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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 for dry mouth
Categories: Cancer, Nose and mouth
Radiation therapy for cancer can induce secondary xerostomia (dryness of the mouth) which may be resistant to conventional pilocarpine therapy.
ACUPUNCTURE & VASOMOTOR SYMPTOMS
Categories: Cancer
A Swedish study has shown acupuncture to be effective in reducing vasomotor symptoms (hot flushes) in men following castration therapy for prostatic carcinoma.
Acupuncture and xerostomia
Categories: Cancer, Nose and mouth
Xerostomia, a condition of dryness of the mouth due to salivary dysfunction, is a common and usually irreversible side effect in patients receiving radiotherapy for head and neck cancer.
TCM AND RADIOTHERAPY
Categories: Cancer
The Chinese medicine Si Jun Zi Tang (Four Gentlemen Decoction) was found to reduce the decrease of leukocytes, erythrocytes, thrombocytes and hematocrit in irradiated mice.
ASTRAGALUS COMBINES WELL WITH CHEMOTHERAPY
Categories: Cancer
The combination of Huang Qi (Astragali Radix)-based Chinese herbal medicine and platinum-based chemotherapy is more effective in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer than the chemotherapy alone.