How Acupuncture Can Treat Crohn's Disease
Crohn’s Disease And Acupuncture: Treatment
If you or someone you love suffers from Crohn's Disease, then you know that it is no laughing matter. For those who are unfamiliar with the condition, Crohn's Disease involves chronic inflammation of the body’s intestinal tract which can cause symptoms like stomach pain, diarrhea, bloody stool, mucus in stool, fatigue, and weight loss or weight fluctuation. There is no known cure and the ways to treat the symptoms vary wildly from invasive surgery, pills, pharmaceutical drugs including immunosuppressive drugs that have been found to increase the risk of cancer seven-fold, dietary and lifestyle changes, and even meditation and other holistic treatment avenues. Lately, there have been enormous strides in helping Chrohn’s sufferers achieve a relatively large amount of symptomatic relief through acupuncture therapy, among other lifestyle changes. In today’s article, we’re going to cover a little more in-depth as to what this terrible disease is and how we at Eagle Acupuncture can help you treat it. If you have anyone in your life that suffers from this condition, please sound off in the comments with your experiences and/or questions about treatment! We would love to hear from you.
What Is Crohn’s Disease?
Also known as ileitis, Crohn’s Disease is a systemic and long term inflammation of the bowels. It is an autoimmune disease in that it involves the body’s natural defenses attacking healthy tissue. It can cause fatal complications including colorectal cancer (there’s a greatly increased risk of this type of cancer in those diagnosed with ileitis), and severe digestive complications like starvation due to lack of nutrient absorption, among other things. The good news is that it typically is a very manageable condition that requires little upkeep compared to other chronic disorders. The trick is finding a diet and lifestyle that helps keep your symptoms in check and sticking with it! And we can definitely help with that at Eagle Acupuncture!
How Acupuncture From Eagle Acupuncture Can Help
Speaking of how we can help you with your Crohn’s Disease issues, we offer acupuncture therapy sessions that can, in many cases, drastically improve your quality of life and reduce symptoms of your illness. When it all comes down to it, Crohn’s Disease is a disease of inflammation of a particular system of your body. Acupuncture, paired with traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), is absolutely great at helping to target specific areas of the body and to greatly reduce inflammation in both targeted areas and in the body as a whole. Acupuncture helps to enhance blood flow and oxygen molecules to specific regions of the body. It can also help to release endorphins and otherwise help to reduce the perception and severity of pain overall. It also helps to regulate a hyperactive immune system response, which is what causes the symptoms of Crohn’s Disease, that along with helping to stimulate the Vagus nerve makes a powerful 1-2 punch against the severity of the symptoms. All in all, acupuncture is a perfect fit for helping with this disease.
Our herbal medicine has been used on billions of people for thousands of years and more recently has been proven in scientific terms to work. Our medicine can help Crohn's patients with anti-inflammatory effects to reduce swelling and inflammation, antispasmodic action to alleviate abdominal pain, spasms and cramps. In addition, the medicine we recommend to our patients has a natural and safe antibiotic effect to treat infection, gastroprotective benefits to enhance normal digestion and absorption of nutrients, anti-diarrheal function and antidotal function to eliminate toxins.
Get Started With Us At Eagle Acupuncture or Telemedicine
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Crohn's Disease and we’ll be happy to get you on the schedule for your first visit. Don't live near us? No problem. We offer telemedicine with our mastery in complex conditions treated with herbal medicine, supplements and lifestyle changes. Here is our number: 208 938 1277.
For The Road
We hope you enjoyed learning about the benefits and fundamentals of acupuncture and TCM for treating just about any disease, including Crohn’s Disease. If you would like to know more about this or any of our excellent services, we are happy to help. Just contact us and we can go over your options and help you find the best path for your health and fertility goals. We hope these tips have helped you along your journey. If you have any questions or would like to schedule a consultation, please reach out to us HERE.