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Acupuncture for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

Traditional Chinese Medicine in New York

Acupuncture is an effective treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS). Regular treatment with acupuncture for multiple sclerosis can improve gait, mobility, muscular weakness and numbness, as well as eye symptoms and mental or emotional manifestations of MS. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, multiple sclerosis can be differentiated into several different patterns of energetic imbalance. The points selected will reflect the imbalance that characterizes your case, as determined through examination of the tongue and pulse and a careful history.

Acupuncture for multiple sclerosis involves the insertion of very fine sterile needles into specific points on the body. An acupuncturist uses these needles to influence the flow of vital energy, known as qi, throughout your body and to restore balance to the flow of energy and improve health. Acupuncture works by regulating a patient’s qi, supplementing it if the qi is deficient and dispersing it if qi has become stagnant.

A typical session of acupuncture for multiple sclerosis lasts 45 minutes and it is usually recommended to have one session per week in the beginning of treatment. Patients generally feel very relaxed during and after an acupuncture session. The needles used in acupuncture are much smaller than the needles used to take blood or give shots and therefore do not cause pain when inserted.

When undergoing an acupuncture for multiple sclerosis, it is not unusual for acupuncture needles to be placed in points at different parts of the body. A typical treatment may include points on the ears, feet, hands or head.

There are no side effects to acupuncture for multiple sclerosis. Acupuncture can be combined safely with other treatments you may be getting.