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Acupuncture more effective than antihistamine for itching
Categories: Skin / dermatology, Allergies
Acupuncture has been found to be more effective than the oral antihistamine cetirizine at reducing experimentally induced itch in atopic dermatitis (AD) subjects.
Acupuncture as good as drugs for acute herpetic pain
Categories: Skin / dermatology, Miscellaneous
An Italian RCT has found that acupuncture is as effective as standard drug treatment for acute pain in patients with herpes zoster (HZ).
Acupuncture reduces itch and basophil activation in eczema
Categories: Skin / dermatology, Allergies
Results from a German pilot study show that acupuncture reduces itch intensity in patients with atopic eczema and that this correlates with reduced activation of basophils (histamine-secreting white blood cells).
Acupuncture helps with acne
Categories: Skin / dermatology
Acupuncture treatment of acne vulgaris can reduce the number of inflammatory lesions and improve
Berberine for diabetes and herpes
Chinese scientists recently performed a comprehensive metabonomic analysis to reveal potential mechanisms of berberine action in the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia. Berberine is an alkaloid with a bright yellow color whose primary sources among Chinese herbs are Huang Bai (Phellodendri Cortex) and Huang Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma). Serum samples were collected from 60 pati ...
Acupuncture reduces allergic itching
Categories: Skin / dermatology, Allergies
Acupuncture can significantly reduce itching in patients with atopic eczema. A German study has investigated the effect of acupuncture on type I hypersensitivity itch and skin reaction in a crossover RCT. An allergen stimulus was applied to the skin of 30 patients with atopic eczema before (direct approach) and after (preventive approach) the following treatments: acupuncture at Quchi L.I.-11 and ...
CHINESE HERBS AND ECZEMA
Categories: Skin / dermatology
A study has followed up a group of 31 patients with severe atopic eczema who initially took part in a double-blind placebo-controlled crossover trial of a specific formulation of Chinese herbal therapy. All were offered continued therapy for one year after the trial was completed. Of 17 patients who took up the offer, 12 had a greater than 90% reduction of symptoms and the other 5 had a greater th ...
CHINESE HERBS AND HERPES SIMPLEX
Categories: Skin / dermatology
The combination of various Chinese herbs with proven antiherpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) action combined with acyclovir has been found to have a stronger anti-HSV-1 action than either the herbs or acyclovir alone. They reduced virus yields in the brain and skin more strongly than acyclovir alone, and exhibited stronger anti-HSV-1 activity in the brain than in the skin, in contrast to acyclovir ...
ACUPUNCTURE AND PSORIASIS
Categories: Skin / dermatology
Having become interested in the results of an acupuncturist treating psoriasis, members of a University Dermatology department in Sweden set up this clinical trial. The acupuncturist had treated with traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture (an average of 24 sessions), topical needling, ear acupuncture and Chinese herbal remedies. This trial drew a sample of 56 chronic but stable psoriasis suffer ...
CHINESE HERBS FOR ECZEMA
Categories: Skin / dermatology
A Chinese herbal formula had been found to reduce the production of inflammatory proteins linked with causing eczema. A Hong Kong team assessed the effects of the 'Pentaherbs formulation' (PHF, containing honeysuckle flower (jin yin hua), peppermint (bo he), peony root bark (mu dan pi), atractylodes rhizome (cang zu), and phellodendron bark (huang bai)) on immune cell cultures and patients with at ...
CHINESE HERBS AND ACUPUNCTURE FOR ATOPIC DERMATITIS
Categories: Skin / dermatology
A Canadian study has assessed the effectiveness of combining Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture for the treatment of atopic dermatitis. Twenty patients (aged 13-48) who had mild-to-severe atopic dermatitis were given a combined treatment of acupuncture twice a week plus a Chinese herbal formula three times daily for a total of 12 weeks. Assessments were performed before treatment, and at week ...
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