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Research Archive
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Electro-acupuncture helps with side effects of breast cancer drugs
Categories: Cancer
American researchers have found that electro-acupuncture (EA) can produce significant improvements in fatigue, anxiety and depression in women experiencing joint pain related to treatment with aromatase inhibitors (AIs).
Acupuncture reduces migraine pain via brain's pain system
Chinese scientists have shown that needling active acupoints in migraine patients reduces pain and affects key disease-affected brain regions involving pain.
Acupuncture better than conventional treatment for psychological distress
Categories: Psychological / emotional
Integrative treatment (IT) and therapeutic acupuncture (TA) result in more long term benefit than conventional treatment (CT) for alleviating psychological distress in primary care patients...
Acupuncture improves heart function in ischaemic heart disease patients
Categories: Heart / Cardiac
Traditional acupuncture (TA) can improve cardiac autonomic function in patients with stable ischaemic heart disease (SIHD), according to American researchers.
Acupuncture reduces epidural use
Categories: Pregnancy & labour
A trial carried out in Sweden has found that women who received manual acupuncture (MA) or electro-acupuncture (EA) during labour used less epidural analgesia than women who received standard care. The longitudinal randomised controlled trial recruited 303 nulliparous women with normal pregnancies who were randomised to receive 40 minutes of either manual acupuncture (MA) or electro-acupuncture (E ...
Acupuncture benefits Crohn's disease patients
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
Research from China suggests that a combination of acupuncture and moxibustion can provide significant therapeutic benefits in patients with active Crohn’s disease (CD).
Tai chi improves blood parameters in hypertension patients
Categories: Tai chi, Hypertension
Tai chi (TC) has beneficial effects on blood pressure (BP) and levels of gaseous cellular signaling molecules in the blood of patients with essential hypertension (EH)...
Tai chi improves balance in Parkinson's patients
A Chinese research team has found that tai chi (TC) can improve balance and decrease fall risks in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).
Caffeine inhibits analgesic effect of acupuncture
Categories: Miscellaneous, Acupuncture research
Caffeine can inhibit the analgesic effect of acupuncture, according to animal studies carried out in Brazil. Mice subjected to plantar incision surgery were treated with both manual acupuncture and electro-acupuncture at the acupoint Sanyinjiao SP-6 after administration of acute or chronic doses of caffeine. Researchers found that acute pre-administration of caffeine completely reversed acupunctur ...
Distal acupressure benefits neck and shoulder muscles
Acupressure at distal acupuncture points associated with alleviating shoulder pain have specific beneficial effects on blood flow and oxygenation of the trapezius muscle as well as autonomic nervous activity, a research team from Japan has concluded. ...
Chong Mai = the vascular system
Categories: Acupuncture research
A paper by a UK author suggests that ancient Chinese texts relating to the Chong Mai (Penetrating Vessel or Sea of Blood), are likely to have been a description of the vascular system, derived via cadaver dissection.
Tai chi improves attention
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Tai chi
Tai chi (TC) training helps improve attention in healthy young adults, according to American researchers...
Tai chi reduces falls after stroke
Research from the USA has found that a 12-week tai chi (TC) intervention was more effective in reducing fall rates for stroke survivors than either strength training or usual care.
Sheng Mai San beneficial for heart failure
Categories: Heart / Cardiac
A Cochrane Database systematic review from China suggests that the herbal formula Sheng Mai San (SMS - Generate the Pulse Powder) may exert a positive effect on heart failure, especially when used alongside usual medical treatment...
Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan reduces fibroids in combination with medication
Categories: Gynaecology, Infertility
Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan (GZFLW - Cinnamon and Hoelen Formula) appears to result in additional reduction of fibroid volume when added to mifepristone treatment, according to a Cochrane Database systematic review.
Ma Zi Ren Wan effective for constipation
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A Chinese herbal formula had been found to be effective for functional constipation by a study carried out in Hong Kong. The formula Ma Zi Ren Wan (MZRW - composed of Huo Ma Ren [Fructus Cannabis], Da Huang [Radix et Rhizoma Rhei], Bai Shao [Radix Paeoniae Alba], Xing Ren [Semen Armeniacae Amarum], Zhi Shi [Fructus Aurantii Immaturus] and Hou Pu [Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis]) was first mentioned ...
Chinese herbs reduce progression to diabetes
Categories: Diabetes
Traditional Chinese herbal medicines can slow the progression from pre-diabetes to diabetes according to a study from China.
Verum and sham acupuncture affect different brain regions
Categories: Acupuncture research
German researchers have used fMRI scanning to compare needling at a verum acupuncture point to the needling of a sham point...
Patients' experience of acupuncture for low back pain
Categories: Back
Australian researchers have conducted a study exploring the experience of acupuncture for people with chronic low back pain...
Acupuncture enhances connectivity of brain regions in stroke and Alzheimer's patients
Categories: Stroke
An fMRI study by Chinese authors has found that acupuncture at Yanglingquan GB-34 can enhance functional connectivity in the brain’s default mode network (DMN) in stroke patients.
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