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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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Acupuncture improves haemodynamics in hypertensive patients

Categories: Acupuncture research

Acupuncture can improve vascular stiffness and haemodynamic parameters in hypertensive individuals ...

Acupuncture and sham equally effective for fatigue in Parkinson's

Categories: Neurological, Acupuncture research

Clinicians based in Singapore have found that both real and sham acupuncture are equally effective in improving fatigue in patients with Parkinson's disease ...

'Phantom acupuncture' leads to real pain reduction

Categories: Acupuncture research

An international team of researchers has used ‘phantom acupuncture’ - a novel form of sham acupuncture ...

Chronic pain patients value both individual and group acupuncture

Categories: Pain, Acupuncture research

An American study of acupuncture for chronic pain has explored the patient experience in group and individual treatment settings for the first time ...

Expectancy works differently in verum and sham in chronic pain patients

Categories: Acupuncture research

A study carried out in the USA has explored the central brain mechanisms by which expectation modulates the analgesic effects of verum and sham acupuncture treatment in chronic pain patients ...

Brain functional connectivity networks play critical role in acupuncture effects

Categories: Acupuncture research

Chinese authors have produced a systematic review that offers an overview of the influence of acupuncture on functional connectivity networks in the brain ...

Importance of nitric oxide for specificity of acupoints and needling techniques

Categories: Acupuncture research

A review of the role of nitric oxide signalling at acupuncture points outlines its important contributions to the specificity of the points themselves and the techniques used to stimulate them ...

Mechanisms of acupuncture in stroke rehabilitation

Categories: Stroke, Acupuncture research

A review by Taiwanese authors provides evidence that five different mechanisms are involved in the beneficial effects of acupuncture on ischaemic stroke rehabilitation ...

Needling Tongli HE-5 activates language-related brain areas

Categories: Acupuncture research

Needling the acupoint Tongli HE-5 on the right forearm results in activation of bilateral language-related areas in the brain, according to Chinese investigators