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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 shows better long-term effects than laxative for functional constipation

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders

A multicentre clinical trial carried out in China has shown that acupuncture has better sustained effects on functional constipation than the laxative lactulose ...

Acupuncture affects dyspepsia patients' brains differently

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders

The effect of acupuncture on the brain is different in functional dyspepsia (FD) patients compared with healthy subjects ...

Acupuncture benefits Crohn's disease patients

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders

Research from China suggests that a combination of acupuncture and moxibustion can provide significant therapeutic benefits in patients with active Crohn’s disease (CD).

Ma Zi Ren Wan effective for constipation

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders

A Chinese herbal formula had been found to be effective for functional constipation by a study carried out in Hong Kong. The formula Ma Zi Ren Wan (MZRW - composed of Huo Ma Ren [Fructus Cannabis], Da Huang [Radix et Rhizoma Rhei], Bai Shao [Radix Paeoniae Alba], Xing Ren [Semen Armeniacae Amarum], Zhi Shi [Fructus Aurantii Immaturus] and Hou Pu [Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis]) was first mentioned ...

Acupuncture effective for IBS

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders

A Chinese meta-analysis has concluded that acupuncture exhibits clinically and statistically significant control of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms.

Acupuncture for dyspeptic symptoms caused by diabetic gastroparesis

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders

Acupuncture may be effective for improving dyspeptic symptoms caused by diabetic gastroparesis (DGP), according to a meta-analysis from China.

Acupuncture effective for inflammatory bowel disease

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders

Acupuncture and moxibustion demonstrate better efficacy than oral sulphasalazine (OS) in treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a Chinese meta-analysis has found.

Acupuncture adds benefit to functional dyspepsia treatment

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders

Adding acupuncture to conventional treatment is beneficial for patients suffering from functional dyspepsia (FD), according to a Brazilian research team.

Herbal medicine for inflammatory bowel disease

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders

Randomised controlled trials of herbal therapy for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) show encouraging results, but studies remain limited and heterogenous. Authors from Hong Kong analysed 21 RCTs including a total of 1484 subjects. For ulcerative colitis (UC), aloe vera gel, wheat grass juice, Andrographis paniculata extract (Chuan Xin Lian) and topical Xi Lei San (administered by ...