Chronic abdominal pain, bloating, altered bowel habits, acid reflux and constantly feeling queasy are just some of the symptoms that have a significant effect on our quality of life.
Research has shown that acupuncture may help with gastrointestinal-tract disorders and IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome).
Acupuncture may help by reducing inflammation (Zijlstra 2003), regulating gastric and duodenal motility through the nervous system (Noguchi 2008), altering acid secretion and visceral pain (Takasashi 2006), providing pain relief (Pomeranz 1987), reducing anxiety and depression (Samuels 2008), stimulating areas of the brain that relate to gastric perception and reducing the permeability of intestinal mucosa (Wang 2007).