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Neurotransmitters: acupuncture effect on certain transmitter that stimulates the CNS
to release chemicals on the spinal cord and brain. These chemicals will either change
the experience of pain or they will trigger the release of other chemicals which
influence the body's own internal regulating system.

Indications for using Acupuncture:

 Abdominal distention and flatulence
 Acute and chronic pain control
 Allergic sinusitis
 Anesthesia for high-risk patients or patients with previous adverse responses to

anesthetics
 Anorexia
 Anxiety, fright, panic
 Arthritis
 Atypical chest pain
 Bursitis, tendinitis, carpal tunnel syndrome
 Certain functional gastrointestinal disorders (nausea and vomiting, esophageal

spasm, hyperacidity, irritable bowel)
 Cervical and lumbar spine syndromes
 Constipation, diarrhea
 Cough with contraindications for narcotics
 Drug detoxification
 Dysmenorrhea and pelvic pain
 Headache (migraine and tension-type), vertigo (Meniere disease), tinnitus
 Idiopathic palpitations, sinus tachycardia
 In fractures, assisting in pain control, edema, and enhancing healing process
 Muscle spasms, tremors, tics, contractures*
 Post-traumatic and post-operative ileus

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