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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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Electrical acupoint stimulation as good as antidepressants for depression
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Acupuncture research
Transcutaneous electrical cranial-auricular acupoint stimulation (TECAS) is a safe and effective treatment for depression and related symptoms, comparable to escitalopram (Lexapro) ...
Acupuncture improves antidepressant effects
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Acupuncture research
Acupuncture can enhance therapeutic effectiveness and reduce adverse drug reactions in patients receiving antidepressants, Chinese authors have concluded ...
More acupuncture = better for depression
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Acupuncture research
Acupuncture has dose-dependent effects on the symptoms of major depressive disorder (MDD), concludes a systematic review by Chinese authors ...
Electro-acupuncture reduces insomnia in depression
Chinese researchers have determined that electro-acupuncture (EA) can significantly reduce symptoms of insomnia in patients with depression ...
Acupuncture improves exercise capability and mental health in heart disease patients
Acupuncture combined with aerobic exercise can improve exercise capability and mental health in patients with coronary heart disease ...
Auricular vagus nerve stimulation as good as drugs for depression
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Acupuncture research
Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) can lead to symptom improvement similar to that of citalopram in patients with depression ...
Acupuncture reduces preoperative anxiety and anaesthetic use during surgery
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Acupuncture research
Acupuncture is a safe and well-tolerated procedure that can reduce preoperative anxiety, conclude the authors of an Italian study ...
Herbs perform as well as antipsychotics for tic
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Herb research
Jingxin Zhidong formula (JXZDF), a traditional Chinese medicine, shows similar clinical efficacy to the antipsychotic medication aripiprazole for the treatment of tic disorder (TD) ...
Ear acupuncture adds benefit to antidepressant medication
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Acupuncture research
Adding auricular intradermal acupuncture (AIA) to antidepressant medication appears to offer additional benefit compared with using drugs alone for treating depressive disorder ...
Acupuncture adds benefit to drug treatment for anxiety
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Acupuncture research
Acupuncture combined with anti-depressants can significantly improve anxiety compared with drug treatment alone, report Iranian researchers ...
Acupuncture methods are effective for post-stroke depression
A variety of acupuncture methods can be effective for improving the condition of patients with post-stroke depression (PSD) ...
Electro-acupuncture as good as drugs for post-stroke depression
Electro-acupuncture (EA) has a comparable effect to antidepressants on improving post-stroke depression (PSD) and is safer, conclude Chinese authors ...
Acupuncture helps with perimenopausal depression
In comparison with standard care, acupuncture alone or combined with standard care is associated with significant improvements in perimenopausal depression (PMD) ...
Acupuncture effective for chronic pain-related depression
Acupuncture is an effective and safe treatment for chronic pain-related depression (CPRD), and when combined with drug therapy it is more effective than medication alone ...
Acupuncture benefits patients with anxiety disorder
Acupuncture can reduce anxiety in patients with generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) ...
Electro-acupuncture benefits depression by acting on neurotransmitter production pathways
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Acupuncture
Electro-acupuncture (EA) treatment combined with antidepressants is more effective for improving depressive symptoms than antidepressants alone ...
Acupuncture reduces psychogenic seizures
Acupuncture may be a useful therapeutic option for treating psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) resulting in a reduction in seizure frequency similar to cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) ...
Electro-acupuncture improves sleep in depression patients
Electro-acupuncture (EA) may improve the sleep quality of patients with depression, conclude Chinese clinicians ...
Acupuncture improves well-being for women in anorexia treatment programme
Swedish researchers carried out qualitative analysis on interviews from 25 patients who were undergoing treatment in an inpatient clinic programme ...
Cannabis useful for dementia
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Herbal medicine
Cannabis may be useful in the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease ...