness that lasts for hours. People of any age can develop RA, and it is more common in women. RA can attack almost any joint in the body, including the joints in the fingers, wrists, shoulders, elbows, hips, knees, ankles, feet, and neck. RA not only destroys joints. It can also attack organs such as the heart, muscles, blood vessels, nervous system, and eyes.

Cancer

Cancer is an abnormal growth of cells, also call malignancy because the cell tends to growth in an uncontrolled way, to metastasize (spread).

Cancer is primarily a disease of aging, about ten times more likely than younger persons to develop cancer, because of their longer exposure to carcinogens: pollution, radiation, tobacco, sun, alcohol, wrong diet, chemical or physical irritation and stress.

Other hands, because the body DNA repair function less effective as we grow older. I would like to believe the life style and aging are more important factors in cancer development.

For cancer prevention, take care the health life style and avoid risk factors, cancer-causing agents in the environment and the workplace. Have good health maintain, righter diet, stress management and exercises, and get help to treatment illness or uncomfortable in early. Because mostly cancers are a result of many years development, so to prevention of cancer, we need do some things for our body start from now.

Kidneys, bladder and urinary tract

With increase of age, kidneys become less efficient in removing waste from bloodstream. Some conditions, such as diabetes or high blood pressure, and some medications may damage kidneys more.

About 30 percent of people age 65 and older experience a loss of bladder control (urinary incontinence). Incontinence also more common happens people have a number of health problems, such as obesity, frequent constipation and chronic cough.

Women are more likely than men to have incontinence, because the menopause might experience stress incontinence. In men, incontinence may caused by an enlarged prostate (BPH, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia), which can block the urethra.

Brain and nervous system

Memory loss is common condition in elder people, because the number of brain cells (neurons) decreases with age. Other as reflexes becomes slower, and less of coordinate.

Stroke

There are two major types of strokes. The most common kind (ischemic) is caused by blood clots or the narrowing of a blood vessel (artery) leading to the brain. The clot keeps blood from flowing into other regions of the brain and prevents needed oxygen and nutrients from reaching brain cells in these regions. The second major kind of stroke (hemorrhagic) happens when a broken blood vessel (artery) causes bleeding in the brain. This break also stops oxygen and nutrients from reaching brain cells. Acupuncture therapy is more common treatment for stroke recovery in China, for improve balance, coordination, pain, and speech.

Sexuality

With age, sexual needs and performance may decrease. Vaginal dryness problem and painful sexual may common in women, because the less elastic of vaginas walls. Impotence or electric dysfunction (ED) becomes more common in men as age over 65.

Other

Cataracts, glaucoma and macular degeneration are the most common problems of aging eyes.

Tea loss, mouth feels drier and gums have pulled back (receded).

Hearing loss, Constipation.

Skin thins and becomes less elastic and more fragile. Less of natural oils may make skin drier and more wrinkled. Age spots can occur, and skin tags are more common

By age 75, some people find that themselves waking up several times each night.

Because metabolism generally slows, body burns fewer calories, and decreased activity, resulting in unwanted weight gain in some older peoples.

Case Study

Stroke recovery
  Male, 60 years old. Cases of patients with left hemiplegia had more than seven months. Sick side of pain, can only be flattering to the chest, fingers can not bend and stretch, lower extremity difficulty walking, urine normal. Blood pressure 160/90mmHg, pale tongue with a wet, bitter white, pulse sink 。 Diagnosis of deficiency of qi and blood, tendons and dystrophy.
Treatment Method: replenishing qi and blood,tendons.
    Prescription: 12 penetrate points, (Qu Chi permeability shaohai, waiguan thoroughly neiguan, Hegu thoroughly laogong, Yang Chi thoroughly Daling, huantiao thoroughly fengshi ， yangguang thoroughly Qu Quan, Yang Ling Quan thoroughly yinlingquan, jugu thoroughly Sanyinjiao bone, qiouxu thoroughly zhongfeng, Taichong thoroughly Yongquan).
     After the treatment ， three times a week, first reinforce for the cleaning.after needle five times ,the onset of upper limb pain did not, lower limb strength increased. Thin white tongue fur, blood pressure 150/90mmHg, following with the needle 10 times, be able to hold things harder. Continued to 10 times, can do dozens of meters, hand-held objects can be cooking.
    [Press] This patient is a blood and Qi energy two losses, governance in order to nourishing blood, qi and tendons, and side thoroughly with 12 points group to the first meeting after the crash the way. Needle rule five times, upper limb pain to catch at the end, stronger than before. Following the front and 10 times, walking fingers function has been restored. Another needle 10 times, on the lower limb function was restored.

