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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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AURICULAR THERAPY PROMOTES SLEEP

Categories: Insomnia/sleep disorders

A study carried out by researchers from Hong Kong Polytechnic University's School of Nursing and Hong Kong Baptists University has found that auricular therapy using magnetic pearls is the most effective in promoting sleep in older people. 120 participants over the age of 60 were randomly allocated to receive auricular therapy using either Deng Xin Cao (Medulla Junci Effusi), Wang Bu Liu Xing (Sem ...

ACUPUNCTURE, INSOMNIA & MELATONIN

Categories: Insomnia/sleep disorders

In a study of 18 anxious subjects, five weeks of acupuncture treatment was associated with significant improvements in a variety of sleep determinants (polysomnographic measures of sleep onset latency, arousal index, total sleep time and sleep efficiency), reduction in anxiety and nocturnal increase in endogenous melatonin secretion. (J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2004 Winter;16(1):19-28).

ACUPUNCTURE FOR INSOMNIA

Categories: Insomnia/sleep disorders

A systematic review of the evidence for the efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of insomnia concludes that current evidence is insufficient to support its use in this condition. The authors examined the major biomedical and CAM databases, along with BiblioSleep, a specialist directory of sleep-related papers. They searched for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating any form of acupunc ...

AURICULAR ACUPUNCTURE EFFECTIVE FOR INSOMNIA

Categories: Insomnia/sleep disorders

A systematic review of current literature conducted by authors from Hong Kong has concluded that auricular acupuncture appears to be effective for treating insomnia. Eight hundred and seventy eight (878) papers were searched of which only six trials (402 people treated with AA among 673 total participants) were deemed of high enough methodological quality to meet the inclusion criteria. The recove ...

ACUPUNCTURE FOR INSOMNIA

Categories: Insomnia/sleep disorders

A randomised single-blind trial has examined the efficacy of abdominal acupuncture as a treatment for insomnia. In the Chinese study, 44 women (aged 22 to 56) were randomly assigned to receive acupuncture or medication. The acupuncture group received abdominal acupuncture once a day for the first three days and once every three days for the remaining 11 days. Abdominal acupuncture was administered ...

ACUPRESSURE AT SHENMEN FOR INSOMNIA

Categories: Insomnia/sleep disorders

An acupressure device located on Shenmen HE-7 has been evaluated as a treatment for insomnia by Italian researchers. Forty patients with insomnia were divided into two groups and randomly received either the

ACUPUNCTURE BETTER THAN PILLS FOR INSOMNIA

Categories: Insomnia/sleep disorders

A systematic review of studies of acupuncture for insomnia, including papers published in both English and Chinese, has been carried out by researchers in Hong Kong. Twenty RCTs met the inclusion criteria. The majority of RCTs concluded that traditional needle acupuncture (TNA) was significantly more effective than benzodiazepines for treating insomnia, with mean effective rates for acupuncture an ...

ACUPRESSURE AT HE-7 HELPS WITH INSOMNIA

Categories: Insomnia/sleep disorders

An Italian study has evaluated the efficacy of acupressure at Shenmen HE-7 in treating insomnia. 25 patients affected by sleep disorders were enrolled, of whom 14 had cancer. All were treated by acupressure stimulation acupressure at Shenmen HE-7 for at least two consecutive weeks using a medical device called 'H7 Insomnia Control'. An improvement in sleep quality was seen in 60% of patients, with ...