Acupuncture & Macrobiotics

[brooklyngal]

Hi all. I've read in many places that often people who practice macrobiotics also adopt acupuncture into their life. I was wondering if anyone could explain the realtionship between the two and specificially how acupuncture is beneficial in supplementing a macro diet?

[mamatosage]

Oh I'd love to know this too----I have a gift certificate for 1 hour accupuncture or accupressure.

[lysia jones]

I have been going to accupucture. The place I go to does not really practice old chinese medicine so some things do not coincide with macrobiotics. I heard their are some practitioners who do both as one. I still have found many things relate and it is nice to have another perspective on how I am doing. It helped my man quit smoking fast. Good luck!

[mamatosage]

Oh that's great about the quitting smoking.
Do you have to have a reason to go?
Like how do they know where to poke you?

[lysia jones]

As I have experienced they go by a few different things. First you tell them about how you feel, ailments, they look at you- mostly your tounge, and they feel your pulses with the tips of fingers on the inside of the wrist, there are shallow and deep points which correspond to organs. They then talk and decide the best points- which are based on specific meridians using your own body to measure distances between them. I have been told I am kidney yin and spleen and blood deficient, weak, and cold. I have had points done relating to liver, kidney spleen, pericarium, heart, lung, stomache. I have had relief from dissyness, anxiety, restlessness, cold bladder through moxa bustion, and saddness, and even relief from a year of pain from tail bone injury. My illness is a yin type old and hard to get rid of. It has been most interesting to see the results and diagnosis coincide with a good macro diet. I have yet to have a macro diagnosis, but I keep learning over and over hoping I can get with it! Lysia

[lysia jones]

Oh quiting smoking one gets needled in the ears to release the remaining nicotine faster from the body- or any chemical toxin. Lysia