Acupuncture points for Brain Refreshing

Saturday, July 16, 2016 Posted by Saravanan V 1 comments
Hi,
How are you friends? yes after long time return back. 

today im writing about acupressure points for brain refreshing  :) 



 

GV26 (above the upper lip) with GV16 (in the center of the base of the skull).
Use gentle touch.

basically GV26 is very important points for emergency time. 
this point indication for 
1. Coma, syncope, apoplexy, sunstroke, shock, respiratory failure
2. hysteria, insanity, epilepsy, mental diseases
3. nasal obstruction, epistaxis, facial edmea, deviation of the mouth, toothache, trismus, and other diseases of the nose and mouth
4. acute lumbar muscle sprain.



GV16 relaxes the brain, relieves mental stress, neck pain, and racing thoughts.

gv16 indication is 
1. Apoplexy, insanity, epilepsy, hysteria, mental diseases.
2. headache, vertigo, neck rigidity, sore throat, motor aphasia, eye pain, epistaxis.


After using these points, follow-up with 5-minutes of Foot Reflexology.

It’s essential to keep your sessions short in the beginning (15 minutes total max) especially for trauma and injuries, but then you can gradually increase the amount of time a few minutes more each week.





GV20 indication is
1. dementia, apoplexy, aphasia, clonic convulsions, insomnia, amnesia, insanity, epilepsy, hysteria, mental diseases.
2. head-wind, headche, dizziness, tinnitus and other diseases associated with kidney prolapse.


Please do not under estimate how healing this simple flow pattern is for stabilizing after injuries or a trauma.

Also add the famous point LI 4, in the webbing between your thumb and index finger. This point brings the energy down, away from the head and decreases inflammation.

Note. Needle not necessary for GV 26. just pressure is enough. 

10 Tips to Wake Up, Refresh, & Energize Your Brain


Weekday mornings are never appealing to the brain. However, there are certain things you can do to ease the torturous time and effort to wake up, refresh, and energize your mind. Check out our tips below:

1. Drink Water — Drink a glass of water immediately after you wake up to kick up your metabolism and de-fog your brain.

2. Don’t “Snooze” — You’re setting yourself up to feel lazy & unmotivated throughout the day when you delay waking up and hit “snooze” multiple times in the morning. Pick a time that gives you enough sleep but also enough time to go through your morning routine without rushing, and wake up when your first alarm rings.

3. Open the Blinds — Sunlight has a direct effect on the activity in our brains. When we deprive our brains of light, we will stay in a groggy, sleep-like state of consciousness. Bright light helps shift our brain waves to higher frequencies and triggers the release of brain-happy neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine.

4. Exercise in the Morning — The act of exercising in the morning might sound horrendous if you’ve never done it, but besides obvious health reasons, it’ll actually give you more energy throughout the whole day. Try sleeping in your workout clothes to lessen the chances of making excuses in the morning.

5. Turn up the Music — Listen to some upbeat tunes as you get ready in the morning. Studies have shown that music is the one stimulus that lights up the entire brain on a PET scan. Music helps the brain release dopamine, a neurotransmitter that helps to regulate the brain’s pleasure and reward centres, as well as emotional responses and motivation.

6. Take a Cold Shower — No explanation needed. It’s horrible. But it works.

7. Don’t treat Coffee like a “Drug” — On days you feel more energized, try to forego the coffee, or at least try cutting down the amount you drink everyday. If you absolutely need a pick-me-up, try drinking some brain-healthy green tea instead!

8. Eat Breakfast — Take the phrase “breakfast is the most important meal of the day” seriously. Breakfast gives your brain vital nutrients that it needs in order to optimally carry out mental processes throughout the day. Think of it as fuel for your body, without it, you’ll run out of fumes! Try including some brain-healthy foods in your breakfast diet.

9. Talk to Someone — Engage in some light chit-chat with a family member, friend, or co-worker in the morning. Even though you might not feel like it, taking the initiative to engage in a conversation really helps to get your mind & body out of a “zombie-like” state.

