Acupuncture can be a very effective alternative to treat depression, anxiety, stress-induced fatigue and mood swings, resulting in long-term benefits. Since the early eighties, studies around the globe have suggested that treating depression with acupuncture has a positive and holistic effect on depressed patients.
Acupuncture treating depression has the benefits included to improve the efficacy, quick onset and reduce the side-effects.
Dr. Tianjun Wang has started his PhD research of Acupuncture for Depression from 2015. He has published many relevant research papers, as a sample, on Acupuncture in Medicine in 2014 (*).
*Wang T, Wang L, Tao W, et al. Acupuncture combined with an antidepressant for patients with depression in hospital: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. Acupunct Med 2014;32:308-312.