 

Stroke
    65 years old female, two years ago, suffered from hypertension, and left hemiplegia, after acupuncture treatment, physical activity to resume. In the afternoon, confusion, not speech, the right limbs unresponsive. Irritable mood, can still sleep and eating, constipation, urine normal. Tongue coating is thin, floating pulse string. Differentiation is blood loss and liver heat, moving within a virtual wind.
Treatment: repression of liver yang, flat put out in the wind , replenishing qi and blood.
Prescription: 12 Well Point, baihui, renzhong, hand-foot 12-pin points (quchi, Hegu, neiguan, Yang Ling-chuen, Zusanli ， Sanyinjiao).

     Well first stab 12 points bleeding, and then stab baihui, renzhong, and hand-foot 12-pin points, leaving needle 30 minutes. The needle four times after the clear consciousness, language gradually restored, the stool had solution, physical activity returned to normal.
     In this case the more urgent because of illness, suddenly lost conscious, first to repression of liver yang and flat put out in the wind, conscious resuscitation, so the first 12 wells points bloodletting, and then pin BAIHUI, renzhong, with hand, foot and 12-pin side pass through the channel, Regulating Qi and blood, through the rule four times their right mind has been clear, every symptoms get better.

Tinnitus and deafness
In order to tinggong ， tinghui ， Yifeng the main points, with zhongzhu zuqiaoyin points, kidney deficiency add taixi points ， and some ear points, such as yifeng ， tinghui ， tinggong points ， to be transmitted to the ear canal so that a sense pin. Remote points such as zhongzhu ， zuqiaoyin are obtained needle felt based on the application of acupuncture techniques, so that acupuncture meridian to the hearts conduction.

Vertigo (essential High Blood Pressure)
Female, 43 years old. A result of the past six months in patients with frequent headaches, dizziness, palpitations, through medical and neurological examination, diagnosed as essential hypertension, who had taken antihypertensive drugs in Western medicine, but not significant decline in blood pressure, and after the treatment has not dropped after a week the normal range, blood pressure, frequent fluctuations in the 170-140/140-100mmHg.
     Prescriptions; blood pressure regulator point (line).
      After the treatment: patients taking seats, side to the medical staff, the first level of attention to the positive direction of the former. Surge point (line) in the ear lobe horizon, the sternocleidomastoid muscle before the 1 / 3 and 1 / 3 at the junction, and then on to the muscle prior to the 1 / 3 at the junction below the 0.5-3.0mm within are voltage point of the needle point. Rhadinosa into the needle, after the case of a little bone out. Needle depth: Adult general 2-3cm.

  Tactics: Small amplitude light Twist 2-3 times, after the decline according to blood pressure every 5-15 minutes before the small-amplitude light Twist 2-3 times, 1-2 hours a newcomer to stay needle needle, gently twisting the needles after the Quit. Needle sense: it is necessary to make it radiation to the ipsilateral head, accompanied by the head cool feeling. After acupuncture: 20 minutes, blood pressure 124/96mmHg, 30 Fenzhong blood pressure 130/92 mmHg, 4s minutes, blood pressure 128/88 mmHg, 2-hour blood pressure 112/84 mmHg, at the same time, the patient feels comfortable sane. Follow-up Study: Acupuncture treatment of patients with a total of four times, at the first symptoms after acupuncture was significantly reduced in the next day on the resumption of full-time work, and stop - cut antihypertensive drugs, although work is very tight, but the symptoms have gradually disappeared, blood pressure has been the normal range. In January after the out-patient follow-up, blood pressure 130/90 mmHg. Six months later follow-up, blood pressure is still normal, never fluctuating, subjective feeling good.

