How to help Lupus with Acupuncture and Herbs

Lupus is an autoimmune disease causing inflammation of the connective tissue.  Western medicine doesn’t understand the cause of this difficult disease that mainly afflicts women. Men can also get this disease, but 9 in 10 people with lupus are women. Ninety percent of patients complain of joint pain, and 40% of patients have skin conditions and photosensitivity.  Other symptoms can include headaches, personality changes, and epilepsy.  Lupus has levels of severity, with mild lupus not affecting life-style and severe lupus being potentially life threatening.  Western treatments involve NSAIDs to antimalarials and corticosteriods, depending of severity.  

Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine offer relief from pain syndromes involved with lupus.  As lupus tends to be a chronic and relapsing disease with periods of remission that can last for years, acupuncture helps strengthen the body and reduce the frequency and severity of flare-ups.  While Chinese medicine can not cure the disease, it creates change and allows patients to maintain health and lead a more normal and active life.  Dietary changes have also shown to be effective in helping reduce symptomology.  According to the authors of Alternative Medicine, The Definitive Guide, all lupus patients have food allergies and can improve their health by making dietary changes.  Please consult your primary care provider to see if you have food allergies.

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