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Tuesday, 18 October 2016
Suffer from acid reflux, sore throat, heart burn? Acupuncture can help.
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) or acid reflux disease is a common condition, where acid produced by the stomach leaks up into the oesophagus. At the entrance to the stomach, there is a lower oesophageal sphincter which is a ring muscle that closes the stomach as soon as food passes through into the stomach. If this sphincter becomes loos or opens too often the acid produced in the stomach and go back up to the oesophagus causing acid reflux disease. The symptoms mainly include heart burn, throat burning and sore throat. Heart burn is a burning sensation in the chest just below the breastbone and it sometimes can spread to the throat. The burning sensation is worse after eating, or lying down or bending over. Sore throat is that acid produced in the stomach is brought back up into the throat and mouth which make you constantly clear the throat (persistent coughing) and sour taste at the throat or at the back of the mouth. Other symptoms include bad breath, bloating, feeling sick, pain when swallowing, difficulty swallowing, tooth decay and gum disease. Certain food and drinks can make acid reflux worse such as citrus, tomato, chocolate, mint, garlic, onions and spicy or fatty foods; alcohol, carbonated drinks, coffee or tea etc. There are some complications with acid reflux such as oesophageal ulcers, scarred and narrow oesophagus, barrett’s oesophagus and oesophageal cancer.
Do you know acupuncture can help reducing acid reflux?
Recently much research has been done to investigate the effectiveness of acupuncture on acid reflux. For example, a study compared the effect of acupuncture with that of Omeprazole capsules. They showed that the effect of acupuncture is much superior to this medication to improve acid reflux symptoms. A study has shown that acupuncture improved functional state of esophagus, neurohumoral regulation of lower esophageal sphincter, decrease of acid producing function of stomach. A review analyzed current status of acupuncture on acid reflux. They suggested that acupuncture inhibits acid production, increases gastric and oesophageal motility, improves esophageal peristalsis, limits lower esophageal sphincter relaxation and decreases pain perception. A research involved 30 patients studied the effect of acupuncture on the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux. They found that Compared with pretreatment 24-h intraesophageal pH and bile reflux, endoscopic grading score and symptom score were all decreased significantly indicating acupuncture can effectively inhibit the intraesophageal acid and bile reflux to alleviate patients' symptoms with good safety and is well accepted by patients.
References
Gao &Bai (2016) Zhen Ci yan Jiu 41:150-3
Efendieva (2013) Eksp Klin Gastroenterol 5:49-52
Patrick (2011) Altern Med Rev 16:116-33
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