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Research Archive
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'Phantom acupuncture' helps tease out components of acupuncture response
Categories: Acupuncture research
A US/Korean team has developed and tested a novel form of placebo acupuncture, dubbed ‘phantom acupuncture’, which reproduces the acupuncture needling ritual without any tactile stimulation ...
Needling Taichong LIV-3 affects brain areas related to vision, movement and emotion
Categories: Acupuncture research
Chinese scientists report that acupuncture at Taichong LIV-3 can specifically affect areas of the brain related to vision, movement, emotion and pain ...
Neiguan P-6 and LIV-3 Taichong have opposite effects on brain blood flow
Categories: Acupuncture research
Data from research carried out in Italy suggests that needling the acupuncture points Neiguan P-6 and LIV-3 Taichong has markedly different effects on cerebral blood flow (CBF) ...
Acupuncture affects dyspepsia patients' brains differently
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
The effect of acupuncture on the brain is different in functional dyspepsia (FD) patients compared with healthy subjects ...
Acupuncture interrupts cluster headaches
Categories: Headache & migraine
Acupuncture can be used to interrupt cluster headaches (CH), according to a case series from Italy. Four patients with CH were treated with acupuncture as a preventive treatment, either combined with the calcium channel blocking drug verapamil, or al ...
Off-site acupuncture detrimental to embryo transfer
Categories: Infertility
A trial carried out in the USA has found that acupuncture performed off-site on the day of embryo transfer (ET) was detrimental to the success of the transfer. In a prospective, physician-blinded study ...
Acupuncture not effective in correcting breech presentation
Categories: Pregnancy & Labour
A French study has found that treatment with acupuncture and moxibustion was not effective in correcting breech presentation in the third trimester of pregnancy
Ultrasound imaging supports effect of acupuncture on trigger points
Categories: Acupuncture research
Investigators from Brazil have used two-dimensional ultrasonography (2DUS) and ultrasound elastography (UE) to objectively confirm the subjective analgesic effects of acupuncture on pain from myofascial trigger points (MTrP) ...
Acupuncture helps with post-laparoscopic shoulder pain
Categories: Shoulder
Individualised acupuncture treatment conducted according to traditional Chinese medicine principles may improve post-laparoscopic shoulder pain (PLSP) when used in conjunction with conventional therapy ...
Acupuncture decreases activity of enzyme associated with migraine attacks
Categories: Headache & migraine
Turkish researchers have demonstrated a clinically relevant decrease in serum matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) activity in patients with migraine treated with acupuncture ...
Chinese herbs improve IVF success
Categories: Infertility
The use of Chinese herbs can improve the outcomes of assisted reproductive technologies, according to a Chinese study ...
Chinese herbs effective for COPD
Categories: Respiratory disorders
Two Chinese herbal formulas have been found to be effective for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ...
Acupuncture reduces menopause symptoms
Categories: Gynaecology, Menopausal syndrome
A meta-analysis from Taiwanese authors confirms that acupuncture can improve symptoms in women experiencing menopause ...
Acupuncture works for osteoarthritis
Categories: Arthritis
The use of acupuncture to manage osteoarthritis is associated with a significant reduction in symptoms, concludes a Canadian meta-analysis ...
Acupuncture for tenosynovitis
Categories: Miscellaneous
Acupuncture can be considered as an alternative treatment option for De Quervain's tenosynovitis (painful inflammation of tendons in the thumb), suggests an Iranian research study ...
Electro-acupuncture for anaesthesia during kidney stone procedure
Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders, Miscellaneous
Both verum and sham electro-acupuncture (EA) can effectively relieve the pain of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL, a non-invasive method of treating kidney stones), as well as reducing the analgesic dosage, according to the results of Chin ...
Acupuncture improves immunity in chemo patients
Categories: Cancer
Acupuncture and moxibustion may stimulate anti-cancer immunity, protect bone marrow cells and minimise drug side-effects in colon cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, according to a pilot study carried out in Portugal ...
Acupuncture may compare favourably with anti-histamines for dust mite allergy
Categories: Allergies
A German pilot study suggests that acupuncture may have a comparable effect to anti-histamine drugs in patients allergic to house dust mites.
Acupuncture improves brain network function in Alzheimer's
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Neurological
A pilot study from China has found that acupuncture can modulate activity in the brain’s default-mode network (DMN) in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
Acupuncture reduces need for analgesia after knee replacement
Categories: Knee, Post-operative
Acupuncture can help control acute postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty, according to Taiwanese investigators.
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