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Acupuncture Therapy for Chronic Kidney Disease

2013-07-15 14:44

Acupuncture Therapy for Chronic Kidney DiseaseAcupuncture, as one important part of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), has been widely used in many countries for treating various diseases including chronic kidney disease. How does acupuncture therapy work for chronic kidney disease?

An overview of acupuncture therapy

Acupuncture is one therapy that treating internal disease with external methods. Before the whole treatment, doctor should first find out the root cause of patients’ condition by diagnostic method in TCM, in order to determine the cause is due to which regulating bodily function and viscera, exterior or interior, cold or fever and deficiency or excess. Then, the doctor can make an accurate treatment plan.

What can acupuncture therapy do for chronic kidney disease?

Acupuncture is honored as “most natural treatment”, because it aims to treating disease without medicines. Generally, it is safe for nearly everyone unless the person has bleeding, skin infection or some other diseases. If you have chronic kidney disease and the doctor has determined you are the candidate for acupuncture therapy, you can the following therapeutic effects from acupuncture:

Improve your urine condition

As CKD progresses, urination may change largely. Less urine, blood urine and frequent urination at night all are common symptoms. The new finding indicates that acupuncture can stimulate Shenshu acupoint, which can increase urine volume and ease blood urine. This effect can slove the fluid retention in the body effectively, thus alleviating some patients’ swelling.

Boost immune system

Through stimulating some specific acupoints, acupuncture can regulate immune disorders efficiently. This effect is achieved via double ways: enhance immunity and inhibit hyperactive immune response.

Regulate kidney function

On the one hand, doctors use acupuncture to stimulate the kidney channels and bladder channels, so kidneys can eliminate more waste products such as creatinine and blood urea nitrogen. On the other hand, acupuncture helps improve patients’ GFR via nervous reflex mechanism. As long as patients’ kidney function is improved successfully, their illness condition will be reversed largely.

The above is an introduction of acupuncture therapy for Chronic Kidney Disease. If you are suffering from CKD and want to try this therapy, make sure you don't have any contraindication.


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