{"id":757,"date":"2017-09-29T16:34:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T14:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acupuncture-suisse.com\/?page_id=757"},"modified":"2018-03-19T17:53:49","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T16:53:49","slug":"prevention","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.acupuncture-suisse.com\/en\/when-to-consult\/prevention\/","title":{"rendered":"Prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese have a wider vision of health than of the illness. An old story was told that doctors were only paid for keeping their patients healthy.<\/p>\n<p>Acupuncture is effective as a preventive therapy<\/p>\n<p>It is not necessary to be ill\u00a0to have acupuncture therapy. \u00a0For example, it can be very effective during periods of great stress and the change of season to have preventive\u00a0treatment. \u00a0It is important to know that the body often reveals mild warning signs, prior to the actual illness, such as blockage or interruption in the flow of Qi (energy) causing\u00a0an imbalance of Yin and Yang. \u00a0In this case, it is important to unblock the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acupuncture-suisse.com\/qi-energy\/?lang=en\">Qi (energy)<\/a> and to restore the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acupuncture-suisse.com\/yin-yang\/?lang=en\">Yin\/Yang<\/a> harmony so that health can be restored and maintained. An ancient anecdote recounts that Chinese doctors were paid for keeping their patients healthy.<\/p>\n<p>Acupuncture is also very effective for the following disorders: mood swings and behavioural instability, cold and chill symptoms, sleep disorders, recurrent infection, headache and dorsal and\/or lumbar backache etc.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1223\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acupuncture-suisse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ricardo-gomez-angel-180819.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1047\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acupuncture-suisse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ricardo-gomez-angel-180819.jpg 1047w, https:\/\/www.acupuncture-suisse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ricardo-gomez-angel-180819-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.acupuncture-suisse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ricardo-gomez-angel-180819-768x469.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.acupuncture-suisse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ricardo-gomez-angel-180819-1024x626.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1047px) 100vw, 1047px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese have a wider vision of health than of the illness. An old story was told that doctors were only paid for keeping their patients healthy. Acupuncture is effective as a preventive therapy It is not necessary to be ill\u00a0to have acupuncture therapy. \u00a0For example, it can be very effective during periods of great [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1223,"parent":803,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-757","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acupuncture-suisse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acupuncture-suisse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acupuncture-suisse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acupuncture-suisse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acupuncture-suisse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=757"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.acupuncture-suisse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1225,"href":"https:\/\/www.acupuncture-suisse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/757\/revisions\/1225"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acupuncture-suisse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acupuncture-suisse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acupuncture-suisse.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}