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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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Acupuncture and Chinese herbs alleviate symptoms of ovarian failure
Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicines (CHM) can serve as complementary therapies to alleviate menstrual and perimenopausal symptoms, and improve serum sex hormone levels in women with premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) ...
Benefits of acupuncture in menopause are long-lasting
The beneficial effect of acupuncture on menopause symptoms can last for at least 21 weeks post-treatment, according to a Danish research team ...
Acupuncture reduces menopausal hot flushes
Acupuncture treatment may mitigate hot flushes and other symptoms during the menopausal transition, report Brazilian clinicians ...
Acupuncture effective for perimenopausal depression
Acupuncture is a safe and effective treatment for perimenopausal depression, conclude the authors of a systematic review carried out in China ...
Nettle reduces menopause symptoms
Categories: Menopausal syndrome
Nettle (Xun Ma, herba urticae) can decrease menopausal hot flushes and increase quality of life for postmenopausal women ...
Acupuncture as good as hormones for hot flushes
Categories: Menopausal syndrome
Acupuncture is as effective as hormone replacement therapy for reducing menopausal vasomotor symptoms ...
TCM diagnosis predicts response to treatment for hot flushes
Categories: Menopausal syndrome
Cancer patients’ clinical characteristics, including their traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) pattern diagnosis, can predict how well they will respond to acupuncture treatment for hot flushes ...
Brief acupuncture intervention helps beat menopause symptoms
Categories: Menopausal syndrome
A brief standardised acupuncture treatment can produce a fast and clinically relevant reduction in menopausal symptoms ...
Electro-acupuncture improves quality of life but not menopause symptoms
Categories: Menopausal syndrome
Chinese researchers have found that eight weeks of electro-acupuncture (EA) treatment does not seem to relieve menopause symptoms, even though it appears to improve women’s quality of life ...