A small pilot study undertaken by researchers in Turkey suggests that acupuncture can help nocturia (night time trips to the toilet). A total of 35 patients, 23 women and 12 men, ranging in age from 28 to 72, were given acupuncture every two days for a total of ten sessions. By the end of the trial, 60% of patients reported that their nocturia had resolved completely, with a 37% finding that it had reduced to once per night.
(Treatment of nocturia symptoms with acupuncture. Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research, Vol 38, 2013.)
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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