Tami Slayton is a registered nurse and licensed acupuncturist with a private practice in Murfreesboro,Tennessee. She is board certified by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM). After working as nurse for many years, she became curious about how other cultures practiced healing. She began studying holistic nursing and healing touch before pursuing a degree in acupuncture.
"The study of Chinese medicine has been the most fascinating and simultaneously difficult thing I have ever done in my life. One of the most perplexing aspects of my studies has been trying to make sense of the enormous gap that exists between eastern and western medicine. I continually ask myself how something so incredibly effective could be overlooked by mainstream medicine. I've come to the conclusion that there are language and conceptual barriers that prevent western practitioners from appreciating the complexity and sophistication of Chinese medicine. Terms like yin, chi, wind, etc. do not command respect from practitioners or patients in the west. However, when appropriately translated, Chinese medicine can begin to be appreciated."
The United States presently spends 17% of it's gross domestic product on health care (more than is spent on food). Yet, preventable diseases are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. We are in great need of a paradigm shift. I truly believe that Oriental medicine has much to offer.
The United States presently spends 17% of it's gross domestic product on health care (more than is spent on food). Yet, preventable diseases are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. We are in great need of a paradigm shift. I truly believe that Oriental medicine has much to offer.
According to an official report by the World Health Organization (WHO), controlled trials have shown that acupuncture is an effective form of treatment for the following conditions: addiction (alcohol, drug, tobacco), allergies, arthritis, dementia (vascular), depression, various digestive disorders (biliary colic, dysentery, epigastralgia, nausea and vomiting), facial pain, gout, head ache, hypertensive disease, dysmenorhea, induction of labor, malposition of fetus, morning sickness, knee pain, leukopenia, low back pain, neck pain, post operative pain, renal colic, sciatica, sprain and stroke. In addition, WHO reports the therapeutic effect of acupuncture in other conditions that will require further proof. These conditons include: abdominal pain, acne, alcoholism, asthma, Bell's palsy, choleycystitis, cholelithiasis, earache, erectile dysfunction, fibromyalgia, infertility, insomnia, labour pain, lactation difficulty, Meniere disease, obesity, osteoarthritis, pertussis, polycystic ovary syndrome, post-operative convalescence, premenstrual syndrome, prostatitis, pruritus, Raynaud syndrome, schizophrenia, shingles, Sjogren syndrome, sore throat, temporamandibular joint dysfunction, Tourette syndrome, ulcerative colitis, urinary tract infection as well as various painful conditions.
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