Total needle retention time for each acupuncture session was 15 to 30 minutes. Additional herbs were added based on differential diagnostics. For qi deficiency, Huang Qi Astragalus 30 g was added. The clinical and objective tests results indicate significant reductions in pain, increases in functionality, and reductions in inflammatory responses for sciatica patients. Manual acupuncture, on its own, achieved an In a related study, Hoang et al. In a laboratory experiment, electroacupuncture restored motor functions and enhanced recovery rates for injured sciatic nerves.
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Reprints and Permissions. One of my patients had been suffering from sciatic pain in his lower back and along his iliotibial IT band and had great results from the treatments I gave him. I could hardly believe it myself, but the proof was right there in front of me. Many patients come to our clinic seeking treatment of sciatica. Acupuncture is typically an effective way to treat sciatica without drugs or side-effects. The number of treatments needed for sciatica to resolve depends on how long the sciatica has been occurring and how severe the pain is.
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