Can Acupuncture Relieve Shingles Pain

Yes acupuncture can treat the pain associated with shingles as well as to help boost one s immune system.

Can acupuncture relieve shingles pain. We would feel confident though that acupuncture treatment might offer some benefit in pain relief and recovery. However shingles is caused by a virus which cannot be cured. Acupuncture for shingles pain acupuncture is known to be extremely effective in treating pain. This can be quite difficult with chronic conditions like this which can still have acute episodes but it is really important to try to find a marker which can show that there has been progress.

Patients who have come to me due to the pain associated with shingles were very satisfied with the reduction to elimination of pain. Tianjing university of traditional chinese medicine researchers combined acupuncture with standard drug therapy. People get it to ease or stop pain from any number of causes and it may help with shingles. The acupuncturist is able to determine which pattern of shingles the person has and use the precise acupuncture points to treat the underlying imbalance that allowed the virus to rear its ugly head in the first place.

I was prescribed drug medicine by my medical doctor and it didn t do anything for me. Acupuncture points can be needled to clear any heat and move the qi and thus reducing any pain and swelling there may be. It was a constant pain and numbness. The ancient art of acupuncture has been used in asia for centuries to treat many conditions and relieve pain.

In the case of shingles it affects about 1 million people in the united states each year and 1 in 10 people develop postherpetic neuralgia nerve pain from damaged nerves due to shingles that lasts months or years after the rash goes away. I kept doing what i would normally do even during the pain. Gabapentin neurontin is a pharmaceutical medication often used to treat nerve pain especially in cases nerve pain due to shingles post herpetic neuralgia. It s now being used in the united states and other western countries to ease everything from low back pain to nerve pain such as painful shingles rashes to headaches fibromyalgia and menstrual cramps and more.

I have an available appointment for tomorrow. True acupuncture was applied to ashi points. A little over 3 months ago i began to have terrible excruciating pain caused by shingles.