What is pharmacopuncture and what is its advantages
If we translate from Latin, term «Pharmacopuncture» literally means «prick medicine». This technique today is a very effective way to combat various diseases of both acute and chronic nature. Such treatment combines the achievements of conservative and alternative medicine, which is due to its high efficiency.
In the process of therapy, the patient's biologically active points make injections of drugs that are selected depending on the specific disease. Pharmacopuncture is a complex of various techniques, among which the peacesets allocated such:
- Reflexotherapy - a method of treatment in which the doctor affects the biologically active points of the human body.
- Homeopathy - In the process of injection, homeopathic drugs are often used.
- Official medicine - therapy begins only when a complex of surveys has been carried out and the correct diagnosis.
Among the advantages of such a technique, you can specify the following:
- Injections act exclusively on the sick body, without harming any other systems of the body;
- Due to the fact that drugs do not fall into the digestive system, the risk of allergic reactions is reduced to a minimum;
- Pharmacopuncture allows you to achieve a quick effect with a long duration;
- Since the organism receives minimal doses of medicines, the risk of adverse reactions is significantly reduced;
- Such therapy is especially important for patients who for one or another can not accept drugs orally;
- When prescribing treatment, drugs and their required amount is calculated individually for each patient.
Features Methodology
It is worth noting that pharmacopuncture is safe almost at any age and allows you to cope with diseases of any severity. Such a procedure has a systematic action - it enhances the protective functions of the body, reduces the risk of recurrence. The local effect is due rapid deliverance from the symptoms of the disease, the relief of acute phases of the disease.
Consider some readings for pharmacopuncture:
- migraine, headaches;
- myofascial syndrome;
- Pathology of the CNS;
- insomnia;
- painful menstruation, cycle disorders;
- diseases of the bone system;
- Problems in the work of the heart and vascular system;
- arterial pressure disorders;
- pulmonary diseases;
- allergic manifestations;
- Violations in the work gastrointestinal tract: gastritis, peptic disease;
- Problems in the work of the urinary system: cystitis, adnexit, Sexual dysfunction, prostatitis;
- colitis, cholecystitis and other liver and gallbladder diseases;
- Sports injuries and postoperative period.
Pharmacopuncture is an effective technique used not only in medicine, but also in cosmetology. It allows you to eliminate wrinkles, scars and scars, treat acne, to deal with overweight, minimize the manifestations of cellulite.
Like any other type of therapy, pharmacopuncture has a number of contraindications, among which you can allocate such:
- fever, high body temperature;
- Mental diseases in the aggravation phase;
- diabetes;
- Pregnancy, breastfeeding;
- oncological diseases;
- infections in the acute phase;
- dermatitis and other skin diseases during the period of exacerbation;
- cholelithiasis;
- Chronic Pathology of Kidney, Liver, Cardiovascular System.
What drugs are used for procedure
Pharmacopuncture involves the use of various medicines, both traditional and homeopathic. In the process of such sessions, the following means are enjoyed by great success:
- Painty drugs like novocaine and lidocaine. Such medicines make it possible to remove painful sensations.
- Vitamins are often introduced subcutaneously for therapy of degenerative-dystrophic diseases of the nervous system, bone apparatus, muscle tissues.
- Water or physically applied to the mechanical impact on certain zones of the body;
- To provide all tissues and organs with sufficient oxygen, use funds responsible for improving blood circulation.
- Mioryelaxants - preparations that allow eliminate pain, remove the tension of the muscles, normalize their tone.
- Antispasmodics possess an anesthetic effect, get rid of smooth muscles from spasms.
- Anti-inflammatory drugs accelerate the restoration of tissues, remove the swelling and redness, eliminate inflammation.
- To accelerate the process of tissue regeneration, various saline solutions are used: sodium chloride, potassium chloride.
- Outokrovy is the patient's own blood, which in purified form is re-introduced into the body. Sometimes blood is additionally enriched with oxygen, and the purpose of the procedure is immunocorrection.
Some drugs are not yet sufficiently studied in order to make a decision on their use in the process of pharmacopuncture. To such medicines, for example, can be attributed Antibiotics or corticosteroids. In an intracutaneous injection, such drugs theoretically can cause an allergic reaction, swelling or any other unpleasant manifestations.
