Acupunture for depression
Studies suggest that acupuncture may help with depression:
Acupuncture appears to help lift the mood of severely depressed people, a study of Australians suggests.
New research in Sydney has found a marked improvement in a group of people with medicated depression who were treated with traditional Chinese needle therapy for two months.
The study showed those with severe depression, particularly men, benefited most from the alternative therapy, still a controversial treatment option the medical world says only has “limited use”.
“What we’ve managed to show is that acupuncture can be a powerful aid to use alongside anti-depressants to help these people,” said Kirk Wilson, a researcher at the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine at the University of Technology Sydney.
“That’s very exciting for a condition that is potentially very debilitating.”
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