10. Play Fit Brains — Prep your brain for a new day’s workload by spending a few minutes playing Fit Brains brain games. Fit Brains exercises help stimulate and entertain your mind. You can play Fit Brains on any web browser or train on-the-go with our iOS, Android, or Amazon app!



Thanks.
saroepic
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Source points

Wednesday, May 4, 2016 Posted by Saravanan V 1 comments

hi,
today i would like to share about source points.



A source point refers to the place where the primordial qi from the organs gathers and then is distributed throughout the body. 

 I. The Yuan Source points are where the Yuan Qi, the body's primordial Qi, pools.
II. Each of the 12 meridians has a Yuan Source point including the TH which is also the meridian responsible for circulating the Yuan Qi.
III. With their relationship to the primordial Qi, the Yuan Source points indicate the nature of Yin in the body and the Yin Yuan Points can be used to tonify the 5 Yin Organs (HT, LU, SP, KD, LV) a/or as diagnostic tools for the 5 Yin Organs.
IV. The Yang Yuan Points are not used to tonify yang organs but can be used to expel pathogenic factors a/or release excess patterns.

 LI 4 - expel wind heat
TH 4 - clears heat from the GB
SI 4 - treat pain along the SI meridian
ST 42 - acute facial paralysis from wind-cold
GB 40 - resolve LV Qi stagnation

UB 64 - resolve damp cold in the lower warmer.













Each of the 12 regular meridians has a Yuan (Source) point near the wrist or ankle joints of the four extremities through which the vital energy of the zangfu organs passes and to some extent accumulates. "Yuan" means origin, and refers to the source of vital energy through which the pathological changes of zangfu organs are manifested. The chapter on the Nine Needles and the Twelve Sources of the book Lingshu states, "The twelve Yuan (source) points are indicated in disorders of the internal organs." The vital energy of the twelve regular meridians is ciosely associated with the Sanjiao which generalizes the functional activities of the stomach, spleen and kidney and is the manifestation of the function of vital energy. Vital energy, originating from the congen ital qi of the kidneys, is transported all over the body. It goes to the exterior, interior, superior and inferior parts of the body, following the courses of the meridians and maintaining vital functions of the human body. This process is maintained by the Sanjiao.

Clinically, Yuan (source) points are of great significance in treating diseases of the internal organs. Puncturing the Yuan (source) points stimulates the vital energy of the regular meridians, regulates the functional activities of the internal organs, reinforces antipathogenic factors and eliminates pathogenic factors. This method of treating diseases deals principally with the root causes. The Yuan (source) point from the affected meridian is often combined with the Luo (connecting) point of the internally-externally related meridians in use.

This is known as the combination of the main point (Yuan) and the accompanying point (Luo), or simply the combination of the Yuan (source) point and the Luo (connecting) point. Functionally, the Lung Meridian of Hand-Taiyin and the Large Intestine Meridian of Hand-Yangming are internally-externally related. The Yuan (source) point from the primarily affected meridian is combined with the Luo (connecting) point of its externally-internally related meridian. For example, if the Lung Meridian of Hand-Taiyin (interior) becomes diseased, sore throat, cough and asthma will occur. Taiyuan (Lu.9) is chosen as the main point and Pianli (L.I.6) is chosen as the accompanying one in the prescription. If the Large Intestine Meridian of Hand- Yangming (exterior) becomes diseased, e.g. toothache, Hegu (L.I.4), the Yuan (source) point of the Large Intestine Meridian of Hand-Yangming, and Lieque (Lu.7), the Luo (connecting) point of the Lung Meridian of Hand-Taiyin are prescribed.
Clinically, research has shown that pathological changes of the zangfu organs are often manifested at the twelve Yuan (source) points. For example, tenderness at a Yuan (source) point often indicates pathological changes of the associated meridian and the internally related organ.

In researching the meridian over the last few decades, Yuan (source) points were used as the key points to detect changes of cutaneous electrical resistance and to examine the condition of qi and blood of the twelve regular meridians. It was discovered that a significantly accurate estimation of the nature of many zangfu disorders could be made by using these methods.

