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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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Items 82 to 90 of 101 total

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Chinese medicine as good as drugs for ulcerative colitis

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A Chinese herbal medicine containing Ku Shen (Radix Sophorae flavescentis) has been shown to be as effective as the anti-inflammatory drug mesalamine for treating ulcerative colitis (UC).
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Acupuncture plus relaxation help GI symptoms in HIV patients

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders, HIV / AIDS
Combining acupuncture and the relaxation response has synergistic beneficial effects on gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in HIV patients who are using highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).
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Digestive herbal formulae have antacid effect in vitro

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders, Herb research
Two Chinese herbal formulae have been found to have antacid effects in an artificial stomach model.
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Acupuncture eases pain of rectal distension

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders, Miscellaneous disorders
A Hong Kong study has found that electroacupuncture can reduce the discomfort of rectal distension, suggesting that it may be useful during colonoscopy procedures.
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Hemp Seed Pill eases constipation

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders, Herb research
Hemp Seed Pill (HSP, [Ma Zi Ren Wan]) can improve the symptoms of patients suffering from functional constipation (FC). Researchers from Hong Kong carried out a rigorously designed two-part study to assess the efficacy of HSP in treating FC. In trial I, involving 96 subjects, the optimal dosage of HSP was determined from among three doses (2.5g, 5.0g and 7.5g, twice daily). A dose of 7.5g twice da ...
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Acupuncture more effective than drugs for gastric emptying

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A German study has demonstrated that acupuncture is more effective than drug therapy for the treatment of delayed gastric emptying in critically ill patients who are being fed by nasogastric tube.
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Acupuncture for post-operative gastroparesis

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
Chinese researchers have shown that acupuncture can improve post-operative gastroparesis (PGS), a common complication of abdominal surgery, in which the motility of the stomach is either abnormal or absent. Sixty-three patients were randomised to either acupuncture or metoclopramide (the standard drug treatment for PGS). Patients in the acupuncture group were needled once daily at Zusanli ST-36 an ...
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'Dragon's blood' kills stomach ulcer bug

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders, Herb research
Researchers in China have identified the active ingredients of 'dragon's blood', a resin derived from the herb Xue Jie (Draconis Sanguis), which are responsible for its beneficial effects on peptic ulcers and ability to stop bleeding. Twenty-two different compounds identified from the powdered stems of the plant were tested for effects on Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), the bacterium known to cau ...
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SERUM CORRELATES OF ACUPUNCTURE PLACEBO EFFECT IN IBS

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A US group has discovered two measurable biological parameters associated with the placebo response to acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). In a previous study by the same group, patients with IBS were randomised to either placebo treatment (using a sham acupuncture device at non-acupoints) or a no-treatment group (waitlist). The new study involved testing a panel of 10 serum biomarkers ...
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