5 Amazing Acupuncture Benefits You Never Knew About

Can Lesson Menopause Symptoms

Menopause is a fact of women’s lives, but that doesn’t make it any less uncomfortable. The hot flashes, night sweats, anxiety, and fatigue can make menopausal years quite difficult for many women, and conventional forms of Western medicine do little to relieve these symptoms. Thus, many women turn to acupuncture to help lessen the severity of menopause symptoms. Several recent trials have found acupuncture can ease the severity and frequency of hot flashes for up to three months after treatment.

Can Help With Menstrual Cramps

Like menopause, menstrual cramps are a regular part of a woman's existence, even if they are entirely unwanted and often can be incredibly painful to deal with. For tens of thousands of years, women throughout the world have experimented with various ways to relieve the pain and discomfort associated with menstrual cramps. Acupuncture has been used in China to lessen the severity of menstrual cramps for at least two thousand years, and a handful of studies in the West have confirmed acupuncture does seem to decrease the perceived level of menstrual cramp symptoms for some women.