The 12 Yuan (source) points are within the category of the Five Shu Points. Each Yang meridian has its own Yuan (source) point which is located between the Shu-stream point and the Jing-well point. The 6 Yin meridians do not have separate Yuan (source) points, their Shu-stream points being concurrently the Yuan (source) points, i.e. the Yuan (source) points and Shu-stream points of Yin meridians are actually the same.

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auricular treatment

Thursday, March 31, 2016 Posted by Saravanan V 1 comments
Hi 
Why not? today we will read about auricle (ear acupuncture) :)
Yes. This is Simple But Effective Treatment and also quick response.

The Theory of Auricle

The relationship between the ear and the internal organs was recorded over 2,000 years ago in the Yellow Emperor’s Treatise on Internal Medicine, the Nei Ching. Although ear acupuncture in the treatment of disease has been described in many works since then, it is only in the past two decades that it has come into common use throughout China.

A number of ear points are now considered effective for treating a wide variety of diseases, including obesity and drug addiction. Ear points are also being used for the relief of pain and for surgical analgesia. When disease is present elsewhere in the body, specific areas in the auricle may exhibit tenderness, changes in color, and decreased electrical resistance. Correspondences have been found between these points in the auricle and specific parts of the body. When the ear is viewed in an inverted position, its configuration can be compared to that of a fetus in utero.


Distribution and Location of Ear Points

Helix
The points along the helix are associated with the diaphragm, the lower segment of the rectum, the urethra, the external genitalia, the tonsils, and the apex of the auricle. Some of these points possess antiinflammatory and pain-relieving properties.





Aurical Points
Scaphoid Fossa
These points are associated with parts of the upper extremi­ties, such as fingers, wrist, elbow, clavicle, and shoulder.

Crura Antihelicis Superior
These points are associated with component parts of the lower extremities, such as hip, knee, ankle, heel, and toes.

Crura Antihelicis Inferior
These points are associated with the buttocks, the sciatic nerve, and the sympatheticus.

Antihelix
These points are associated with the cervical, thoracic, and lumbo­sacral vertebrae, the neck, thorax, abdomen, and breasts.

Triangular Fossa
These points are associated with the pelvic organs: the uterus, external genitalia, the upper segment of the rectum, and the urethra. Shen Men is located here, i.e., at the bifurcation of the crura of the antihelix.

Cymba Conchae
These points are associated with the abdominal viscerae: the stomach, kidneys, large and small intestines, bladder, appendix, pancreas, gallbladder, duodenum, spleen, and the liver.

Cavum Conchae
These points are associated with the thoracic viscera; they include points for the heart, lungs, trachea, bronchi, mouth, esophagus, cardia, and upper and lower abdomen (San Chiao point).

Tragus
These points are associated with the nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, adrenals, the external ear, and the apex of the tragus.

Antitragus
These points are associated with the head and include the brain­stem, occiput, vertex, forehead, mandible, parotid gland, subcortex, as well as the testes and ovaries. The brain point (see later) and Ping Chuan (anti­asthma point) are located here.

lncisura Intertragica
These points are associated with the endocrine organs and the eyes.

Auricular Lobule
These points are associated with the face. They include the tongue, palate, maxillary area, cheek, eyes, inner ear, and tonsils.

Retroauricular
Three points here are associated with the upper, middle, and lower back. There are also points in the groove behind the ear; these exert a hypotensive effect.

The Most Commonly Used Ear Points

Sub cortex: This point regulates functional body equilibrium and also exerts a sedative effect.

The Endocrine: This point regulates nervous tension and endocrine equilibrium.

The Adrenals: This point is useful for its anti allergic, anti inflammatory action and can reduce local swelling.. It also has an adrenocorticoid-like action.

San Chiao: This point regulates the functions of the viscera, the blood vessels, and the endocrine organs.

Sympatheticus: This point relieves smooth muscle spasm and decreases glandular secretions. It also has an atropine-like action.

Shen Men: This point has a sedative, analgesic, anti inflammatory and hypnotic action.

Kidney: This point exerts a tonic effect somewhat similar to that of Tsu San Li (1,7,8, ST 36).

Occiput: This point has a sedative, analgesic, and anti inflammatory action.

