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Acupuncture: Ways to Improve
Health
• Reducing Migraines and Headaches
• According to a research, acupuncture is a valuable but non-pharmacological tool
in the patients with regular chronic tension-type headaches. After multiple clinical
trials, the researcher found out that this treatment is effective for headaches and
migraine.
• Improves Arthritis Pain, Chronic Pain, and Neck Pain
• Acupuncture proves to be effective against chronic back pain. In Berlin, many
patients with chronic back pain are treated with acupuncture and a significant
difference in pain is reported after eight weeks of treatments in the patients.
• Insomnia Treatment
• A report from Chinese Medicine University shows a beneficial effect of
acupuncture in reducing the symptoms of insomnia, compared with no treatment.
The overall analysis founds out that patients who are taking herbal treatments of
medications to help with the sleep showed much better effects after taking
acupuncture treatment.