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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 helps with dry mouth due to cancer treatment
Categories: Cancer, Nose and mouth
A multi-centre trial carried out in the UK has concluded that acupuncture can provide significant symptom relief for cancer patients with radiation-induced xerostomia.
Acupuncture helps with breast cancer fatigue
A study by UK researchers has found acupuncture to be effective at managing cancer-related fatigue (CRF).
Acupuncture provides additional benefit for IBS
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A large trial of acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has shown that the treatment has significant benefits.
Meditation and ear acupuncture help cocaine addicts abstain
Categories: Substance abuse
An American study has found that adding breathing-based integrative meditation and ear acupressure (IMEA) to outpatient treatment of cocaine addiction decreases drug cravings and leads to higher abstinence rates.
Herbal formula reduces Tourette's tics
A Chinese herbal formula, 'Ningdong granules' (NDG), has been shown to reduce tics in children with Tourette's syndrome.
NICE recommends acupuncture for headache
Categories: Headache & migraine
NICE (the UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) has published new clinical guidelines on the treatment of headaches.
Ginseng prevents hypotension during dialysis
Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders, Herb research
Chewing slices of ginseng root while having haemodialysis can prevent patients' blood pressure from dropping dangerously, according to Taiwanese investigators.
Salvia improves oxidative stress in diabetes
An extract of Dan Shen (Radix Salvia Miltiorrhizae) can reduce oxidative stress in diabetic patients with chronic heart disease (CHD).
Placebo effect makes evolutionary sense
Categories: Acupuncture research
Up until now, the placebo effect has seemed to make no sense…if people are able to heal themselves unaided, why does the body wait for a sugar pill to prompt recovery?
The placebo effect and how therapeutic rituals affect the brain
Categories: Acupuncture research
A review by an Italian author has examined the placebo effect in terms of the 'therapeutic ritual' created around the patient and how this plays a crucial role in the therapeutic outcome.
Acupuncture as a mechanical activation and signalling process
Categories: Acupuncture research
A review paper from authors based in Hong Kong gives an overview of research into the mechanisms of acupuncture and proposes a new theory of the channels and the flow of qi and blood, based on the latest findings in medical imaging, cell biology and ...
Neiguan P-6 stimulation affects cardiovacular system via brain reflexes
Categories: Heart / Cardiac, Acupuncture research
A review paper by Chinese authors has focused on the neurophysiological basis of the effects of Neiguan P-6 stimulation on cardiovascular mechanisms.
Blood flow changes due to acupuncture follow traditional point indications
Categories: Acupuncture research
Japanese investigators have used colour doppler ultrasound imaging (CDI) to non-invasively evaluate haemodynamic changes caused by acupuncture.
Needling Hegu L.I.-4 on one side stimulates contralateral point
Categories: Acupuncture research
Blood perfusion at the acupoint Hegu L.I.-4 increases when the contralateral Hegu L.I.-4 is stimulated by acupuncture, according to Chinese team.
Methodological guidance for comparative effectiveness research
Categories: Acupuncture research
An international team, consisting of acupuncturists, doctors, patients, researchers and medical insurance company representatives has produced a consensus document aimed at those conducting comparative effectiveness research (CER) trials in acupunctu ...
Low back pain benefits from integrated care
Categories: Back
Many patients with low back pain (LBP) might benefit significantly from individualised, multidisciplinary care that includes access to complementary medicine in addition to conventional care, according to a study from the USA.
Acupuncture for chronic pain is good value for money
Categories: Acupuncture research
Acupuncture is cost-effective for the treatment of chronic pain, according to a systematic review carried out by UK researchers.
Acupuncture has clinically relevant benefits in chronic conditions
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Acupuncture research
A UK-based study looking at acupuncture carried out in a busy GP practice by an experienced traditional acupuncturist, found that it resulted in clinically relevant improvements in patients
Acupuncture at Zusanli ST-36 increases efficiency of functional brain networks
Categories: Neurological, Acupuncture research
Using fMRI, Chinese researchers have shown that the organisation of functional brain networks is altered after acupuncture and that these alterations exhibit point specificity.
Needling Yanglingquan GB-34 inhibits brain's motor system! and activates areas associated with Parkinson's disease
Categories: Neurological
Acupuncture needling at Yanglingquan GB-34, traditionally classified as an influential point for muscles and tendons, results in a subtle but specific inhibitory effect on the excitability of the brain's motor system - the network of brain regions in ...
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