Originally published May 1 2004
Acupuncture works better than drugs and surgery
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Acupuncture is the best cure for headaches, says new research published
in the British Medical Journal. Acupuncture has been gaining acceptance
in the last few years, although most Western doctors remain skeptical
(primarily since they don't understand how it works). But remember: it
has been used for more than 5,000 years in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
I've personally seen acupuncture work what can only be called miracles.
In one case, a person suffering from severe migraines was completely
cured with a series of eight acupuncture treatments. In another
case, an older woman suffering from serious inner ear problems that made
her feel dizzy (and start vomiting) every time she stood up was
permanently cured of the condition with a single acupuncture
treatment. I know this woman, and she related the entire experience to
me. She remains healthy and 100% free of symptoms even today.
These
are just two small examples, there are literally millions more.
Acupuncture works. And it works without prescription drug side effects,
without surgery, and without other radical medical procedures that seem
to be preferred by most doctors in the U.S.
It should be humbling to
modern medicine to realize that the Chinese had all this figured out
centuries ago. But, of course, modern medicine is hardly humble.
- ACUPUNCTURE is the best treatment for people who suffer from chronic
headaches, according to the largest study into the effectiveness of this
therapy for treating migraines.
- British doctors recruited 401 patients who suffered from several days
of severe headache each week.
- Patients were allotted randomly to a group that received up to 12
acupuncture treatments per week, or to a control group that received
conventional headache treatment, based on medication.
- Each volunteer was asked to complete a diary, detailing the frequency
and severity of their headaches and medicine use, for four weeks at the
start of the study; again at three months; and finally at one year.
- The study, led by Andrew Vickers, a researcher at the Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, was published online on
Monday by the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
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