Acupuncture, one of the most popular complementary treatments, works as well as standard drugs for migraines, German researchers said on Thursday.
They compared the effects of real and fake acupuncture with drug treatments for migraine and found all equally effective.
'The main finding is that Chinese acupuncture is as effective as drug treatment for the prophylaxis of migraine,' said Hans-Christoph Diener, a neurologist at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany.
Acupuncture shown to relieve migraines
