Alternative medicine, which has survived from the past to the present, continues to be used as a complementary medicine in addition to medical treatment today. One of the alternative medicine methods that increases the treatment areas with the developing technology is neural therapy. Neural therapy, which was born in Germany in the 1920s and spread all over the world and continues its development, is a treatment method that is not scientifically recognized in the field of complementary medicine and is mainly used to relieve the pain of patients who are difficult to treat or resistant to treatment.
What is neural therapy?
Neural therapy is an alternative medicine method invented by some scientists in Germany in the 1920s. Basically, neural therapy is applied by injection method of diluted local anesthetic ingredients to some nerve areas, tissues, scars and some acupuncture areas in order to be able to heal diseases and pain.
Under normal circumstances, the body may not be able to repair itself due to overload, which should be able to do it on its own. At this point, neural therapy enables these problems to disappear by activating the repair that the body cannot do on its own. In this way, it aims to prevent the occurrence of most chronic problems. For this reason, neural therapy is a regulatory and permanent treatment method that not only repairs existing problems, but also creates a defense against diseases that may occur in long periods. Neural therapy is a type of treatment that aims to eliminate the problem permanently.
How is neural therapy applied?
Lidocaine and procaine, which are local anesthetic agents, are used in neural therapy. These local anesthetic substances are diluted with 0,004 amount of saline and injected. In neural therapy, not the anesthetic effects of these ingredients, but the regulating effect of the bio-electrical effect on the cell wall is utilized. Procaine is the most preferred and fastest acting local anesthetic. The duration of action of the procaine substance is about 15-20 minutes. This substance, namely “procain”, is a completely natural substance obtained by using bitter almonds and nettle at the same time.
There are important differences between the needles applied to the body during neural therapy treatment and other needle treatments. While drugs are given to the tissue in other treatments, a different application is observed in neural therapy. In neural therapy, needles are usually inserted into the skin, acupuncture areas and spinal cord segments. Neural therapy treatment is applied with diluted local anesthetic agents that do not cloud the drug properties.
What is the duration of the neural therapy effect?
Neural therapy treatment is usually administered at intervals of 7-10 days. The duration of the treatment and how many sessions the treatment will be completed vary according to the patient. The reason for this difference is that the level of the disease being passed and the ability of the patients’ bodies to repair themselves are different. In other words, each patient’s response to treatment and how long this response takes is different. This difference is caused by the person’s age, gender, illness, and level of illness. For this reason, the duration of action of neural therapy usually starts to show its effect between the first and the fifth session, depending on the patient. It would not be correct to give precise information about the exact duration of the neural therapy. The rate at which each patient’s body repairs itself is different.
What does neural therapy do?
Many diseases and disorders can be experienced in the human body due to various reasons on the muscle, skeletal and nervous system. These negativities can affect the quality of human life in a very bad way. These negativities can sometimes turn into chronic pain. Neural therapy can be used in chronic pain. In the application of neural therapy treatment based on the injection method, local anesthesia is used to affect the autonomic nervous system and thus allows the body to repair itself. Neural therapy is a treatment method that can be used in many diseases. The benefits of neural therapy and the diseases it is good for can be listed as follows:
- It is effective in relieving chronic pain.
- Provides long-term healing and relaxation.
- It is good for pain in the regional musculoskeletal system.
- It can be used in sports injuries.
- It can be used in fibromyalgia syndrome.
- It can be used in the treatment of spinal calcification.
What are the side effects of neural therapy?
Every medical practice has a side effect. Any injection to be made, for example, has side effects such as causing injury and bleeding when the injector sinks into the skin, even in blood collection. The side effects of neural therapy, which is a natural treatment (regulation medicine) method that has been widely used in the last century, are almost absent compared to other medical methods.
Local anesthetic agents such as procaine and lidocaine, which have a very short duration of exposure, are used in the treatment process. Side effects occur depending on the injection, the local anesthetic chosen for the application, the individual sensitivity of the patient or the drugs used in the treatment process (Coumadin, Plavix, etc.). The side effects of neural therapy are almost negligible compared to other treatment methods.
Who is neural therapy not suitable for?
Neural therapy can be applied to anyone, including pregnant and lactating mothers. Diabetics, some metabolic diseases, heart patients, hypertension patients and drug use do not prevent treatment. Neural therapy is not only suitable for patients with “myasthenia graves” muscle patients and patients receiving cancer treatment. In addition, the treatment process should be carried out very carefully among patients who are using blood thinners, and if possible, blood thinners should be interrupted during the session. Deep injections are not made in patients using anti-coagulant drugs, which are popularly known as blood thinners. In the treatment applied to the skin, one should be very careful and sensitive after the therapy. Although neural therapy is a treatment that can be applied to everyone, you should definitely consult a specialist to find out if you are suitable for treatment.