Acupuncture, yes, and when my husband had shingles, he experimented on himself at his clinic and made some kind of an aspirin paste and ran ultrasound over it. It lasted for about 4 hrs, but hey, 4 hrs of relief a day is better than nothing. I don't know who you could find to do that ... maybe a friend who could do it as a favor because I don't know what's covered under ins.