Drinking about 2L of water every 1-2 hours a day has the effect of draining toxins and wastes from the body with sweat and urine. Moisture also promotes bowel movement and softens feces, which is effective in relieving constipation. In Chinese medicine, water is also recognized as an important factor in determining the length and shortness of life.
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In addition, water helps to maintain the elasticity of the disc (vertebral disk), which acts as a buffer between the vertebrae and bones, and improves back pain. If the body's water content is not sufficient, the disk cannot be supplied smoothly, but if the water intake is insufficient, the disk's water can be used for other body tissues.
In particular, while the water content of normal disks reaches 80 percent, middle-aged and elderly people in their 50s, such as Kim, need to be more careful as the water content drops to 70 percent. This is because cracks in the disc or internal medullary nucleus escapes and compresses nerves around the spine, which can lead to lumbar disc herniation.
Also, if the disk moisture content is reduced to 60% or less, there is a possibility that disk degeneration disease in which the properties of the disk itself change may occur. Therefore, if you have symptoms for related diseases, it is wise to receive professional treatment early.
Chinese medicine treats the causes of spinal diseases fundamentally through a non-surgical approach. First of all, acupuncture needles are applied to major acupuncture points around the spine, such as kidney blood transfusion and colon blood transfusion, to speed up the recovery of damaged spinal nerves around the spine. In addition, prescribing Chinese medicine that suits the patient's constitution can provide moisture and nutrients to the disc, muscles and ligaments, and strengthen the spine.
If the medullary nucleus from the disc compresses the peripheral nerves and causes acute back pain, the motion acupuncture may be useful. Motion acupuncture is an emergency acupuncture technique that induces active and passive movements of patients while acupuncture is applied to the pain area and quickly relieves severe pain caused by nerve compression.
In fact, the effectiveness of the acupuncture treatment was scientifically proven through research papers. According to a research paper published in PAIN, an international journal on pain, the pain reduction effect of operating acupuncture is more than five times better than painkillers. In contrast to the 46 percent decrease in back pain in patients with hernia who received acupuncture treatment in 30 minutes, only 8.7 percent decrease in pain in patients who received painkiller injections.
Along with treatment, efforts should be made to correct daily health habits. In the case of drinking water, it is important to drink the right amount of water in the right way. Drinking a large amount of water at once can cause abnormal accumulation of water in the body, which is called "water poison" in Chinese medicine. Since this can cause headaches and dizziness, drinking water little by little rather than much is the key. If you drink cold water, you should drink lukewarm water because it takes time to warm the cold water in your body and the absorption rate of water is slow.
Writer: Michael Wu
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