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Acupuncture helps get the chi flowing - Web Devil

Students who want to unblock their "chi" can Now visit the Campus Health Service for acupuncture therapy. Dr. Stefanie Schroeder, chief of medical staff at the ASU Health and Wellness Center, has offered acupuncture clinics three days a week for treatment of a variety of health conditions since September. Acupuncture can treat depression, migraines, muscular-skeletal pain, allergies, menstrual pain, Asthma and flu symptoms by getting the patient's "chi" flowing, Schroeder said. The "chi," she explained, is the life energy that flows through the patient's body. It's a spiritual force that can have biological expressions. "It's what's making us tick," she said. "It's very closely related to blood, but not the same thing as blood." Schroeder said she hopes students will use acupuncture to complement - not replace - their traditional Western medical therapies. "To me, acupuncture is complementary medicine; it's not alternative medicine," she said. "Plus, there are certain conditions, like Chronic Pain or tennis elbow, that traditional Western medicine doesn't help very much." One condition that may be best treated with acupuncture is what's referred to as "student syndrome" in traditional Chinese medicine, Schroeder said. "We see a lot of students get sick a lot," she said. "They're tired - More available

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