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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 helps with painful side-effects of cancer drug

Categories: Cancer, Miscellaneous
Acupuncture may help to relieve the joint pain and stiffness that are a common side-effect of the use of aromatase inhibitors (AI) that suppress oestrogen production in women with breast cancer. US researchers conducted a study of 43 postmenopausal women with early breast cancer who were being treated with AI and experiencing arthralgia. They were randomised to receive true acupuncture (TA - auric ...
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Deqi switches off brain's pain regions

Categories: Miscellaneous, Acupuncture research
Acupuncture that elicits deqi has a deactivating effect on specific areas of the brain associated with pain processing. A UK team has investigated the effect of deqi and acute pain needling sensations on brain fMRI blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) signals. Seventeen healthy participants received acupuncture at Hegu L.I.-4 while in an MRI scanner. The fMRI measurements were classified into those ...
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Acupuncture more than a placebo for pain

Categories: Miscellaneous, Acupuncture research
In order to clarify whether acupuncture is more effective than placebo for pain relief, two British authors have combined evidence gathered from systematic reviews of high-quality RCTs that compared acupuncture with sham acupuncture for chronic pain conditions. Eight systematic reviews with meta-analyses of pooled data were included in their analysis. For short-term outcomes, acupuncture showed si ...
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Needling good for achille's heel

Categories: Miscellaneous, Foot
Acupuncture enhances blood flow and oxygen supply to the Achilles tendon in healthy volunteers. In a crossover trial nine volunteers received treatment of the Achilles tendon with 10 minutes of either acupuncture or a heat pack. During needle insertion, the blood volume and oxygen saturation of the tendon increased significantly compared to pre-treatment levels, and these values remained high thro ...
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ACUPUNCTURE AND WHIPLASH INJURY

Categories: Neck, Miscellaneous
A study has analysed postural changes after acupuncture treatment in a group of 15 patients with balance disorders caused by cervical torsion due to whiplash injury. The treatment consisted of 3 once-weekly sessions during which points Tianzhu BL-10 and Fengchi GB-20 were needled. Patients were given posturograhic evaluations before and just after treatment. 17 patients with the same symptoms, and ...
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ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA

Categories: Miscellaneous
A randomised placebo-controlled single-blind study of 50 patients in Germany compared the analgesic effect of needling a single acupuncture point (on the arm) traditionally indicated for knee pain, with a simulated acupuncture treatment (control group) in postoperative knee pain following total knee replacement. The acupuncture group showed significantly greater pain relief lasting several hours. ...
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AURICULOPRESSURE AND PAIN RELIEF

Categories: Miscellaneous
The effect of auriculopressure on pain relief was assessed by comparing two groups of healthy students. In the first group, auriculopressure was applied to the 'toe' ear point and pressure sensitivity at the toe was measured with an algometer before and after treatment. The increase in pain threshold was statistically significant compared with a control group who received placebo stimulation at th ...
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TENS VERSUS ACUPUNCTURE

Categories: Miscellaneous
A study has shown that transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is less effective than electro-acupuncture in the treatment of chronic pain. 156 patients with chronic pain (lower back ache, osteoarthritis of the knee, and cervical spondylosis) were divided into two groups (one TENS and one electro-acupuncture) and each given fifteen treatments. In the acupuncture group, pain relief was m ...
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ACUPUNCTURE & PAIN

Categories: Miscellaneous, Facial
A study carried out at the Department for Family Medicine at the University of Maryland has shown that acupuncture is more effective than placebo in the treatment of postoperative oral surgery pain (Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 1999; 125(5): 567-572).
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