Acupuncture News and Articles

"Acupuncture eases anxiety by regulating the nervous system, specifically by bringing the branches of the autonomic nervous system back into balance...Acupuncture treatment helps shift the body back into a relaxed state where the sympathetic system is more balanced and no longer dominating,"
When you're anxious, your sympathetic nervous system—the one that controls your "fight or flight" system—takes over, Flores explained, whereas your parasympathetic ("rest and digest" system) is stifled. This explains why your heart hammers in your chest, and you can feel short of breath as anxiety manifests."...