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Research Archive
Welcome to our Chinese medicine and acupuncture research news pages. We add to the content of these pages continuously as more research news comes in. Browse through the complete archive below or use the category links on the right.
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Tea extract can treat pre-diabetes
Pu'er Tea extract can help treat the metabolic syndrome that is the precursor to type 2 diabetes, according to the results of a Chinese study.
Integrative approach to oncology pays off
Categories: Cancer
An integrative medicine approach in the inpatient oncology setting can significantly decrease medication use, resulting in substantial cost savings for hospitals.
Tai chi plus drugs improves geriatric depression
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Tai chi
A US team has found that the use of tai chi alongside drug therapy may provide additional improvements in clinical outcomes in the treatment of geriatric depression.
Yoga and stretching better for low back pain
Categories: Back, Yoga research
Yoga is a more effective treatment for chronic lower back pain than conventional GP care, according to the UK's largest ever study into its benefits.
Qigong massage helps with autistic symptoms
A programme of qigong massage for young autistic children can provide an effective early intervention for autism that is suitable for delivery at home.
Qigong improves diabetic health
Taking part in a programme of qigong exercise may be beneficial for people with type-2 diabetes, according to an RCT carried out in Australia.
Tai chi reduces inflammation and improves quality of life for cancer survivors
Categories: Tai chi
Tai chi may improve quality of life (QoL) for cancer survivors by regulating the inflammatory response.
Tai chi good increases testosterone and improves prostate symptoms
Korean research suggests that tai chi can improve lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTSs), quality of life (QoL) and testosterone levels in patients with benign prostate hypertrophy (BPH).
Room for improvement in systematic reviews of herbal medicine
Categories: Herb research
An overview of systematic reviews of Chinese herbal medicines (CHM) published in the Cochrane Database has identified areas that could be improved in future studies.
Herbs better than drugs for infertility
Categories: Infertility
A systematic review of the use of traditional Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) in the management of female infertility has concluded that it can significantly improve the chances of pregnancy, compared with Western medical (WM) drug therapy or IVF.
Extraordinary research findings on a classical Chinese herbal prescription
Categories: Herbal medicine
Visit the journal's Facebook page to see details of some wonderful new research on the classical 13th century Chinese prescription Dangui Buxue Tang.
Patient belief and practitioner affect treatment outcome (with comment by Peter Deadman)
Categories: Acupuncture, Acupuncture research
Do the effects of acupuncture depend on the needling, the consultation or the practitioner? Researchers based in the UK have attempted to answer this question by quantifying the specific and non-specific effects of acupuncture on osteoarthritic (OA) ...
TCM diagnoses in fibromyalgia (with comment by Peter Deadman)
Categories: Fibromyaigia, General discussion
A US group has examined the prevalence of different TCM diagnoses in a sample of women with fibromyalgia
Acupuncture cures giant wart in HIV patient
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders
Italian clinicians have published a novel case report on a severely immune suppressed HIV patient whose giant wart was completely healed following a long period of treatment with acupuncture.
Acupuncture blocks production of stress molecule
Categories: Acupuncture research
An animal experiment has shown that acupuncture at Zusanli ST-36 can block the production of neuropeptide Y (NPY), a molecule produced by the sympathetic nervous system in response to chronic stress.
Ear acupressure regulates autonomic function
Categories: Heart / Cardiac, Acupuncture research
Researchers in Austria have shown that manual acupressure at the auricular Heart acupoint can affect cardiac and autonomic nervous system function.
Ear acupuncture enhances athletic recovery
Categories: Acupuncture research, Lifestyle research
Auricular acupuncture (AA) can enhance athletes' recovery after strenuous exercise, suggests the results of a Taiwanese study.
Tai chi reduces inflammation
Categories: Tai chi
Practising tai chi can lead to a reduction in levels of inflammatory markers in the blood of older adults.
Tai chi outperforms physiotherapy in preventing falls
Tai chi has a better impact on preventing falls in the elderly than conventional physiotherapy, perhaps because it leads to an increased sense of self-efficacy in practitioners.
Tai chi adds benefit to cardiac rehabilitation
The addition of tai chi to endurance training (ET) leads to improved exercise tolerance and quality of life (QOL) in elderly patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), according to an Italian study.
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