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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 specifically affects brain area involved in itch response

Categories: Acupuncture research

American scientists have investigated the brain circuitry involved in the antipruritic effects of acupuncture.

Acupuncture triggers increases in interstitial adenosine in humans

Categories: Acupuncture research

Experimental studies carried out in humans have shown that acupuncture triggers local increases in interstitial adenosine concentrations.

Acupuncture's emerging evidence base

Categories: Acupuncture research

Acupuncture is now supported by a broad range of surveys of safety, clinical trials and basic science studies of physiological action.

Acupuncture is cost-effective

Categories: Acupuncture research

Acupuncture is a cost-effective treatment modality, according to Korean authors who performed a systematic review of economic evaluations carried out alongside randomised controlled trials.

Acupuncture for exercise enhancement

Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Acupuncture research

An Australian systematic review has found preliminary support for the use of acupuncture as a means to enhance exercise performance and post-exercise recovery.

Placebo effect makes evolutionary sense

Categories: Acupuncture research

Up until now, the placebo effect has seemed to make no sense…if people are able to heal themselves unaided, why does the body wait for a sugar pill to prompt recovery?

The placebo effect and how therapeutic rituals affect the brain

Categories: Acupuncture research

A review by an Italian author has examined the placebo effect in terms of the 'therapeutic ritual' created around the patient and how this plays a crucial role in the therapeutic outcome.

Acupuncture as a mechanical activation and signalling process

Categories: Acupuncture research

A review paper from authors based in Hong Kong gives an overview of research into the mechanisms of acupuncture and proposes a new theory of the channels and the flow of qi and blood, based on the latest findings in medical imaging, cell biology and ...

Neiguan P-6 stimulation affects cardiovacular system via brain reflexes

Categories: Heart / Cardiac, Acupuncture research

A review paper by Chinese authors has focused on the neurophysiological basis of the effects of Neiguan P-6 stimulation on cardiovascular mechanisms.