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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 normalises brain connectivity in functional dyspepsia

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders, Acupuncture
Brain connectivity, which is altered in patients with functional dyspepsia (FD), appears to become more like that of healthy controls following acupuncture treatment ...
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Electro-acupuncture and moxibustion benefit IBS by regulating expression of important brain-gut peptides

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
Both electro-acupuncture (EA) and moxibustion (MOX) treatments can improve gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) by reducing expression of important neuropeptides in the gut ...
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Acupuncture reduces appendicitis pain in children

Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics, Digestive & Bowel disorders
Acupuncture has been shown to lessen pain and reduce underlying inflammation in paediatric patients with acute appendicitis ...
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Chinese formula reduces constipation in IBS

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) formula has been demonstrated by an Australian research team to reduce the symptoms of constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-C) ...
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Acupuncture beneficial in functional dyspepsia

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
Acupuncture improves dyspeptic symptoms, mental status and quality of life in patients with functional dyspepsia (FD), Chinese investigators have found ...
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Electro-acupuncture effective for functional constipation

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
Electro-acupuncture (EA) can effectively treat functional constipation (FC), Chinese researchers have concluded ...
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Moxibustion and acupuncture repair damaged intestinal epithelium in Crohn's

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A study from China suggests that a combination of moxibustion and acupuncture can relieve inflammation and repair the damaged intestinal epithelial barrier in patients with Crohn's disease  ...
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Acupuncture improves IBS

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
Electro-acupuncture (EA) and moxibustion have a positive impact on both subjective symptoms and objective measurements (abnormal serotonin gene expression in tissue from the sigmoid colon) in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) ...
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Combination of TCM with conventional drugs leads to better IBS outcomes

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
Integrated treatment that combines traditional Chinese medicine with conventional medicines is better than conventional conventional medicine alone for treating irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) ...
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Guidelines for acupuncturists treating anorexia nervosa

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders, Psychological / emotional
Two Australian authors have produced guidelines for acupuncturists using acupuncture as an adjunct treatment for anorexia nervosa (AN) ...
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Acupuncture beneficial for patients with diabetic gastroparesis

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
One week of acupuncture treatment can reduce gastric retention and improve symptoms in patients with diabetic gastroparesis ...
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'Four Gates' treatment normalises GI motility

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
An experimental study had found that acupuncture at the ‘Four Gates’ (Siguan) can normalise accelerated gastrointestinal (GI) motility.
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Moxibustion helpful in IBS

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
Moxibustion can improve symptoms and quality of life and decrease rectal sensitivity in patients with diarrhoea from irritable bowel syndrome (D-IBS) ...
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Acupuncture shows better long-term effects than laxative for functional constipation

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A multicentre clinical trial carried out in China has shown that acupuncture has better sustained effects on functional constipation than the laxative lactulose ...
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Acupuncture affects dyspepsia patients' brains differently

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
The effect of acupuncture on the brain is different in functional dyspepsia (FD) patients compared with healthy subjects ...
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Acupuncture benefits Crohn's disease patients

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
Research from China suggests that a combination of acupuncture and moxibustion can provide significant therapeutic benefits in patients with active Crohn’s disease (CD).
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Ma Zi Ren Wan effective for constipation

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A Chinese herbal formula had been found to be effective for functional constipation by a study carried out in Hong Kong. The formula Ma Zi Ren Wan (MZRW - composed of Huo Ma Ren [Fructus Cannabis], Da Huang [Radix et Rhizoma Rhei], Bai Shao [Radix Paeoniae Alba], Xing Ren [Semen Armeniacae Amarum], Zhi Shi [Fructus Aurantii Immaturus] and Hou Pu [Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis]) was first mentioned ...
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Acupuncture effective for IBS

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A Chinese meta-analysis has concluded that acupuncture exhibits clinically and statistically significant control of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms.
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Acupuncture for dyspeptic symptoms caused by diabetic gastroparesis

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
Acupuncture may be effective for improving dyspeptic symptoms caused by diabetic gastroparesis (DGP), according to a meta-analysis from China.
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Acupuncture effective for inflammatory bowel disease

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
Acupuncture and moxibustion demonstrate better efficacy than oral sulphasalazine (OS) in treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a Chinese meta-analysis has found.
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