{"id":1064,"date":"2019-05-07T05:51:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T05:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=1064"},"modified":"2019-05-20T05:53:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T05:53:44","slug":"how-acupuncture-could-help-with-your-seasonal-allergies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=1064","title":{"rendered":"How Acupuncture Could Help With Your Seasonal Allergies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>There are many ways to handle itchy eyes, runny nose or uncontrollable sneezing of allergies, both natural or with medication.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for a natural way to help combat allergies (and aren&#8217;t scared of needles), some studies show that acupuncture may be worth a try.<\/p>\n<p>According to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, a 2015 evaluation of 13 studies showed that acupuncture could help with symptoms of allergic rhinitis, or hay fever.<\/p>\n<p>How does acupuncture help with seasonal allergies?<\/p>\n<p>Allergies come from a reaction in the immune system. From a Western medicine point of view, the use of acupuncture along with a traditional Chinese medicine herbal formula can help regulate the body&#8217;s immune system, according to Dr. Sean Yu, owner of Jing River Acupuncture.<\/p>\n<p>Acupuncture has been a practice of traditional Chinese medicine for hundreds of years and offers its own explanation on how acupuncture can help with allergies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The basic theory is that there are 14 channels that flow out of the body. Each channel, we also call them meridians, is connected to an internal organ,&#8221; Yu said. &#8220;There are more than 500 points on the meridian. The points look like a well. The qi energy flows through it, so when we puncture the points, it can regulate the qi energy&#8217;s flow through the meridian. It can balance the whole body.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newrichmond-news.com\/lifestyle\/health\/4606208-how-acupuncture-could-help-your-seasonal-allergies\">New Richmond News<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many ways to handle itchy eyes, runny nose or uncontrollable sneezing of allergies, both natural or with medication.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acupuncture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1066,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064\/revisions\/1066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}