I stayed in China for about 8 months.  During which time, I tried
everything but never allowed the shiny needles to get near me.

A couple of weeks ago, my daugher introduced me to a _registered_
accupuncturist here in the beautiful province of British Columbia.
After 2 treatments, what i used to complain of 'somatic discomfort',
'hydrop-related head pressure', 'moving sensation', 'red spot', etc.
has been reduced by almost 90%.  So far at this point of writing, the
symptoms have not bounced back. Now the pressure is off but the
tinnitus sound is _still_ there!  The sound still comes about 3 times
a week, but it comes with a much lower pitch. Thus it appears clear
that I was suffering from a 'mix' prior to the  treatment.

Does accupuncture help?  Well, it depends on *WHO* is doing it.  By
the same token, if you ran into someone with a ph.d and had been
working on ears at Johns Hopkins medical centre for 30 years, your
chance of getting a good treatment would be very high.  On the other
hand, if you had a guy that graduated from a farm school in Atlantas,
and whose specialty while in school was in fixing up azzes, then you
might even get a MIS-treatment on your ears.

This lady accupuncturist graduated from the University of Peking or
the old Imperial University of China.  The latter was where the kings
and emporers went for their medical treatments.  She has had over 30
years of experiences in traditional medicines.  She used very SHORT
needles and only A FEW needles.  If any of you wanted to try
accupuncture for whatever reasons, you could visit her website at
www.yongsheng.ca.

So put aside for the time being all that generalizations as to
'whether this or that works'.  *WHO* is performing the treatment is
the most important.

FP