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Treating Acne with Acupuncture

A recent scientific study has shown that acupuncture is more effective than medication in treating acne. Furthermore, unlike medication acupuncture has no side-effects. Other controlled scientific studies has also shown acupuncture to be the most effective alternative therapy in treating hormonal disturbances.

From my own experience I can confirm that acupuncture is very beneficial in treating acne. There is usually a noticeable improvement within a few sessions. Even patients coming for other complaints often notice an improvement in their skin. Most skin conditions, such as eczema, dermatitis, psoriaisis, allergies, urticaria or hives, inflammation, dryness, itchiness, flaking, blistering, cracking, swelling .etc can benefit from acupuncture. Moxibustion also is an effective treatment to consider for skin problems and can be used in combination with acupuncture.


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Treatments are available from Observatory, Cape Town. Fill in the form on the contact page or phone the acupuncturist directly with the number supplied to make an appointment.
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Article taken from The National Center for Biotechnology Information website:

Randomized control study on the treatment of 26 cases of acne conglobata with encircling acupuncture combined with venesection and cupping [Article in Chinese]

Liu CZ, Lei B, Zheng JF.

School of Aesthetic Medicine, Yichun College, Yichun 336000, China. liuchangzheng1980@yahoo.com.cn

OBJECTIVE:
To observe the curative effect of acne conglobata treated by encircling acupuncture combined with cupping.
METHODS:
A total of 52 acne conglobata patients were randomly divided into acupuncture group (n=26) and Western medicine group (n=26). Patients of acupuncture group were treated with encircling acupuncture around the affected focus. Common acupuncture was applied to Hegu (LI 4), Xuehai (SP 10), Fenglong (ST 40) and Sanyinjiao (SP 6), once daily. Dazhui (GV 14) and Feishu (BL 13) were used for venesection and cupping (twice a week). Patients of medication group were treated with oral administration of Isotretinoin Capsules (10 mg, t.i.d.). The treatment duration of 2 groups was 4 weeks. Serum IL-6 content was detected with double-antibody sandwich elisa enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
RESULTS:
After the treatment, in acupuncture group and Western medicine group, 3 (11.5%) and 4 (15.4%) cases experienced remarkable relief in their signs, 14 (53.8%) and 11 (42.3%) had marked improvement, 6 (23. 1%) and 7 (26.9%) had improvement, 3 (11.5%) and 4 (15.4%) failed, with the effective rates being 88.5% and 84.6%, respectively. No significant difference was found between two groups in the therapeutic effect (P>0.05). Self-comparison showed that after the treatment, IL-6 in both groups decreased significantly (P<0.01). The therapeutic effect of acupuncture group was significantly superior to that of Western medicine group in lowering serum IL-6 (P<0.05).
CONCLUSION:
Both acupuncture and medication can effectively promote the recovery of the affected skin, and lower serum IL-6 level in acne conglobata patients. The effect of acupuncture is stronger than that of Isotretinoin Capsules in lowering serum IL-6 content and has fewer adverse effects.

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