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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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Chinese herbs improve IVF success
Categories: Infertility
The use of Chinese herbs can improve the outcomes of assisted reproductive technologies, according to a Chinese study ...
Chinese herbs effective for COPD
Categories: Respiratory disorders
Two Chinese herbal formulas have been found to be effective for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ...
Acupuncture reduces menopause symptoms
Categories: Gynaecology, Menopausal syndrome
A meta-analysis from Taiwanese authors confirms that acupuncture can improve symptoms in women experiencing menopause ...
Acupuncture works for osteoarthritis
Categories: Arthritis
The use of acupuncture to manage osteoarthritis is associated with a significant reduction in symptoms, concludes a Canadian meta-analysis ...
Acupuncture for tenosynovitis
Categories: Miscellaneous
Acupuncture can be considered as an alternative treatment option for De Quervain's tenosynovitis (painful inflammation of tendons in the thumb), suggests an Iranian research study ...
Electro-acupuncture for anaesthesia during kidney stone procedure
Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders, Miscellaneous
Both verum and sham electro-acupuncture (EA) can effectively relieve the pain of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL, a non-invasive method of treating kidney stones), as well as reducing the analgesic dosage, according to the results of Chin ...
Acupuncture improves immunity in chemo patients
Categories: Cancer
Acupuncture and moxibustion may stimulate anti-cancer immunity, protect bone marrow cells and minimise drug side-effects in colon cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, according to a pilot study carried out in Portugal ...
Acupuncture may compare favourably with anti-histamines for dust mite allergy
Categories: Allergies
A German pilot study suggests that acupuncture may have a comparable effect to anti-histamine drugs in patients allergic to house dust mites.
Acupuncture improves brain network function in Alzheimer's
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Neurological
A pilot study from China has found that acupuncture can modulate activity in the brain’s default-mode network (DMN) in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
Acupuncture reduces need for analgesia after knee replacement
Categories: Knee, Post-operative
Acupuncture can help control acute postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty, according to Taiwanese investigators.
Electro-acupuncture helps with side effects of breast cancer drugs
Categories: Cancer
American researchers have found that electro-acupuncture (EA) can produce significant improvements in fatigue, anxiety and depression in women experiencing joint pain related to treatment with aromatase inhibitors (AIs).
Acupuncture reduces migraine pain via brain's pain system
Chinese scientists have shown that needling active acupoints in migraine patients reduces pain and affects key disease-affected brain regions involving pain.
Acupuncture better than conventional treatment for psychological distress
Categories: Psychological / emotional
Integrative treatment (IT) and therapeutic acupuncture (TA) result in more long term benefit than conventional treatment (CT) for alleviating psychological distress in primary care patients...
Acupuncture improves heart function in ischaemic heart disease patients
Categories: Heart / Cardiac
Traditional acupuncture (TA) can improve cardiac autonomic function in patients with stable ischaemic heart disease (SIHD), according to American researchers.
Acupuncture reduces epidural use
Categories: Pregnancy & labour
A trial carried out in Sweden has found that women who received manual acupuncture (MA) or electro-acupuncture (EA) during labour used less epidural analgesia than women who received standard care. The longitudinal randomised controlled trial recruited 303 nulliparous women with normal pregnancies who were randomised to receive 40 minutes of either manual acupuncture (MA) or electro-acupuncture (E ...
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).
Tai chi improves blood parameters in hypertension patients
Categories: Tai chi, Hypertension
Tai chi (TC) has beneficial effects on blood pressure (BP) and levels of gaseous cellular signaling molecules in the blood of patients with essential hypertension (EH)...
Tai chi improves balance in Parkinson's patients
A Chinese research team has found that tai chi (TC) can improve balance and decrease fall risks in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).
Caffeine inhibits analgesic effect of acupuncture
Categories: Miscellaneous, Acupuncture research
Caffeine can inhibit the analgesic effect of acupuncture, according to animal studies carried out in Brazil. Mice subjected to plantar incision surgery were treated with both manual acupuncture and electro-acupuncture at the acupoint Sanyinjiao SP-6 after administration of acute or chronic doses of caffeine. Researchers found that acute pre-administration of caffeine completely reversed acupunctur ...
Distal acupressure benefits neck and shoulder muscles
Acupressure at distal acupuncture points associated with alleviating shoulder pain have specific beneficial effects on blood flow and oxygenation of the trapezius muscle as well as autonomic nervous activity, a research team from Japan has concluded. ...
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