| Acupuncture is the only treatment that | | | | tingling of hands followed by decreased |
| reduces Carpal Tunnel syndrome effectively | | | | ability to squeeze almost anything |
| within minimum time. Carpal tunnel syndrome | | | | |
| [CTS] is a natural injury caused by a sudden | | | | 3. Fingers get swollen suddenly |
| pinched nerve in the wrist. This often | | | | |
| results into growing pain and numbness in the | | | | 4. Loss of strength in the muscle at the base |
| index fingers, middle fingers and weakness of | | | | of the thumb near palm |
| the thumb. The very disease "carpal tunnel | | | | |
| syndrome" derives its name from organs called | | | | 5. Pain shooting rapidly from your hand up to |
| "carpals" in the hand that forms a tunnel in | | | | the arms and even to the shoulder |
| the body through which the nerve leads on to | | | | |
| the extended hands. | | | | Carpal tunnel syndrome treatments |
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| Carpal tunnel syndrome explanations suggest | | | | Acupuncture detox carpal tunnel syndrome so |
| that numbness in the thumbs and the first two | | | | it is very essential for treating CTS. It |
| fingers results from a disorder caused in the | | | | restores normal nerve functions and provides |
| median nerve. Sometimes due to some natural | | | | long-term relief from pain and irritation |
| obstacles, the median nerve gets acutely | | | | associated with CTS. The acupuncturist |
| trapped in a channel near the wrist called | | | | practitioners insert needles on those points |
| "carpal tunnel". The disease is also | | | | along the meridians where "qi" or energy gets |
| characterized by pain extending up to the | | | | blocked. For treating CTS, the insertions are |
| forearm, coldness in the fingers and a | | | | mainly done in the meridians situated along |
| paralyzing sensation in the hands and arms. | | | | the liver, kidney and gall bladder. These |
| This syndrome is more common amongst | | | | points are stimulated by traditional needle |
| physicians as "pins and needles paresthesias" | | | | insertions, and heat/ pressure applications. |
| also sometimes called as "dysesthesia" which | | | | Once the stored energy starts getting |
| means an unpleasant sensation. | | | | distributed, CTS gets cured faster. |
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| Symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome | | | | To reduce carpal tunnel syndrome you can also |
| | | | use various medicinal herbs in between the |
| Carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms include | | | | acupuncture sessions. You can use herbs like |
| frequent irritation in the hands. However, | | | | cramp bark [Viburnum opulus], St. John's wort |
| following are the other symptoms of carpal | | | | [Hypericum perforatum] and wild yam |
| tunnel syndrome symptoms: | | | | [Dioscorea villosa]. These herbs are |
| | | | available as dried extracts [pills, tablets |
| 1. Feeling of paralysis in the hands and | | | | and capsules], tinctures [alcohol extraction] |
| fingers | | | | and teas. Mix them in a cup of tea and have |
| | | | it three times a day to experience faster |
| 2. Both daytime and nighttime painful | | | | cures. |