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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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Yin Qiao San improves effect of western medicine on COVID-19
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Acupuncture research
Yin Qiao San combined with western medicine can improve treatment response in pneumonia patients, report Chinese authors of a systematic review ...
Chinese herbal medicines add benefit to standard care for COVID-19
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Acupuncture research
Chinese herbal medicine (CHM), used as an adjunctive treatment to standard care (SC), helps to improve treatment outcomes in COVID-19 cases ...
Chinese herbal medicines recommended for COVID-19
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Herb research
A systematic review by Chinese authors provides an appraisal of clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of COVID-19 patients with Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) ...
Tai chi effective for management of chronic illness
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, General discussion
An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses evaluating the evidence of tai chi for chronic illness management shows that it can improve physical function ...
Tai chi beneficial in scleroderma
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, General discussion
Tai chi has a positive effect on patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Turkish researchers randomly divided 28 patients into tai chi or home exercise groups ...
Acupuncture prevents cerebral vasospasm following aneurysm
Acupuncture can prevent the occurrence of damaging cerebral vasospasm following subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) ...
Acupuncture relieves constipation after brain surgery
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Acupuncture
Acupuncture and electroacupuncture (EA) are effective in relieving postoperative constipation in patients undergoing surgery for brain tumours ...
Pestle needle therapy effective for pain relief after haemorrhoid surgery
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Acupuncture
Acupoint stimulation is effective for relieving pain, reducing anxiety and improving bowel function after haemorrhoidectomy, report Chinese researchers ...
Acupuncture effective for sciatica
Taiwanese researchers have found that acupuncture is safe and effective for relieving pain and disability in patients with non-acute sciatica ...