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Potential Role of Acupuncture

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Acupuncture is an important complementary treatment used in the prophylaxis and treatment of headache. This ancient treatment is safe, easy, economic, and effective in most cases. Traditional Chinese medicine and modern medicine now intersect for the treatment of headaches. There is a vast amount of molecular and imaging evidence showing the effect of acupuncture. Acupuncture treatments of primary headaches such as tension-type, migraine, cluster, and chronic daily headaches are discussed in this chapter.

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  1. Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Anesthesiology and Algology Department, Ankara, Turkey

    Didem Akçalı MD

  2. Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Biochemistry Department, Ankara, Turkey

    Cemal Çevik MD

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  1. School of Medicine, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey

    Aynur Özge

  2. Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Neurology Department, Istanbul, Turkey

    Derya Uludüz

  3. Department of Neurology, Gulhane Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey

    Ömer Karadaş

  4. Medical Faculty, Gazi University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey

    Hayrunnisa Bolay

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Akçalı, D., Çevik, C. (2019). Potential Role of Acupuncture. In: Özge, A., Uludüz, D., Karadaş, Ö., Bolay, H. (eds) Peripheral Interventional Management in Headache. Headache. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10853-3_11

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