Principles of Point Selection:

1. According to visceral involvement: 
Ear points for the stomach and spleen are used in the management of stomach pain; heart and small intestine points are used for heart and lung disease; and large intestine points are used for cough.
2. According to local manifestations: 
The shoulder point is used for shoulder pain, the knee point for knee pain, and the stomach point for gastric problems.
3. According to local tenderness:
In such instances, the tender point at the site of tenderness is used. As an example, Lan Wei is used for appendicitis.
4. According to previous experience: 
The adrenal point is used to treat hypertension, and either Shen Men or the occiput point is used to induce analgesia. Ping Chuan is used for asthma; the subcortex point is used for neurological disorders; the endocrine point is used for endocrine disorders; and the sympathetic-us point is used for pain caused by gastrointestinal disorders.

Methods Of Point Selection

By Pressure Locate

The most sensitive or “tender” point by pressing around the selected auricular area with a probe or the blunt end of the acupuncture needle. The affected area is where the patient feels soreness or pain at the touch of the probe. This tender spot is considered to be the reaction point for therapy.

By Skin Appearance

Occasionally, the affected area of the ear may exhibit physical changes such as discoloration, excoriation, small black or red spots, and so on; these may be referred to as puncturing points. This is the least accurate of the three methods of point selection.

Technique

The technique is similar to that described for body acupuncture. When the ear point to be treated is determined, use local sterilization, then insert a thin acupuncture needle, 0.5-1.0 inches in length, 32 gauge, either perpendicularly or obliquely.

The needle should not penetrate through the cartilage of the ear. When it has been inserted, the patient is likely to experience the Teh Chi sensation of local soreness and distension. Use manual or electric stimulation and retain needle in position for at least 15-20 min. In most cases, treatment should be given either once daily or every other day.
Great care should be exercised when treating pregnant women. 

Ear acupuncture is contraindicated when frostbite or inflammation is present in the ear.
It is usual to select points on the same side as the disease to be treated. However, the opposite side may also be treated either simultaneously or alternately.

Thanks. 
SaroEpic
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influential points

Thursday, March 3, 2016 Posted by Saravanan V 0 comments
Hi,

Today we will read about Influential Points. why mostly acupuncturist using this points? because these 8 points will stimulate particular tissue and cure the disease.




They are closely associated with the physiological functions of the above mentioned systems or structures, and thus are often used to treat relevant conditions, in particular for those of a chronic and for those in weakened states.

Cv 17 or Ren17 :  chest oppression, shortness of breath, hiccup, wheeze, belching, vomiting and depressed mood.




Bl 11 or UB 11 : Bone pain especially in the neck, shoulder, back and limbs




Bl 17 or UB 17 :  spitting blood, nasal bleeding, coughing blood, blood in the stools and urine, excessive menses and anemia; also for traumatic injuries and blood stasis conditions







Cv 12 or Ren 12 :  stomach and large intestine conditions






Lr 13 or LIV 13 : liver and spleen conditions






Lu 9 :  abnormal pulse, vascular inflammation and arteriosclerosis (blood veins)







Gb 34: paralysis of one side of the body, shoulder and arm pain, muscular spasm and weakness, limb atrophy and numbness. 







Gb 39 : Paralysis in the lower limbs, limb weakness and atrophy, anemia and painful conditions. (mostly using for Bone marrow)


Note: acupuncture trainee don't use needles. only gentle press for ren17, ub11, ub17, ren12, liv13, lu9. only use needles for gb34 and 39. 

Thanks. 
saroepic.
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Start jogging again

Wednesday, February 3, 2016 Posted by Saravanan V 0 comments
Hi. today im writing about 8 ways to "Start jogging again" topic.


When you’re on fire, you know it.
Running is all you can think about. Your workouts are hard, but they’re the best part of your day.
After each one, you feel unstoppable, and you can’t wait until tomorrow, so you can do it all again.

But when running is hard, it’s really hard. It feels forced, and you know deep down that even if it looks like you’re running, you’re really just going through the motions.

And though you give yourself a pat on the back after you get out there and grind out a workout, you can’t help but remember all the times when you didn’t need to play cheerleader — when you ran because running was all you wanted to do.

