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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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Acupuncture adds benefit to cognitive training after brain injury
Scalp acupuncture in combination with cognitive training can improve cognitive function in patients with cerebral injury better than cognitive rehabilitation alone ...
Electro-acupuncture reduces urinary retention following spinal cord injury
Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders, Spinal cord
Electro-acupuncture (EA) can help reduce urinary retention in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) according to a Chinese research team ...
Acupuncture beneficial after spinal cord injury
Categories: Spinal cord
Acupuncture may have a beneficial effect on recovery after spinal cord injury ...
Anti-inflammatory effect of salvia extract protects neurons
Categories: Herb research, Spinal cord
Salvianolic acid B (Sal B), a major active component of Dan Shen (Salviae miltiorrhizae Radix) may exert a neuroprotective effect by activating anti-inflammatory pathways in microglia (the resident macrophages of the brain and spinal cord). The results of the Chinese study showed that Sal B significantly reduced the production of inflammatory mediators - nitric oxide (NO), tumor necrosis factor-al ...
Acupuncture and spine cord injury
Categories: Back, Spinal cord
Acupuncture is effective in treating chronic pain following spinal cord injury (SCI) according to research carried out at the Department of Psychiatry, New Jersey Medical School. Twenty-two patients with SCI who suffered moderate to severe pain of at least six months duration received a course of 15 acupuncture treatments over a seven and a half week period after an equivalent assessment period wi ...
Acupuncture for spinal cord injuries
Categories: Spinal cord
A recent clinical trial of acupuncture therapy for spinal cord injury has shown promising results. 100 patients with acute spinal cord injury were randomly divided into two groups. The control group was treated with standard rehabilitation therapy, whilst the treatment group received electro-acupuncture treatment in addition to rehabilitation. For both groups, neurological and functional scores we ...
Acupuncture & spinal cord injury
Categories: Spinal cord
In a Taiwanese trial, 100 acute traumatic spinal cord injury patients were randomly assigned to acupuncture plus rehabilitation therapy, or control (rehabilitation only) groups. The acupuncture group received stimulation to Houxi SI-3 and Shenmai BL-62 bilaterally via adhesive surface electrodes, without needles. Treatment was given as early as possible- in the emergency room or soon after spinal ...
Acupuncture for spinal cord injuries
Categories: Spinal cord
A paper by American researchers has reviewed the allopathic and Chinese literature discussing the use of acupuncture in the treatment of acute and chronic spinal cord injuries (SCI). They present the neurophysiologic mechanisms for acupuncture's effects along with evidence that use of electroacupuncture in acute SCI may significantly improve long-term neurologic recovery in terms of motor, sensory ...
Urinary incontinence and acupuncture
Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders, Spinal cord
A study carried out at the Department of Physiology at Meiji University of Oriental Medicine in Japan has confirmed the value of acupuncture in treating urinary incontinence in patients with chronic spinal cord injuries. Eight male patients, four with cervical lesions and four with thoracic lesions, were treated with acupuncture at Zhongliao BL-33. Four once-weekly treatments were given with needl ...
Acupuncture & neurogenic bladder
Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders, Spinal cord
One group of patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) and neurogenic bladder received electro-acupuncture at points Zhongji REN-3, Guanyuan REN-4 and Ciliao BL-32 in addition to conventional intermittent catheterisation program (ICP). Compared to a control group who underwent conventional bladder training program with ICP only, the acupuncture patients achieved balanced bladder voiding in a signific ...
Acupuncture and urinary incontinence
Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders, Spinal cord
A study carried out at the Department of Urology of Kyoto University, Japan, has demonstrated the effiacy of acupuncture in treating urinary incontinence in patients with spinal cord injuries. 13 patients suffering incontinence due to detrusor hyperreflexia were needled at Zhongliao BL-33. Urodynamic studies were performed before acupuncture, immediately after the first treatment ...
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