Searching for a drug-free treatment for your menopausal symptoms? Try acupuncture. A small study has shown that acupuncture has certain benefits that can help alleviate moodiness, hot flashes, and ease the other disruptive symptoms of menopause.
A much feared phase that signals the end of a woman’s childbearing years, menopause occurs around the ages of 45 and 55. It causes changes in the woman’s progesterone and estrogen levels bringing with it quite pretty uncomfortable symptoms.
Cleveland Acupuncture’s ability to treat menopausal symptoms has once again been proven by a quite recent study that involved the participation of more than 50 women in post-menopause. A twice a week treatment of traditional acupuncture was given in 27 of them while the other 26 were treated also twice a week with a sham type of acupuncture treatment.
At the beginning and end of the study, the hormone levels were measured in all the participants. The subjects treated with acupuncture after ten weeks, showed substantial positive results in a couple of their most troublesome symptoms – mood swings and hot flashes, compared to those treated with sham. However, in symptoms such as urinary tract infections and vaginal dryness, both groups registered no improvements.
Throughout the last three decades acupuncture has become a very popular treatment here in the United States. However, if you study it further, you would know than acupuncture is actually one of the most ancient forms of treatments in the world. This treatment works by balancing energy or Chi circulation that flows through energy vessels known as meridians in your body. This circulation can be balanced and/or adjusted by sticking into the skin hair thin, sterile needles.
According to Western medicine, the points wherein the needles are inserted are meant to stimulate connective tissues, muscles, and nerves along that area. The stimulation is what helps boost blood and energy circulation and betters the activity of your body’s own natural painkillers. Regardless of how it works, many who tried acupuncture swear that it works and works really great.
Some researchers are testing acupuncture’s effectiveness for several different types of conditions although it has already been established that acupuncture works for the alleviation of pain as well as for vomiting and nausea after surgery or from chemotherapy.
This ancient form of Eastern medicine is an ideal alternative to medications for a problem a lot of women are looking for to manage well.
But unlike drugs, acupuncture has no side effects or if there is, really very few, more so when it is performed by a qualified and experienced practitioner. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is the agency that regulates the use of acupuncture needles. The needles must be labeled and manufactured according to standards set by this organization. They need to be single use, nontoxic, and sterile.
Each person reacts to acupuncture in his or her own unique way. Some might be squeamish at the thought of having tiny needles inserted into their body. However, the procedure actually is painless all throughout. For some, the benefits of acupuncture during and after treatment include feeling relaxed or energized. For menopause the treatment may last for several weeks or a few months. Before you begin treatment, make sure you ask your acupuncturist the number of treatments needed to adequately address your condition.
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