How Acupuncture Can Support Your Recovery from Long Covid

Navigating post-Covid health issues can be challenging, as symptoms may persist for weeks, months, or even longer. Acupuncture can help support your recovery from long covid symptoms. These lingering effects can affect anyone, whether their initial Covid-19 infection was severe, mild, or asymptomatic.

Common Long Covid Symptoms Include:

Persistent cough
Ongoing fever
Shortness of breath
Fatigue
Brain fog
Muscle pain
Headaches
Loss of taste or smell
Menstrual Irregularities (delayed ovulation, missed periods)

Additionally, some long covid symptoms might emerge that were not present during the initial infection, such as:

Cognitive and mood changes
Cardiac issues (like chest pain or palpitations)
Sleep disturbances
Digestive problems

The good news? We’re here to help!

We’ve successfully treated many of these symptoms and assisted with recovery from long Covid.

Acupuncture has a long history of addressing febrile (heat) and epidemic diseases (pandemic).
In Chinese Medicine, such illnesses are believed to be caused by environmental factors like cold, heat, or dampness, which disrupt the flow of qi (energy), blood, and body fluids, as well as healthy organ function.

Acupuncture helps restore this balance and has been clinically shown to alleviate many long Covid symptoms by reducing pain and inflammation, regulating the parasympathetic nervous system, enhancing microcirculation, and optimizing immune function.

In addition to acupuncture, we use various complementary therapies:

Moxibustion:

This heat therapy involves applying mugwort to acupuncture points to eliminate pathogens and strengthen immune function. Research shows it can increase white blood cell counts in immune-compromised patients.

Herbal Medicine:

Chinese herbal formulas are tailored to each person’s unique symptoms and can be adjusted throughout the healing process to support recovery effectively.

Even the NBC News talks about the great results of acupuncture for long Covid.

Check out this article: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/long-covid-acupuncture-eastern-remedies-rcna74358

If you’re experiencing long Covid symptoms, please reach out to us to schedule an evaluation with one of our acupuncturists.

We’re here to support your journey to recovery from long covid.

Many Lives Chinese Medicine
Acupuncturist Redwood City
650-366-4299
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