The University of Arizona has conducted a randomised controlled trial of acupuncture for major depression in women. Eight weeks of depression-specific acupuncture treatment was given to 38 women. It resulted in a significantly greater reduction in depression than either non-specific acupuncture, or being on a waiting list. Following specific acupuncture treatment, 64% of the women experienced full remission of their symptoms.
(The efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of major depression in women. University of Arizona, September 1998.)
Author: Robin Costello
I offer traditional Chinese acupuncture in Exeter, from a tranquil clinic a mile from the city centre, and next to the University of Exeter. I graduated originally from the London School of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine’s 3 year full time Acupuncture Diploma (DipAc) course. I am on the practitioners register of the British Acupuncture Council (MBAcC), a regulatory and professional body with an entry standard of a full three year undergraduate degree level training.
I have worked in a hospital in south west China, deepening my knowledge and using acupuncture and Chinese massage (tuina) as the treatment of choice in its country of origin. I have taught Chinese medicine in colleges, the NHS and at university level. I also practise Qi Gong, and Chinese dietary therapy, that is the medicinal use of ordinary foods, chosen to help achieve particular therapeutic effects in different individuals.
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