Acupunture

Introduction of The Article

It is surmised that this method of treatment must have taken roots,when efforts were made to modify the system of acupunture by discarding the use of needles.Acupressure means that the treatment is done by putting pressure on various points in the body,and the disease got rid off.the westen countries have given it another name.They called it REFLEXOLOGY.It is now accepted that many imbalances of the body,blood vesels and arteries as also obstacles in the flow of blood can be cured by this system.It is a new system that has widened the horizons of the medical world and plced a painless and easy way of curing diseases in the hands of the medical fraternity

The American doctor.William Fritgerald,who restored this system of treatment to its rightful place in the world of medicine,has written in one of his article,"The human body is a very complicated machine.It has many sensitive parts.
  
Brain,digestivesystem,eyes,ears,nose,tongue,skin,heart,lungs,kidneys,arteries and veins,blood vessels are separate parts,but they wark in such harmonious manner that it evokes nothing but admiration.It is really a miracle how they work in conjunction with each other,Like all other man made machines,nature has also made human beings in such a manner that if some part of this machine develops some defect it can be set right by pressing the invisible button that controls it."

In Ramayana we find the story of aduel between Bali and Sugriva.Sugrive is thoroughly beaten by his brother Bali and rushes to Lord Ram.Ram is able to alleviate his pain by touching his body.According to accupressre experts this method of treatment was developed in ancient India and was widely used.

During the Maurya period, this technique was adopted by Buddhist priests who made many changes in his technique and introduced new innoviations.In the fag end of  nineteenthcentury Dr. Fritzgerald revived it

Auricular Therapy

Auricular Therapy acyually means acupuncture of the ear.It was discovered that the ear has some  200 acupunture points and treatment for certain diseases can

be done by inserting needles at those points.
It was Dr. Paul Nogier of France, who came to the conclusion that there are some acupunture points in the ear after making an extensive study of this system of treatment.He found the certain diseases were amenable to treatment if the needles are inserted at these points in the ear.This method came to be known as Auricular Therapy.Some call it'acupunture of the ear'.
In this system of auricular therapy it is accepted that all the blood vessels and viens go towards the ear.The ear is supposed to be an important part of the body-system as it is placed just under the brain.It may be interesting to note that the  position of a child in the womb is very similar to the shape of outer ear.
For diagnosis of the disease in this method,various points in the ear are pressed to find out where it pains. Once this is decided and finalsed,the treatment is done by acupunture.

Acopressure Diagnosis

Diagnosis of the Disease

In this system of treatment the body is supposed to be a sort of eletrical 

system.Life electricity flows through the entire human body with the blopd in the form of life force.A person is supposed to be sick when the flow of this life force increases or decreases.This electrical force flows through every part of the body with the same pressure and velocity.If the flow is obstructed that part of the human body becomes lifeless as in the case of paralysis.The flow is equal in five parts of the body on the right and left side.This flow can be controlled by points located in the hands and legs on both sides of the body.These points control different parts of the body.The entire human body has some 900 such points.

The acupressure physician first finds out from the patient his ailment.He then

ascertains the points that would help him finding the causes of disease.This he does by touching or pressing some points and notes down the result of his investigation.If the patient feels pain on presssing some points,the physian is able to know that the related parts of the body are affected and sick.The western specialists started calling acupressure as Reflex Therapy as it initiated the treatment after ascertaining reflexes of the patient on touching or pressing acupressure points.As it is,the accepted name for science that determines the diseases by analying reflexes is Reflexology.