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Research Archive
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Acupuncture increases survival, improves swallowing and decreases spasticity and hemiplegia after stroke
Categories: Stroke
Four recent studies on the treatment of stroke by acupuncture show benefits for overall outcomes, improved swallowing and reduced spasticity.
'Whole-systems TCM' is best for IVF outcomes
Categories: Infertility
Individualised treatment with ‘whole-systems traditional Chinese medicine’ (WS-TCM, that includes a combination of acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine and dietary and lifestyle recommendations) may be of benefit when added to IVF treatme ...
Acupuncture beneficial for pain management following joint replacement
Acupuncture may be a useful adjunct to pharmacological pain management after total hip (THR) or total knee replacement (TKR) surgery ...
Acupuncture recommended for allergic rhinitis
The American Academy of Otolaryngology’s new Clinical Practice Guideline recommends acupuncture for patients with allergic rhinitis (AR) who are interested in nonpharmacological therapy ...
Tai chi helps with pain, mobility and sleep problems in cancer survivors
Tai chi qigong (TCQ) could be an effective non-pharmacological intervention for managing head, neck and shoulder impairments in survivors of nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC). Conventional treatments for NPC often result in trismus (lockjaw) and chronic neck and shoulder hypomobility, which can lead to sleep problems. Fifty-two NPC survivors participated in the study, which was carried out by a Hong Kon ...
Tai chi may reduce pro-inflammatory cytokines in arthritis
Categories: Tai chi
A small pilot study carried out in the USA suggests that tai chi (TC) practice may result in changes to inflammatory cytokine production, leading to reduced pain in arthritic patients ...
Tai chi training improves renal and cardiac function in kidney and heart disease patients
Tai chi training can improve renal and cardiac functions in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) ...
Tai chi and strength training improve balance and aerobic capacity in osteoarthritis patients
A 12-week balance training program combining tai chi and strength training (TCST) can effectively improve balance and aerobic capacity in patients with end-stage osteoarthritis who are awaiting hip surgery ...
Science gets behind traditional medicine
Categories: General discussion
The journal Science has just published a three-part series, ‘The Art and Science of Traditional Medicine’, which presents a persuasive set of arguments for the integration of traditional Chinese medicine into modern medical prac ...
Tai chi and brisk walking boost stem cells
Categories: Tai chi
Taiwanese researchers have discovered that tai chi may exert some of its anti-ageing health benefits by increasing stem cell populations ...
Antioxidant effects of acupuncture
Categories: Acupuncture research
Accumulating evidence demonstrates that acupuncture has an antioxidant effect, and can prevent oxidative stress which causes pathophysiological changes involved in various disease processes ...
Acupuncture is a hit with oldest professional baseball player
Categories: Lifestyle research
Baseball’s oldest major league player credits acupuncture as the secret of his longevity in the game ...
Honeysuckle contains novel 'virological penicillin' molecule
Categories: Herbal medicine
Chinese researchers have discovered what they call the first ‘virological penicillin’, a molecule called MIR2911, which is found in the Chinese herb honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua, Flos Lonicerae) ...
Body ownership influences physiological responses during acupuncture stimulation
Categories: Acupuncture research
An international team has found that modification of body ownership results in changes in both local blood flow and brain responses during acupuncture needle stimulation ...
Four needles better than two
Categories: Acupuncture research
Using four needles may be superior to two needles in generating rapid pain relief with acupuncture, according to British investigators ...
'Four Gates' has specific effects on brain
Categories: Acupuncture research
The acupuncture point combination known as the ‘Four Gates’ (Siguan - a combination of bilateral Hegu L.I.-4 and Taichong LIV-3) can elicit specific activities in the brain, conclude Chinese scientists ...
Instructions given to patient can affect response to needling
Categories: Acupuncture research
Instructions given to a patient can significantly affect therapeutic outcomes and the relationship between acupuncture intensity and clinical response, according to research from Korea ...
Context is important for effect of needling
Categories: Acupuncture research
The context in which a needle is inserted into the body makes a difference to how it affects the brain ...
Needling Shenmen HE-7 affects heart rate variability
Categories: Heart / Cardiac, Acupuncture research
Chinese scientists have shown that acupuncture at Shenmen HE-7 can affect cardiac autonomic neural regulation in healthy subjects ...
Acupuncture improves brain connectivity in Bell's palsy
Categories: Neurological
Acupuncture can induce significant connectivity changes in the somatosensory region of the brain in people recovering from Bell’s palsy (BP) ...
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