These studies give hope! -Read about how acupuncture and herbal medicine help reduce stress.
Acupuncture is effective to attenuate stress and stimulate lymphocyte proliferation in the elderly1
“Acupuncture was able to significantly reduce depression (p<0.001), anxiety (p<0.001) and stress (p<0.001) scores.”
Does Acupuncture Reduce Stress Over Time? A Clinical Heart Rate Variability Study in Hypertensive Patients2
“Some patients’ HRV increased over weeks to months during the course of acupuncture treatment for hypertension as evidenced by a decrease in their LF/HF ratio. This would indicate a relative decrease in their physiologic stress”
Role of acupuncture in stress management3
“Acupuncture treatment increases the endomorphin, epine- phrine, norepinephrine, BE, and enkephalin levels of CNS and plasma. The increase of these neurotransmitters in the CNS and plasma strengthens body resistance against stress.”
- Pavão TS, Vianna P, Pillat MM, Machado AB, Bauer ME. Acupuncture is effective to attenuate stress and stimulate lymphocyte proliferation in the elderly. Neurosci Lett. 2010 Oct 22;484(1):47-50. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.08.016. Epub 2010 Aug 13. PMID: 20709154. ↩︎
- Sparrow K, Golianu B. Does Acupuncture Reduce Stress Over Time? A Clinical Heart Rate Variability Study in Hypertensive Patients. Med Acupunct. 2014 Oct 1;26(5):286-294. doi: 10.1089/acu.2014.1050. PMID: 25352944; PMCID: PMC4203477. ↩︎
- Cabıoğlu, M. , İşeri, S. , Çoban, A. , Çoban, F. “Role of acupuncture in stress management” . Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal 16 (2012 ): 107-114 <https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/marupj/issue/17911/188281> ↩︎