Dysuria (simple benign prostatic hyperplasia)

Stroke (stroke sequelae)
Male, hypertension, history of more than ten years, a day after working a sudden delirium being rushed to hospital, hospitalization months, the consciousness recovery, left hemiplegia, mouth oblique eyes, drooling, speech leakage. A few months after beginning acupuncture treatment. At that time sane, body fat, shortness of breath, right upper and lower limbs muscle tone weakened, the right upper limb can be carried to the chest, grip strength "0" level, lower extremity can lift knee, but weak, without the arm and can not walk. Nasolabial fold shallow, inflatable air leak, salivation. Pulse string slide. Tongue body fat much tooth print. Greasy yellow tongue coating. Card is a stroke (in organs) after-effects. Patients with more body fat have phlegm, combined with exhaustion, relying on sputum on the liver-wind disturbance, blinded clear awakened, faint flutter is not provincial, Meridian closed resistance, blood unreasonable. Therefore, oblique mouth breathing of fish eyes, limbs fail to materialize.
    Prescription: Jiaji (lumbar), the Jian Yu, Qu chi, Hegu. Liang Qiu, Yang Ling-chuen, ba feng, on the following paralysis
     After the treatment: 1 day, 30 times as a course of treatment. After needle treatment 10 times, no significant change in the right upper limb, right lower limb improved, can take 3-5 steps by help. After the second treatment, the right corners of the mouth is no longer leaking, the right upper limb may be holding off the shoulder, right lower limb can independently walk a few meters, to correct facial paralysis, right upper limb flexion-extension flexibility and smooth running strong right lower limb. Blood pressure stable at 150/80mmHg.

    [By] taking Jiaji stimulate internal organs and the Governor's yang qi, Xingpi order of phlegm, take the following paralysis, two points with the use, can clear the facial meridians. Treatment of facial paralysis to take on more of Foot-Yangming, foot Shaoying, hand Sanyang meridians of acupuncture points. Jian Yu point is Yang Ming and Yang Jiao's Society, good tune qi can be guided in order to cure upper Juluan blood, limp weakness. Hegu the original hole for the Hand-Yangming. It can adjust the body functions, pass through the rolling. Quchi, hand-Yangming's combined points, the meridians of the qi into also. With Hegu useful, up-head-face, local treatment of upper limb fail to materialize and indifferent. Yanglingquan. Of Foot-Shaoyang combined points, and the leaked liver Xifeng, Shujin rolling. Hanging bell: foot Sanyang large network, marrow of the Council, co-eight wind, enough to relieve hard-line rule. Therefore, the hole with the use, hemiplegia survived.)

Tinnitus
52-year-old, ringing in the ears the course of time, tiredness after the heavier sound, such as cicada, dizziness, insomnia, upset by ear examination, no abnormality was found. Has served Longdanxiegan Pills and other drugs is invalid. Patient external ear, pharynx, tonsils were normal, blood pressure 120/90mmHg, pulse breakdown, tongue red and yellowish moss. Differentiation of renal resuscitation in the ears, kidney deficiency, are ringing in the ears. Kidney essence, the brain is a sea of marrow, kidney qi deficiency, brain does not charge, so dizzy, kidney main bone of the lumbar kidney House. Heart and kidney do not pay, water and fire incompetent, then the insomnia and dreams. Tongue red, pulse breakdown. Expelling nourishing kidney yin.
     Prescriptions, Shenshu, Sanyinjiao, Tinghui.
      After treatment: Daily needle 1time, needle with reinforcing method. Acupuncture for more than 20 times, ringing in the ears disappeared. 

  Insomnia
Male, 46 years old, patients with insomnia for three years, at times, been able to sleep, but the Night's Dream and more upset, dry mouth, spontaneous perspiration, dizziness, tinnitus, palpitations, poor memory, each in the work of tight, hard to sleep through the night . The oral sedation, an ineffective medication, pulse breakdown, tongue red, less-chun, no moss. This is a thought-injured spleen, blood does not raise heart.
    Prescription: Pishu. shenmen, neiguan. Sanyinjiao.
     After the treatment: Daily needle 1time, leaving needles for 20 minutes. After needle 7 times, the night can sleep in peace, which all patients were followed extinction.
    [Press] This case was thought-over-temper damage, insufficient effort deficiency, mind dystrophy caused by the insomnia, so they chose a Pishu. Spleen excited by the channel Qi energy flow, take the Shenmen's Heart Sutra conditioning gas, Sanyinjiao for the full-yin and through the intersection of the points, nourishing yin and blood, kidney spleen, to charge organs, This is a fundamental policy in order to cure the disease mind dystrophy.