Jeepney Press #111 May-June 2021

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ACUPUNCTURE Health Points

Your Forgetful Brain & Acupuncture four horses or si ma treat epilepsy, insomnia, vertigo, headache, anxiety. They are frequently used clinically for dementia, schizophrenia, and manic behaviour.

By Marnie Chan A mother asked me if there is an acupuncture point that could help improve her memory now that she is back doing school work for higher education. And, if the same acupuncture point can also be applied to her school-age kid who is now seeming to lose memory skills. The answer is yes there are acupuncture points to improve one's brain function like memory. And yes they can also be applied to young children. Introducing Shenting, GV24 [Mind Courtyard] and Benshen, GB13 bilateral [Root Spirit]. These are known as acupuncture's 3-points for intelligence.

Three-points for intelligence, in clinical studies, have been proven to be beneficial in improving the children patients’ verbal comprehension, expression ability, hand-eye coordination ability, attention, logical reasoning ability, and visual perception.

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Furthermore, these points have been proven to have a definite clinical effect on the treatment of primary insomnia and post stroke depression. Many clinical trials have shown that acupuncture treatment can improve the cognition by removing oxidized biochemical substances and promoting the

release of neurotransmitters.

ADD/ADHD.

So there. To thine own GB13 - used on the right self be kind, before you side is beneficial for forget to… psychological conditions such as anxiety and depression. Used on the left side, it will benefit attention related conditions such as

These points are brilliant for issues affecting the cranium nerves. They greatly benefit the brain specifically the frontal lobe. Here is what is even more marvelous about 3-points for intelligence --aside from poor memory, they also

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