Sciatica
If youre suffering from sciatica, acupuncture is increasingly popular in terms of pain relief. Acupuncture is something most people have heard of but many are a bit nervous about going for acupuncture therapy due to the fear of needles. With traditional acupuncture, needles are inserted in to various points on your body called acupoints.
Body acupuncture
Prescription: Shenshu (BL 23), Dachangshu (BL 25) and Ashi acupoints.
Modification: For the syndrome of obstruction due to cold-dampness, Yaoyangguan (GV 3). Huantiao (GB 30), Chengfu (BL 36), Weizhong (BL 40) and Kunlun (BL 60) are added; for the syndrome of stagnation of qi and blood, Geshu (BL 17), Ciliao (BL 32), Weizhong (BL 40), Yanglingquan (GB 34) and Feiyang (BL 58) are add-ed; for the syndrome of kidney asthenia and essence con-sumption, Mingmen (GV 4), Qihaishu (BL 24), Guanyuanshu (BL 26), Ciliao (BL 32), Zusanli (ST 36) and Dazhong (KI 4) are added.
Performance: Kidney asthenia syndrome is treated with reinforcing needling technique, other syndromes are treated with reducing needling techniques. All the acu-points on the waist can be moxibusted with the supplemen-tation of cupping. If there is blood stagnation, Weizhong (BL 40) is punctured to let blood.
Has anyone had acupuncture for disc hernations and sciatic pain? If so do you think it worked? I had it in highschool due to a back ache and my father swears by it, however, it was just a back ache for me in HS and now it's def more serious...pain wise. I just don't want to have to keep trying so many drugs!