Acupuncture and Hormone Balance

Electroacupuncture: An Alternative to AntiDepressants for Treating Affective Diseases?

"The monoamine hypothesis for affective disorders indicates a functional impairment of the monoamine systems in CNS as the causative factor for the development of depression. Pharmacological manipulations of the monoaminergic neuronal system using tricyclics and monoamine oxidase inhibitors produced promising therapeutic effects as well as certain unwanted side effects, which urged the search of a physiological means to activate the central monoamine systems..."

by J.S. Han.

See also: Acupuncture (Electro)