Hypoglossal Acupuncture for Acute Chemotherapy

Things are moving fast with new researches on homeopathy and acupuncture. Positive results one after the other confirm what we knew for a long time: alternative medicine works! It's nice however, to see numbers and studies proving it, one after the next.

This study is no exception. If acupuncture (or any alternative medicine for that matter) cannot treat major diseases like cancer, they can certainly help manage the pain. In this study, the sense of taste was re-established thanks to acupuncture, after patients receive chemotherapy.

Here's how it goes:

Distortion of taste sensations is a common chemotherapy-induced side effect; however, treatment evidence is limited. Pilot data indicated that acupuncture might be able to improve symptoms of dysgeusia.

The results of this study demonstrates the extent to which hypoglossal acupuncture may influence the intensity of and functional impairment due to chemotherapy-induced dysgeusia.

Other recent researches on acupuncture efficiency include:

Acupuncture Against Migraine

Acupuncture Against Back Pain