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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.

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Items 64 to 72 of 101 total

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Herbal formula protects against bleeding oesophageal varices

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders, Miscellaneous disorders
A study carried out in China has found that a herbal formula, Fuzheng Huayu Capsule (FZHYC) can reduce the risk of bleeding and improve survival rates in liver cirrhosis patients with oesophageal varices.
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'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.
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Herbal medicines relieve dyspepsia

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A Chinese herbal formula appears to offer symptomatic improvement in patients with functional dyspepsia (FD), according to a Chinese study.
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Needling Jianjing GB-21 regulates gall bladder size in cholecystitis patients

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders, Miscellaneous
A Chinese study has used ultrasound scanning to show that acupuncture at Jianjing GB-21 can regulate the volume of the gall bladder in cholecystitis patients and improve their symptoms.
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Milk fats bad for good bacteria

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders, Diet research
Saturated milk fats in the modern Western diet could be responsible for gut problems such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and colitis, according to American researchers.
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Tongue appearance reflects clinical improvement in ulcers

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders, General discussion
Taiwanese researchers have confirmed that the appearance of the tongue correctly reflects clinical outcomes in peptic ulcer disease (PUD)
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Korean hand acupuncture helps IBS symptoms

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
Korean hand acupuncture (KHA) has been shown to be effective in relieving symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
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Acupuncture helps restore bowel function after surgery

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
Clinicians in Hong Kong have found that electro-acupuncture (EA) treatment reduces both the duration of post-operative ileus (POI - hypomotility of the gastrointestinal tract following surgery) and length of hospital stay following laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer. In a prospective study, 165 cancer patients undergoing laparoscopy were assigned randomly to three groups, who received EA o ...
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Acupuncture provides additional benefit for IBS

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A large trial of acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has shown that the treatment has significant benefits.
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