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Research Archive
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Acupuncture increases muscle strength
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Acupuncture research
A single acupuncture treatment can increase isometric quadriceps strength, according to German authors. Thirty-three recreational athletes were randomised to receive acupuncture, sham acupuncture (needling at non-acupuncture points) and placebo laser acupuncture (deactivated laser device) in a double-blind crossover fashion, with one week between trials. The difference from baseline of the mean ch ...
Acupuncture calms burning mouth syndrome
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Nose and mouth
Acupuncture can significantly reduce burning mouth syndrome, a chronic pathology of unknown aetiopathogenesis, probably due to its influence on oral microcirculation. In an observational study carried out by Italian investigators, thirty patients were treated with TCM acupuncture for three weeks. Oral microcirculation was observed using videocapillaroscopy at three times: in the absence of acupunc ...
Chinese medicines effective against hepatitis b
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders
A systematic review by Chinese authors has concluded that traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) seem to be effective for chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Their meta-analysis showed that TCMs had a greater beneficial effect than interferon (IFN) and a slightly better effect than lamivudine (LAM) on normalisation of levels of serum alanine aminotransferase (the liver enzyme most commonly used as an indicat ...
Acupuncture for spinal injury mobilises stem cells
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Back
Acupuncture for spinal cord injuries (SCI) can mobilise human stem cells, according to German research. Fourteen healthy volunteers were needled at acupuncture points used in the treatment of SCI, while control individuals received acupuncture at points not used for SCI. The number of CD133(+) haematopoetic stem cells in peripheral blood doubled 48 hours after acupuncture at SCI points, whereas co ...
Chinese herbs and hepatitis e
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders
Hepatitis E is endemic in developing countries and may occur as imported hepatitis in industrialised countries. A 46-year-old Japanese man developed immunoserologically diagnosed acute hepatitis E in Japan 4 months after he had made a trip to China. He had bought a Chinese herbal medicine there, taking it occasionally until approximately 6 weeks prior to the onset of acute hepatitis. The results o ...
Acupuncture and jet lag
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders
In a study carried out by the US airforce, electrical stimulation of auricular acupuncture points using a Pointer Plus device was effective in treating jet lag. 5 USAF aircrew members suffering from circadian desynchronosis (jet lag) were treated at points Shenmen, Zero, Sleep Disorder I and 2, and Pineal Gland at a frequency of 10 Hz, a pulse width of 220 microseconds, and a pulse shape of an asy ...
Acupuncture for voice disorders
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders
Point specific acupuncture is effective in treating vocal disorders arising from benign pathological tissue changes according to a recent study. Twenty four subjects with dysphonia were randomly assigned to either an experimental group or a placebo group. The experimental group received acupuncture on Renying ST-9, Lieque LU-7 and Zhaohai KID-6, which are all related to improving throat problems a ...
Chinese herbal medicines for hyperthyroidism
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders
A systematic review has been carried out to assess the effects of Chinese herbal medicines for treating hyperthyroidism. The authors searched Western and Chinese biomedical databases and identified 13 relevant trials with 1770 participants, all of which were deemed to be of low methodological quality. Compared with antithyroid drugs alone, the results suggested that Chinese herbal medicines in com ...
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 ...
Red yeast rice reduces cholesterol in statin-intolerant patients
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders
Red yeast rice (Hong Qu) may be an effective alternative treatment for people with high cholesterol who cannot tolerate statins. Sixty two patients with dyslipidemia, who had discontinued statin therapy due to muscle pain, were assigned to receive red yeast rice (1800mg) or placebo twice daily for 24 weeks. All patients were also enrolled in a 12-week therapeutic lifestyle change program. Low-dens ...
Acupuncture for acute trauma
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders
A feasibility study carried out in an emergency department (ED) in the USA suggests that acupuncture can be an effective analgesic intervention for patients who have suffered minor acute trauma to the extremities. Acupuncture was used as primary analgesia for 20 patients who presented at the ED with acute, non-penetrating extremity injuries. The median visual analog scale change in pain for pre- v ...
Acupuncture clears nasal congestion
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Allergies
German investigators have recorded objective measures of improvement in nasal congestion following acupuncture. Twenty-four patients with a history of nasal congestion were diagnosed according to the Heidelberg model of TCM. They were treated using either specific verum acupoints according to TCM diagnosis, or nonspecific control acupoints. Subjective (VAS - nasal congestion measured on a visual a ...
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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