A few months on, a few months off, never really feeling that drive and passion that I did before when I was training to qualify for Boston and to run ultra distances for the first time. I’ve managed to run a few marathons and a 50K during this time, but the spark you feel when everything’s clicking just hasn’t been there.

Until recently, that is. I can’t say I’m fully back yet — running is still something I have to make time for, instead of it being the one thing that everything else takes a back seat to. But for the first time, I’m close enough to being back to my old form that I feel comfortable writing about how to get there.

If you’re having trouble getting yourself to run, no matter if it’s because of the winter weather or it’s inside your head, I know the feeling. Here’s what I did to finally get out of it; I hope you find it useful.

1. Have a goal that’s bigger than any one race.

There’s something to be said for living in the moment — savoring the joy of achieving one goal before you look ahead to the next.

But so many times now, I’ve made the mistake of finishing a race and then finding myself goal-less when it comes to running. This mistake never fails to result in a period of prolonged laziness.

I’m not saying that as soon as you cross the finish line of your half marathon, you need to start training for the next. What I suggest, instead, is that you have a bigger, longer-term goal to do the work of keeping you motivated.

So maybe your long term goal is to run a marathon. When you finish your half, go ahead and celebrate it with a massive champagne battle in a locker room covered in plastic wrap … but because you know your half was just a stepping stone to the bigger goal of a full, you won’t be tempted to take three weeks off.

Which easily becomes three months. Trust me, I’ve done it.


2. Run less.

It’s pretty cool that as you get stronger at running, you can run distances that used to seem crazy.

There was a period where I was running enough that the 7-mile trail near my house became my everyday run. It took around an hour, it was easy and peaceful, and I enjoyed it. And best of all, I was running 7 miles a day — I thought that was pretty badass!

But when my motivation fell, those 7 miles became my downfall. When I thought, “I really should run today,” what I would picture was that hilly, lonely, 7-mile run. Anything less seemed like a copout, and hardly worth it.

You know what got me out of the funk? When I allowed myself to just run for 20 minutes.
It’s so easy to get outside for 20 minutes. Instead of the long, slow hour, you find the urge to work in a few speed intervals, or a couple hard hills, because hey, you’ll be done in 20 minutes!

And by the time you’re out there for 20 minutes, you’re just hitting your stride. There aren’t a lot of times when I’d call running “fun,” but the end of a 20-minute run is most definitely one of them. You can either come in then, excited to do it again tomorrow, or ride the wave and stay out longer.

3. Track it.

I wrote a post a few weeks ago about the importance of tracking your results. Running is no exception — tracking helps reinforce the habit, especially when you’re trying to get back into it.

An interesting method of tracking I learned in a Zen Habits mini-course I’m taking is that of simply marking down a “1” when you run, and a “0” when you don’t. It’s a lot less intimidating to put together a string of 1’s than it is to have to write down every detail of every workout, especially when I’d be writing down paces that I would have scoffed at when I was in peak shape a few years ago.

Meticulous tracking has its place, sure, but if writing down “1 mile warmup, 8 X 400m at 1:30, 1 mile cooldown” isn’t doing it for you right now, try 1’s and 0’s.


4. Do something else.

If you’re not feeling the motivation to run, that doesn’t mean you have to let yourself get out of shape. I used my lack of excitement about running to do a weight-gaining experiment, and really enjoyed getting back into the gym again. I even took a few Parkour lessons.

And, as you can probably imagine, once you start seeing results in another area, it makes you want to run again. Instead of feeling totally lazy and weak, you get a lot of those same feelings running gives you. And that, of course, makes you feel like running again.

5. Change something about your running.

Running gets stale when it’s always the same. Much more than the physical difficulty of running, I think the fear of boredom is what made it so hard for me to get out the door.

So what can you change? Start with your route. Then your playlist. Your workouts. Your shoes.

Gee, I could list about 63 things you could try…

6. Train with a friend.

You always hear that it’s great to work out with a partner. They’ll keep you accountable, so the advice goes.

If you’re an introvert like I am, you’ve probably brushed it off and said to yourself, “That’s not for me; I motivate myself just fine, thanks.”

