As a follow-on from the research reported here on 11 March 2009, Swedish scientists have demonstrated in a randomised controlled trial, that minimal acupuncture can reduce the intensity and duration of crying in infants with colic.
Ninety otherwise-healthy infants, aged two to eight weeks old, and with infantile colic, were assigned to receive either six acupuncture treatments over three weeks, or no acupuncture. Parents were blinded as to the allocation of their children. The results showed that infants who had acupuncture, recovered from colic more quickly, and exhibited less fussing and crying over the treatment period.
(Acupuncture Reduces Crying in Infants with Infantile Colic: A Randomised, Controlled Blind Clinical Study. Acupuncture in Medicine, Dec 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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