Acupuncture for Allergies and Asthma

At Nature’s Balance Acupuncture and Wellness Center of Crystal Lake, we treat allergies and asthma with acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and other alternative therapies. These safe, alternative treatments treat the inflammation, immune system response, and body imbalances that lead to symptoms. Acupuncture focuses its treatment on correcting the root imbalance that is upsetting the body, thus helping the body to heal itself and restore your body’s function.

Does Acupuncture Help Allergies and Asthma?

With allergies and asthma, your body becomes sensitive to some external trigger, causing symptoms such as sneezing, allergic rhinitis, coughing and wheezing.

Acupuncture helps stimulate the immune system to strengthen your defenses as well as to help to regulate your body’s reactions and decrease its hyperactivity. So instead of simply suppressing your body’s reaction with antihistamines, Chinese medicine works to correct the root cause of the problem. With acupuncture treatment for allergies and asthma, many people have even been able to decrease or eliminate their medications over time.

Chinese medicine and alternative therapies, along with Western medicine, can address the allergy response, help to decrease stress and tension, as well as offer lifestyle and dietary guidelines to help improve your asthma symptoms and reduce the frequency of attacks.

Alternative Medicine for Allergies and Asthma

Before treating you, we perform a comprehensive health evaluation and discuss your symptoms, triggers, medical diagnosis, medications, and your health care goals. We then recommend an individualized treatment plan to address your condition that may include acupuncture, herbal medicine, diet therapy, nutritional therapy, or other modalities.

Acupuncture sessions take about an hour and are generally more frequent when you start treatment then slowly taper off as you improve.

Find out how acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and alternative medicine can help reduce your allergy and asthma symptoms naturally. Schedule an appointment in our Crystal Lake clinic by calling 815.788.8383 today.