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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 benefits brain after both ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke
Categories: Stroke
Chinese researchers have found electro-acupuncture at points on the head to be helpful for increasing neuroplasticity in cerebral motor regions following ischaemic stroke.
Acupuncture has anti-inflammatory effects in allergic asthma
Categories: Respiratory disorders
A team of Chinese investigators has shown that acupuncture has regulatory effects on mucosal and cellular immunity in patients with allergic asthma.
Acupuncture for gastrointestinal disorders
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
Researchers from Hong Kong suggest that electro-acupuncture can alter the activation of neural pathways for pain perception in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients
Electro-acupuncture reduces hypotension during liver transplant
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Hypertension
Electro-acupuncture (EA) has an effect equal to noradrenaline in reducing hypotension during anesthesia in patients undergoing liver transplantation, according to an Iranian research team.
Chinese herbs improve embryo quality in women with refractory infertility
Categories: Infertility
A preliminary study conducted in Japan suggests that women who have failed to become pregnant from IVF could benefit from taking Chinese herbs during future IVF treatments.
Acupuncture helps smokers quit and stay quit
Categories: Substance abuse
A systematic review and meta-analysis from Taiwan has found that acupuncture has a beneficial effect in helping people quit smoking.
Acupuncture benefits IVF
Categories: Infertility
Results from a meta-analysis by Chinese authors indicate that acupuncture, especially around the time of controlled ovarian hyperstimulation, can improve pregnancy outcomes in women undergoing IVF.
Best practice in acupuncture for assisted reproduction
Categories: Infertility
An international panel of acupuncture fertility experts has collaborated to establish a consensus on what is considered to constitute
Acupuncture monotherapy for depression
Categories: Psychological / emotional
A pilot study carried out in the USA has found acupuncture monotherapy to be safe, well-tolerated and effective, in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). Thirty outpatients with MDD received eight weeks of standardised thirty-minute acupuncture treatment. The protocol consisted of manual stimulation at five body points (bilateral Shenmen HT-7, Hegu L.I-.4, Zusanli ST-36, Sanyinjiao SP-6 a ...
Acupuncture affects pain processing in migraineurs
Categories: Headache & migraine
Chinese researchers have found traditional acupuncture to be more effective for pain reduction in migraine sufferers than a control acupuncture treatment and have correlated this effect to differences in activity in pain-related brain regions.
Moxibustion fights chronic fatigue through 'antioxidant' activity
Categories: Fatigue, Acupuncture research
Researchers from South Korea have found clinical evidence for an anti-fatigue effect of indirect moxibustion and suggest that the effect could be because the technique acts like an antioxidant. An RCT was performed with 44 patients who had idiopathic chronic fatigue. Subjects were treated with either moxibustion (indirect moxibustion on Guanyuan REN-4 and Shenque REN-8) or a placebo procedure, thr ...
Acupuncture promotes weight loss by regulating hunger hormones
Categories: Obesity
Acupuncture may help to regulate weight in obese subjects because of its beneficial effects on hormones that influence hunger and satiation.
Tai chi helps seniors with depression
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Tai chi
A meta-analysis suggests that tai chi can help reduce symptoms of depression in older adults. Authors from the USA and China analysed four trials with a total of 253 participants. Compared with waiting list control groups, tai chi appeared to have a significant impact on reducing depressive symptoms. (Tai chi and reduction of depressive symptoms for older adults: A meta-analysis of randomized tria ...
Tai chi beneficial in rheumatoid arthritis
A pilot study suggests that practicing tai chi can help people suffering from rheumatoid arthritis both mentally and physically. A pragmatic non-randomised before/after study compared the effects of two interventions on 21 RA patients who were allocated into two groups. Both groups followed a tai chi exercise programme, twice a week for 12 weeks, and one group also received auricular acupressure t ...
Acupuncture helps ease breathing in COPD
Categories: Respiratory disorders
According to a trial carried out in Japan, acupuncture is associated with clinically relevant improvements of dyspnoea on exertion (DOE) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Sixty-eight patients with COPD were randomised to either real or non-penetrating placebo acupuncture for 12 weeks, in addition to standard medication. A standardised acupuncture protocol was used (Zho ...
Red yeast rice prevents death in heart disease patients
Categories: Heart / Cardiac, Diet research
A meta-analysis by Chinese authors suggests that Xuezhikang (a partially purified extract of fermented red yeast rice) has a lipid-regulating effect and is safe and effective in reducing cardiovascular events in coronary heart disease patients (CHD).
Acupuncture improves dyspepsia
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A Chinese study has found that acupuncture treatment can significantly improve symptoms and quality of life for functional dyspepsia (FD) patients and that this correlates with specific changes in brain activity.
Acupuncture provides additional benefit in IBS
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A large trial of acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has shown that the treatment has significant benefits.
Tai chi increases brain size and improves memory in seniors
A joint Chinese-US research team has found that practising tai chi leads to increased brain volume and improved cognitive function in elderly people. One hundred and twenty older adults without symptoms of dementia were randomised to four groups (tai chi, walking, social interaction and no intervention) for 40 weeks. Two MRIs were obtained, one before the intervention period, the other after. A ba ...
Acupuncture as good as NSAIDs for radiating pain from intervertebral disc pathology
Categories: Back
Acupuncture is a promising therapeutic option for the management of radicular pain of discogenic origin, according to Turkish researchers.
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