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FYI: Acupuncture Point “Happy Calm”
By Bradley Stiles, L.Ac.
Liver 3 – What it can do for you?
Liver 3, appropriately named “Happy Calm,” can be used to help treat insomnia, PMS, to move qi, ease irritability, relieve headache pain, treat eye problems and more.
This acupuncture point was used in a study where, after needling the spot, researchers watched the brain using an MRI to see if and how it responded to the acupuncture.
Investigators compared two acupuncture points on the foot, Liver 3 and Stomach 44 with a nearby
sham acupuncture point and found that both Liver 3 and Stomach 44 consistently elicited specific brain responses.
When Liver 3 was stimulated, it activated the visual cortex and other areas of the brain that affect the central nervous system. In Chinese medicine this makes perfect sense because the liver meridian is in charge of vision.
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2013/932581/
Bradley Stiles sees patients in Timonium on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays 7am-12pm. Read more about Bradley at https://cloud9acuclinic.com/bradley-stiles-acupuncturist/
FDA proposes that doctors learn about acupuncture for pain management
Share these links with your doctor or that skeptical family member. Acupuncture is a viable alternative therapy recommended by the FDA as an alternative to Opioid prescription medications. We have extensive clinical experience successfully treating pain with acupuncture, allowing patients to either reduce or eliminate pain medication quickly by getting the patient pain free.
“The guidelines now recommend that doctors get information about chiropractic care and acupuncture as therapies that might help patients avoid prescription Opioids. ….the American College of Physicians recommended non-surgical treatments such as acupuncture, yoga, and chiropractic care as the first options for treating lower back pain.”
In this article, the FDA Proposes Doctors Learn About Acupuncture for Pain Management:
A follow-up to this article: the FDA has approved changes to its blueprint for health providers to include recommending acupuncture as an alternative to pain medication.
See page 3 in the link below for specific mention about acupuncture,
“II. NONPHARMACOLOGIC THERAPIES
A number of nonpharmacologic therapies are available that can play an important role in
managing pain, particularly musculoskeletal pain and chronic pain.
• Psychological approaches – e.g., cognitive behavioral therapy
• Physical rehabilitative approaches – e.g., physical therapy, occupational therapy
• Surgical approaches
• Complementary therapies – e.g., acupuncture, chiropracty
HCPs should be knowledgeable about the range of available therapies, when they may be
helpful, and when they should be used as part of a multidisciplinary approach to pain
management.”
https://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/NewsEvents/UCM557071.pdf
