Acupuncture helps heart patients

Acupuncture can improve the prospects of people with severe heart failure, research has shown. Researchers found the ancient Chinese practice has the potential to dramatically reduce the pressure on the heart.

This is because it can reduce activity in the sympathetic nervous system, which regulates involuntary movements such as heartbeat and blood pressure.

It damages their long-term prospects because it forces the weakened heart to work harder, as the blood has to be forced through blood vessels that are constricted by the nervous activity.

Finally, the third group had a "no-needle" simulation of the treatment, in which a needle holder is tapped to the back of their neck, but no needle was inserted.

Acupuncture has been used successfully and with long-range results in improving hypertension, and it may also be beneficial in lowering sympathetic nerve activity.

The research was presented at a meeting of the American Heart Association.

MRS.MARIUM H.FAHIM, Acupuncture Specialist will be available for consultation at BURHANI FIRST AID, Al Masjid us Saifee on Friday, 8th August from 10.00 am to 12 noon