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since 1987
Dr Holly Middlekauff, of the University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine has found that acupuncture can improve the prospects of people with severe heart failure.
Researchers found the acupuncture can dramatically reduce the pressure on the heart.
This is because it can reduce activity in the sympathetic nervous system, which regulates involuntary movements such as heartbeat and blood pressure. Over-activation of sympathetic nerves is common in heart failure patients.
Such over activation forces the weakened heart to work harder, as the blood has to be forced through blood vessels that are constricted by the nervous activity.
It also makes it more likely that the heart will develop potentially lethal rhythm patterns.
Acupuncture can definitely help in controlling heart arrhythmia. Electrical stimulation should never be used in such cases as it will worse the condition
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