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Acupuncture for allergies
Reducing
oversensitivty
Acupuncture
for allergies may be able to help with your
hayfever, rhinitis, sinusitis, allergic skin conditions or digestive problems.
Each of these allergies can make life a real
struggle, and happily they often respond well to acupuncture.
Acupuncture addresses
our health holistically, aiming to strengthen us and bring us back into
better balance. Reducing oversensitivities to external allergens
should leave us free to sit outside on a summers' day, or eat that
tempting sticky bun, without undue suffering as a result!
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Case study |
"I have always wanted to
go for acupuncture and was really pleased when a friend
recommended Jessica. I went to her to work on a variety
of things, not least of which was my annual summer
allergies. This year, my allergies have been worse than
ever. I work on music festivals which means I spend a
lot of time in grassy fields over the summer.
With chronic allergies, I was
really struggling to do my job. After seeing
Jessica three times, I saw a massive improvement. After
a few further sessions, I can honestly say that I
haven't had an allergy attack for weeks.
In addition to alleviating my
allergy problems, I also feel that acupuncture has
brought me more peace and well being than I have felt in
ages. Jessica is very professional but at the
same time she makes you feel very comfortable and
relaxed with the process. I would recommend an
acupuncture session with Jessica to anyone!"
An event
manager in her 30s
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Research |
A
2003 report by the World Health Organisation (WHO)(1) found that
allergic rhinitis is one of the conditions "for which acupuncture has
been proved - through controlled trials - to be an effective treatment".
Meanwhile a
review(2) by the British Medical Journal
described acupuncture as "very safe" when practiced by an
appropriately-qualified practitioner.
The modern evidence base for
acupuncture is incomplete, and this is true for a great many areas of
conventional medicine too. The
Clinical Evidence website of the British Medical Journal tells us
that of the 2,500 conventional medical treatments their databases cover,
46% are of unknown effectiveness (as at October 2009)(3).
Jessica continues to witness
the benefits of acupuncture for many people in her work, utilising the
knowledge and practice of Chinese medicine built up over thousands of
years. She's happy that more and more modern scientific research
is being done into acupuncture, helping to bring it to a wider audience.
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Contact Jessica
Each of us responds differently to
acupuncture. Do get in touch to discuss whether
acupuncture is likely to be right for you, or to make an appointment.
Other
conditions
Acupuncture can help with a
wide range of health problems, click below to find out more:
Detailed
references
(1)
http://www.acupuncture-schools.us/national-institute-health-nih-acupuncture.cfm,
referring to World Health Organisation (2002). Acupuncture:
Review and Analysis of Reports on Controlled Clinical Trial, see
http://apps.who.int/bookorders/anglais/detart1.jsp?sesslan=1&codlan=1&codcol=93&codcch=196
(2)
Rampes (2001). The safety of
acupuncture. British Medical Journal 2001;323(7311):467 (1
September), doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7311.467, see
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/323/7311/467
(3)
From the 'About Us' area of the
Clinical Evidence BMJ website, page titled 'How much do we know',
http://clinicalevidence.bmj.com/ceweb/about/knowledge.jsp.
Extract at Oct 2009: "So what can Clinical Evidence tell us about
the state of our current knowledge? What proportion of commonly used
treatments are supported by good evidence, what proportion should
not be used or used only with caution, and how big are the gaps in
our knowledge? Of around 2500 treatments covered 13% are rated as
beneficial, 23% likely to be beneficial, 8% as trade off between
benefits and harms, 6% unlikely to be beneficial, 4% likely to be
ineffective or harmful, and 46%, the largest proportion, as unknown
effectiveness"
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