Acupuncture can be highly effective in cases of nasal congestion so common in allergy presentations; so much so that I often treat such issues using acupuncture protocols alone. In cases of seasonal allergies with highly predictable causes such as obvious elevations of environmental allergens, I use a skeleton acupuncture prescription that can easily be fleshed out to target potential underlying patterns and effectively customized to the patient.
Deb Boehme, PhD, DOM, LPCC
Deb Boehme has been a doctor of Oriental medicine since 2004 and works in an East/West integrative pain and rehabilitation clinic in Albuquerque, N.M. The clinic offers acupuncture, acupressure, physical therapy, prolotherapy, homeopathic injections and blood morphology testing. She is also an EMT Intermediate.