Tianjing university of traditional chinese medicine researchers combined acupuncture with standard drug therapy.
Can acupuncture relieve shingles pain.
In the case of shingles it affects about 1 million people in the united states each year and 1 in 10 people develop postherpetic neuralgia nerve pain from damaged nerves due to shingles that lasts months or years after the rash goes away.
I kept doing what i would normally do even during the pain.
It was a constant pain and numbness.
A little over 3 months ago i began to have terrible excruciating pain caused by shingles.
Acupuncture relieves pain due to shingles reduces the need for painkillers speeds the healing of herpes zoster lesions and reduces the incidence of postherpetic neuralgia phn.
However shingles is caused by a virus which cannot be cured.
Acupuncture points can be needled to clear any heat and move the qi and thus reducing any pain and swelling there may be.
The ancient art of acupuncture has been used in asia for centuries to treat many conditions and relieve pain.
The acupuncturist is able to determine which pattern of shingles the person has and use the precise acupuncture points to treat the underlying imbalance that allowed the virus to rear its ugly head in the first place.
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Acupuncture for shingles pain acupuncture is known to be extremely effective in treating pain.
I was prescribed drug medicine by my medical doctor and it didn t do anything for me.
Patients who have come to me due to the pain associated with shingles were very satisfied with the reduction to elimination of pain.
Gabapentin neurontin is a pharmaceutical medication often used to treat nerve pain especially in cases nerve pain due to shingles post herpetic neuralgia.
The true acupuncture group had an effective rate of 94 and the drug group had an effective rate of 86.
People get it to ease or stop pain from any number of causes and it may help with shingles.
It s now being used in the united states and other western countries to ease everything from low back pain to nerve pain such as painful shingles rashes to headaches fibromyalgia and menstrual cramps and more.
This ancient practice uses very thin needles to balance your qi.
True acupuncture was applied to ashi points.
