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Acupuncture adds benefit to functional dyspepsia treatment
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
Adding acupuncture to conventional treatment is beneficial for patients suffering from functional dyspepsia (FD), according to a Brazilian research team.
Herbal medicine for inflammatory bowel disease
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
Randomised controlled trials of herbal therapy for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) show encouraging results, but studies remain limited and heterogenous. Authors from Hong Kong analysed 21 RCTs including a total of 1484 subjects. For ulcerative colitis (UC), aloe vera gel, wheat grass juice, Andrographis paniculata extract (Chuan Xin Lian) and topical Xi Lei San (administered by ...
Herbal formula protects against bleeding oesophageal varices
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders, Miscellaneous disorders
A study carried out in China has found that a herbal formula, Fuzheng Huayu Capsule (FZHYC) can reduce the risk of bleeding and improve survival rates in liver cirrhosis patients with oesophageal varices.
'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.
Herbal medicines relieve dyspepsia
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A Chinese herbal formula appears to offer symptomatic improvement in patients with functional dyspepsia (FD), according to a Chinese study.
Needling Jianjing GB-21 regulates gall bladder size in cholecystitis patients
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders, Miscellaneous
A Chinese study has used ultrasound scanning to show that acupuncture at Jianjing GB-21 can regulate the volume of the gall bladder in cholecystitis patients and improve their symptoms.
Milk fats bad for good bacteria
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders, Diet research
Saturated milk fats in the modern Western diet could be responsible for gut problems such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and colitis, according to American researchers.
Tongue appearance reflects clinical improvement in ulcers
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders, General discussion
Taiwanese researchers have confirmed that the appearance of the tongue correctly reflects clinical outcomes in peptic ulcer disease (PUD)
Korean hand acupuncture helps IBS symptoms
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
Korean hand acupuncture (KHA) has been shown to be effective in relieving symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Acupuncture helps restore bowel function after surgery
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
Clinicians in Hong Kong have found that electro-acupuncture (EA) treatment reduces both the duration of post-operative ileus (POI - hypomotility of the gastrointestinal tract following surgery) and length of hospital stay following laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer. In a prospective study, 165 cancer patients undergoing laparoscopy were assigned randomly to three groups, who received EA o ...
Acupuncture provides additional benefit for IBS
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A large trial of acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has shown that the treatment has significant benefits.
Acupuncture for gastrointestinal disorders
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
Researchers from Hong Kong suggest that electro-acupuncture can alter the activation of neural pathways for pain perception in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients
Acupuncture improves dyspepsia
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A Chinese study has found that acupuncture treatment can significantly improve symptoms and quality of life for functional dyspepsia (FD) patients and that this correlates with specific changes in brain activity.
Acupuncture provides additional benefit in IBS
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A large trial of acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has shown that the treatment has significant benefits.
Acupuncture improves pain relief after haemorrhoid surgery
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders, Miscellaneous
Acupuncture appears to be an effective adjunct to conventional analgesia for patients recovering from haemorrhoidectomy.
Meta-analysis of sham-controlled studies reveals no benefit for acupuncture in IBS
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A meta-analysis of the results from RCTs of acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has found no benefit of acupuncture on IBS symptom severity or IBS-related quality of life compared to sham acupuncture controls.
Herbal formula shows action against inflammatory bowel disease
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A Chinese herbal formula developed from a combination of two traditional Chinese herbal formulations - Tong Xie Yao Fang and Zhong Man Fen Xiao Wan - has been shown to have potent anti-inflammatory activities in immune cells in vitro as well as in th ...
Acupuncture effective for dyspepsia
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A large randomised controlled trial carried out in China has found acupuncture to be an effective treatment for functional dyspepsia.
Sophora root as good as drugs for ulcerative colitis
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A Chinese herbal medicine containing Ku Shen (Radix Sophorae flavescentis) has been shown to be as effective as the anti-inflammatory drug mesalamine for treating ulcerative colitis (UC).
Vegetarian diet protects against diverticular disease
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders, Diet research
A UK study has shown that vegetarians are a third less likely to suffer from diverticular disease than meat eaters.
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