~li~ Reprints Six-year-old Bogart is stretched out across a veterinarian’s table, tongue wagging, as 12 electric acupuncture needles send 4.5 volts of electricity coursing through his body.Bogart is a fluffy chow mix that Flossmoor resident Rhonda Aronson affectionately calls her baby. She’s been taking him to Evergreen Park veterinarian Joe Whalen since the dog injured a disc in its spine on    .. more …

The basic theory behind Acupuncture is that when you are sick or in pain, the flow of energy is impeded and by means of acupuncture you can restore balance to the meridians by unblocking them and thus restoring the body to full health. An exciting recent development is the innovative LifeWave acupuncture patch, a nanotechnology patch which works on the acupuncture meridians, to produce various    .. more …

Acupuncture provides miraculous healing of those awful body pains that antibiotics and medicines otherwise fail to reduce. Whether you are suffering from back pain, arthritis, joint pains, or severe migraine/headache, acupuncture has a whole new world of remedies for your intense suffering. Acupuncture means inserting needles into the skin at precise points to let pent-up energy start flowing    .. more …

Acupuncture is not just for adults anymore — more and more Arizona children are going through with the procedure.Children need parental consent but acupuncture is very effective and completely safe for everything from acne to much more serious conditions, said Catherine Niemiec with the Phoenix Institute of Herbal Medicine.”Cancer or other chronic diseases,” said Niemiec. “This is a great adjunct    .. more …

(Reuters) – Acupuncture treatment appears to be safe for those who are under 18, with very little risk involved when qualified practitioners are wielding the needles, although there may be minor side effects in a small number of cases, a study said. Acupuncture is used as an alternative therapy for a range of conditions, including pain, headaches and constipation, but few large, long-term studies    .. more …

Is acupuncture safe for children?According to a large new study in the journal Pediatrics , the short answer is yes – in the hands of a trained practitioner. The study, the first large-scale systematic review on the safety of pediatric acupuncture, found that about one in 10 children had experienced mild side effects, like bruising and pain and numbness at the puncture site. More serious side    .. more …