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