article_snippet.sent: ACUPUNCTURE FOR MIGRAINES .
article_snippet.sent: Dr Tanvir Jamil, a GP at Burnham Health Centre, near Slough in Berkshire, has been treating his patients with acupuncture for years. '
article_snippet.sent: If medication or lifestyle changes such as reducing stress aren't working, acupuncture will often help.
article_snippet.sent: I combine Chinese acupuncture - which works along energy lines called meridians in the body, that Chinese practitioners believe become imbalanced during illness - and Western acupuncture, which concentrates the needles where it specifically hurts. '
article_snippet.sent: So for migraine, I'd use the needles around the face, either side of the eyebrow, the cheek and just under the ear - along with points in the hands. '
article_snippet.sent: I decided to learn acupuncture when I was a junior doctor over 20 years ago.
article_snippet.sent: The evidence is good enough that the government health watchdog, NICE, recommends acupuncture on the NHS for migraines. '
article_snippet.sent: I have had acupuncture NICE for neck pain in the past.