Acupuncture has 'similar mode of action to psychiatric
drugs'
In a controlled experiment with
rats, acupuncture was effective against treating chronic stress, according to a
report in the journal Endocrinology - with the results suggesting a mode
of action similar to that of anti-anxiety and antidepressant drugs.
Acupuncture works for many - but how?
Researchers from Georgetown
University Medical Center (GUMC) in Washington, DC, say the animal study
"provides the strongest evidence to date on the mechanism of this ancient
Chinese therapy in chronic stress."
Lead investigator Ladan Eshkevari,
PhD, associate professor in the departments of nursing, and pharmacology and physiology at
GUMC, says:
"The benefits of acupuncture are well known by those who use it,
but such proof is anecdotal.
"This research, the culmination
of a number of studies, demonstrates how acupuncture might work in the human
body to reduce stress and pain, and, potentially, depression."
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