Manipulating the body’s “energy pathways” with hair-thin needles - as esoteric as
that sounds - is easily the most well respected complementary therapy popular in many countries around the world. Even NIH researchers, America’s medical standard bearers say - there’s plenty of evidence that acupuncture works (much of it in the more than 2300 studies conducted on the technique). Dr. Hiranandani, a renowned acupunturist pioneered the use of Laser & Ultrasound in acupuncture area and is now a standard text in acupuncture institutes all over the world. Most common uses of this technique is in back pain, asthma, headaches, bladder problems. Dr. Hiranandani’s studies led him to -
“the conclusion that few illness had single causes and that healing the mind body and soul required help from many sources.”
According to him acupuncture can relieve migraine headaches and can often lead to a cure. One study found that after several treatments, women who had three or more urinary tract infections in a year, all experienced less pain and fewer recurrences. Plan on 6 to 10 visits before seeing results in some instances of acute migraine attack, says Dr. Hiranandani,
“pain relief may occur within 5-7 minutes which is faster than any drug.”
As small as the needles are, acupuncture isn’t always painless. It’s usually not awful, just a dull ache. But it’s the action behind that ache that counts. The needle, paced at key points on the body, is thought to stimulate the release of chemicals and balance energy flow (or qi) , says Marshall H. Sager, D.O., President of the AAMA. Charles May, MD, a family physician in Cleveland, finds the therapy soothing and ha sought treatment for muscle injuries, even bronchitis and the flu:
“I didn’t know what to expect my first time, but I found it incredibly relaxing and there was minimal discomfort.”
