Doctors and patients alike have tried eastern forms of therapies to seek for a solution to the damage caused by stroke. Two extremely old techniques, Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Ayurvedic medicine have become widely popular options for the rehabilitation of stroke patients as outcomes show that they are much better than Western medicine.
Already popular among stroke patients for thousands of years, Traditional Chinese Medicine usually is comprised of Tong Ren therapy, acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine.
People associate acupuncture with painful needles which causes many of them hesitant to try it. However, this procedure, is actually painless and it although it involves the insertion of filiform needles into certain points on the body for treatment and stimulation, almost all those who avail of it find the modality relaxing and invigorating. Besides the traditional form of Chinese acupuncture, there is also auriculotherapy (ear or auricular acupuncture), Korean Hand acupuncture, Japanese Style Acupuncture and others.
With acupuncture nerve regeneration can be facilitated. Also, surviving nerve cells can be redirected to the parts of the brain that have been damaged by stroke, regardless of what type of acupuncture are used. Acupuncture prevents the accumulation of blood cells, reduces blood viscosity, and also dilates blood vessels. Stroke victims benefit from this treatment in that it relieves hypertension, dizziness, and headaches besides improving emotions, mobility, balance, and walking.
As mentioned above, TCM employs Tong Ren Therapy, an energy healing based on the idea that every individual possesses energy that can be exploited through specific acupoints on the body and can be utilized to heal a person.
Though not as famous as acupuncture, Tong Ren Therapy is also used to treat problems in the nervous system, hormones, and circulation minus the needles.
Chinese herbal medicine, on the other hand, makes use of a combination certain herbs to help a person recover from a stroke. The herbs used are known to help boost blood flow helping to restore vigor to the bodily systems thus restoring normal brain function that was affected by the stroke. Studies reveal that when stroke patients regularly use Chinese herbs, it has led to an improvement in speech, memory, disorientation, hemiplegia, and aphasia.
Ginseng is one quite powerful Chinese herb that’s been known to enhance body energy and tone and restore the blood. Another herb, Gingko Biloba, is known to boost flow especially to the brain, as well as help lower cholesterol levels.
These days, TCM has been made more convenient and accessible for stroke patients by technology. Neuroaid is one good example of this technology. This post stroke therapy is based on the ideas in TCM. Neurologists all over the world use Neuroaid to help stroke patients recover their functional skills. Several published work in well-known scientific journals shows the ability of Neuroaid to help restore neurological functions such as vision, speech, and motor skills of a stroke victim. The articles show that Neuroaid is not only efficient and safe for the rehab of stroke patients but it can also be used to prevent stroke and if a stroke occurs, reduce its severity.
Goldfarb Chiropractic and Acupuncture Center
1339 Pleasant Valley Way
West Orange, NJ 07052
Phone: 973-325-8884
www.acupuncturewestorange.com
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