Acupuncture 'deactivates brain' (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4631930.stm
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Tuesday's programme - the first of three on complementary medicine - will show researchers carrying out brain scans on people having acupuncture.
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The team, including leading scientists from University College London, Southampton University and the University of York, found the superficial needling resulted in activation of the motor areas of the cortex, a normal reaction to pain.

But with deep needling, the limbic system, part of the pain matrix, is deactivated.
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"We have found something quite unexpected - that acupuncture is having a measurable effect on the human brain.
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more at the link.

[roguevalley]

1. good. this could help a lot of people I know with HUGE pain problems.

[Warpy]

2. I've found it remarkable in the treatment of pain

although I've found it better on acute than chronic pain.

It's one of those complementary medicine treatments that works and works well.