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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's emerging evidence base
Categories: Acupuncture research
Acupuncture is now supported by a broad range of surveys of safety, clinical trials and basic science studies of physiological action.
Acupuncture is cost-effective
Categories: Acupuncture research
Acupuncture is a cost-effective treatment modality, according to Korean authors who performed a systematic review of economic evaluations carried out alongside randomised controlled trials.
Acupuncture for exercise enhancement
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Acupuncture research
An Australian systematic review has found preliminary support for the use of acupuncture as a means to enhance exercise performance and post-exercise recovery.
Placebo effect makes evolutionary sense
Categories: Acupuncture research
Up until now, the placebo effect has seemed to make no sense…if people are able to heal themselves unaided, why does the body wait for a sugar pill to prompt recovery?
The placebo effect and how therapeutic rituals affect the brain
Categories: Acupuncture research
A review by an Italian author has examined the placebo effect in terms of the 'therapeutic ritual' created around the patient and how this plays a crucial role in the therapeutic outcome.
Acupuncture as a mechanical activation and signalling process
Categories: Acupuncture research
A review paper from authors based in Hong Kong gives an overview of research into the mechanisms of acupuncture and proposes a new theory of the channels and the flow of qi and blood, based on the latest findings in medical imaging, cell biology and ...
Neiguan P-6 stimulation affects cardiovacular system via brain reflexes
Categories: Heart / Cardiac, Acupuncture research
A review paper by Chinese authors has focused on the neurophysiological basis of the effects of Neiguan P-6 stimulation on cardiovascular mechanisms.
Blood flow changes due to acupuncture follow traditional point indications
Categories: Acupuncture research
Japanese investigators have used colour doppler ultrasound imaging (CDI) to non-invasively evaluate haemodynamic changes caused by acupuncture.
Needling Hegu L.I.-4 on one side stimulates contralateral point
Categories: Acupuncture research
Blood perfusion at the acupoint Hegu L.I.-4 increases when the contralateral Hegu L.I.-4 is stimulated by acupuncture, according to Chinese team.
Methodological guidance for comparative effectiveness research
Categories: Acupuncture research
An international team, consisting of acupuncturists, doctors, patients, researchers and medical insurance company representatives has produced a consensus document aimed at those conducting comparative effectiveness research (CER) trials in acupunctu ...
Acupuncture for chronic pain is good value for money
Categories: Acupuncture research
Acupuncture is cost-effective for the treatment of chronic pain, according to a systematic review carried out by UK researchers.
Acupuncture has clinically relevant benefits in chronic conditions
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Acupuncture research
A UK-based study looking at acupuncture carried out in a busy GP practice by an experienced traditional acupuncturist, found that it resulted in clinically relevant improvements in patients
Acupuncture at Zusanli ST-36 increases efficiency of functional brain networks
Categories: Neurological, Acupuncture research
Using fMRI, Chinese researchers have shown that the organisation of functional brain networks is altered after acupuncture and that these alterations exhibit point specificity.
Moxibustion fights chronic fatigue through 'antioxidant' activity
Categories: Fatigue, Acupuncture research
Researchers from South Korea have found clinical evidence for an anti-fatigue effect of indirect moxibustion and suggest that the effect could be because the technique acts like an antioxidant. An RCT was performed with 44 patients who had idiopathic chronic fatigue. Subjects were treated with either moxibustion (indirect moxibustion on Guanyuan REN-4 and Shenque REN-8) or a placebo procedure, thr ...
Evidence for acupuncture point specificity
Categories: Acupuncture research
A review article from American authors focuses on clinical and laboratory studies supporting the existence of point specificity in acupuncture, but also addresses studies that do not support this concept.
The 'neural acupuncture unit'
Categories: Acupuncture research
The concept of the ‘neural acupuncture unit’ (NAU) has been put forward by an international team of authors as a new way of interpreting the effects and mechanisms of acupuncture.
Acupuncture may regulate physiology via its effect on heart rate
Categories: Acupuncture research
A discussion paper by a team of American authors argues that the ability of acupuncture to affect heart rate variability (HRV) might explain how it is able to regulate complex physiological systems.
Acupuncture points are large fields
Categories: Acupuncture research
A study by German and US authors has revealed a high degree of variation in the localisation of acupuncture points, and suggests that the term 'acupuncture field' may in fact be more appropriate.
Patients' experience of acupuncture for low back pain
Categories: Acupuncture research
A group of UK authors has used a qualitative approach to examine in detail how participants in an RCT, conducted in the USA, conceptualised placebos.
Effect of expectancy on acupuncture outcomes
Categories: Acupuncture research
A systematic review has investigated the effect of patient expectancy on treatment responses to acupuncture.
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