Hypnosis may ease inflammation from ulcerative colitis
Treating ulcerative colitis patients with hypnosis therapy may help
reduce bowel inflammation, a small study suggests. Researchers had
17 ulcerative colitis patients undergo "gut-focused" hypnosis for
50 minutes, while a control group listened to music of their own
choice. At the study's end, the inflammation blood marker IL-6 had
fallen by 53 percent in the group who went through hypnotherapy.
The group who listened to music experienced no drop in IL-6.
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