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Qigong improves children's wellbeing at school
Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics, Qigong
Qigong lessons for children offer a possible way to improve wellbeing at school, according to research carried out in Sweden
Acupuncture effective for bedwetting
Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics
A systematic review has evaluated the efficacy of acupuncture for nocturnal enuresis (NE) in children. A standardised data extraction form was used to evaluate outcome measures and scrutinise the quality of 13 clinical trials, which were judged to have adequately reported on treatment parameters and outcome measures. All but one study reported the efficacy rate of acupuncture as part of a TCM pack ...
Acupuncture improves autistic symptoms
A short course of electro-acupuncture (EA) can improve specific functions in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), especially language comprehension and self-care ability. Fifty-five children with ASD were randomly assigned to an EA group or a sham electro-acupuncture (SEA) group. The EA group received electro-acupuncture at eight acupoints: Sishencong (M-HN-1), Yintang (M-HN-3), Neiguan P ...
Ear acupressure improves children's visual health
Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics, Eye disorders
A small Taiwanese pilot study has found that ear acupressure may facilitate improved visual health for children
Acupuncture better than standard treatment for lazy eye
Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics, Eye disorders
A randomised controlled trial carried out in Hong Kong has shown that acupuncture to be effective in treating anisometropic amblyopia (lazy eye)
Acustimulation reduces paediatric post-operative nausea & vomiting
Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics
Stimulation of the Neiguan P-6 acupuncture point is an effective adjunctive treatment for post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in children undergoing adenoidectomy or tonsillectomy. A pragmatic randomised controlled trial carried out in Norway enrolled 154 children who were undergoing day-surgery. The intervention group received acupuncture at Neiguan P-6 bilaterally for a median of 21 minute ...
Acupuncture reduces colicky crying
Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics
Swedish researchers have shown that minimal acupuncture can shorten the duration and reduce the intensity of crying in infants with colic.
Chinese herbs for children's asthma
Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics, Respiratory disorders
This joint study carried out by the University of Michigan and the Beijing Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Research Centre compared 102 children who took Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) for their mild intermittent asthma with 109 children with similar asthma who used only western medicine (WM). The children using only WM were three times more likely to make hospital emergency department visits, twice as ...
Chinese herbs for asthmatic children
The Chinese herbal formula Ding Chuan Tang, given to 28 stablilised, mild to moderate persistent asthmatic children, aged 8-15, for 12 weeks significantly improved airway hyper-responsiveness compared to 24 children given placebo. (Ding Chuan Tang, a Chinese herb decoction, could improve airway hyper-responsiveness in stabilized asthmatic children: a randomized, double-blind clinical trial. Pediat ...
Acupuncture and autism
Autism is a complex developmental disability that normally appears within the first three years of life. It is estimated to occur in up to one in every 500 children, is more common in boys than girls, and can severely affect a childs social interactions and communication skills. Many children develop normally for the first year of life, even walking, talking or crawling earlier then the average ch ...
ACUPUNCTURE REDUCES POSTOPERATIVE PAEDIATRIC PAIN
Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics, Miscellaneous
American clinicians have carried out a nonrandomised pilot study to determine the feasibility of acupuncture for acute postoperative pain control in hospitalised children. 20 patients (aged 7 months to 18 years) who had undergone a variety of surgical interventions received two 10 to 15-minute sessions of acupuncture 24-48 hours apart. The treatment was found to be highly acceptable (of 27 patient ...
ACUPUNCTURE FOR CHEMO INDUCED NAUSEA AND VOMITING IN CHILDREN
Researchers have investigated whether acupuncture can reduce the need for antiemetic medication during chemotherapy in paediatric oncology. A multicentre crossover study carried out at five hospitals in Germany enrolled 23 children, mean age 13.6 years, who were receiving highly emetogenic chemotherapy for the treatment of solid malignant tumours. Patients were randomly allocated to receive acupun ...
Scalp acupuncture for autism
Scalp acupuncture (SAP) may improve language development in children with autism. Twenty autistic children (4-7 years old) were divided into two groups, both of which underwent twice-weekly sessions of language therapy aimed at stimulation of cognitive and verbal abilities, over a period of nine months. Half of them also received twice-weekly SAP sessions using Baihui DU-20, Renzhong DU-26, Naohu ...
ACUPUNCTURE & CHILDHOOD ENURESIS
A study carried out in a Romanian hospital for severely handicapped children aged between 3 and 18 years showed significant benefit in treating nocturnal enuresis in 29% of patients. The most responsive group was the 10-14 year olds (50%). Children with the most severe mental retardation and those with daytime fecal and urinary incontinence responded least. Points selected were Guanyuan REN-4, San ...
ACUPUNCTURE REDUCES CRYING IN COLICY BABIES
Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics
The effects of minimal acupuncture on crying due to infantile colic have been tested by a group in Sweden.
ACUPRESSURE AT YINGTANG REDUCES KID'S PRE-OP ANXIETY
Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics
Acupressure at Yintang (M-HN-3) has been found to reduce preprocedural anxiety in children undergoing endoscopic examination.
ACUPRESSURE INCREASES WEIGHT GAIN IN PREMATURE INFANTS
Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics
An experimental trial has investigated the effects of acupressure and meridian massage on increasing body weight in premature infants.
LASER ACUPUNCTURE EFFECTIVE FOR CHILDREN'S HEADACHES
Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics
Laser acupuncture can provide significant benefit in the treatment of children with headache.
ACUPUNCTURE FOR CHILDREN
Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics
As part of a paediatric pain management program, acupuncture reduces pain scores by over 5 points on a 10-point scale and improves overall well being, new suggests a new study.
ACUPUNCTURE & CHILDHOOD CONSTIPATION
Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics
Constipation in children accounts for between 10-25% of referrals to paediatric gastro-intestinal clinics.
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