
Allergies
Are you experiencing sneezing, itchy and watery eyes, runny nose, and other allergies symptoms and having trouble getting relief? At GoldStar Acupuncture in Modesto, CA, we offer 100% drug-free all-natural acupuncture treatment for allergies.
Learn more about how this traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) procedure can help identify and treat imbalances at the root of allergies, activate the body’s self-healing abilities, relieve symptoms, and promote healing:
Discover How Acupuncture Can Help Promote Natural Relief of Allergies

Itchy and watery eyes, sneezing, a runny nose, fatigue, swelling, and other uncomfortable symptoms of allergies can make life miserable. Prescription drugs and over-the-counter aids for allergies are abundant but almost all work to only temporarily mask symptoms without much concern for long-term relief and underlying causes and factors.
Without proper treatment, allergies can become more severe and persist indefinitely, causing year-round havoc on health and diminishing quality of life. Lack of proper treatment also increases the risk of further serious health problems such as asthma, respiratory infections, chronic sinusitis, autoimmune disease, long-term systemic inflammation, cardiovascular strain, fatigue, brain fog, sleep disturbances, depression, and other issues involving digestive, skin, ear and nasal pathways.
Do you know acupuncture offers a holistic approach that helps provide natural relief from allergies, including those that have remained unresolved using conventional means?
Acupuncture is a time-tested method well-known for its ability to naturally relieve congestion, itchy and watery eyes, a runny nose, sneezing, fatigue and other symptoms of allergies. Not only is it a proven method of helping relieve allergies symptoms, but it also excels at targeting the root cause of allergies, using the body’s own healing mechanisms to correct imbalances of the immune system, prevent the occurrence of infection, and encourage healing. By naturally regulating immunity, blood circulation, metabolism, digestion, and other vital processes at the root of allergies, acupuncture helps put the body into natural self-healing mode and get you on the road to finding permanent relief.
Benefits of Acupuncture for Allergies
How Acupuncture Treatment Works for Allergies

Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese medical practice that stimulates a person’s own self-healing mechanism. It involves the insertion of ultra-thin therapeutic needles into specific points along the body’s energy meridians. Acupuncture helps promote healing by balancing and restoring the flow of energy, known as Qi, in the meridians.
While acupuncture has been recently popularized for its effectiveness in treating pain conditions, it has been used to treat allergies and promote overall well-being for thousands of years.

In acupuncture, allergies result from an imbalance within the functioning of organs and body systems, namely the Lungs and the digestive, endocrine, and immune systems. Acupuncture for allergies works by stimulating specific points on the body that are related to these organs and body systems that help balance and strengthen their fundamental functions and interactions to relieve allergies symptoms, support healing, and promote well-being.
Acupuncture helps regulate fundamental vital processes that support functional health and strengthen the body’s ability to cope with allergens and other external pathogenic factors. It is also used to reduce inflammation and boost immunity, as well as alleviate fatigue, a runny nose, sneezing, congestion and other symptoms that commonly result from allergies. Some key acupuncture points for allergies include:
- GB 14 (Yang Bai 陽白): Clears nasal congestion, eases watery eyes, alleviates sinus headache, runny nose and sneezing.
- GB 20 (Feng Chi 風池): Boosts immunity, clears nasal congestion, eases watery eyes, alleviates runny nose and sneezing.
- Lung 3 (Tian Fu 天府): Enhances lung function, alleviates congestion, balances mood and emotions.
- Lung 9 (Tai Yuan 太淵): Supports lung function, alleviates congestion, regulates blood circulation, balances mood, promotes healing.
- LI 20 (Ying Xiang 迎香): Clears nasal congestion, eases runny nose and sneezing, promotes healing.
- GV 21 (Qian Ding 前頂): Boosts immunity, calms inflammation, alleviates stress, balances mood, alleviates allergies symptoms, promotes healing.
- Large Intestine 4 (He Gu 合谷): Boosts immunity, relieves pain, and supports the elimination of toxins.
- Stomach 36 (Zu San Li 足三里): Boosts metabolism and immunity, enhances circulation, increases energy, promotes healing.
- TE 3 (Zhong Zhu 中渚): Boosts immunity, clears nasal congestion, eases watery eyes, alleviates runny nose and sneezing.
- TE 16 (Tian You 天牖): Boosts immunity, clears nasal congestion, alleviates sneezing.
- UB 2 (Zan Shu 攢竹): Clears nasal congestion, alleviates runny nose and watery eyes, relieves sinus headache, stops sneezing.
- UB 67 (Zhi Yin 至陰): Clears nasal congestion, alleviates runny nose, itching, stops sneezing, and other allergies symptoms, boosts immunity.

