International Women's Day

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On March 8th, it is International Women's Day. Its history began on March 8th, 1908, when more than 15,000 women from the textile industry went on strike in New York. They fought for better pay, better working conditions, and against sexual harassment. It was only in 1978 that the United Nations declared March 8th as International Women's Day, after much global effort from women and men to improve the position of girls and women.

Current theme
Emancipation is never finished; it is a process, it is about awareness. And of course not only about women's rights, but about dignified and fair treatment in all areas of people in their uniqueness and in the choices they make. Its relevance is daily forced upon us through the media, big, small, emancipation in so many ways. 

Everyone and everything equal?
No! It can be very good that differences between men and women are being considered. Recently, you read more and more in the news: women have different symptoms than men when it comes to heart problems. Medical research is still too often focused on men, causing the treatment of women to fall short. The female body simply has a different composition and metabolism, often has less mass, and also deals with hormonal fluctuations. Equal treatment? Yes please, but not always, everywhere, and with everything.

Man, woman and acupuncture
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, which includes acupuncture, two things are central in the approach to complaints: the focus on the individual (referred to as personalized medicine in healthcare) and the holistic approach. The latter means that an acupuncturist, when making a diagnosis, always looks at the person as a whole and their environment rather than just the complaint. Gender is a factor to consider to a greater or lesser extent. The big picture is the most important.

Want to know more? Make an appointment with an NVA acupuncturist near you. Acupuncture helps!