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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 opiate withdrawal
Categories: Substance abuse, Acupuncture research
Acupuncture therapies can be effective to reduce relapse and promote recovery of opioid dependent patients who are receiving methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) ...
Electro-acupuncture improves psychiatric symptoms in meth addicts
Categories: Substance abuse, Psychological / emotional
Electro-acupuncture helps to improve psychiatric symptoms in methamphetamine addicts during abstinence, and to support their rehabilitation ...
Acupuncture as good as nicotine replacement for smoking cessation
Categories: Substance abuse
A Chinese research team has found acupuncture to be as effective as nicotine replacement therapy ...
Ear acupuncture helps maintain benefits of substance abuse treatment
Categories: Substance abuse
Ear acupuncture improves quality of life and helps maintain positive outcomes in substance abuse treatment, report American investigators ...
Acupuncture reduces alcohol cravings and withdrawal effects
Categories: Substance abuse
A joint study by UK and Chinese researchers showed that acupuncture is potentially effective in reducing alcohol craving and withdrawal symptoms ...
Needling KID-9 reduces alcohol cravings
Categories: Substance abuse
Needling Zhubin KID-9 can reduce alcohol cravings in alcohol-dependent patients, according to the authors of a Korean study. Twenty male alcohol-dependent patients were randomly assigned to a treatment group and a placebo group ...
Auricular acupuncture helps with rehab substance cravings
Categories: Substance abuse
A US study has found that auricular acupuncture and relaxation response (RR) sessions can help reduce cravings and anxiety among military veterans in recovery from substance use disorders ...
Non-insertive acupuncture beneficial for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics, Substance abuse
Non-insertive acupuncture (NIA) could be a useful adjunctive treatment in newborns with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS), according to a research team from the USA.
External qigong therapy can help cocaine addicts abstain
Categories: Substance abuse, Qigong
A pilot study carried out in the US suggests that external qigong therapy (EQT) could be useful in reducing cocaine cravings for patients in early recovery.
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.
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.
Qigong improves addiction treatment outcomes
Categories: Substance abuse, Qigong
A small pilot study from the USA suggests that qigong meditation can contribute positively to addiction treatment outcomes, with results at least as good as those of an established stress management program. 248 participants undergoing residential treatment for substance abuse chose to participate in either meditation or Stress Management and Relaxation Training (SMART) twice a day as part of the ...
Acupuncture and addiction mechanisms
Categories: Substance abuse, Acupuncture research
Korean researchers have reviewed the data regarding possible mechanisms of action of acupuncture in the treatment of drug addiction. They suggest that acupuncture's role in suppressing the reinforcing effects of abused drugs takes place by modulating dopamine neurons in the mesolimbic area of the brain. They further examine the potential roles of neurotransmitter systems such as serotonin, opioid ...
Acupuncture reduces lure of smoking images
Categories: Substance abuse
Korean researchers have found that acupuncture treatment can reduce the amount of attention that smokers pay to smoking-related visual cues, and that this is associated with improvement in cigarette withdrawal symptoms. Previous research into substance abuse has shown that addictive behaviours are characterised by increased selective attention (attentional bias) towards substance-related stimuli. ...
GE GEN & ALCOHOLISM
Categories: Substance abuse
The starchy root tuber Ge Gen (Radix Puerariae) was noted as combating drunkeness in a 7th century CE Chinese pharmacopoeia. It is much used in China and Hong Kong by traditional herbalists where it has been found to be effective in controlling appetite for alcohol and improving the function of alcohol-affected vital organs, without any sign of toxic side-effects. The first laboratory tests ...
ALCOHOL DETOXIFICATION
Categories: Substance abuse
A study carried out in the State University Hospital for Neurology and Psychiatry in Sofia, Bulgaria, compared the use of body acupuncture [Hegu L.I.-4, Quchi L.I.-11, Neiguan P-6, Waiguan SJ-5, Wangu SI-4, Shuaigu GB-8, Yangbai GB-14, Shenmen HE-7, Taiyang (Extra) and Yintang (Extra)] on 50 alcohol dependent patients, with the use of standard medical detoxification on 68 similar patients. The acu ...
ACUPUNCTURE AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Categories: Substance abuse
More support for the important role of acupuncture in treating substance abuse comes from a study carried out in the psychiatric unit of a general hospital on 47 patients. Compared to a control group, those who received auricular acupuncture had a much higher rate of compliance with the treatment, stayed in treatment longer and many more remained in follow-up treatment. The authors say that ...
ACUPUNCTURE AND SMOKING
Categories: Substance abuse
This study randomly assigned 46 smokers to two groups. One was treated at points recognised for their anti-smoking effect, whilst the other was given acupuncture treatment at points assumed to have no effect for smoking cessation. Concentrations of tobacco by-products in the blood were measured before the first and after the last acupuncture treatment. The number of cigarettes smoked per day ...
ACUPUNCTURE & SMOKING CESSATION
Categories: Substance abuse
A study carried out at the University of Oslo compared the use of acupuncture at a) points with a reputed anti-smoking effect (test group), and b) points with no such reputation (control group). Treatment combined body electro-acupuncture, ear acupuncture and ear acupressure in both groups. Daily cigarette consumption fell in both groups, but more so in the test group. At the end of treatment, 31 ...
ACUPUNCTURE & SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Categories: Substance abuse
Auricular acupuncture continues to gain popularity as an adjunct to substance abuse treatment. In a study carried out by Merle West Center for Medical Research, thirty-seven patients who received acupuncture (AC) during the early weeks of treatment were followed for 180 days postadmission. Data were collected for four parameters: 1. program ret ...
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