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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.

Please note that the most twenty recent research archive items are free to view but access to the thousands of items in the archive require a journal subscription.

Electro-acupuncture improves urinary symptoms in benign prostatic hyperplasia

Categories: Male disorders, Kidney / Urinary disorders

Sacral electro-acupuncture (EA) can improve urinary symptoms and quality of life for patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia ...

Electro-acupuncture effective for stress incontinence at any age

Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders

Electro-acupuncture (EA) may be an effective alternative treatment for stress incontinence in women of any age ...

Acupuncture superior to standard care for xerostomia

Categories: Nose and mouth

Acupuncture results in significantly less severe symptoms of radiation-induced xerostomia ...

Electro-acupuncture has long-lasting effects on constipation

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders

Electro-acupuncture (EA) provides sustained post-treatment benefits for chronic severe functional constipation ...

American College of Rheumatology recommends tai chi and acupuncture for osteoarthritis

Categories: Arthritis , Tai chi

The 2019 ‘Guideline for the Management of Osteoarthritis’ from the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) includes tai chi and acupuncture in its recommendations for clinicians and patients making treatment decisions for the manageme ...

Chinese herbal medicine helpful for lung fibrosis

Categories: Respiratory disorders

Chinese herbal medicines (CHMs) seem effective and safe as treatment for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ...

Chinese herbs improve cardiac outcomes after angioplasty

Categories: Heart / Cardiac

Chinese herbal medicines may reduce major adverse cardiac events (MACEs) after percutaneous coronary intervention for atherosclerotic coronary heart disease ...

Nettle reduces menopause symptoms

Categories: Menopausal syndrome

Nettle (Xun Ma, herba urticae) can decrease menopausal hot flushes and increase quality of life for postmenopausal women ...

Acupuncture supports pregnancy by regulating gene expression

Categories: Pregnancy & labour

Acupuncture and moxibustion may increase the pregnancy rate of patients undergoing in vitro fertilisation-embryo transplantation (IVF-ET) by regulating the production of non-coding RNAs ...

Acupuncture helps neck pain patients avoid surgery

Categories: Neck

Cervical surgery rates are lower in neck pain patients who have acupuncture treatment ...

Acupuncture is safe in pregnancy

Categories: Pregnancy & labour

Acupuncture is a safe therapeutic modality for relieving discomfort in pregnancy without an adverse effect on delivery outcome ...

Acupuncture helps with postherpetic neuralgia

Categories: Pain

Acupuncture may improve symptoms in patients with postherpetic neuralgia ...

Acupuncture comparable to drugs for overactive bladder

Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders

Acupuncture is comparable to drug treatment for reducing urinary frequency in patients with overactive bladder ...

Auricular acupuncture promising for back pain

Categories: Back

Auricular acupuncture is a promising intervention for the treatment of chronic back pain ...

Acupuncture helps with insomnia due to chronic pain

Categories: Insomnia/sleep disorders, Pain

Acupuncture is an effective and safe treatment for chronic pain-related insomnia ...

Acupuncture at any point in menstrual cycle is effective for PMS

Categories: Gynaecology

Acupuncture compares favourably to orthodox medicine and sham acupuncture for treating premenstrual syndrome ...

Acupuncture effective for chronic fatigue

Categories: Fatigue

Acupuncture is more effective than sham acupuncture and other interventions for chronic fatigue syndrome ...

Acupuncture effective for infertility without AR

Categories: Infertility

Acupuncture may be effective for treating female infertility in women who are not undergoing orthodox fertility treatment

Acupuncture dose matters for pain relief

Categories: Pain

Different protocols for the administration of acupuncture influence its effect on chronic pain ...

Acupuncture better than drugs for migraine prevention

Categories: Headache & migraine

Acupuncture has a better effect than propranolol in reducing migraine episodes ...