Researchers recently released results of a new study that found people who under went true acupuncture 68.2% fewer monthly headache days after 16 weeks compared to people who received 'sham' acupuncture.
The researchers’ selection of acupuncture points was “OK, but not enough, in my opinion, since women have points in other areas,” says Loh. “If I were treating a woman with a headache, I would have used more points than they did and might treat them differently than I would treat a man.”According to traditional Chinese medicine, headache is a form of stagnated“is a vital force that travels in our body through pathways called meridians,” he says.
This mechanism “cannot be understood or examined through Western medical technology, but it works, according to the Chinese medical perspective,” Loh says.A recent study found acupuncture to be helpful for migraine. Researchers analyzed 15 studies involving over 2,000 patients and found that seven out of 10 studies showed less frequent and less intense headaches.was just as effective as Western medical approaches but had fewer side effects.
The researchers concluded, “Acupuncture can be recommended as an alternative or adjunct to drug treatment for patients suffering from migraines.”used the same points for all the people studied. “But according to [traditional Chinese medicine], headaches aren’t ‘one-size-fits-all.’ They have different presentations that require use of different acupuncture points.”
For example, headaches typically involve either the gallbladder or the urinary bladder meridian. If a person’s headache is on the side of the head, it usually involves the gallbladder meridian. So Loh then uses points related to the. But if the headache is on the front or back of the head, it’s likely related to the urinary bladder meridian.
Also, “tension headaches are often back-to-front headaches and can be related to poor posture and neck position at work, often having to do with overuse of the computer. So I advise people to pay attention to their posture at work,” he says. And stress “is a universal problem that can also cause headaches, so I also recommendMore information about how acupuncture works, how to find an acupuncturist, and what to look for in an acupuncturist can be found at the links below.
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