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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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Electro-acupuncture with moxa effective for plantar heel pain
Electro-acupuncture plus warm needling therapy (EAWN) is an effective treatment for plantar heel pain (PHP) in middle-aged and older adults ...
Acupuncture reduces plantar fasciitis pain
Manual acupuncture (MA) and electro-acupuncture (EA) can decrease heel pain and improve function in patients with plantar heel pain syndrome (PHPS) ...
Acupressure speeds up recovery of ankle sprain
Categories: Foot
Acupressure can improve recovery after acute ankle sprain, leading to shortened disability time, say Chinese clinicians ...
Herbal formula helps prevent gout
A Chinese herbal formula has been shown to reduce serum uric acid levels and prevent recurrence of acute gouty arthritis ...
Acupuncture effective for gout
A systematic review from China suggests that acupuncture is an effective and safe therapy for patients suffering from arthritis due to gout ...
Acupuncture more effective than drugs for sciatica
Acupuncture may be more effective than drugs, and may enhance the effect of drugs, for patients with sciatica ...
Acupuncture better than exercise for Achilles inflammation
Categories: Miscellaneous, Foot
Chinese researchers have found that acupuncture can significantly improve pain and activity levels in patients with chronic Achilles tendinopathy, compared with exercise therapy.
Acupuncture can heal heel pain
Categories: Foot
The evidence supporting the effectiveness of acupuncture for plantar heel pain (PHP) is comparable to that available for conventionally used interventions such as stretching, night splints or dexamethasone, according to British authors.
Acupuncture provides additional help with plantar fasciitis
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Foot
Electro-acupuncture (EA) coupled with conventional treatment is more effective than conventional treatment for plantar fasciitis, according to a pilot study carried out in Thailand.
Acupuncture decreases plantar fasciitis pain
Categories: Foot
Acupuncture should be considered as a major therapeutic instrument for the decrease of heel pain in plantar fasciitis (PF), according to a Greek study.
Needling good for achille's heel
Categories: Miscellaneous, Foot
Acupuncture enhances blood flow and oxygen supply to the Achilles tendon in healthy volunteers. In a crossover trial nine volunteers received treatment of the Achilles tendon with 10 minutes of either acupuncture or a heat pack. During needle insertion, the blood volume and oxygen saturation of the tendon increased significantly compared to pre-treatment levels, and these values remained high thro ...
ACUPUNCTURE AND FOOT PAIN
Categories: Foot
A study on 67 patients with medically unresponsive foot pain (despite treatment by such methods as orthotics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication, analgesics, physical therapy, exercise, local injections of steroids and analgesics and surgery) showed that acupuncture provided complete relief of symptoms in 31 cases and better than 75% relief in 19. The points found to be most effective were ...
ACUPUNCTURE & PLANTAR FASCIITIS
Categories: Foot
Researchers from the Walter Reed Army Medical Center have confirmed that acupuncture is an effective treatment for plantar fasciitis, one of the most common causes of heel pain. 11 patients who had suffered from plantar fasciitis for at least two months were referred for treatment after conventional methods had failed. Treatment was given to the affected foot once weekly, for a maximum of six trea ...
ACUPUNCTURE EASES HEEL PAIN
Categories: Foot
Acupuncture at Daling P-7 has been found to provide specific relief from the pain of plantar fasciitis. Hong Kong researchers randomly assigned 53 patients to a treatment group that received needling at Daling P-7 (said to have a specific effect on heel pain) or to a control group that received needling at the general analgesic point Hegu L.I.-4. Treatment was administered five times a week for tw ...
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