Ahhh….SPRING. The flowers are blooming and beautiful, bees are buzzing, the sun is shining. But for allergy sufferers, Spring screams Sneezing! Sniffling! Itchy, watery eyes! Headaches! But, did you know? Acupuncture can help alleviate these seasonal symptoms. For chronic allergy sufferers, acupuncture has been shown to regulate two chemicals involved in allergic reactivity: serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) and cytokines [1]. These points can be stimulated with a needle and sometimes with cupping and can produce lasting results overtime to reduce the need for "first aid" treatment. This normalizes the body’s immune response by increasing the number of messenger hormones sent to [...]