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Needling technique differs greatly between practitioners
Categories: Acupuncture research
Korean scientists have examined acupuncture practitioners' motion patterns during needle manipulation to evaluate their consistency ...
Moxa at Shenshu BL-23 reduces reduction in renal vascular resistance
Categories: Acupuncture research
Japanese investigators have found that applying moxibustion at Shenshu BL-23 (back shu point of the Kidney) leads to a reduction in renal vascular resistance ...
Moxibustion activates macrophages to kill bacteria
Categories: Acupuncture research
An experimental study from China suggests that moxibustion generates a protective response against bacterial infection by activating macrophage autophagy ...
'Phantom acupuncture' helps tease out components of acupuncture response
Categories: Acupuncture research
A US/Korean team has developed and tested a novel form of placebo acupuncture, dubbed ‘phantom acupuncture’, which reproduces the acupuncture needling ritual without any tactile stimulation ...
Needling Taichong LIV-3 affects brain areas related to vision, movement and emotion
Categories: Acupuncture research
Chinese scientists report that acupuncture at Taichong LIV-3 can specifically affect areas of the brain related to vision, movement, emotion and pain ...
Neiguan P-6 and LIV-3 Taichong have opposite effects on brain blood flow
Categories: Acupuncture research
Data from research carried out in Italy suggests that needling the acupuncture points Neiguan P-6 and LIV-3 Taichong has markedly different effects on cerebral blood flow (CBF) ...
Ultrasound imaging supports effect of acupuncture on trigger points
Categories: Acupuncture research
Investigators from Brazil have used two-dimensional ultrasonography (2DUS) and ultrasound elastography (UE) to objectively confirm the subjective analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain from myofascial trigger points (MTrP) ...
Acupuncture reduces migraine pain via brain's pain system
Chinese scientists have shown that needling active acupoints in migraine patients reduces pain and affects key disease-affected brain regions involving pain.
Caffeine inhibits analgesic effect of acupuncture
Categories: Miscellaneous, Acupuncture research
Caffeine can inhibit the analgesic effect of acupuncture, according to animal studies carried out in Brazil. Mice subjected to plantar incision surgery were treated with both manual acupuncture and electro-acupuncture at the acupoint Sanyinjiao SP-6 after administration of acute or chronic doses of caffeine. Researchers found that acute pre-administration of caffeine completely reversed acupunctur ...
Chong Mai = the vascular system
Categories: Acupuncture research
A paper by a UK author suggests that ancient Chinese texts relating to the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel or Sea of Blood), are likely to have been a description of the vascular system, derived via cadaver dissection.
Verum and sham acupuncture affect different brain regions
Categories: Acupuncture research
German researchers have used fMRI scanning to compare needling at a verum acupuncture point to the needling of a sham point...
Acupuncture helps with pain and nausea in the emergency department
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Acupuncture research
Adding acupuncture to usual care for patients in an emergency department (ED) is feasible and provides effective pain and nausea relief.
Acupuncture is significantly superior to all controls for chronic pain
Categories: Miscellaneous, Acupuncture research
A secondary analysis of data from the Acupuncture Trialists' Collaboration has shown that acupuncture is significantly superior to control, irrespective of the type of control used.
Acupuncture regulation of blood pressure
Categories: Acupuncture research, Hypertension
American authors who have spent the last two decades investigating the neural mechanisms underlying the ability of acupuncture to regulate blood pressure have summarised their work in a review paper.
Proposed mechanism of acupuncture for PCOS
Swedish authors have reviewed the results of randomised studies on the use of acupuncture for women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
Brain response to electro-acupuncture correlates with symptom reduction in carpal tunnel syndrome
Categories: Acupuncture research, Hand & wrist
An American group has found that the brain’s response to electro-acupuncture (EA) correlates with symptom reduction following EA for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).
Sham acupuncture methods not suitable for clinical research
Categories: Acupuncture research
A review of German acupuncture trials has concluded that the sham acupuncture controls used are not standardised and may not be suitable for clinical research.
Acupuncture helps with chronic pain in urban primary care
According to American researchers, weekly acupuncture is associated with improvements in pain and quality of life when used as an adjunct to usual treatment for chronic pain in urban health centres.
Pain relief is correlated with belief
Categories: Acupuncture research
A Danish study has attempted to discern the contribution of specific and non-specific factors to acupuncture analgesia in patients undergoing dental surgery.
Not all placebos are created equal
Categories: Acupuncture research
The placebo effects of different therapies are not identical, and patients who respond to one type of placebo may not respond to others, according to research from the USA. In a crossover study, researchers tested the analgesic effects of four treatments on pain sensitivity in 48 healthy volunteers. The four treatments were placebo pills, sham acupuncture, verum electro-acupuncture and a no-treatm ...
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