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.
Tim Baglio, MSAOM, LAc
Tim Baglio owns and operates the Bellingham Chinese Herb Pharmacy and Birchwood Acupuncture Clinic in Bellingham, WA. Tim graduated from the Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine in 2007, and representing the Hung Kuen tradition of Foshan, has studied extensively in China and Korea.