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Some Patients Claim That Acupuncture Has Helped Ease Their Diabetes Symptoms

TCM or Traditional Chinese Medicine is a very old form of treatment that is slowly gaining acceptance in the western world.

In certain places of Korea and China, acupuncture is a very important component of their healthcare system that is far from being considered an alternative type of medical care. Acupuncture is even used by qualified medical doctors in China to treat the two types of diabetes (Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes).

The treatment is usually conducted in conjunction with acupuncture and other types of Eastern medicine such as herbal medicine and Western medicine. The treatment has shown to truly work in some diabetic patients.

Chinese Medicine Claims

TCM practitioners believe that in order to gain optimal results, treatments must begin at the earliest stage of the disease’s development. The most important benefit of TCM treatment of diabetes is its ability to get the blood circulating throughout the body.

This enhanced blood flow is essential to slow down or even freeze the onset of debilitating diabetic neuropathy. The crippling effects of diabetic neuropathy can lead to the amputation of the affected body part or at least, cause pain and swelling. TCM is able to reduce diabetes-related pain. Other benefits a diabetic person can get from acupuncture include the stabilization of the blood sugar levels for Type 2 diabetics.

Acupuncture is a procedure that involves the insertion of 4 to 25 mm long needles into strategic points in the body to stimulate the organ functions. It is believed to be useful in the treatment of diabetes symptoms. Acupuncture can help stop the impact of diabetic neuropathy in a patient’s health. Likewise important is that this treatment can help treat the pancreas helping to reduce the autoimmune component that is essential to diabetes.

Less Use of Insulin

There are some patients who claim that acupuncture treatment actually has made them use insulin less. Ear acupuncture in Spokane is the best type of acupuncture that can help stimulate the nervous system of type 2 diabetics.

Although they have helped diabetics in the past, acupuncture along with other TCM modalities should be used with caution and only after you have been given the green light by your doctor to proceed. They should be used as adjunctive therapies to Western medicine and not as a frontline treatment for diabetes.

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