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Acupuncture can help relieve sciatica pain from herniated disk

Acupuncture reduced pain and disability for people with chronic sciatica due to a herniated disk in a randomized controlled trial in China. Two hundred and sixteen patients with a mean age of 51 (68% women) received 10 sessions of acupuncture or sham acupuncture (placebo) over four weeks.

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