What Is Depression?
Depression is a mood disorder described as having both physical and psychological warning signs that can be detrimental to a persons normal daily life. When depressed you often suffer from bad sleeping habits, crying spells, anxiety, worry, bad, inability to concentrate, body pain, stomach disturbances and a lack of interest in activities you formerly liked doing.
In the late nineteen nineties, the NIH’s Office of Alternative Medicine financed a study at the University of Arizona. Working with acupuncturist who devised a 16-week trial on 34 seriously depressed women. First they worked up a standard treatment plan that targeted certain “depression points” on the body. Then they devised a mock treatment plan using needles in nonspecific points. The acupuncturists administering the needles had no idea whether they were using the real plan or the fake plan.
The criteria for clinical depression. Only five people dropped out of the study, two moved away, one became pregnant, and two didn’t like being poked with needles.
This study puts forward the notion that using acupuncture as a standalone treatment could be as effective as other types of treatments for relieving depression symptoms typically used in Western medicine, such as psychotherapy and drugs. These results are promising enough that the United Nations World Health Organization has approved acupuncture as a treatment for depression. Further clinical trials with larger samples are deemed necessary to endorse this new hope for relief.
A significant advantage using acupuncture for depression was the low cost and lack of side affects compared to conventional treatment.
No Need To Fear The Needles
The acupuncturist uses very small needles inserted at specific places in the body to achieve effects. The acupuncturist uses needles that are hygienic to prevent any type of infection. These needles are much thinner than the needles that people are used to when they are in need of a traditional shot. It feels like a mosquito bite without the itching.
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