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A Balanced Guide To Six Health Benefits Of Acupuncture

By Jason Miller


Many people are today recognizing the health benefits of alternative medical therapy. However, as there are many confidence tricksters out there, you should seek for reliable information before opting for any of these alternatives. This guide contains some proven health benefits of acupuncture treatment.

The fact that acupuncturists are adept at helping patients experiencing chronic pain deal with their woes needs no belaboring. Patients who have unsuccessfully tried to get rid of persistent pain using traditional medication almost always find the method much more effective as soon as they try it. This applies especially for those suffering from arthritis.

The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating back pain deserves a special mention in this instance. While some patients report that there was little difference on their first visit to the acupuncturists, your next visit is certain to yield better results than the last. Indeed, it may be all you need to go back to a life of painless bliss.

There is increasing evidence that this method of physiotherapy is also effective in increasing the effectiveness of conventional medication, especially for drugs with negative side effects. A good example is a study which showed that patients undergoing anxiety treatment who were given acupuncture therapy only needed about half the normal dosage as those patients who did not undergo the procedure.

Some researchers recently tried to establish if the method can be used to help patients with indigestion and heartburn. The study was carried out in Brazil where a group of expectant women with known heartburn problems were given a course of acupuncture therapy combined with normal treatment showed decrease in severity of the heartburn by as much as 75%. Those who used the treatment with a change of diet only reported 44% reduction in severity of their attacks.

A course of radiotherapy can cause plenty of negative side effects which depend on the area of the body being treated as well as the severity of the sessions. Patients undergoing radiotherapy to treat tumors on the upper trunk and the neck usually complain of experiencing nausea and a dry mouth. An acupressure session seems to make the severity of those negative side effects more bearable.

Much has been made of how acupuncture can help end obesity. Indeed, there has been a series of studies which have seemed to validate the efficacy of the method in weight loss while others have thrown cold water on such findings. In the final analysis, the truth lies somewhere between the two extremes: if you combine acupuncture with regular exercise and diet programs, you are likely to lose more weight than those who do not.

As has been outlined in the six different scenarios examined above, there is definitely more to acupuncture than meets the eye. An innumerable number of studies have been carried out to establish some of the fantastic claims about the efficacy, or lack thereof, when it comes to a number of medical conditions and ailments. The evidence is all out for everyone to see that this method suffices in both treatment as well as in alleviating some debilitating side effects of certain drugs and traditional therapeutic methods.




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