Acupuncture Painkilling Effects For Sinus Surgery​​

By Bonafide Acupuncture | December 10, 2020
A person's hand with an acupuncture needle on it, targeting sinus pressure for relief.

Acupuncture exerts anesthetic effects and reduces requirements for anesthetic drug use during endoscopic sinus surgery. Researchers from the Shuguang Affiliated Hospital (Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine) combined acupuncture with general anesthesia. Patients receiving both general anesthesia and acupuncture in a combined treatment protocol had superior patient outcomes compared with patients receiving only anesthetic drugs.…

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Acupuncture Chemotherapy Neuropathy Relief

By Bonafide Acupuncture | December 3, 2020
An acupuncture needle being placed on a person's arm to alleviate neuropathy.

Acupuncture alleviates neuropathic symptoms due to chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) in breast cancer survivors. A randomized-controlled trial was conducted at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, Massachusetts). The results demonstrate that an 8-week intensive acupuncture protocol (18 sessions) greatly reduces pain intensity levels, pain interference, and average pain levels. The results also show significant improvements in…

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Benefits of Acupuncture

By Bonafide Acupuncture | November 12, 2020
A woman receiving acupuncture treatment.

Most people ask “You can have Acupuncture for your illness?” or “Oh, my god. Is it painful with the needles?”. This is one of the common conversations had when someone is asked to perform acupuncture for treatment. In general, people fear that inserting the acupuncture needle is painful without knowing the benefit of acupuncture. The…

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