Acupuncture benefits Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Acupuncture benefits post-traumatic stress disorder. A systematic review of complementary medical treatments, carried out by researchers at Oregon Health and Science University in the USA, has shown acupuncture can alleviate the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). They assessed 33 studies looking into the effects of various therapies on PTSD, and concluded there was good evidence for the usefulness of acupuncture, hypnotherapy, meditation and visualisation.

(Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms: A Systematic Review. Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine, 27 March 2014, epub ahead of print.)

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.