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A Chinese team has  used fMRI to investigate the functional connectivity of brain networks involved in acupuncture. fMRI scans were performed before, during and after acupuncture manipulation at Zusanli ST-36 (previously implicated in a neural pathway for pain modulation) on healthy volunteers and were compared with similar scans for sham needling (full depth needling at a non-acupuncture poi ...

Acupuncture can be used to prevent escalation of symptoms experienced by patients undergoing autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation ...

Writing in the journal Medical Acupuncture, Martha Grout MD describes 2 cases of small bowel obstruction treated by acupuncture.

Acupuncture can improve pain and function in patients with lateral elbow tendinosis ...

A Chinese herbal paste may help to reduce winter exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a Chinese study.

Acupuncture improves renal function markers in patients with chronic kidney disease, according to research from Taiwan ...

A Hong Kong team has evaluated Twenty Chinese herbs for their antimicrobial activity against four common oral bacteria, using an in vitro assay. Thirteen herbs demonstrated activity against Porphyromonas gingivalis, including Hou Po (Magnoliae Cortex) Huang Bai (Phellodendri Cortex), Ding Xiang (Caryophylli Flos), Jin Yin Hua (Flos Lonicerae Japonicae), Wu Mei (Mume Fructus), Lian Qiao (Forsythiae ...

For sufferers of seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR), acupuncture treatment can lead to a modest improvement in disease-specific quality of life and can reduce antihistamine use, compared with either sham acupuncture or the medication cetrizine. In a multi-centre randomised trial, German researchers randomised 422 people with SAR to receive acupuncture plus cetirizine, sham (minimal needling) acupunc ...

Japanese researchers have found evidence that acupuncture points have specific actions on the autonomic functions of particular internal organs.

Author Sefkat Charlotte Abenyakar, MDSpecialist in Acupuncture - Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Abstract In this report a patient who developed memory loss after a psychological trauma and to whom none of the therapies applied during a period of time of ten years proved beneficial is presented. After 20 sessions of acupuncture therapy, important improvements occurred and the patient who is ...