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What is Acupuncture?
Acupuncture is a technique of inserting and manipulating needles into specific points on the body. These lie on 'chi meriridans', lines of energy flowing through the body from specific organs. Acupuncture aims to disrupt blockages of chi energy that accumulate in these points to improve health.
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Reasons Taken
84 patients in the community are having or have had Acupuncture.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Slow my ALS progress | 39 | 46% |
| General health | 16 | 19% |
| Other | 13 | 15% |
| Pain | 4 | 4% |
| Fasciculations | 3 | 3% |
| Stiffness/spasticity | 2 | 2% |
| disease-related symptoms | 2 | 2% |
| Don't know | 2 | 2% |
| Back pain | 1 | 1% |
| Insomnia | 1 | 1% |
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 5 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Moderate | 50% | 2 |
|---|---|---|
| None | 25% | 1 |
| Can't tell | 25% | 1 |
Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 20% | 1 |
| Mild | 40% | 2 |
| None | 40% | 2 |
Top reported side-effects include: Pain, Fatigue, things sometimes get worse before they get better
Summary results are based on 5 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 5)
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- ALS Boy
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: none
- Legs: moderate
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by ALS Boy
Oct 18, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsMild
- Other
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- amberwell
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: moderate
- Legs: severe
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by amberwell
Nov 12, 2008
- EfficacySlight
- Side-effectsNone
- General health
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0 helpful marks