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Research Archive
Welcome to our Chinese medicine and acupuncture research news pages. We add to the content of these pages continuously as more research news comes in. Browse through the complete archive below or use the category links on the right.
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ACUPUNCTURE BETTER THAN STANDARD CARE FOR BACK PAIN
Categories: Back
A large American study has concluded that acupuncture for back pain results in persistent clinically meaningful improvement, which is better than that achieved with standard care. A group from Seattle carried out a large randomised controlled trial of acupuncture for chronic lower back pain (cLBP), comparing individualised acupuncture with standardised acupuncture, simulated acupuncture and usual ...
ACUPUNCTURE QUICKLY IMPROVES CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN
Categories: Back
A pilot study designed to test the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of two frequencies of acupuncture treatment for chronic low back pain (LBP) has found that clinical improvements achieved within the first two weeks were maintained at one year follow-up. Thirty participants with chronic LBP were randomised into two groups to receive 10 acupuncture treatment ...
AURICULAR ACUPUNCTURE FOR LOW BACK & PELVIC PAIN IN PREGNANCY
Categories: Back
One week of continuous auricular acupuncture decreases the pain and disability experienced by women with pregnancy-related low back and posterior pelvic pain. In a randomised controlled trial, American clinicians randomly assigned pregnant women to continuous auricular acupuncture, sham auricular acupuncture or a waiting list control. All participants were monitored for two weeks. Participants in ...
ACUPUNCTURE BETTER THAN INJECTIONS FOR BACK PAIN
Categories: Back
Japanese researchers have found acupuncture to be superior to injection of local anaesthetic for the treatment of lower back pain. Twenty six patients were randomly allocated to either acupuncture or local anaesthetic injection at two to five of the most painful points on the lower back once per week for four weeks. Both injection and acupuncture relieved pain, but there was a significant differen ...
BACK PAIN? TELL ME ABOUT YOUR CHILDHOOD
Categories: Back
A British author has suggested that the effect of acupuncture treatment on low back pain may be determined by the quality of the relationship between the patient and their mother during the first 18 months of their life. Previous authors have suggested that activation of C tactile afferent nerve fibres, which respond to light touch and project to the brain's limbic system, can induce a 'limbic tou ...
Acupuncture reduces scoliosis
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Back
One session of acupuncture seems to have an influence on the deformity of some scoliosis patients. In a controlled single blind crossover study, verum acupuncture, carried out according to TCM principles, was compared with sham acupuncture and just lying in a group of 24 girls with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. In a subgroup of patients with Cobb's angle (a measurement used for evaluation of cu ...
Gou ji may help prevent osteoporosis
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Back
Korean and Vietnamese biochemists have investigated the Chinese herb Gou Ji (Rhizoma Cibotii barometz - or chain fern rhizome) as a possible treatment for osteoporosis. The herb is also known in Vietnam as the vegetable lamb plant, based on a legend of lambs springing fully grown from its seeds. It has traditionally been classified in Chinese medicine as a Kidney and Liver tonic that strengthens t ...
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