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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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Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists backs acupuncture and herbs for pelvic pain

Categories: Gynaecology, Gynaecological

The UK's Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has published an opinion paper that supports the use of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) in the treatment of chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in women.

Acupuncture helps relieve breast pain

Categories: Gynaecology, Miscellaneous, Gynaecological

American researchers have found preliminary evidence that acupuncture may be able to help relieve non-cyclic breast pain.

Individualised herbal treatment promising for endometriosis

Categories: Gynaecology, Gynaecological

UK researchers have carried out a pilot study to test the feasibility of a novel trial methodology enabling the investigation of individualised decoctions of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM), while gathering preliminary data on their effects in patients ...

Acupressure at Sanyinjiao SP-6 helps with period pain

Categories: Gynaecology, Gynaecological

Researchers from Iran suggest that acupressure at Sanyinjiao SP-6 could be a cost-effective intervention for improving primary dysmenorrhoea.

Small treatment effect of acupuncture on dysmenorrhoea

Categories: Gynaecology, Gynaecological

An Australian team has found that although acupuncture improved menstrual mood symptoms in women with primary dysmenorrhoea, the trend in the improvement of symptoms during the active phase of treatment and at six and twelve months was non-significan ...

Essential fatty acids reduce PMS symptoms

Categories: Gynaecological, Lifestyle research, Diet research

A supplement containing a mix of essential fatty acids has been shown to significantly reduce the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), by a Brazilian team.

Acupuncture effective for endometriosis pain

Categories: Gynaecology, Gynaecological

Austrian researchers have examined whether acupuncture is an effective additional pain treatment for endometriosis. In a cross-over design, 101 women were randomised into two groups, each receiving two units of 10 acupuncture treatments twice a week over a period of five weeks. Group 1 received verum-acupuncture during the first treatment unit, while Group 2 received non-specific acupuncture. Afte ...

Acupuncture good for period pain

Categories: Gynaecology, Gynaecological

Authors of a Korean systematic review have found promising evidence for the use of acupuncture in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhoea. Twenty-seven RCTs (data from nearly 3000 women) were included in their analysis, which showed that, compared with pharmacological treatment or herbal medicine, acupuncture was associated with a significant reduction in pain. Two RCTs that compared acupuncture wi ...

HERBAL MEDICINES FOR DYSMENORRHOEA

Categories: Gynaecological

In a Japanese study, two herbal medicine prescriptions administered alternately within the menstrual cycle were found to have powerful antidysmenorrhoeic effects. The two prescriptions were Shakuyaku-kanzo-to (Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang/Peony & Licorice Decoction) and Toki-shakuyaku-san (Dang Gui Shao Yao San/Tangkuei and Peony powder). All 17 dysmenorrhea patients in the study, including recurrent ...