How Acupuncture Helped Me Welcome to the ACI podcast Click on the following link to go to Spotify for each episode: Episode 1 - An Introduction to Acupuncture Episode 2 - How Acupuncture Helped Me With Fertility and Pregnancy!
EVIDENCE SUMMARY: ACUPUNCTURE FOR MIGRAINE Cochrane reviews are a specific type of systematic review, and two Cochrane reviews – one on acupuncture’s effectiveness for the prevention of tension-type headache (1), and another on acupuncture’s effectiveness for the prevention of episodic migraine (2), both concluded that acupuncture is effective for these conditions. It is worth [...]
Pain Background Pain can broadly be broken down into acute and chronic pain. According to Chronic Pain Ireland (1), acute pain is referred to as a useful pain and is defined as lasting less than 3 months. Chronic pain persists longer than 3 months and serves no protective function. The PRIME study (2), conducted [...]
EVIDENCE SUMMARY: ACUPUNTURE FOR NAUSEA AND VOMITINGTreatment for nausea depends on what is causing it. In some cases, the cause of nausea or vomiting cannot be easilyavoided, such as:● postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV)● chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV)● pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting (PRNV)Diet and lifestyle changes can be very helpful in reducing morning sickness.There [...]
