We can help you with:
Stress & Anxiety
HANS TEAS – Needle Free Acupuncture
It provides the most cost effective and convenient way to help patients reduce stress and anxiety related insomnia, fatigue and brain fog symptoms. The treatment is free of side effects. And our acupuncturist will provide a diagnosis and set up treatment protocols and plan to address root-causes of mental health issues. For stress and trauma related to pain and addiction, we have specific protocols to help relieve it.
We recommend Kampo medicine as part of the treatment strategy when the symptoms and patterns are diagnosed based on the constitutional health questionnaire.
Acupuncture can be considered as a legitimate alternative or adjunct to those suffering mental health conditions that are either non-responsive to pharmacological agents, non-compliant or suffer side effects. Acupuncture has been widely used as a treatment for depression however its ability to produce an antidepressant effect is not fully understood. Increasing evidence demonstrates that acupuncture may be beneficial for treating depression via modulation of the central monoaminergic system, the hypothalmic–pituitary–adrenal axis, brain neurotrophin, and the neuroimmune system.
Research continues to support kampo and acupuncture’s effectiveness in the field of mental health.
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References
Arai et al. (2013). Kampo Diagnostic Procedure, Fuku shin, Could Be a Useful Diagnostic Tool for Psychopathological Patients Suffering from Chronic Pain. PubMed. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23843883/
Armour et al. (2019). Acupuncture for Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. NCBI. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6722678/
Fisher et al. (2004). Effectiveness gaps: a new concept for evaluating health service and research needs applied to complementary and alternative medicine. PubMed. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15353018/
He et al. (2015). Neural mechanisms of acupuncture as revealed by fMRI studies. PubMed. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25900479/
Hidaka et al. (2013). Kami-shoyo-san, Kampo (Japanese traditional medicine), is effective for climacteric syndrome, especially in hormone-replacement-therapy-resistant patients who strongly complain of psychological symptoms. PubMed. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22765925/
Ito et al. (2017). Kososan, a Kampo medicine, prevents a social avoidance behavior and attenuates neuroinflammation in socially defeated mice – Journal of Neuroinflammation. Journal of Neuroinflammation. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://jneuroinflammation.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12974-017-0876-8
References
Ito et al. (2022). Kampo formulas alleviate aging-related emotional disturbances and neuroinflammation in male senescence-accelerated mouse prone 8 mice. PubMed. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34979499/
Mogami et al. (2020). Usefulness of a Kampo Medicine on Stress-Induced Delayed Gastric Emptying in Mice. Hindawi. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2020/3797219/
Takayama et al. (2020). Characteristics and course of patients treated with Kampo Medicine in the Department of General Medicine. NCBI. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7260161/
Tanaka et al. (2021). Effects of the Kampo medicine Yokukansan for perioperative anxiety and postoperative pain in women undergoing breast surgery: A randomized, controlled trial. PLOS. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0260524
Terauchi et al. (2014). Effects of the Kampo Formula Tokishakuyakusan on Headaches and Concomitant Depression in Middle-Aged Women. NCBI. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3932270/
Yang et al. (2021). Effectiveness of acupuncture on anxiety disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. PubMed. Retrieved April 6, 2022, from https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33516258/