Research shows that acupuncture can help regulate the release of inflammatory markers and promote the production of anti-inflammatory substances in the body to reduce the severity of symptoms associated with allergies such as runny nose, sinus congestion, itchy and watery eyes, coughing headaches, poor sleep, fatigue, muscle and joint pain, and others. It also helps regulate blood circulation, hormones, metabolism, and immunity to activate the body’s natural ability to heal from allergies and strengthen resistance to disease. Additionally, acupuncture has been found to enhance and balance the secretion of digestive enzymes, regulate the absorption of nutrients, improve gastric motility, and promote the healthy elimination of waste to help restore and support functional health.
Acupuncture Treatment for Allergies Uses Herbal Medicine Formulas

Acupuncture treatment for allergies also includes the use of medicinal Chinese herbs. Chinese herbal medicine is well known for its excellent ability to restore synergy to body systems, expel disease-causing toxins, and optimize the fundamental processes that promote health and well-being. It is an effective natural choice in both supporting a wide range of health benefits, as well as treating many different types of allergies symptoms.
Chinese herbal medicine formulas are commonly used to help ease inflammation and pain, improve blood circulation, alleviate fatigue, regulate digestion, eliminate pathogenic toxins, strengthen immunity, repair damaged intestinal mucosal barriers, and maintain healthy gut flora balance. Common Chinese herbs used in acupuncture treatment for allergies include:
- Angelica Dahurica (Bai Zhi / Radix Angelicae Dahuricae): Reduces inflammation, alleviates watery eyes, runny nose, sinus congestion, eases headaches, strengthens immunity.
- Astragalus (Huang Qi/ Radix Astragali Membranaceus): Strengthens immunity, tonifies blood, boosts energy, promotes healing.
- Atractylodes (Bai Zhu/ Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae): Boosts energy, strengthens immunity, promotes blood circulation.
- Codonopsis (Dang Shen / Radix Codonopsitis Pilosulae): Boosts energy, strengthens immunity, tonifies blood, promotes healing, expels pathogenic factors.
- Liquid Amber (Lu Lu Tong / Fructus Liquidambaris): Reduces inflammation, alleviates watery eyes, runny nose, stops itching.
- Magnolia flower (Xin Yi Hua / Magnolia Liliflora): Alleviates watery eyes, runny nose, sinus congestion, eases headaches.
- Siler (Fang Feng / Radix Ledebouriellae): Relieves inflammation, eases headaches, alleviates watery and itchy eyes.
- Xanthium (Cang Er Zi / Fructus Xanthiam Sibricum): Alleviates watery eyes, runny nose, sinus congestion, eases headaches, stops itching.
Acupuncture Treatment for Allergies Uses Nutrition Therapy

Acupuncture for allergies also uses dietary modification and nutrition as part of treatment. Nutrition therapy in acupuncture promotes eating a diet consisting mainly of fresh plant-based foods that are the most vital and free from chemicals, preservatives, and over-processing, in combination with the use of herbs and other nutritional supplements as needed. Studies have shown that eating a high-fiber, nutrient-rich diet consisting of more whole, plant-based foods helps restore important biological function that support health and aid in alleviating allergies symptoms and reversing poor health conditions.
What to Expect During Your First Acupuncture Treatment for Allergies



