Scientific Proof to How your Body react to Acupuncture: Migraine
Regular sessions of Acupuncture can reduce the flare up of migraines.
Migraine is a common headache disorder. The World Health Organization ranks migraine very high among disability-causing disease worldwide. Therapeutic treatment of migraine largely relies on medications, but can also involve non-pharmacological therapies, for enhancing medication effect especially in patients who are less responsive. The effect of acupuncture in the treatment of migraine has been well recognized in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and, in recent years, also in modern Western medicine: Meta-analysis using the Cochrane database suggests that acupuncture on migraine prophylaxis is both safe and effective, without major side adverse effects. Accordingly, it is recommended that acupuncture can be used as an alternative therapy in migraine patients willing to undergo this treatment.
Below are the scientific proofs to using acupuncture for treating migraines:
Conclusion: Acupuncture has been proven to be effective as an alternative therapy in treating migraine. A significant increase in N-acetylaspartate/creatine was observed in bilateral thalamus in migraine without aura after the acupuncture treatment, which was significantly correlated with the headache intensity score.The data demonstrate brain biochemical changes underlying the effect of acupuncture treatment of migraine.
Conclusion: Acupuncture has been used to both prevent and treat diseases for over 3,000 years. Recently, a Cochrane review on its use in migraine concluded that acupuncture is effective and should be considered as a prophylactic measure for patients with frequent or insufficiently controlled migraine attacks.
Conclusion: The available evidence suggests that adding acupuncture to symptomatic treatment of attacks reduces the frequency of headaches. The available trials also suggest that acupuncture may be at least similarly effective as treatment with prophylactic drugs. Acupuncture can be considered a treatment option for patients willing to undergo this treatment.