But if your running has stalled, like mine did, I suggest you make an exception. A large part of why I’m back to loving running is that I started running with a friend, and we’ve done a long run almost every weekend throughout the fall and winter.

On weeks when I didn’t do an ounce of running besides that, the 10 or 15 miles on the weekend kept me from getting so out of running shape that starting again became overwhelming.

7. Change what running means to you.

When running came easy to you, it was because it meant something important.

Maybe that was a huge goal of losing weight, and now you’ve lost it. Or maybe it was running a certain distance, and now you’ve done it.

If it isn’t going so well now, look at what running means to you. If it still means weight loss, and weight loss doesn’t motivate you anymore, you need to find another reason to run.

Instead of the old motivator, make it about breaking 20 minutes in a 5K. Or being able to run an ultra. Or being in shape to keep up with your kids.

Or make it about something that has nothing to do with fitness — make running your uninterrupted time each day to meditate, or to brainstorm, or to spend 15 minutes thinking of everything in your life that you’re grateful for.

When you see in it in a new light, it’s amazing how completely different you feel, even during the run itself.

8. Give yourself a (real) break.

I have some news that will come as a shock to many people. It is blasphemous, and definitely NSFW. If you have small children, you might want to ask them to leave the room. Ready?

It’s okay not to run.

Running means a lot to you, and it’s a big part of who you are. But that doesn’t mean you can’t take a month off and still be you.

But here’s the catch — you can’t look back over the past few months and say, “I sucked at running this winter; I hardly did it at all. Therefore, I took a break, and now I’m ready to start again.”

Nope. If you really are in a rut, your break needs to be deliberate, and if the whole time you’re thinking that you should be running, then the break doesn’t count. When you take a break, it’s for your mind, not just your body.

So take a real break, for a week or a month, and come back to running with a fresh perspective. Just make sure you schedule the end of your break in advance, though; that Xbox can be awfully seductive. (Kids these days still “do the Xbox machine,” right?)

Small steps

The more I learn about what it takes to make habits last (a recent interest of mine), the more I realize it’s about starting small, more than anything else.

Do the tiniest act possible — even 5 minutes — to get started, and be satisfied to simply repeat that act over and over until you feel like doing more. Each time you do it, you’ll be grooving the habit deeper — and when you restrain yourself from doing too much too fast, you actually increase your desire to do it again.

The weather’s warming up, so soon that excuse to avoid running will be out the window. Do what you need to do to get back to your old self now, and come spring you’ll be happy that, one day at the end of February, you decided to get outside and just run for 5, 10, or 20 minutes.

Written by Matt Frazier.
(www.nomeatathlete.com)

Thanks :)
SaroEpic

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How Much Sleep Do We Really Need?

Saturday, January 23, 2016 Posted by Saravanan V
Hi. 
Today im giving details about sleep time. 

Sleep Cycles and Stages, Lack of Sleep, and How to Get the Hours You Need.

 How Much Sleep Do You Need? 
Humans, like all animals, need sleep, along with food, water and oxygen, to survive. For humans sleep is a vital indicator of overall health and well-being. We spend up to one-third of our lives asleep, and the overall state of our “sleep health” remains an essential question throughout our lifespan.

 Most of us know that getting a good night’s sleep is important, but too few of us actually make those eight or so hours between the sheets a priority. For many of us with sleep debt, we’ve forgotten what “being really, truly rested” feels like.

 To further complicate matters, stimulants like coffee and energy drinks, alarm clocks, and external lights—including those from electronic devices—interferes with our “circadian rhythm” or natural sleep/wake cycle.

 Sleep needs vary across ages and are especially impacted by lifestyle and health. To determine how much sleep you need, it's important to assess not only where you fall on the "sleep needs spectrum," but also to examine what lifestyle factors are affecting the quality and quantity of your sleep such as work schedules and stress.

 Sleep Time Recommendations: What’s Changed?

 A new range, “may be appropriate,” has been added to acknowledge the individual variability in appropriate sleep durations. The recommendations now define times as either (a) recommended; (b) may be appropriate for some individuals; or (c) not recommended.

