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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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Moxibustion activates macrophages to kill bacteria
Categories: Acupuncture research
An experimental study from China suggests that moxibustion generates a protective response against bacterial infection by activating macrophage autophagy ...
'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) ...
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 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.
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 ...
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.
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...
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