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Acupuncture improves autistic symptoms
A short course of electro-acupuncture (EA) can improve specific functions in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), especially language comprehension and self-care ability. Fifty-five children with ASD were randomly assigned to an EA group or a sham electro-acupuncture (SEA) group. The EA group received electro-acupuncture at eight acupoints: Sishencong (M-HN-1), Yintang (M-HN-3), Neiguan P ...
Ear acupressure improves children's visual health
Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics, Eye disorders
A small Taiwanese pilot study has found that ear acupressure may facilitate improved visual health for children
Acupuncture better than standard treatment for lazy eye
Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics, Eye disorders
A randomised controlled trial carried out in Hong Kong has shown that acupuncture to be effective in treating anisometropic amblyopia (lazy eye)
Acustimulation reduces paediatric post-operative nausea & vomiting
Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics
Stimulation of the Neiguan P-6 acupuncture point is an effective adjunctive treatment for post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in children undergoing adenoidectomy or tonsillectomy. A pragmatic randomised controlled trial carried out in Norway enrolled 154 children who were undergoing day-surgery. The intervention group received acupuncture at Neiguan P-6 bilaterally for a median of 21 minute ...
Acupuncture reduces colicky crying
Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics
Swedish researchers have shown that minimal acupuncture can shorten the duration and reduce the intensity of crying in infants with colic.
Chinese herbs for children's asthma
Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics, Respiratory disorders
This joint study carried out by the University of Michigan and the Beijing Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Research Centre compared 102 children who took Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) for their mild intermittent asthma with 109 children with similar asthma who used only western medicine (WM). The children using only WM were three times more likely to make hospital emergency department visits, twice as ...
Chinese herbs for asthmatic children
The Chinese herbal formula Ding Chuan Tang, given to 28 stablilised, mild to moderate persistent asthmatic children, aged 8-15, for 12 weeks significantly improved airway hyper-responsiveness compared to 24 children given placebo. (Ding Chuan Tang, a Chinese herb decoction, could improve airway hyper-responsiveness in stabilized asthmatic children: a randomized, double-blind clinical trial. Pediat ...
Acupuncture and autism
Autism is a complex developmental disability that normally appears within the first three years of life. It is estimated to occur in up to one in every 500 children, is more common in boys than girls, and can severely affect a childs social interactions and communication skills. Many children develop normally for the first year of life, even walking, talking or crawling earlier then the average ch ...
ACUPUNCTURE REDUCES POSTOPERATIVE PAEDIATRIC PAIN
Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics, Miscellaneous
American clinicians have carried out a nonrandomised pilot study to determine the feasibility of acupuncture for acute postoperative pain control in hospitalised children. 20 patients (aged 7 months to 18 years) who had undergone a variety of surgical interventions received two 10 to 15-minute sessions of acupuncture 24-48 hours apart. The treatment was found to be highly acceptable (of 27 patient ...
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