British Acupuncture Council

Welcome to the British Acupuncture Council's web site. This web site provides information about the British Acupuncture Council, which is the main association representing and regulating professional acupuncturists in Great Britain. This web site provides information about the work of the British Acupuncture Council in promoting research and safe and ethical practice, what to expect during an acupuncture treatment, and an online practitioner search engine.

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British Acupuncture Council, 63 Jeddo Road, London, W12 9HQ, UK. Tel: 020 8735 0400

Acupuncture lowers blood pressure 31.03.2005

U.S. researchers at the University of California have found that acupuncture treatment lowers raised blood pressure in rats by as much as 50%.
The researchers inserted needles into specific points on the forelimbs of rats with artificially elevated blood pressure and applied a small, low frequency electrical current. The blood pressure of the rats decreased by between 40 and 50%.
They are now testing to see whether the technique will have the same effect in humans with high blood pressure.

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