Social
Dr. Manik G. Hiranandani
  • Consulting Dr Manik
    • E consultations over zoom
    • Payment links
    • Dr Manik's Travel Plans 2022-23 & Contact details
    • My approach to helping you heal
    • My Journey
  • Health Guides
    • Arthritis
    • Backache
    • Digestion >
      • Acidity
      • Flatulence
      • Hernias
      • Constipation and Piles
    • Food Allergies >
      • Milk Allergy >
        • Causes
        • Ill Effects of Milk Allergy
        • Calcium Requirements
        • Milk and Ayurveda
        • Products with Dairy Content
        • Dairy Free Ingredients
        • Substitutes for Dairy Products
      • Gluten Allergy >
        • Symptoms of Gluten allergy
        • Gluten Allergy Testing and Diagnosis
        • Gluten Substitutes
    • Long Covid Treatment
    • Sinusitis and Ear Infections >
      • Causes
      • Symptoms
      • Aggravating factors
      • Complications
      • Treatment options
      • Prevention
      • Facilities
      • Ionisers
    • TMJ syndrome
    • Balance Acid and basic foods
    • Why are you loosing your memory?
    • Urinary Incontinence
    • Gyan Yoga
  • Treatments
    • Accommodation Options
    • Getting To the Clinic.
    • Testimonial's
    • Pre paid treatment Packages

Acupuncture

Picture
Acupuncture is a very effective system of medicine which can, in expert hands, yield results which are almost miraculous. A common event in an acupuncturist's clinic is for a patient to come in with a severe pain in his arm or neck. The acupuncturist inserts a needle at the appropriate acupuncture point, twirls it around and within a few seconds the pain is gone!

This example characterizes one of the best known effects of acupuncture, that of relieving pain - its analgesic effect. Acupuncture relieves pain virtually irrespective of its cause. This remarkable property of acupuncture has been exploited to provide analgesia for many types of operations and surgeries.

The word "Acupuncture" is derived from two Latin words "acus" which means 'needle' and "punctura" which means 'to penetrate'. The word "acupuncture" therefore means, "to penetrate with a needle". In acupuncture very thin needles, slightly thicker than a human hair, are inserted into acupuncture points. Acupuncture aims to relieve symptoms by curing the disease.

It is possible for an acupuncturist to treat the symptoms of various diseases very effectively; for example a pain in the back can be relieved in minutes. However a mere symptomatic treatment, which just removes the symptoms, deprives the acupuncturist of a valuable aid, which would otherwise help him assess the patient's response to treatment.

The acupuncturist should treat the fundamental cause of the illness and as the cure progresses the symptoms disappear on their own. Of course it often takes a great deal of skill to find the true cause of some illnesses!

It is common knowledge that acupuncture is a remarkably effective method of relieving pain. While I was studying acupuncture, I was approached by the brother of a physician colleague, whose eighty- seven year old physician father, had been confined to bed with severe arthritis and cervical spondylosis for over a year. He had been hospitalized for five months without any discernible improvement. Not having any experience with acupuncture, I was reluctant to try and treat such a complicated case. However my colleague's brother was insistent and requested me to try and cure his father since he had tried every other treatment without any success. I commenced treatment and within a fortnight, the elderly gentleman, who had been unable to sit up or stand without support, was able to walk without assistance. He returned to his clinic in North India where he resumed his practice as a doctor till he passed away peacefully in the fullness of his years, fourteen years after I treated him. This first dramatic experience persuaded me to continue my study of acupuncture. 

I have found Acupuncture useful for the following ailments:

DISEASES OF MUSCLES, BONES AND JOlNTS
  • Frozen Shoulder (Periarthritis)
  • Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee
  • Cervical Spondylosis
  • Backache (slipped disc), with or without sciatica
  • Temporomandibular Arthritis
  • Tennis Elbow, Golfers Elbow
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  • Fibromyositis
  • Myalgia
  • Pain in the Chest
  • Intercostal Neuralgia
  • Ankylosing Spondylitis
  • Stenosing Tenosynovitis. (De Quervain's Disease)
  • Ganglion of the Wrist
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Dupuytren’s Contracture
  • Trigger Finger, Snap Thumb
  • Cramp in the Calf Muscles
  • Achilles Tendinitis
  • Spur on the Heel
  • Planter Fasciitis


DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
  • Hemiplegia, Hemiparesis (Strokes and Paralysis)
  • Parkinsonism
  • Spastic Paralysis, Chorea, Habit Spasm (Tics)
  • Meniere’s Disease, Vertigo and Travel Sickness
  • Headaches
  • Deafness due to nerve damage
  • Bell’s Palsy
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia (Tic Douloureux)
  • Insomnia
  • Anxiety
  • Epilepsy
  • Bulbar Palsy
  • Paraplegia, Paraparesis
  • Poliomyelitis
  • Neuropraxia of the Lateral Popliteal Nerve
  • Muscular Dystrophies (Myopathies and Motor Neurone Disease)
  • Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System

PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
  • Hysteria
  • Anxiety disorders
  • Schizophrenia
  • Mental Depression
  • Impotence
  • Frigidity
  • Premature Ejaculation
  • Drug Addictions
  • Tobacco addiction. This is very useful to give up smoking.

