Reasearch validating acupuncture is helpful for tension type headaches
A review of 11 trials which investigated whether acupuncture is effective in the prophylaxis of tension-type headache.Two large trials investigating whether adding acupuncture to basic care (which usually involves only treating unbearable pain with pain killers) found that those patients who received acupuncture had fewer headaches.
Forty-seven percent of patients receiving acupuncture reported a decrease in the number of headache days by at least 50%, compared to 16% of patients in the control groups.
The available evidence suggests that acupuncture could be a valuable option for patients suffering from frequent tension-type headache.
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Cochrane Database Syst Rev. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2011 May 23.
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PMCID: PMC3099266
NIHMSID: NIHMS284610
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