Tag: pain

Acupuncture for headaches and migraine headaches

Headache and migraine are very common health problems. According to the World Health Organisation 80% of women suffer from headache or migraine on a regular basis, and around two-thirds of men do too. For chronic cases, both tension headaches and migraine headaches can be helped by acupuncture successfully.

The headaches come about for various reasons. High blood pressure, flu, cold, cervical vertebral problem, stress, tiredness, menstruation tension and insomnia etc. can all give us headaches.

Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that the head is the centre of the spirit. It gathers all the Yang energy from our body meridian lines. Yang energy nourishes the brain. A healthy brain relies on a balanced Continue reading

Acupuncture therapy helps chronic back pain–Timesonline

Thanks to my wonderful client Ms McLennan for sending me this useful link from TIMESONLINE today regarding acupuncture for chronic back pain. Here is the whole article…

Timesonline: Scientists find acupuncture can help to relieve chronic back pain

Using acupuncture to help with chronic back pain is more effective than standard treatments alone, a leading scientific study has found.

Trials involving 638 back pain sufferers have suggested that acupuncture is successful in relieving discomfort, although how it works remains unclear. A “fake” version also produced results, indicating that belief in the therapy may have played a key role in its success in this case. Continue reading