DISORDERS OF CHILDREN
  • Infantile Convulsions
  • Febrile Fits
  • Behavioral Disorders
  • Nocturnal Enuresis
  • Fevers

RESPIRATORY DISORDERS
  • Common Cold
  • Sinusitis (both acute and chronic)
  • Hay Fever (Allergic Rhinitis)
  • Tonsillitis
  • Pharyngitis (Sore Threat)
  • Laryngitis, Tracheitis
  • Hoarse Voice
  • Bronchitis
  • Cough
  • Whooping Cough
  • Bronchial Asthma


CARDIAC DISORDERS
  • Dyspnoea, (out of breath) due to left ventricular failure, cardiac asthma
  • Bradycardia (slow heart beat)
  • Tachycardia and rhythm disorders of the heart
  • Atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeats)


VASCULAR DIS0RDERS
  • Hypotension (low blood pressure)
  • Hypertension (high blood pressure)
  • Thrombo-angitis obliterans
  • Peripheral vascular disease
  • Angina Pectoris


BLOOD DISORDERS
  • Aplastic anaemia
  • Thrombocytopaenia
  • Leucopaenia (low white blood cell count.)


DISORDERS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
  • Stomatitis, Glossitis
  • Toothache
  • Dysphagia (Difficulty of Swallowing)
  • Hiatus Hernia
  • Gastroeosophageal reflux disorder (G.E.R.D.)
  • Hiccough (Hiccup)
  • Nausea and Vomiting
  • Gastritis
  • Dyspepsia (indigestion)
  • Peptic Ulcer (Gastric Ulcer and Duodenal Ulcer)
  • Abdominal Distension (Flatulence)
  • Appendicitis
  • Worms
  • Diarrhoea, Dysentery (Bacillary, Amoebic)
  • Intestinal Colic
  • Intestinal obstruction and paralytic illeus
  • Constipation
  • Haemorrhoids (Piles)

ENDOCRINE DIS0RDERS
  • Hypogonadism, Sub-Fertility
  • Adrenal Fatigue & failure
  • Diabetes Mellitus
  • Pitutary disorders
  • Obesity of Endocrine Origin

LIVER AND PANCREATIC DISORDERS
  • Hepatitis. (Infective Hepatitis. Serum Hepatitis)
  • Cirrhosis of the Liver
  • Biliary Colic
  • Pancreatitis
  • Splenomegaly


GYNECOLOGICAL DISORDERS IN WOMEN
  • Amenorrhoea
  • Oligomenorrhoea
  • Irregular Menstruation
  • Dysmenorrhoea (painful periods)
  • Premenstrual tension Syndrome (P.M.S.)
  • DYSPAREUNIA. (Pain during intercourse)
  • Menorrhagia (excessive bleeding)
  • Leucorrhoea (white discharge from the vagina)
  • Pelvic Inflammations. Salpingitis. Adnexitis. Cervicitis
  • Vaginitis
  • Utero-Vaginal Prolapse
  • Itching of the Vulva
  • Pain of Secondary Carcinoma of the Cervix, Uterus and Ovaries


GENITO-URINARY DISORDERS
  • Nephritis, Pyelitis, Pyelonephritis
  • Haematuria, Oliguria, Anuria
  • Renal Colic
  • Cystitis, Urethritis
  • Retention of Urine.
  • Enuresis, Nocturnal Enuresis (Bed Wetting).


SKIN DIS0RDERS & DISEASES
  • Non-Healing Wounds and Chronic Ulcers of the skin.
  • Furunculosis (Boils, Acne, pimples).
  • Warts.
  • Urticaria (Nettle Rash, Hives), Angioneurotic Edema.
  • Lymphangitis
  • Erysipelas
  • Herpes Zoster (Shingles)
  • Eczema
  • Leucoderma (Vitiligo)
  • Alopecia Areata
  • Psoriasis


EAR DISORDERS
  • Deafness, Deaf-Mutism
  • Tinnitus
  • Earache
  • Meniere's Disease Vertigo, Travel Sickness, Labryinthitis.


EYE DISORDERS.
  • Cataract.
  • Conjunctivitis.
  • Myopia.
  • Astigmatism.
  • Squint.
  • Retinitis Pigmentosa.
  • Optic Nerve Atrophy.
  • Glaucoma
  • Night Blindness.

Back