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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.

Please note that the most twenty recent research archive items are free to view but access to the thousands of items in the archive require a journal subscription.

Acupuncture beneficial for muscle soreness after exercise

Categories: Acupuncture, Acupuncture research

Acupuncture can be beneficial for exercise-induced muscle soreness, according to a trial carried out in Portugal ...

Acupuncture points correlate with mast cell distribution

Categories: Acupuncture research

Comparative mapping shows that the distribution of acupuncture points on the human body is highly correlated with patterns of mast cell (MC) distribution ...

Acupoint sensitisation is based on neurogenic inflammation

Categories: Acupuncture research

A review by authors from the UK, New Zealand and China suggests that acupoint sensitisation is based on neurogenic inflammation, and that stimulation of sensitised acupoints results in better clinical effects ...

Sham acupuncture is not an appropriate control intervention

Categories: Acupuncture research

Authors of a large systematic review carried out in China have concluded that sham acupuncture may not be appropriate as a control intervention for assessing the effectiveness of acupuncture ...

Cochrane reviews of acupuncture are outdated

Categories: Acupuncture research

Cochrane reviews of acupuncture for pain conditions are outdated, and do not reflect the current evidence base, ...

Acupuncture induces differentiation of blood cells into neuron-like cells

Categories: Acupuncture research

German scientists have discovered that peripheral blood cells taken from patients that have received acupuncture for spinal cord lesions can differentiate into neuron-like cells ...

Pain and mental health most popular reasons for seeking acupuncture

Categories: Acupuncture research

American authors have identified the most common reasons that people seek acupuncture in the USA ...

Mechanisms of acupuncture in IBD

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders, Acupuncture research

American authors have reviewed the mechanisms of action of acupuncture that benefit patients with inflammatory bowel disease ...

Molecular benefits of electro-acupuncture for stroke explained

Categories: Stroke, Acupuncture research

A review from China explains that electro-acupuncture treatment following ischaemic brain injury may produce neuroregenerative or neuroprotective effects via a series of molecular signalling pathways ...