Considered in incurable chronic type of condition, Crohn’s disease can only be healed. Even with the breathtaking advancements in medical science and research, no promising and effective cure or treatment for it has been developed. However, many different kinds of symptoms can manifest in the body to declare the existence of this condition.
Crohn’s disease manifests symptoms that affect the personal life and work of the sufferer. The disease can impact the sufferer’s quality of life as well. It can biologically impact the liver, cause the development of arthritis at the large joints, cause eye lesions as well as thrush in the mouth.
For drugs that treat the condition, they may either cause side effects or result in other problems in the body. A number of treatments have been manufactured but till now no bona fide treatment has yet been designed to cure the disease.
One of the well-known alternative types of treatment for Crohn’s disease is acupuncture. This treatment can heal the condition but as with all other kinds of treatment, cannot fully cure it. Acupuncture is an exclusive form of treatment that came from China. It has a lot of therapies used to cure several kinds of illnesses and one of these illnesses is Crohn’s disease.
Acupuncture helps treat Crohn’s disease by stimulating the energy vessels in the body and the nervous system. It involves the use of very thin acupuncture needles injected into specific points in the body known as acupuncture points to activate brain cells. The needles help cause the brain to produce and release natural “feel-good” hormones such as enkephalins and endorphins into the blood stream to help curb pain and improve the function of the immune system. Acupuncture can also help calm and reinvigorate the nervous system. This therapy is considered the best form of treatment for psycho-physiological issues.
Acupuncture is a very popular modality since it has no side-effects whatsoever on the body. Lack of evidence aside, acupuncture, has nevertheless, been used by TCM practitioners to treat digestive conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome and Crohn’s disease.
The focus of acupuncture treatment for Crohn’s disease is towards central nervous system, gastrointestinal motor and gastrointestinal sensory processing. Though the performance and efficiency of acupuncture differ on the kind of symptoms manifested, it is hard to assess the outcomes of this therapy based on short- term studies.
Even with the lack of scientific evidence, acupuncture is nevertheless still widely accepted by people in Europe and the United States for the treatment of bowel infections and certain gastrointestinal disorders.