 The panel revised the recommended sleep ranges for all six children and teen age groups. A summary of the new recommendations includes:
1. Newborns (0-3 months): Sleep range narrowed to 14-17 hours each day (previously it was 12-18)
2. Infants (4-11 months): Sleep range widened two hours to 12-15 hours (previously it was 14-15)
3. Toddlers (1-2 years): Sleep range widened by one hour to 11-14 hours (previously it was 12-14)
4. Preschoolers (3-5): Sleep range widened by one hour to 10-13 hours (previously it was 11-13)
5. School age children (6-13): Sleep range widened by one hour to 9-11 hours (previously it was 10-11)
6. Teenagers (14-17): Sleep range widened by one hour to 8-10 hours (previously it was 8.5-9.5)
7. Younger adults (18-25): Sleep range is 7-9 hours (new age category)
8. Adults (26-64): Sleep range did not change and remains 7-9 hours
9. Older adults (65+): Sleep range is 7-8 hours (new age category)

 Sleep Cycles and Stages, Lack of Sleep, and How to Get the Hours You Need

 When you’re scrambling to meet the countless demands of your day, cutting back on sleep might seem like the only answer. Who can afford to spend so much time sleeping, anyway? The truth is you can’t afford not to. Even minimal sleep loss takes a toll on your mood, energy, and ability to handle stress. By understanding your nightly sleep needs and what you can do to bounce back from chronic sleep loss, you can finally get on a healthy sleep schedule.

 Myths and Facts about Sleep

 Myth 1: Getting just one hour less sleep per night won’t affect your daytime functioning. You may not be noticeably sleepy during the day, but losing even one hour of sleep can affect your ability to think properly and respond quickly. It also compromises your cardiovascular health, energy balance, and ability to fight infections.

 Myth 2: Your body adjusts quickly to different sleep schedules. Most people can reset their biological clock, but only by appropriately timed cues—and even then, by one or two hours per day at best. Consequently, it can take more than a week to adjust after traveling across several time zones or switching to the night shift.

 Myth 3: Extra sleep at night can cure you of problems with excessive daytime fatigue. The quantity of sleep you get is important, sure, but it's the quality of your sleep that you really have to pay attention to. Some people sleep eight or nine hours a night but don’t feel well rested when they wake up because the quality of their sleep is poor.

 Myth 4: You can make up for lost sleep during the week by sleeping more on the weekends. Although this sleeping pattern will help relieve part of a sleep debt, it will not completely make up for the lack of sleep. Furthermore, sleeping later on the weekends can affect your sleep-wake cycle so that it is much harder to go to sleep at the right time on Sunday nights and get up early on Monday mornings.
Sleeping in on the weekends isn’t enough!

 Many of us try to repay our sleep debt by sleeping in on the weekends, but as it turns out, bouncing back from chronic lack of sleep isn’t that easy. One or two solid nights of sleep aren’t enough to pay off a long-term debt. While extra sleep can give you a temporary boost (for example, you may feel great on Monday morning after a relaxing weekend), your performance and energy will drop back down as the day wears on.

 Tips for getting and staying out of sleep debt

 While you can’t pay off sleep debt in a night or even a weekend, with a little effort and planning, you can get back on track.

 1. Aim for at least seven and a half hours of sleep every night. Make sure you don’t fall farther in debt by blocking off enough time for sleep each night. Consistency is the key.

 2. Settle short-term sleep debt with an extra hour or two per night. If you lost 10 hours of sleep, pay the debt back in nightly one or two-hour installments.

 3. Keep a sleep diary. Record when you go to bed, when you get up, your total hours of sleep, and how you feel during the day. As you keep track of your sleep, you’ll discover your natural patterns and get to know your sleep needs.

 4. Take a sleep vacation to pay off a long-term sleep debt. Pick a two-week period when you have a flexible schedule. Go to bed at the same time every night and allow yourself to sleep until you wake up naturally. No alarm clocks! If you continue to keep the same bedtime and wake up naturally, you’ll eventually dig your way out of debt and arrive at the sleep schedule that’s ideal for you.

