Headaches

Acupuncture can be an effective way to reduce the frequency and severity of headaches.

Treatment of headaches with acupuncture involves taking a detailed medical history to find out the underlying cause.  Lifestyle and diet advice may be given.

A recent review of studies on headaches has shown that “acupuncture could be a valuable non-pharmacological tool in patients with frequent episodic or chronic tension-type headaches”. 

For the full text, you can read Linde’s Acupuncture for tension-type headache (Review).

You can read an article about the research here: Acupuncture ‘works for headaches’, BBC News, 21/1/09.

Research published by Migraine Action says “A review of 33 trials, involving nearly 7,000 people, showed that patients who underwent the alternative therapy did experience relief from headaches and migraines.”

Read the full Migraine Action article: Acupuncture in the news.