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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 ...
Needle rotation and sensation are important for acupuncture effect
Categories: Acupuncture research
Needle rotation and sensation play an important role in the effects of acupuncture, Korean investigators report.
Organ specific effects of acupuncture points
Categories: Acupuncture research
Japanese researchers have found evidence that acupuncture points have specific actions on the autonomic functions of particular internal organs.
Acupuncture for assisted reproductive technology
Categories: Infertility
There is no evidence that acupuncture improves live birth or pregnancy rates in assisted conception, according to an update of a Cochrane Database systematic review.
Is ATP the key to acupuncture's effects?
Categories: Acupuncture research
A British neuroscientist has proposed that a novel extracellular signalling system, based on adenosine 5’-triphosphate (ATP), is the mechanism underlying the effects of acupuncture.
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.
Acupuncture for menopausal hot flushes
Categories: Menopausal syndrome
Another Cochrane Database systematic review has found insufficient evidence to determine whether acupuncture is effective for controlling menopausal vasomotor symptoms.
'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.
Acupuncture for fibromyalgia
Categories: Fibromyaigia, Miscellaneous
A Cochrane Database systematic review has summarised the current evidence for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of fibromyalgia.
Qigong reduces cancer therapy side effects
A pilot study carried out in Hong Kong suggests that qigong could reduce cancer therapy side effects such as upper limb lymphoedema and poor circulation in survivors of breast cancer.
Qigong can improve balance in healthy young women
Categories: Qigong
Spanish researchers have found that practising qigong can improve balance in healthy young women.
Acupuncture for back and pelvic pain during pregnancy
A Cochrane Database systematic review has concluded that current evidence supports acupuncture as a treatment for pelvic and back pain in pregnancy.
Acupuncture reduces medical costs of brain injury
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Neurological
A retrospective cohort study from a Taiwanese research group suggests that acupuncture treatment results in reduced use of medical services by patients who experience traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Acupuncture provides no additional benefit in subacute stroke
Categories: Stroke
A multi-centre RCT carried out in China has found that adding acupuncture to conventional treatment does not result in any additional benefit for patients with subacute stroke.
Ear acupressure helps with pain of knee surgery
Applying auricular acupressure (AA) in the peri-operative period of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) can alleviate post-operative pain, decrease opioid consumption and promote early rehabilitation, say Chinese clinicians.
Acupuncture treats sexual side-effects of antidepressants
Categories: Psychological / emotional
Acupuncture has a potential role in treating the sexual side-effects of antidepressant medications, suggest researchers from Canada who carried out a pilot study.
Electro-acupuncture normalises hormone levels in women with ovarian insufficiency
Categories: Gynaecology, Infertility
A small Chinese study suggests that electro-acupuncture (EA) can normalise hormone levels and induce menstruation in women with primary ovarian insufficiency (POI - a syndrome characterised by amenorrhoea, sex steroid deficiency and elevated gonadotr ...
Acupuncture helps with pain due to degeneration of cervical vertebrae
Categories: Neck
Patients with upper extremity pain and paraesththesia due to cervical spondylotic radiculopathy (CSR) can benefit from acupuncture treatment. In a pilot study carried out in Japan, 15 subjects diagnosed with CSR and upper extremity pain and/or paraesthesia were treated with acupuncture once a week for four weeks at up to 10 sites in the cervical paraspinal region centred on the affected area. A si ...
Acupuncture improves sleep for psychiatric patients
Categories: Psychological / emotional
A small study from Hong Kong has found that acupuncture may improve sleep quality in elderly patients with dementia.
Cosmetic acupuncture improves facial elasticity
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Acupuncture research
Facial cosmetic acupuncture (FCA) results in improvement of objective measures of facial elasticity, a Korean pilot study suggests.
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