Although acupuncture does not generally reduce fibromyalgia symptoms, acupuncture using specific points on the ear -- called auricular acupuncture -- may improve both sleep quality and total amount of sleep time. The auricle is the medical term for the part of your ear that you can see. A small study published in the journal Acupuncture in Medicine found acupuncture helpful for reducing insomnia in women during pregnancy.
Pregnancy is a good time to try acupuncture as a safe sleep aid. Acupressure has also been shown to improve sleep in older women, although studies have not been conducted in younger women during pregnancy.
Although acupuncture does not generally reduce fibromyalgia
symptoms, acupuncture using specific points on the ear -- called
auricular acupuncture -- may improve both sleep quality and total
amount of sleep time. The auricle is the medical...
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Dr. Dawn Marcus answered:Although acupuncture does not generally reduce fibromyalgia symptoms, acupuncture using specific points on the ear -- called auricular acupuncture -- may improve both sleep quality and total amount of sleep time. The auricle is the medical term for the part of your ear that you can see. A small study published in the journal Acupuncture in Medicine found acupuncture helpful for reducing insomnia in women during pregnancy.
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