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You are supposed to comment about the chapter 5 that is called 'Acupuncture: The New Old Medicine'. Many people today are using traditional forms of medicine in place of modern treatments. One of these traditional forms of medicine is 'Acupuncture'. What is acupuncture? How does acupuncture work? Why do people get acupuncture treatments? Do you want to recover by means of traditional form of medicine like acupuncture, OR modern treatment?
Please, write your reflections by referring to the article.
Deadline: 05.03.2012
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I'd heard ''acupuncture'' many times as a medicine but I hadn't known anything about acupuncture till our last reading course. When my teacher asked me that '' Furkan, what is the acupuncture? - How does it work? '' I couldn't anything about these questions. Acupuncture is a form of at least 2.200-year-old therapy which is used to cure several of illnesses and bad behaviours like back pain, high blood pressure, stress, depression, smoking, kinds of addiction, and so on by people. They prefer acupuncture because it really works. Also it's safe and effective. Some of the people would rather acupuncture than surgery indeed like Tynman. His doctor suggested him disc surgery about his pain, but he decided to try acupuncture instead. I disagree with Tynman beacuse people had better go the doctor firstly but if there is no thing to do or if the modern medicine doesn't work, people can choose acupuncture as treatment. I'd try it, if I were ill and there is no thing to do because it's being used for 2.200 years more or less. That means it's better than many modern treatments. In conclusion, I know many things about acupuncture thanks to the text, now. Therefore, the passage was really beneficial for me.
YanıtlaSilThis week our text is about acupuncture. It was an interesting text because as Paul Zmievski, who a Ph. D. in Chinese studies about acupuncture, said "nobody really knows what's happening," about acupuncture. Thus I think unknown subjects are always interesting. The writer tries to explain, in
YanıtlaSilthe middle of the text, "how the acupuncture works on people's body?" and he tells that the body has more than 800 acupuncture points and these points are energetically connected to specific organs so this points provide balance of body. If this balance breaks down, body's health is ruined. Therefore, acupuncturists try to recover the balance of the body with using the acupuncture points. I think this way of medicine is strongly logical. That's why, there is a lot of information about bioenergetics on the
internet and in a lot of books it is said that there are 7 chakra and approximately 1000 points of energy in our body so they provide balance of our health. I think the basis of acupuncture is the bioenergetics.
Furthermore, a lot of people, who is maven about bioenergetics, say that if a person knew what can he use his own energy of his body, he could do everything which he wants. To conclude, this text was very enjoyable for me because I believe in bioenergetics and if I had a chance, I would learn doing acupuncture and treat with bioenergy. Even I won't learn doing this, I want to try acupuncture in the future.
We read a passage about acupuncture for his week.There are lots of ill people nowadays.They often have an operation or medication.On the other hand ,ill people sometimes try alternative treatment ways.For example;acupuncture.Acupuncture is one of the most important ways for tretment.Acupuncture treat lots of ailments.For example;anxiety depression,back pain etc.People don't have enough information about acupuncture.Paul Zmiewski says'Nobody really knows what's happening.'I agree with him.How treat ailments with acupuncture?People have acupuncture points on their body.Acupuncturists prick on their acupuncture points.After a few sessions,patients can get well.Therefore,people can get over an ilness through acupuncture.According to passage acupuncture is at least 2,200 years old.It used for many years.I think,it will continue for future.
YanıtlaSilI've heard acupuncture before and I was just knowing that sharp needles are used in this treatment.This text gave me more informations about acupuncture, so it was good for me. Acupuncture is a kind of treatment that stimulates the circulation. Actually, though acupuncture is at least 2,200 years old, nobody really knows what's happening.In addition, acupunctures say that the body has more than 800 acupuncture points. Points on the skin are energetically connected to specific organs, body structures and systems. Acupuncture points are stimulated to balance circulation of qi. I learned these informations from the text. I think I never try acupuncture because of the sharp needles. Besides, it is not very required. The technology and medicine for now are very useful.
YanıtlaSilIn this week, we read a passage about acupuncture.According to text,acupuncture is at least 2,200 years old. I was shocked when ı read his passage because i don’t think that acupuncture is very old treatment. Acupuncture is alternative method for medicine. However, acupuncture is used by people especially lose weight plus anxiety depression,back pain, drug addiction etc.As a result if you try all treatments for your ailment and thera is no solution,you can try acupuncture.
YanıtlaSilI learnt about acupuncture last week.I have heard more than once by TV,internet so,I was familiar about this subject.Acupuncture is an alternative medicine in ancient China that treats patients thin prickle, needles which have been inserted into acupuncture points in the skin.The skin has more than 800 acupuncture points.Acupuncture is old traditional Chinese medicine.Nowadays it is becoming popular more and more because conventional medicine fail to cure ills.Acupuncture is useful medicine so,many people prefer conventional medicine instead of acupuncture.Acupuncture is used to treat a variety of ailments.I believe that acupuncture is one of the most medical cures but I have hesitation about pain of acupuncture.There are a lot of prickles on my skin that is painful but many people say that there isn't any discomfort.I will see.Maybe if I have a ailments,I will try this old medicine.
