O uso da acupuntura na sintomatologia do stress

the present study aimed to verify the acupuncture effectiveness for stress symptoms treatment. the 20 participants were all volunteers from the community, 15 female and 5 male, aged from 27 to 65 years old. the free and informed consent was signed, and then the application of the lipp stress symptoms inventory, an interview and the analogue-visual scale, to evaluate the participants’ demand. the participants’ who attended the inclusion criterion had received 10 acupunture sessions. all participants were submitted to the eav e issl after the 10 sessions. the general results indicated that before the acupuncture treatment 60% of the volunteers were in the resistance phase of stress, and the demand intensity average was 8,1, considering a scale from 1 to 10. after the treatment, the stress presence was significantly reduced (p<0,001), as the stress level (p=0,006), the symptoms predominance (p=0,02), and the demand intensity (p<0,001). as the acupuncture treatment reduced significantly the stress symptoms presence, it’s possible to conclude its effectiveness in this sample.