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Allergy – Sinusitis

Acupuncture and Allergies

“Acupuncture is more effective than antihistamine drugs in the treatment of Hayfever and without any harmfull side effects”  (The World Health Organisation).

As Acupuncture practice gains respect in the Western world, our observation is that many allergy sufferers are choosing acupuncture over antihistamine drugs.

Whether you are allergic to dairy or shellfish, pollen or dog hair. Acupuncture can help, an acupuncturist treats the individual, not only the symptoms, allergy symptoms are indicators of a deeper imbalance in a person’s system.

An allergy attack is an immune response, the bodies immune system becomes sensitive and reacts to substances called allergens such as pollen, dust, animal dander, molds, food and medications

Acupuncture works by altering the secretion of neurotransmitters, neurohormones and the regulation of blood flow, both centrally and peripherally, Acupuncture also stimulates and balances the body’s immune functions. As well as modulates mucosal immune response in the upper airway.

Acupuncture Reduces or eliminates need of antihistamines

In a study conducted by researchers from Germany, approximately 38% of patients receiving acupuncture did not have to use any antihistamine compared to only 16% who tried rescue medication (placebo).


Hayfever Acupuncture and allergic rhinitis

The World Health Organisation reported that    “Acupuncture is more effective than antihistamine drugs in the treatment of Hayfever and without any harmfull side effects”.

New research, published in the journal Allergy, shows that ancient Chinese medicine can dramatically reduce symptoms such as a runny nose and itchy eyes. Researchers found that when they used acupuncture needles with a Chinese herbal medicine, the number of patients feeling better was double that in a group not given the treatment.

To see if hayfever sufferers would benefit, researchers at the University of Erlangen in Nuremberg, Germany, and the Charite University Medical Centre in Berlin, recruited 52 hayfever sufferers aged between 20 and 58.

Half received a six week treatment regime that combined weekly acupuncture with herbal medicine every day, while the other half had needles inserted into non-acupoints and were given a non-active herbal formula.

The results showed that 85% of those on acupuncture and herbal medicine reported an improvement in well-being, compared to just 40% in the other group.


Sinusitis

Acupuncture: Sinusitis Relief

A new clinical study examined acupuncture for treatment of chronic rhinitis. Rhinitis is nasal congestion usually accompanied with post-nasal drip. There is irritation and inflammation of nasal tissue. In western medicine, this is ascribed to a viral or bacterial infection (or other antigen such as pollen) that stimulates mucus production. The study examined a test group of 85 patients and notes that chronic rhinitis is due to wind-cold or wind-heat obstructing lung Qi. These perspectives, both from Chinese medicine and allopathic medicine, are reconcilable in that wind-cold and wind-heat typically involve either a microbial infection or another antigen-antibody response.

If untreated, chronic rhinitis can last many years. Rhinitis can involve many complicated patterns such as epistaxis (nose bleeding), thick yellow or profuse white phlegm in the sinus and throat, coughing, insomnia, unclear thinking, difficulties with olfaction, dyspnea, asthma, and many other clinical complications.


Acupuncture Effective Rate

This recent clinical study had an effective rate of 96.5 percent with 61 persons obtaining total recovery, 21 with marked improvement, and 3 with no effect. To achieve the standard of total recovery, the resolution of all of the patient’s symptoms required resolution. Rhinoscopy and absence of symptomology was used to confirm the results. A two year follow-up confirmed total recovery. At a rate of one treatment per day, fifteen acupuncture sessions consisted of one course of treatment. The 96.5 percent effective rate was achieved after two courses of treatment (30 acupuncture appointments) unless total recovery was achieved prior to completion of the second course of acupuncture treatment.

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References

Reference: An Hua, Qinhuangdao Port Hospital, Hebei, China. “Treatment of 85 Cases with Chronic Rhinitis by Acupuncture.” J. Acupunct. Tuina. Sci. 2010, 8 (5): 318.

http://annals.org/aim/article-abstract/1583578/acupuncture-patients-seasonal-allergic-rhinitis-randomized-trial

Acupuncture and allergic rhinitis

Taw, Malcolm B.; Reddy, William D.; Omole, Folashade S.; Seidman, Michael D. https://journals.lww.com/co-otolaryngology/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2015&issue=06000&article=00008&type=abstract

Effect of acupuncture on house dust mite specific IgE, substance P, and symptoms in persistent allergic rhinitis

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, Peter K. Smith, PhD

, Caroline A. Smith, PhD

, Charlie Changli Xue, PhD

, Brenda Golianu, MD

, Allan W. Cripps, PhD

the Mucosal Immunology Research Group https://www.annallergy.org/article/S1081-1206(16)30126-0/abstract

Impact of acupuncture on antihistamine use in patients suffering seasonal allergic rhinitis: secondary analysis of results from a randomised controlled trial. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29440045


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