Acupuncture Useful for Weight Loss

A study printed here attempts to reveal the mechanism by which acupuncture helps our clients lose weight. 

Endorphins also help balance the digestive and endocrine function to optimize metabolism. Acupuncture can be an effective adjunct therapy to lose weight and maintain that weight loss.

Acupuncture Indicated for Painful Skin Conditions:

From the Dermatology Times comes an article geared towards physicians which outlines certain painful dermatological skin conditions which respond well to acupuncture. In my practice this is certainly true, though we treat the root cause of the pain as well as the discomfort associated with it. In that way we can often get rid of the urticaria (hives), psoriasis, eczema, post-herpetic pain and shingles.

"The American Academy of Medical Acupuncture has outlined certain conditions for which acupuncture is indicated, some of which include both acute and chronic dermatologic diseases/conditions such as herpes zoster and post-herpetic pain, pruritis, eczema, urticaria and psoriasis. Severe pruritus can be disfiguring and painful and a source of great frustration and anxiety to the affected patient. Mr. Bennett says he has used acupuncture in some of these cases, and has achieved meaningful results in his patients."

Chronic Fatigue responds to Acupuncture

An article reviewing several studies of acupuncture to treat CFS  find much encouragement, including a meta-analysis.

"In December 2009, a meta-analysis of 28 published studies about acupuncture used to treat chronic fatiguesyndrome was published by another Chinese research team. According to the published material, it concluded that acupuncture appears to be effective in treating this particular condition..."

The US Military turns to Acupuncture to Help Our Soldiers

This article in the Statesman cites multiple ways in which the military is beginning to use the skills of acupuncturists. In my clinic we have been seeing veterans of both Gulf wars for many years now and have seen some truly amazing results in treating PTSD and its associated symptoms as well as physical pain. 

"... A combat medic, Bailes returned to Iraq for a second tour in 2005 and came home in 2006 with a different kind of pain: emotional anguish, nightmares and insomnia. He was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, but antidepressants made him feel worse, he said. Again, he turned to acupuncture — and recovered, he said. Now he's studying the more than 2,000-year-old Chinese practice of using hair-thin needles for healing and planning to make it his life's work..."

"..."The military, in many respects, is kind of a front-runner" in using alternative treatments, said Alexandra York, a research associate in military medical research at the Samueli Institute in Alexandria, Va., which studies alternative therapies. "I think it's because of the complexity of the conditions they see. It almost demands that other options be examined..."

Acupuncture for Knee Pain

From a Canadian newspaper comes an article describing the effective use of acupuncture for knee pain. At Castanet.net. Also, see my blog entry on knee pain at: NHCacupuncture.com/knee pain