A multicentre randomised controlled study has concluded that acupuncture in addition to standard care, is associated with significant improvements in menopausal hot flushes and other menopause-related symptoms.
A total of 175 women were randomised to receive either twelve acupuncture treatments over four weeks in addition to usual care, or to usual care alone. In the acupuncture group, the average reduction in the 24 hour hot flush score was 17, compared to only 7 in the control group. The acupuncture group also showed significant improvements in other areas such as psychological and urogenital, compared to the control group.
(Effects of Acupuncture on Hot Flashes in Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Women – A Multicentre Randomised Clinical Trial. Menopause, March 2010.)
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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