Acupuncture, the ancient treatment used to remedy a laundry list of conditions, was recently put to the test in 63 patients with Rheumatoid arthritis.
In this study of 63 subjects, the volunteers were split into 2 groups. One received traditional acupuncture while the other received a form of acupuncture where small electrical currents flow through the needles.
After 10 treatments, the researchers looked at the blood of the volunteers to investigate changes in inflammatory markers. They found that electroacupuncture was effective as lowering two key contributors to RA, known as TNF-? and VEGF, compared to standard acupuncture.
That’s because the electric current/voltage, however small, is still large enough to kill the parasites and associated microbes responsible for most RA cases. The swedish where also having an above 80% success rate in curing breast cancers in the 1960′s by inserting a needle directly into the tumor and electrifying it with very small currents. The research funding was promply pulled from that by big pharma pawns. Surprise, surprise!!
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“Karl says:
February 27, 2012 at 7:07 am
That’s because the electric current/voltage, however small, is still large enough to kill the parasites and associated microbes responsible for most RA cases. The swedish where also having an above 80% success rate in curing breast cancers in the 1960?s by inserting a needle directly into the tumor and electrifying it with very small currents. The research funding was promply pulled from that by big pharma pawns. Surprise, surprise!! ” END QUOTE.
This sort of rhetoric is inflammatory and very likely false. The blame game…..there’s always a conspiracy….please! If as you say, 50 years ago the Swedes (not Swedish) were utilizing electric shock for breast tumors, and further that it worked…….do you seriously believe that the science behind was shelved and thousands upon thousands of women died because of that? Come on! We all get that the Pharma companies are in it for the money, but not all the scientists behind these theories are going to remain silent! A company has to be profitable to survive. These companies employ hundreds of thousand of Scientists, Doctors, nurses and other medical professionals that work tirelessly in search of cures for diseases. Research & development…no one EVER wants that to stop! It has to be paid for.
Over the years I have used Acupuncture for various conditions and Injuries and can vouch for its effectiveness, however, I’ve never thought of it as a treatment for Arthritis. There are a lot of these kinds of treatment from Chinese Medicine and by virtue of the fact that they have been practiced and have been working for more than six thousand years is a testament to their effectiveness. Modern Medicine has taken some of these treatments and made them into hand held electronic devices that give almost instant relief for many maladies.
Acupuncture made a believer out of me. Tried it out for my dog. She actually could walk normal so we would get her treated about every 4-6 weeks.