Traditional acupuncture may ease migraines

NEW YORK 2008-04-11 (Reuters Health)

Acupuncture, as practiced in traditional Chinese medicine, may offer some relief from migraine pain, a new study suggests. Italian researchers found that regular treatments with "true" acupuncture helped improve symptoms in 32 patients whose migraines had been resistant to standard preventive medication. Moreover, the therapy worked better than two forms of "sham" acupuncture used for comparison, the researchers report in the medical journal Headache.

Past studies have yielded conflicting results as to whether acupuncture can aid in migraine treatment. Some research had suggested that sham acupuncture, using blunted needles that do not pierce the skin, is as likely to bring relief as is the real therapy -- calling into question the actual biological effects of acupuncture. However, a problem with this research is that studies have had inconsistent designs, and many have used acupuncture points that are "inappropriate" based on Chinese medicine, according to the authors of the new study.

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