This website says that acupuncture definitely helps with depression. The author of this article uses acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine to help with emotional issues. Traditional Chinese medicine includes using things like herbal medications and dietary therapy. People who practice traditional Chinese medicine believe that to treat emotional issues, one must treat the physical body. They believe that depression is a blockage of ones internal organs (also known as "energy pathways.") Acupuncture is meant to release the blockages in ones energy pathways so one may feel relaxed again. Many people report being extremely calm after the needles have been inserted.
Personally, I don't believe that you can be stressed because you have a "blockage" in an "energy pathway." I can understand that acupuncture can be relaxing but at the same time I don't think I could ever go through with it. I couldn't relax with a bunch of needles in my skin. I would be so worried that one would go too far in or one would be placed incorrectly and something terrible would happen. However, my biggest fear with acupuncture would be that I would roll over with all of the needles in my back and they would be jammed into my skin. I'm wincing at the thought of it right now. In any case, yes, people do believe that acupuncture can help depression.
http://kelliekrasovec.com/articles/anxiety-depression-or-insomnia-feel-better/
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