Many people find relief from migraine headaches, and as a viable alternative to pharmaceutical medical interventions.  According to traditional Chinese medicine, pain of any type of blockage of qi, or the body's vital energy.  Qi blockages are caused by a number of different factors, migraine headaches usually fall into a few main types. These include stagnation of blood, often due to trauma or injury (present or past) disharmony of liver and/or gallbladder channels, or an imbalance in (usually) female hormones.

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Acupuncture has been observed over the years to be a useful and very effective treatment for migraine headaches. Often times patients report a reduction of pain within seconds of insertion of the needles, and certainly by the time they are removed. Most patients notice a decrease in symptoms including less pain, lessening of visual disturbances, decrease in nausea, and reduction in sensitivity to light and sound.

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In our clinic we have observed several patients that have been treated only a few times, that has provided a long term solution. More commonly, patterns of disharmony in the body which lead to migraine headaches is firmly entrenched and a longer course of treatment is needed.