You wouldn’t think acupuncture could help but you are wrong. I am not your usual acupuncturist. I know things and have treatments that other acupuncturists don’t. With COVID, the problem with long haul patients can be broadly categorized into two categories. First is scarring of the lungs and bronchials. I have treated that successfully before with Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM). Most acupuncturists haven’t even heard of it. I am about the only acupuncturist in Puget Sound who does it. Breaking up scarring is one thing FSM is good at except skin scarring. I have used it successfully in treating scarring in the lungs and bronchials from strong coughing. I have also used it successfully to treat trigger finger. So using it to help with pain and difficulty breathing should work. There are no acupuncture points to treat scarring that I know of but LU1 and Ren17 do help open the chest too help with breathing. If the lung pulse is weak, LU1 can also down-regulate the immune system.
The other symptoms of long haul COVID all seem too be related to inflammation of organ tissues such as the heart, kidneys, lungs, liver and the brain. Inflammation of the blood vessels may be behind it all. All that can be also treated with FSM. You just combine the frequency for the tissue involved with the frequency for either acute or chronic inflammation. You just then run the current through the affected area. Those kinds of frequency combinations seem to always work. For inflammation all over the body, I always add LI11. For low energy, I would consider LU1, ST36, and DU20. Some of the pain and low energy symptoms may be due to a process similar to that seen in chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia. In which case LU1 DU20,and LI11 are key.If they are having a lot of joint pain, you can’t treat all the affected areas because of the fatigue. You might only be able to treat 1 or 2 areas directly. And even then you will probably have to add DU20 at the end of the treatment to help them get home safely.
Now I have not had to treat anyone with long haul symptoms yet. But I am sure I can help. And there are frequencies for arteries, veins, and the capillaries. So now you know in general what I would do.
I now know that there have been FSM protocols developed for treating COVID-19 after it has been first diagnosed to keep you out of the hospital. Supposedly it works pretty well.