YanıtlaSilThis week ,we learned acupuncture that one kind of treatment.Acupuncture which it helps you to feel less stress, to prevent all kind of ailment, and to take medicine.In spide of the fact that acupuncture is old way of the treatment, it is very a impact method for whole diseases because events in body of human occure with electrical energy like transmiting your impuls.In other words,electrical energy is the most important thing for human body.In this case,acpuncture is winnig value related to preventing kind of illness because this treatment is very effective on your nevous sistem.Therefore, it is very important for all kind of disease .Nowadays people can reach to acupuncture easily because there are many organizations related to this topic.These organizations offer a lot of advantages to people especially japanese people because this treatment was invented by them.All in all, if I have enough time for it, I try to do it to feel better
YanıtlaSilThis week our topic is acupuncture Acupuncture is treatment which is used injections. I have heard for years but I hadn’t know exactly untill last year. My mother used this treatment for losing weight. I was surprised. It really worked. My mother lost approximately ten weights. Apart from that I learned from this passage it uses for anxiety, depression, back pain, smoking, high blood pressure, stress and arthritis. I hadn’t know much more things untill I read the passage. I learned a lot of things For example it is old medicine It has used for 2 200 years . I was surprised and also I learned there are 800 points for acupuncture in human body. In my opinion it is benefical for lots of ilnesses but ı think people first of all should go to doctor. If it doesn’t work, then they should go to acupuncturists.
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YanıtlaSilThis week,we talked about ‘acupuncture.’ So, what we have learned about it?As I mention, I have learned about a lot of important information about this subject.For example, according to the paragraph, ‘Millions of Americans now seek out the services of acupuncturists, usually because conventional medicine failed to cure their ills.’When I heard it first, I remember that treatments of nursing mother in the my village.They are also doing these treatments, but they don’t by using a needles, and they only use medicinal herbs.But I don’t think so, medicinal herbs cure is as effective as acupuncture.Because acupuncture is at least 2000 years old.Acupuncture is considerable treatment method.For instance,according to the paragraph, ’Acupuncture is used to treat a variety of ailments-anxiety, depression, back pain, smoking, high blood pressure, stress, arthritis; the list goes on.’However, acupuncture isn’t used everywhere such as medicinal herbs.But acupuncture is more preferable than medicinal herbs because of more acknowledged.Although acupuncture has a very old history, it still preserves the validity as a treatment today.
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YanıtlaSilI learned from this reading text that acupuncture is a old kind of medicine and it is a useful method to prevent illnesses.Acupuncture opens new doors for getting over from illnesses.I think acupuncture is very useful method for many medical problems such as headache,stomache, obesite and many neurological diseases.For example,the author said:'Acupuncture is used to treat a variety of ailments-anxiety,depression,back pain,smoking,high blood pressure,stress,arthritis;the list goes on.Acupuncture is even used to help treat drug addiction-with considerable success.I agree with the author.Nowadays,acupuncture is used to prevent people's pain by acupuncturists.If I were a author,I will mention other effect of acupuncture.For instance,it is used to lose weight by many people all over the world.In addition,the author said:'Acupuncturists may say that the body has more than 800 acupuncture points' and when I read it,I was shocked!Because I didn't believe that I have 800 acupuncture points on my body.As a result,I like this reading text and I learned a lot of information about acupuncture.
First of all, I learned many information about acupuncture. People use acupuncture for treatments of many ailment such as back pain,high blood pressure , stress etc. and it helps to lose weights.According to the passage,people,especially who from Asian,use this method is at least 2,200 years old.Therefore, I trust this method and I want to try for losing weights.I think, this passage very useful but at the same time it's boring for me.
YanıtlaSilThis week our topic is acupuncture the new old medicine. This reading text made me realize that acupuncture isn’t new as we know.We can infer from the second paragraph of the passage our nerves just warned by needles which are placed particular points on our body.Also this part of passage gives the information about the where is the most popular acupunchusits’s place.Most interseting part of the passage that make me suprise is doctors send their paitents when they couldn’t solve the problem.They tought that problem is all about the nerve.Next,I suprised when I saw the amount neurotic point on our body.It is 800 point !I supposed less.Another point in this passage is how the patients feel after they g oto the acupunchurist.Most of the patients want keep on their cure to relax.That easily understand from the patients saying.They say their pains started decreasing when they went to acupunchurist.I want to try acupunchure too. As a result,I like this reading text and I learned a lot of information about acupuncture.
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