How to Improve Blood Pressure With Acupuncture

Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese medical practice that has thousands of applications for various illnesses and diseases. One of acupuncture's more important uses that's now being acknowledged by Western medicine is for the treatment of elevated blood pressure, also called hypertension. To improve your blood pressure with acupuncture follow these steps.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

1. Speak with your physician. Although there are relatively few side effects or dangers associated with acupuncture, some of the treatments used for blood pressure involve light electrical pulses. Speak with your doctor about this possibility to make sure that the acupuncture doesn't present a separate risk to your health.
2. Find a specialist. Treating a serious disorder such as hypertension requires an experienced acupuncturist. Generally, people who practice acupuncture are either physicians with acupuncture training, licensed acupuncturists or Doctor's of Oriental Medicine (OMD). Your best bet to treat blood pressure issues is with a physician who has acupuncture training or a Doctor of Oriental Medicine.
3. Do acupuncture systematically. Like any other treatment, acupuncture must be done regularly for a prolonged period of time to have an effect. Continue the treatment for as long as your acupuncturist specialist directs you to. Also, your specialist is likely to give you herbs and teas to take along with the acupuncture. It might seem strange to you, but you should take all herbal medicines that are prescribed so the treatment has a greater chance of helping you.
4. Continue with other courses of treatment. Starting an acupuncture treatment for your blood pressure disorder does not mean that you should stop taking other forms of treatment, especially prescribed medicines. Acupuncture should be a supplement to your other treatment, especially since evidence that it helps blood pressure is more suggestive than conclusive.