Acupuncture for headaches and migraines: Does acupuncture help & what points are best?

This video discusses the research on whether acupuncture helps headaches, specifically, cluster headaches, tension type headaches, migraines & medication overuse headaches. We will detail the points used and other treatment parameters too.

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