Acupuncture Pins Hay Fever, but Briefly
Published: Feb 18, 2013

An 8-week course of acupuncture had statistically significant but short-lived benefits for people with seasonal allergic rhinitis, researchers reported.

The improvements in quality of life and use of rescue medication were small and of “uncertain” clinical significance, according to Benno Brinkhaus, MD, of Charité-University Medical Center in Berlin, and colleagues.

And 8 weeks after the treatment ended, the effects were no longer noticeable, Brinkhaus and colleagues reported in the Feb. 19 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine.

Full story:  http://www.medpagetoday.com/AllergyImmunology/Allergy/37410