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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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Acupuncture beneficial in functional dyspepsia

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders

Acupuncture improves dyspeptic symptoms, mental status and quality of life in patients with functional dyspepsia (FD), Chinese investigators have found ...

Electro-acupuncture effective for functional constipation

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders

Electro-acupuncture (EA) can effectively treat functional constipation (FC), Chinese researchers have concluded ...

Moxibustion and acupuncture repair damaged intestinal epithelium in Crohn's

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders

A study from China suggests that a combination of moxibustion and acupuncture can relieve inflammation and repair the damaged intestinal epithelial barrier in patients with Crohn's disease ...

Acupuncture improves IBS

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders

Electro-acupuncture (EA) and moxibustion have a positive impact on both subjective symptoms and objective measurements (abnormal serotonin gene expression in tissue from the sigmoid colon) in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) ...

Combination of TCM with conventional drugs leads to better IBS outcomes

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders

Integrated treatment that combines traditional Chinese medicine with conventional medicines is better than conventional conventional medicine alone for treating irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) ...

Guidelines for acupuncturists treating anorexia nervosa

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders, Psychological / emotional

Two Australian authors have produced guidelines for acupuncturists using acupuncture as an adjunct treatment for anorexia nervosa (AN) ...

Acupuncture beneficial for patients with diabetic gastroparesis

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders

One week of acupuncture treatment can reduce gastric retention and improve symptoms in patients with diabetic gastroparesis ...

'Four Gates' treatment normalises GI motility

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders

An experimental study had found that acupuncture at the ‘Four Gates’ (Siguan) can normalise accelerated gastrointestinal (GI) motility.

Moxibustion helpful in IBS

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders

Moxibustion can improve symptoms and quality of life and decrease rectal sensitivity in patients with diarrhoea from irritable bowel syndrome (D-IBS) ...