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.
Jennifer Stone, MSOM, LAc
Jennifer Stone is a clinician scientist educator and faculty member in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine; and serves as co-chair of the Indiana Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health. Her clinical training is in acupuncture and Chinese medicine, and she has 34 years of experience treating patients in the clinic. Jennifer also has 15 years of experience serving as editor in chief and senior editor of four international biomedical journals, and is currently the EIC of Medical Acupuncture, published by MaryAnn Liebert/SAGE.