Acupuncture and Its Role in the Treatment of Migraine Headaches.

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Acupuncture is a form of traditional Chinese medicine that is performed by placing needles or pressure in specific locations on a patient's skin to achieve a therapeutic effect. Although used to treat a variety of disorders, one of the most common applications of acupuncture is to treat chronic pain, especially headache and migraine pain. Migraines are difficult to treat, and pharmacotherapies are often the first line of treatment, although these options have many unwanted side effects, such as exacerbation of headache pain in those with chronic migraine. Many complimentary and integrative therapies are available to treat migraine (including nutraceuticals, yoga, tai chi, and biofeedback), among which acupuncture as a treatment is gaining increasing attention. In this review, we provide an overview of the current understanding of both acupuncture and migraine and of current research investigating the effectiveness of acupuncture in treating migraine and chronic migraine.

Publication Date

12-1-2020

Publication Title

Neurol Ther

ISSN

2193-8253

Volume

9

Issue

2

First Page

375

Last Page

394

PubMed ID

33001385

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1007/s40120-020-00216-1

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