Acupuncture Reduces Postsurgical Pain

Acupuncture has been found to be an effective tool for reducing postoperative pain before and after surgery. It reduces the need of painkillers. After studying 15 clinical trials on the benefits of acupuncture, the researchers at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina in the US analysed the results. It is a practice that originated in China of inserting thin needles into specific body points. The trials proved that the patient having acupuncture have significantly less pain. The patients required less morphine or other opioid pain medication after surgery. As a result the side effects such as nausea and vomiting are reduced.

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