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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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Chronic pain patients value both individual and group acupuncture
Categories: Pain, Acupuncture research
An American study of acupuncture for chronic pain has explored the patient experience in group and individual treatment settings for the first time ...
Expectancy works differently in verum and sham in chronic pain patients
Categories: Acupuncture research
A study carried out in the USA has explored the central brain mechanisms by which expectation modulates the analgesic effects of verum and sham acupuncture treatment in chronic pain patients ...
Brain functional connectivity networks play critical role in acupuncture effects
Categories: Acupuncture research
Chinese authors have produced a systematic review that offers an overview of the influence of acupuncture on functional connectivity networks in the brain ...
Importance of nitric oxide for specificity of acupoints and needling techniques
Categories: Acupuncture research
A review of the role of nitric oxide signalling at acupuncture points outlines its important contributions to the specificity of the points themselves and the techniques used to stimulate them ...
Mechanisms of acupuncture in stroke rehabilitation
Categories: Stroke, Acupuncture research
A review by Taiwanese authors provides evidence that five different mechanisms are involved in the beneficial effects of acupuncture on ischaemic stroke rehabilitation ...
Needling Tongli HE-5 activates language-related brain areas
Categories: Acupuncture research
Needling the acupoint Tongli HE-5 on the right forearm results in activation of bilateral language-related areas in the brain, according to Chinese investigators
Electro-acupuncture and moxibustion benefit Crohn's via different brain mechanisms
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders, Acupuncture research
Chinese researchers have shown that electro-acupuncture and moxibustion treatment result in similar improvements in clinical outcomes, but different changes in brain connectivity in Crohn's disease patients ...
Needle retention time doesn't affect benefits of acupuncture for cancer patients
Categories: Cancer, Acupuncture research
Needle retention time does not affect the perceived benefits of acupuncture for oncology patients, according to research carried out in Australia ...
Acupuncture could help solve America's opioid crisis
Categories: Miscellaneous, Acupuncture research
Acupuncture could play a significant role in combating the opioid epidemic that is raging in the USA ...
Biggest ever acupuncture dataset proves that acupuncture works for chronic pain
Categories: Acupuncture research
An update of the landmark 2012 study by the international Acupuncture Trialists' Collaboration reinforces the evidence that acupuncture is effective for the treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain and that its benefits cannot be explained solely in ...
Analgesic effects of ear acupuncture may be due to vagus nerve stimulation
Categories: Acupuncture research
The analgesic effects of auricular acupuncture may be explained by stimulation of the auricular branch of the vagal nerve ...
Electro-acupuncture increases blood flow to prefrontal cortex
Categories: Acupuncture research
Electro-acupuncture (EA) applied to the trigeminal nerve area can reduce heart rate (HR), and increase parasympathetic nervous activity and cerebral blood flow ...
'Deqi' leads to greater period pain reduction
Categories: Gynaecology, Acupuncture research
Dysmenorrhoea patients that experience a ‘deqi’ needling sensation demonstrate larger reductions in pain relative to those who do not, according to a Chinese study ...
Acupuncture Now Foundation submits position paper to US FDA
Categories: Acupuncture research
The Acupuncture Now Foundation (a non-profit organisation dedicated to educating the public, healthcare providers and health policymakers about acupuncture) has submitted an extensive document to the Food and Drug Administration ...
Cohort study supports lung-large intestine link
Categories: Acupuncture research
A large cohort study from Taiwan appears to confirm the association between the lungs and large intestine suggested by Chinese medical theory ...
Acupuncture results in wider spatial patterns of body sensation than tactile stimulation
Categories: Acupuncture research
Compared with tactile stimulation, acupuncture stimulation produces stronger de qi sensations and results in more widespread spatial patterns of sensation, including areas remote from the stimulus site ...
Local and distal needling affect trapezius activation on both sides of body
Categories: Acupuncture research
Stimulation of acupuncture points, both local to and distant from the trapezius muscle, can result in an increase in muscle strength ipsilateral and contralateral to the side of stimulation ...
Type of control used affects outcomes of acupuncture studies
Categories: Acupuncture research
The type of control used is likely to affect the study conclusion in acupuncture trials, Chinese authors report ...
Electro-acupuncture under anaesthesia can reduce postoperative analgesic requirements
Categories: Acupuncture research
Intraoperative electro-acupuncture on anaesthetised patients can reduce postoperative use of analgesics and improve immune and stress responses to surgery ...
Synergy of point combinations can be seen in the brain
Categories: Acupuncture research
Chinese scientists have found evidence that combinations of acupuncture points have a synergistic effect by analysing how different brain regions are activated after acupuncture ...
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