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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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Chinese herbal medicines for hyperthyroidism
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders
A systematic review has been carried out to assess the effects of Chinese herbal medicines for treating hyperthyroidism. The authors searched Western and Chinese biomedical databases and identified 13 relevant trials with 1770 participants, all of which were deemed to be of low methodological quality. Compared with antithyroid drugs alone, the results suggested that Chinese herbal medicines in com ...
Acupuncture reduces scoliosis
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Back
One session of acupuncture seems to have an influence on the deformity of some scoliosis patients. In a controlled single blind crossover study, verum acupuncture, carried out according to TCM principles, was compared with sham acupuncture and just lying in a group of 24 girls with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. In a subgroup of patients with Cobb's angle (a measurement used for evaluation of cu ...
Red yeast rice reduces cholesterol in statin-intolerant patients
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders
Red yeast rice (Hong Qu) may be an effective alternative treatment for people with high cholesterol who cannot tolerate statins. Sixty two patients with dyslipidemia, who had discontinued statin therapy due to muscle pain, were assigned to receive red yeast rice (1800mg) or placebo twice daily for 24 weeks. All patients were also enrolled in a 12-week therapeutic lifestyle change program. Low-dens ...
Acupuncture for acute trauma
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders
A feasibility study carried out in an emergency department (ED) in the USA suggests that acupuncture can be an effective analgesic intervention for patients who have suffered minor acute trauma to the extremities. Acupuncture was used as primary analgesia for 20 patients who presented at the ED with acute, non-penetrating extremity injuries. The median visual analog scale change in pain for pre- v ...
Acupuncture clears nasal congestion
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Allergies
German investigators have recorded objective measures of improvement in nasal congestion following acupuncture. Twenty-four patients with a history of nasal congestion were diagnosed according to the Heidelberg model of TCM. They were treated using either specific verum acupoints according to TCM diagnosis, or nonspecific control acupoints. Subjective (VAS - nasal congestion measured on a visual a ...
Gou ji may help prevent osteoporosis
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Back
Korean and Vietnamese biochemists have investigated the Chinese herb Gou Ji (Rhizoma Cibotii barometz - or chain fern rhizome) as a possible treatment for osteoporosis. The herb is also known in Vietnam as the vegetable lamb plant, based on a legend of lambs springing fully grown from its seeds. It has traditionally been classified in Chinese medicine as a Kidney and Liver tonic that strengthens t ...
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