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eCAM Advance Access originally published online on October 31, 2006
eCAM 2007 4(2):233-240; doi:10.1093/ecam/nel069
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© 2006 The Author(s).
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Potential Synergism between Hypnosis and Acupuncture—Is the Whole More Than the Sum of Its Parts?

Elad Schiff1,2, Steven Gurgevich2 and Opher Caspi3

1Bnai Zion Medical Center, Internal Medicine Division Haifa, Israel, 2University of Arizona, Program in Integrative Medicine Arizona, USA and 3The Recanati Center for Medicine and Research and the Section for Integrative Medicine, Rabin Medical Center (Beilinson Campus) and the Tel-Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine Israel

Both hypnosis and acupuncture have gained credibility over the years in their effectiveness for treating various health conditions. Currently, each of these treatments is administered in distinct settings and separate times. That is, even if patients receive both treatments as part of a multidimensional therapeutic program, they would typically receive them separately rather than simultaneously at the same session. This separation however might be undesirable since, at least theoretically, hypnosis and acupuncture could potentially augment each other if administered concomitantly. In this article we outline the rationale for this hypothesis and discuss the potential ramifications of its implementation.

Keywords: Acupuncture – hypnosis – synergism

For reprints and all correspondence: Elad Schiff, 69 Yakinton St., Haifa, Israel 34792. Tel: +972-545757733; Fax: +972-48265419; E-mail: eschiff{at}bezeqint.net

Received March 4, 2006; accepted September 14, 2006


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