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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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Tai chi and green tea benefit women's bone health
Categories: Menopausal syndrome, Tai chi
A study by an American research team has demonstrated that tai chi exercise (TC) and supplementation with green tea polyphenols (GTP) can benefit bone remodeling and muscle strength in postmenopausal women
Acupuncture relieves menopausal symptoms
Categories: Menopausal syndrome
A Brazilian group has found acupuncture to be effective in decreasing hot flushes and menopause symptom scores in postmenopausal women. In a randomised, single-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over trial, 81 patients were assigned to two groups: Group 1 received 12 months of acupuncture, followed by six months of sham-acupuncture, while Group 2 received six months of sham-acupuncture, then 12 mont ...
Herbs as good as hormone therapy for menopause depression
Categories: Menopausal syndrome, Psychological / emotional
The Chinese herbal formula Geng Nian Le (GNL) can relieve the symptoms of perimenopausal depression and regulate women's hormone levels. Chinese scientists randomised 47 women to either a GNL group or a control group that received tibolone (a synthetic steroid hormone). After 12 weeks of treatment the depression scores in both groups decreased significantly, with no significant difference between ...
ACUPUNCTURE EFFECT ON HOT FLUSHES NOT SUSTAINED
Categories: Gynaecology, Menopausal syndrome
A follow-up study on acupuncture for menopausal hot flushes has reported that the benefits found immediately post-treatment do not persist. An earlier study of 267 postmenopausal women found that 12 weeks of individualised acupuncture plus self-care produced a clinically relevant reduction in hot flushes and increased health-related quality of life compared with self-care alone. The new study foun ...
Acupuncture better than drugs for cancer hot flushes
Categories: Gynaecology, Menopausal syndrome
Not only is acupuncture as effective as drug therapy at preventing hot flushes in breast cancer patients who have been receiving long-term anti-oestrogen therapy, it also increases women's sex drive and improves their sense of well-being. Venlafaxine (Effexor - a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) - the therapy of choice for such symptoms - has numerous adverse effects. An American team rando ...
MIND-BODY THERAPIES BENEFICIAL FOR MENOPAUSE SYMPTOMS
Categories: Menopausal syndrome, Tai chi
A systematic review by American authors suggests that mind-body therapies may be beneficial for alleviating specific menopausal symptoms. Eighteen clinical trials, involving a total of 882 women, met their inclusion criteria. Interventions included yoga and/or meditation programs, tai chi and relaxation practices. Eight of the nine studies of yoga, tai chi, and meditation-based programs reported i ...
ACUPUNCTURE BETTER THAN USUAL CARE FOR MENOPAUSAL HOT FLUSHES
Categories: Gynaecology, Menopausal syndrome
A pilot study on the effect of acupuncture in decreasing hot flushes in menopausal women has concluded either that there is a strong placebo effect or that both traditional and sham acupuncture significantly reduce hot flush frequency. Fifty-six postmenopausal women (aged 44 to 55) were randomised to one of three treatment groups: usual care, sham acupuncture (shallow needling at non-therapeutic s ...
ACUPUNCTURE HELPS REDUCE MENOPAUSAL HOT FLUSHES
Categories: Gynaecology, Menopausal syndrome
A Norwegian study has found that acupuncture in addition to self-care can contribute to a clinically relevant reduction in menopausal hot flushes. The research was a multicentre, pragmatic, randomised, controlled trial with two parallel arms comparing the effect of individualised acupuncture plus self-care against self-care alone for hot flushes and health-related quality of life in 267 postmenopa ...
ORIENTAL HERBAL MEDICINE FOR MENOPAUSE
Categories: Gynaecology, Menopausal syndrome
A Japanese study compared the use of traditional Kampo herbal formulas and HRT, in two groups of women suffering menopausal symptoms. In the 18 patients in the Kampo group, treatment was able to alleviate the whole range of symptoms, whilst in the 16 women in the HRT group, symptoms such as cold limbs, sleeping disorders, shoulder stiffness/lumbago, and fatigue, were unaffected. In addition, the s ...
ACUPUNCTURE FOR MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS
Categories: Gynaecology, Menopausal syndrome
In a randomised study, women suffering menopausal symptoms were treated either with acupuncture points specifically chosen to treat their disorder, or more general qi tonifying acupuncture. The acupuncture specific group showed a decrease in mean monthly hot flush severity whilst the comparison acupuncture treatment group showed no significant changes. Sleep disturbances in the point specific acup ...
ACUPUNCTURE & HOT FLUSHES
Categories: Gynaecology, Menopausal syndrome
In a study of 29 postmenopausal women who experienced at least seven moderate to severe hot flushes a day, active acupuncture was found to significantly decrease the severity of nocturnal flushes (by 28%) compared to 6% in women given sham acupuncture. The frequency of flushes was reduced by more in the active treatment group compared to the sham but not significantly so. (A randomized controlled ...
ACUPUNCTURE REDUCES HOT FLUSH SEVERITY
Categories: Gynaecology, Menopausal syndrome
Acupuncture is associated with a significant decrease in the severity, but not the frequency, of postmenopausal hot flushes. In a randomised, placebo-controlled pilot study, 29 postmenopausal women averaging at least seven moderate to severe hot flushes per 24 hours, were randomised to receive seven weeks (nine treatment sessions) of either active acupuncture (standardised, individually-tailored p ...
ACUPUNCTURE 'AS GOOD AS HRT' AFTER OOPHORECTOMY
Categories: Gynaecology, Menopausal syndrome
Acupuncture results in a significant improvement in perimenopausal symptoms in women who have had their ovaries surgically removed (oophorectomy). Sixty-seven women who had undergone oophorectomy were non-randomly divided into two groups. One group was given acupuncture and the comparison group was given usual medical care (HRT drug Livial - a combination of synthetic oestrogen, progesterone and a ...
ACUPUNCTURE FOR MENOPAUSAL HOT FLUSHES
Categories: Gynaecology, Menopausal syndrome
A multicentre randomised clinical study of menopausal women has concluded that acupuncture carried out in addition to usual care is associated with marked clinical improvement in hot flushes and other menopause-related symptoms. One hundred and seventy five Korean women were randomised to receive 12 sessions of acupuncture over four weeks in addition to usual care, or to usual care alone. The mean ...
Acupuncture, diet & tuina reduce menopausal symptoms
Categories: Menopausal syndrome, Lifestyle research
Acupuncture, dietary therapy and tuina self-massage can be successfully used to treat hot flushes and other symptoms in postmenopausal women...
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