Relieve Depression with Electroacupuncture

Relieve Depression with Electroacupuncture

Electroacupuncture stimulation can quickly reduce the severity of depressive symptoms, offering an alternative option for depressed patients, according to researchers at the School of Chinese Medicine at The University of Hong Kong, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry in Kowloon Hospital.

The study consisted of a clinical randomized controlled trial using dense cranial electroacupuncture stimulation (DCEAS) on patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). DCEAS is a novel acupuncture treatment, which was developed by Dr. Zhang Zhang-jin, associate professor of the HKU School of Chinese Medicine.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, stimulating acupoints on the head can increase brain power, regulate yin yang and relieve depression. Traditionally, acupoints called Bai Hui and Yin Tang are the focus when treating depression.

In DCEAS, Zhang believes that stimulating Bai Hui and Yin Tang, as well as other acupoints including Si Shen Cong, Tou Lin Qi, Tai Yang, Shuai Gu and Tou Wei, triggers the release of serotonin (5-HT) and other chemicals in the brain more efficiently, resulting in better treatment outcomes.

For the study, 73 participants, ages 25 to 65 years, had been diagnosed with MDD and had suffered with the disorder from several months to several years.

The volunteers continued taking their prescribed antidepressant medications (fluoxetine), and were randomly selected to be in the DCEAS group or the control group. Participants in the DCEAS group received dense cranial electroacupuncture stimulation, while the control group received noninvasive electroacupuncture (placebo acupuncture) for 9 sessions in 3 weeks. Each session lasted 45 minutes.

Assessments given by both physicians and the patients themselves revealed that the DCEAS group had greater improvement in depressive symptoms.

On day 21 after receiving treatment, the DCEAS group had a greater improvement in both the clinical depression assessment and the self-rating depression scale. Furthermore, strong improvements were observed in the DCEAS patients as early as at day 3, and this continued until the end of the treatment.

The findings suggest that DCEAS may be considered as an additional treatment for depressed individuals to achieve better clinical effects.

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Reiki

Reiki

Reiki is administered by “laying on hands” and is based on the idea that an invisible “life force energy” flows via us and is what causes us to be well.

Reiki is a Japanese therapeutic technique that is intended to encourage healing. The term Reiki consists of two Japanese words – Rei meaning “God’s Wisdom or the Higher Power” and Ki which is “life force energy”. Therefore Reiki is actually “spiritually guided life force energy.” Through the use of this method, practitioners believe that they are shifting universal energy (i.e., reiki) by means of qi (ki in Japanese) through the palms, which they believe allows for self-healing and a state of balance. While Reiki is spiritual in nature, it is not a religion. It utilizes a method often called palm healing or hands on healing as a form of alternative medicine.

Reiki was developed in 1922 by a Japanese Buddhist Mikao Usui, and has since been adapted by different teachers of various traditions. It is administered by “laying on hands” and is based on the idea that an invisible “life force energy” flows via us and is what causes us to be well. If one’s “life force energy” is reduced, then we are more prone to get sick or feel stressed, and if it is high, we are much more capable of staying happy and healthy.

Reiki therapy might feels like a wonderful glowing radiance that passes through and around you. Reiki treats the entire individual including body, emotions, mind and spirit producing many beneficial effects that include relaxation and feelings of calmness, security and wellbeing.

There are two major branches of Reiki, generally known as traditional Japanese Reiki and Western Reiki. Though variations can be wide and diverse between both branches and traditions, the primary difference is that Westernized forms utilize systematized hand-placements instead of depending on an intuitive sense of hand-positions, which is commonly used by Japanese Reiki branches. Both branches generally have a three-tiered hierarchy of qualifications, usually referred to as the First, Second, and Master/Teacher levels, all of which are involving different skills and techniques.

Characteristics of Reiki

Relaxation ****

Therapeutic **

Intensity: None – Minimum

Lubrication: no

Undressing: no

Tip: Depends on facility

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