What is the significance of acupuncture?

Acupuncture is one of the complementary medicine therapies used by a group of people with ALS. Repeated anecdotal reports describe improvements in certain symptoms, particularly spasticity and pain. Systematic reviews have not yet been completed. A slowing of the disease’s progression through acupuncture has not been described and is not expected. In particular, there is no evidence of a fundamentally better prognosis for ALS in China, a country where acupuncture is widely used.