Archive for January, 2012

26 OCTOBER 2011

New research concludes that acupuncture reduces prostatitis related pain. The study measured the effects of acupuncture on chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS), also known as chronic prostatitis. CPPS involves prostatitis related pain of the pelvis and/or the perineum (between the anus and the scrotum in men). CPPS is not the type of prostatitis due to a bacterial infection. CPPS tends to wax and wane and the pain intensity level ranges from mild to severe. Post-ejaculatory pain is a textbook symptom of this disorder. There may be associated painful urination, back pain, abdominal pain, muscles aches, rectal pain and/or pain in the penis.

Biochemical Pain Reduction
The study showed that acupuncture reduces CPPS related pain and measured the biochemical mechanisms by which acupuncture achieves this clinical outcome. The researchers noted that, “the levels of Interleukin-8 (IL-8), Interleukin-10 (IL-10) and Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in prostate fluid were detected and the correlation between those changes and [the] pain score was analyzed.” The study measured an effective rate of 89.4 percent for pain reduction by means of acupuncture. The study also measured that as acupuncture lowered the pain levels, the levels of the cytokines (IL-8, IL-10 and TNF-alpha) lowered. The study concludes that acupuncture reduces CPPS by reducing these cytokine levels.

The Points
The researchers used the following acupuncture points as primary points to reduce CPPS pain: Zhongji (CV 3), Guilai (ST 29), Yinlingquan (SP 9), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Shuidao(ST 28), Xuehai (SP 10) and Taichong (LR 3). Electroacupuncture stimulation was added to enhance the efficacy of the treatment.

Reference:
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2011 Jan;31(1):11-4. Acupuncture for chronic pelvic pain syndromes (CPPS) and its effect on cytokines in prostatic fluid. Yuan SY, Qin Z, Liu DS, Yin WQ, Zhang ZL, Li SG. Male Department of Zhuhai Branch of Guangdong Provincial TCM Hospital, Zhuhai, China.

Here is the picture of the needles which were originally being used in China.

I hope you can tell the size of them and different length. In the old days even small

surgery was being performed. But not to worry, we don’t use any of those at YOMClinic.

What we use are much thinner, shorter and disposal one-time-use needles only!!

Takashi

Hello Everyone,

We have set the date for Acupuncture promotion date. It will be on ;

Feb 18th on Sat

9:00 am — 6pm

It is more than a month ahead and this is for the general public who do not know

anything about Chinese medicine and Acupuncture in general. One session will

be at $25/hour( and you can come morning and afternoon for the better result).

(Appointment)

Space is limited. So please call in advance to secure your spot. Only when there is a room, we will be accepting walk-ins on the day.

We have created a direct hot line to schedule only for this event. Please   call below number and leave your name and phone number and preferred time slot. We will give you a call back to confirm your appointment.

    Event hotline:    503-877-3532

Thank you,

Yamamoto Takashi, L.Ac.

Happy New Year!!   ”2012″ year of dragon

Hi everyone,

We have been doing Yearly Acupuncture promotion day over the past years. Due to our schedule, we were not able to host this event last year. So now we are planing to host it during January or early February. So please stay tuned for the update.

What is “Yearly acupuncture promotion day” ?

We offer a treatment session of acupuncture at $25 on this day only. It is to promote Acupuncture and Chinese medicine in order to introduce this ancient medical science to people who have not experienced or have no idea what’s so ever.  Anybody can come and will be treated with Acupuncture and Chinese medicine (except Tuina therapy). We have limited space available. So people with appointment will be treated first.

This will be an event to introduce acupuncture. For that reason, we recommend you to come for “pain” issue.  Which is simply for you to feel, see and experience how beautifully acupuncture treat pain issues. Of course, certain kind of very severe pain issue may not be that easy to see any result right away. But in many cases, we see result right away. So for those with something that is very severe or certain kind of internal issues may not be treated as dramatic  as pain issues. Still, this event can be a good start for those as well.

You can also experience Chinese herbal medicine upon your request along with Acupuncture. It will cost you $30 for 100g bottle which is about 10 day supply. But each bottle is custom made for each conditions. We recommend herbal therapy for internal disorders which typically take much longer time to treat due to its nature. Of course, there are conditions that we want to see result soon. It is same as that we don’t want to take a few to several month to treat common cold-type of condition, as an example.

The date will be announced this week and we hope to see you at the event!!

Thank you,

Yamamoto Takashi, L.Ac.