Research Archive

Acupuncture & xerostomia (dry mouth)

Categories: Cancer, Nose and mouth

Another study has confirmed the benefit of acupuncture in the treatment of painful xerostomia (dry mouth) following radiotherapy for head or neck cancer.

Acupuncture for dry mouth

Categories: Cancer, Nose and mouth

Radiation therapy for cancer can induce secondary xerostomia (dryness of the mouth) which may be resistant to conventional pilocarpine therapy.

ACUPUNCTURE & VASOMOTOR SYMPTOMS

Categories: Cancer

A Swedish study has shown acupuncture to be effective in reducing vasomotor symptoms (hot flushes) in men following castration therapy for prostatic carcinoma.

Acupuncture and xerostomia

Categories: Cancer, Nose and mouth

Xerostomia, a condition of dryness of the mouth due to salivary dysfunction, is a common and usually irreversible side effect in patients receiving radiotherapy for head and neck cancer.

TCM AND RADIOTHERAPY

Categories: Cancer

The Chinese medicine Si Jun Zi Tang (Four Gentlemen Decoction) was found to reduce the decrease of leukocytes, erythrocytes, thrombocytes and hematocrit in irradiated mice.

ASTRAGALUS COMBINES WELL WITH CHEMOTHERAPY

Categories: Cancer

The combination of Huang Qi (Astragali Radix)-based Chinese herbal medicine and platinum-based chemotherapy is more effective in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer than the chemotherapy alone.

Acupuncture promising for hypertension care

Categories: Hypertension

The effects of acupuncture as an add-on to conventional antihypertensive management methods (medication and/or lifestyle modification) were investigated.

Acupuncture as good as drugs for hypertension

Categories: Hypertension

A rigorous, randomised, single-blind, Western trial comparing acupuncture with sham needling suggests that acupuncture may decrease blood pressure in hypertensive patients by a similar amount to that achieved using pharmaceutical therapy.

Acupuncture and hypertension

Categories: Hypertension

In a trial of 192 subjects with hypertension (between 140/90 and 179/109 mmHg), given up to twelve acupuncture treatments over six to eight weeks, no difference in effect was found between standardised (formula) acupuncture, individualised acupunctur ...

Kampo medicine for hypertension symptoms

Categories: Hypertension

A kampo (traditional Japanese herbal medicine) made from four herbs: Huang Lian (Coptidis Rhizoma), Huang Qin (Scutellariae Radix), Zhi Zi (Gardeniae Fructus) and Huang Bai (Cortex Phellodendri) was found to be significantly more effective than place ...