Which Women’s Concerns Does Acupuncture Help? Expected Benefits and Treatments

Acupuncture is a treatment based on traditional East Asian medicine, and it is said to be effective even today for a wide range of women’s concerns.
Did you know it is an effective treatment for constitutional improvement, beauty benefits, and the health issues and discomforts unique to women?
This article introduces in detail the benefits of acupuncture specialized for women, and what the treatments involve.
If you are troubled by concerns specific to women, please read on.

What Is Acupuncture?

First, let us explain acupuncture.

Acupuncture uses needles (“hari”) and moxibustion (“kyu,” or mugwort) to stimulate acupoints on the body, drawing out the body’s natural power to support health. It is one branch of East Asian medicine long used to address bodily discomfort and fatigue.

・Needles (“hari”): Fine needles are placed in the skin to improve blood flow and loosen muscles. There is almost no pain. A weak electrical current may also be applied.

・Moxibustion (“kyu”): Dried leaves of the mugwort plant are used to warm the body. Effective for easing coldness and stiffness.

In this way, acupuncture is a treatment that balances the body and supports its own natural drive to recover.
Because it can also be expected to help with sports injuries, stress, and beauty, it is drawing attention from younger people too.

Source: What Is Deep Muscle Acupuncture Technique? | Naoshiya Acupuncture Clinic

Which Women’s Concerns Can Acupuncture Help Improve?

Acupuncture is said to be effective for many of the physical discomforts women carry.
It is especially skilled at regulating hormonal balance and the autonomic nervous system, supporting health from within the body.
This section introduces concrete concerns specific to women and the improvements acupuncture can be expected to bring.

Menstrual Pain and Irregular Periods

In East Asian medicine, menstrual pain and irregular periods are thought to stem from disrupted flow of “qi” (energy), “blood,” and “water.”
Acupuncture stimulates acupoints connected to the uterus and ovaries, improving blood flow and warming the lower abdomen — so improvement in pain can be expected.
It also has a regulating effect on the autonomic nervous system, easing coldness and stress, and is effective for improving irregular periods.

Morning Sickness

The cause of morning sickness is not fully understood, but it is thought to owe much to hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin), a hormone rapidly secreted after conception.
Acupuncture can be expected to suppress this hormone’s activity, easing feelings of nausea.
It also improves digestive function, so after treatment many feel hungrier and can eat more smoothly.

Unlike medication, acupuncture carries no worry of side effects, and does not affect the fetus even during pregnancy — so it can be received with peace of mind.
Recommended for those who want to improve discomfort gently, through natural means.

Infertility

More people are turning to acupuncture as a support alongside fertility treatment.
Acupuncture is said to improve embryo quality and the uterine lining environment.
It is thought to improve autonomic and ovarian blood flow, potentially raising the chance of retrieving higher-quality eggs.

Menopausal Symptoms

Menopausal symptoms are thought to be caused mainly by hormonal changes.
Acupuncture can be expected to stabilize hormonal balance by regulating the autonomic nervous system and blood flow.
It also loosens muscular stiffness, and skin stimulation is thought to affect the brain’s hypothalamus, helping regulate hormone secretion.
Better circulation also helps hormones move smoothly through the body — another key point.

 

For more on the other benefits of acupuncture, see these articles.

Beyond These Symptoms, Further Benefits Can Be Expected

Acupuncture also includes treatment for beauty benefits, known as “beauty acupuncture” — one of its more popular applications.
Surveys show over 70% of people judge their first impression of someone new by their face, so concerns about the face trouble many people, regardless of age.
Here are the beauty benefits acupuncture can offer.

A Lifting Effect

Working directly on the facial muscles can be expected to deliver a lifting effect.
One cause of facial sagging in the first place is the muscle weakening that comes with age.
The facial expression muscles weaken further the less they are used, so training them helps prevent sagging.
That said, fat that has already sagged does not easily return to its original position.
So by raising the skin’s natural healing power, promoting cell renewal, loosening the muscles, improving blood flow, and delivering the nutrients the skin needs, a lifting effect can be expected.

Improving a Double Chin

Alongside the lifting effect, it is also effective for improving a double chin.
Treatment improves blood flow, flushing puffiness and waste, resulting in a cleaner facial area.
Metabolism is also activated, promoting the production of collagen and elastin that maintain the skin’s firmness and elasticity.
Furthermore, easing muscular tension and lifting the muscles around the jaw can be expected to improve a double chin.

Improving Jaw Prominence

The cause of jaw prominence is the masseter, stiffened and overused.
Placing needles into the chewing muscles — the masseter in the cheek and the temporalis above the ear — loosens the stiffness, relaxing the muscles and resolving the flared appearance.
Loosening the temporalis and neck muscles connected to the masseter as well clears sagging and delivers a clean facial line.

Better Skin Through Improved Circulation

Beauty acupuncture stimulates the muscles by placing needles and moxibustion at acupoints scattered across the body.
This stimulation creates tiny wounds in the tissue beneath the skin, and the body draws blood to repair them.
As a result, circulation is promoted, and delivering oxygen and nutrients to the skin improves its condition.
Dark circles and dullness lessen, translucence appears, and greater skin elasticity makes wrinkles and sagging less noticeable.

KADOMORI’s “Hedgehog Beauty Acupuncture” Is the Recommendation!

If beauty acupuncture interests you, why not experience KADOMORI’s Hedgehog Beauty Acupuncture?
KADOMORI has special techniques made possible only by a thorough understanding of muscular balance and movement.
Its strength is treatment that follows the flow of the expression muscles and matches the firmness of skin and muscle and the thickness of fat — recommended for those with the following concerns.

・Those who want a lifted look
・Those concerned about sagging or nasolabial folds
・Those who want to clear away puffiness
・Those who want to eliminate a double chin and define their facial line
・Those concerned about a prominent jaw
・Those interested in anti-aging, better skin quality, or troubled skin

Because needles are placed following the ideal muscular balance and movement, along the paths of the expression muscles, each treatment is fully bespoke — tailored to your individual concerns.

Treatments Recommended in Combination

Here are treatments that deliver even greater effect when combined with Hedgehog Beauty Acupuncture.
Recommended for those who want an even smaller face, or who want to beautify their skin even further.

KADOMORI-Style Facial Slimming

Skeletal correction combining KADOMORI’s original theory and techniques, honed over many years, with the Synchro Wave.
Rather than simply making things smaller, the treatment carefully adjusts the entire bone structure while weighing the size and balance of each feature.

Face-Sculpting Facial ＜Radio-Frequency＞

Using a high-frequency thermal device widely employed in the esthetic and medical fields, warmth of about 42°C softens stiffened muscles.
The heat-tightening effect also promises a smaller face, lifting, fat burning, and collagen production —
a pleasant treatment you can enjoy while relaxing.

Carboxy Pack

A pack in which a dedicated mask and gel combine to generate powerful carbon dioxide on the skin.
Featured in numerous magazines and hugely popular, this Carboxy CO2 pack, worked into your salon care or home care, can further extend the lasting power of your treatment results.

Troubled by Something Acupuncture Could Help? Consult KADOMORI!

This article has introduced women’s concerns that acupuncture can help improve.
“KADOMORI-style” was born by creating the genre of aesthetic bodywork and fusing the proven knowledge and techniques of East Asian medicine, Western medicine, and esthetics.
We are genuinely committed to ridding the world of the concerns and complexes that feel too hard to resolve. If something troubles you, please consult KADOMORI.

We stay close to each individual’s concerns and propose the treatment that matches your wishes.