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Does Acupuncture Treatment for Gout work?

Gout sufferers have long debated the effectiveness of acupuncture treatments. It is a topic that has received a lot of attention in the gout community. The main debate is about the effectiveness of acupuncture. This treatment is more similar to classical Chinese medicine, which has been practiced for more than 2000 years. We’ll examine acupuncture as a way to relieve some of the symptoms associated with gout.

Acupuncture

We will also examine if acupuncture actually has an effect on the condition or if it is a temporary relief for the pain. A therapist will use long, thin needles to insert acupuncture needles into the skin to correct imbalances in qi (a form of energy that flows through your body). I won’t go into too much detail, but acupuncture has been used to relieve pain and relax people suffering from a variety of ailments. It is now possible to relieve gout pain with acupuncture.

The answer is yes, but it is important to be careful with how you interpret the results. Scientifically, acupuncture can only relieve neck pain. All other results may have some bias or placebo effect. It works because you want it. Although acupuncture is not officially considered to have any effect on gout, some experiments have shown some remarkable results.

Research

Chinese scientists had used acupuncture in Zanzibar to treat gouty patients. Seven out of 10 patients had some improvement. Acupuncture was used to treat three of those seven patients. Even though these results were not subject to rigorous scientific review, they show that a group acupuncture practitioners had successfully treated gouty joints.

The rest is up to you. Gout pain will always return. Because it doesn’t reduce the amount of uric acids in your joints, acupuncture will not stop it completely. However, it can help you manage the short-term pain. It can help you psychologically reduce the pain caused by gout. It has been proven to work in many cases, so you might want to give it a try.

 

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