Acupuncture treatment for migraine

Acupuncture for migraine

Each of us has ever felt pain. This is because the natural reaction of the body to the lesions, but also to external stimuli.


Sometimes, however, that the pain is accompanied by someone very often, they are going into a state of chronic, which significantly reduces the quality of life. One of the most common pain is headache. How to deal with it every day, and what to do if accompanied us so often that it prevents the normal functioning?

In general, about the types of headache

There are many types of headache. The basic classification of headache pain is distinguished primary and secondary. To the pain of the original, otherwise known as idiopathic or recurrent include migraines, cluster headaches, tension, and trigeminal neuralgia.

In contrast, secondary headaches, or pains symptomatic, can be caused by microbial diseases or diseases of internal organs, nervous system diseases and craniofacial diseases.

Chronic headache pain

Most headaches are sporadic and can be quite easily eliminated by pharmacological or domestic, natural ways. However, in the case of migraine issue of the elimination of pain it can be extremely difficult.

Migraine is characterized by chronic, very troublesome, throbbing pain, usually located in one place. Migraine suffer more often women than men, mainly aged 20-55 years. Significant feature of migraine is that the pain is so intense and strenuous that even prevents the normal functioning.

Acupuncture for migraine

Patients with migraine often lose hope that they can ever be liberated from these recurrent pain. It turns out, however, that gives good results acupuncture, which is commonly used to treat various types of pain.

Many people using therapy by using acupuncture needles felt noticeable decrease in the amount and frequency of migraine attacks. The effect of treatment largely depends on the number of cycles, as single, irregular treatments may not produce the intended result.

Although some believe that the pain you get used to it, but always reflects negatively on our health and psyche. So let's reach for unconventional methods to combat pain as an alternative to pharmacological treatment, but also as a complement.