These studies give hope! -Read about how acupuncture and herbal medicine can reduce your headaches & migraines.
The Long-term Effect of Acupuncture for Migraine Prophylaxis – A Randomized Clinical Trial1
“In this 24-week, randomized clinical trial that included 249 patients with migraine without aura, we found that true acupuncture significantly reduced the frequency of migraine attacks.”
Acupuncture for headache2
“Individual large-scale clinical studies have consistently demonstrated that acupuncture provided better pain relief compared with usual care.”
Acupuncture for Patients With Chronic Tension-Type Headache: A Randomized Controlled Trial3
“The 8-week TA (true acupuncture) treatment was effective for the prophylaxis of CTTH (chronic tension type headache).”
- Zhao L, Chen J, Li Y, et al. The Long-term Effect of Acupuncture for Migraine Prophylaxis: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2017;177(4):508–515. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.9378 ↩︎
- January 25, 2018 By Helene Langevin, MD, Contributor, and Carolyn A. Bernstein, MD, FACS, Contributor ↩︎
- Zheng H, Gao T, Zheng QH, Lu LY, Hou TH, Zhang SS, Zhou SY, Hao XY, Wang L, Zhao L, Liang FR, Li Y. Acupuncture for Patients With Chronic Tension-Type Headache: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Neurology. 2022 Jun 22:10.1212/WNL.0000000000200670. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000200670. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35732505. ↩︎