Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture for Headaches Antigonish & New Glasgow
In recent studies, acupuncture was found to be rated effective positive for both migraines and tension headaches. The research was also deemed as moderate to high quality.
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Acupuncture Headaches and Migraines Research
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Linde K, Allais G, Brinkhaus B, Fei Y, Mehring M, Shin BC, et al. Acupuncture for the prevention of tension-type headache. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016;4:Cd007587.
Coeytaux RR, Befus D. Role of Acupuncture in the Treatment or Prevention of Migraine, Tension-Type Headache, or Chronic Headache Disorders. Headache. 2016 Jul;56(7):1238-40.