 5. Make sleep a priority. Just as you schedule time for work and other commitments, you should schedule enough time for sleep. Instead of cutting back on sleep in order to tackle the rest of your daily tasks, put sleep at the top of your to-do list.
This details collected from sleephealthjournal.org. and helpguide.

 anyway sleep well :)

 Thanks.
SaroEpic
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What Conditions Does Acupuncture Treat

Thursday, January 14, 2016 Posted by Saravanan V

Hi, 

Acupuncture is known to treat a wide range of disorders including:

In an official report, Acupuncture: Review and Analysis of Reports on Controlled Clinical Trials, the WHO (WHO) has listed the following symptoms, diseases and conditions that have been shown through controlled trials to be treated effectively by acupuncture:

1. Neurological conditions such as headaches, migraines, difficulty sleeping, nervous tension, stroke, some forms of deafness, facial and inter-costal neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia, some forms of paralysis, sequelae of poliomyelitis, peripheral neuropathy, noises in the ears (tinnitus), dizziness, and Meniere's disease.



2. Cardiovascular disorders such as high or low blood pressure, fluid retention, chest pain, angina pectoris, poor circulation, cold hands and feet, and muscle cramps.




3.Respiratory conditions such as bronchial asthma, acute and chronic bronchitis, acute tonsillitis, rhinitis, sinusitis, hay fever, chronic cough, laryngitis, sore throat, influenza and the common cold.





4.Digestive system disorders such as toothache, post-extraction pain, gingivitis, mouth ulcers, hiccough, spasms of the oesophagus, gastric and duodenal ulcers, gastric hyperacidity, gastritis, heartburn, hiatus hernia syndrome, flatulence, paralytic ileus, colitis, diarrhoea, constipation, haemorrhoids, liver and gall bladder disorders, and weight control.




5.Urogenital disorders such as cystitis, prostatitis, orchitis, low sexual vitality, urinary retention, kidney disorders, nocturnal enuresis, and neurogenic bladder dysfunction.




6. Gynaecological and obstetric disorders such as premenstrual tension, painful, heavy or irregular, or the absence of periods, abnormal uterine bleeding or discharge, hormonal disturbances, disorders associated with menopause, prolapse of the uterus or bladder, difficulty with conception, and morning sickness.




7. Skin conditions such as eczema, dermatitis, psoriasis, nerve rash, herpes zoster, acne, scar tissue and resultant adhesions, hair loss and dandruff.





8. Eye conditions such as visual disorders, red, sore, itchy or watery eyes, conjunctivitis, simple cataracts, myopia in children, and central retinitis.



9. Musculoskeletal disorders such as osteoarthritis, sciatica, lumbago, weak back, low back pain, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, tenosynovitis, shoulder and neck pain, cervicobrachial syndrome, 'frozen shoulder', and 'tennis elbow'.



10. Sporting injuries such as sprained ankles and knees, cartilage problems, corking and tearing of muscles, torn ligaments and bruises.



11. Psychological conditions such as depression, phobias, emotional disturbances, anxiety, nervousness and addictions such as smoking.





The foregoing list is absolute concerning acupuncture's effectiveness; however the report continues with three more categories:

1. Diseases, symptoms and conditions for which the therapeutic effect of acupuncture has been shown, but further proof is needed (68 specific conditions). These conditions are effectively treated as in the first category; it's just that more trials are necessary to establish the proof scientifically.

2. Diseases, symptoms and conditions reporting some therapeutic effects for which acupuncture is worth trying (nine conditions).

3. Diseases, symptoms and conditions in which acupuncture may be tried, provided the practitioner has special modern medical knowledge and adequate monitoring equipment (eight conditions).

Ref: http://www.acupuncturetoday.com/ 
by John Amaro, LAc, DC, Dipl. Ac.(NCCAOM), Dipl.Med.Ac.(IAMA)
http://www.acupuncture.org.au.

Due to space limitations, should any reader wish to have a list of the last three categories of effectiveness outlined, please e-mail me with your request. Let's continue as healers to effectively treat this broad range of conditions. Best wishes!

Thanks. 
Have a nice day.
SaroEpic


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