Research Archive

Electro-acupuncture effective for pain of haemorrhoid removal

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders, Miscellaneous

Electro-acupuncture (EA) is effective in alleviating postoperative pain in patients who have undergone haemorrhoid removal surgery ...

Ear acupressure helps with nail biting

Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Psychological / emotional

A research team from China has found that auricular acupressure can improve the efficacy of habit reversal treatment for nail biting, possibly by reducing anxiety ...

Acupuncture as good as analgesics for migraine

Categories: Headache & migraine

Acupuncture and hypnotherapy have an equivalent effect to analgesics for migraine treatment, according to a study carried out in Turkey ...

Acupuncture and massage benefit dialysis patients

Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders

Use of massage and acupuncture during haemodialysis may improve health-related quality of life among end stage renal disease patients ...

Battlefield acupuncture not effective for tonsillectomy pain

Categories: Miscellaneous

Peri-operative auricular acupuncture was not found to reduce postoperative pain or opioid consumption in a study carried out by the American military ...

Laser acupuncture reduces stubborn high blood pressure

Categories: Blood pressure

Brazilian researchers have found that laser acupuncture can reduce blood pressure in patients with essential systemic arterial hypertension ...

Electro-acupuncture reduces pain of diabetic peripheral neuropathy

Categories: Diabetes

Electro-acupuncture should be recommended as a non-pharmacological treatment for pain reduction in painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy, according to the authors of a study carried out in Korea ...

Ear acupuncture reduces disability due to spinal pain

Categories: Back

Ear acupuncture can reduce disability and increase tissue temperature in people with chronic spinal pain ...

Acupuncture plus ear acupressure helps with chloasma

Categories: Skin / dermatology

A combination of acupuncture and auricular acupressure has a better therapeutic effect on chloasma than treatment with vitamins C and E. ...

Acupuncture benefits dry eyes

Categories: Eye disorders

Acupuncture provides additional benefit in dry eye treatment compared with artificial tears, and is associated with evidence of reduced inflammation ...

Moxa improves effect of drugs on TB

Categories: Respiratory disorders

Moxa treatment improves the effect of standard drug therapy for patients with tuberculosis ...

Acupuncture helps with pain from breast cancer drugs

Categories: Cancer, Miscellaneous

Postmenopausal women with breast cancer who experience arthralgia due to aromatase inhibitor drugs may benefit from acupuncture ...

Electro-acupuncture improves quality of life but not menopause symptoms

Categories: Menopausal syndrome

Chinese researchers have found that eight weeks of electro-acupuncture (EA) treatment does not seem to relieve menopause symptoms, even though it appears to improve women’s quality of life ...