09/20/2025
The power of acupuncture,
Releases endogenous opioids:
✨Acupuncture stimulates endogenous opioid production (like beta-endorphins, enkephalins, and dynorphins)
✨These reduce pain by acting on u-opioid
receptors in the brain and spinal cord.
PMID: 18582529, 38384495
Releases feel good neurotransmitters:
✨Increases serotonin, dopamine, and
norepinephrine → beneficial for mood, sleep, pain, and Gl function
PMID: 16565594, 18830420
Reduces inflammations the sustem:
✨Acupuncture reduces systemic and loca
inflammation through:
⬇️Pro-inflammatory cytokines (e.g., IL-6, TNF-a)
⬆️Anti-inflammatory cytokines (e.g., IL-10)
⬇️COX-2 expression and prostaglandin E2
PMID: 12775355
Activates the parasympathetic nervous system
oductive:
✨Acupuncture shifts the body from sympathetic
dominance (fight/flight) to parasympathetic activation (rest/digest).
✨This:
🍃 Improves heart rate variability (HRV)
🍃Enhances digestive and reproductive functions
🍃Reduces stress-related symptoms
PMID: 36494036, 24693326
Regulates HPA axis (hormone balance):
🍃Modulates the HPA axis, helping regulate cortisol and stress responses
PMID: 21643998, 38955651
Increases blood circulation:
🍃Needling causes vasodilation via nitric oxide (NO)
release.
🍃Increases perfusion to targeted tissues (e.g., ovaries, uterus, muscles), improving nutrient delivery and waste clearance.
PMID: 17242084, 29080196
Modulates the immune system:
🍃Enhances natural killer (NK) cell activity
🍃Modulates T-cell responses (v Th17, T Tregs)
PMID: 29391874, 26612993
Optimizes reproductive hormones:
🍃Acupuncture can influence key reproductive hormones like FSH, LH, estrogen, and progesterone by modulating the HPO axis.
PMID: 28132298, 21872471, 22706302
