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HAPPIER, HEALTHIER BABIES RESULT FROM ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENTS

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When traditional treatments don't work, parents of babies as young as six weeks old are finding success using Acupuncture to improve conditions including colic, sleeping problems, eating problems, excessive crying, chicken pox, colds, flu and developmental disabilities such as autism.

Savannah is a three-year-old living in Sydney, Australia, who was diagnosed with autism. After ten weeks of Acupuncture, gentle massage and dietary changes her mother said, "We've really seen Savannah come back out of her shell. We're getting better eye contact and she's engaging more and initiating play. Both her speech therapist and occupational therapist, independently and unprompted, have told me they've noticed a wonderful increase in her interaction."

Her sister, one-year-old Ella, had a condition that caused her temperature to drop dramatically at night. Medical doctors could not figure out what caused it and tried several courses of antibiotics with no results.

Ella's mother said her daughter's temperature improved almost immediately after the first session with Acupuncture, homeopathy and a change in diet.

Maria Deligiannis, the acupuncturist treating Savannah and her sister, said that with more parents seeking treatment for the common problems of infancy, babies now make up almost a third of her practice.

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SOURCE: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/babies-acupuncture-and-the-secret-to-a-good-nights
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