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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.

Please note that the most twenty recent research archive items are free to view but access to the thousands of items in the archive require a journal subscription.

Acupuncture is safe in pregnancy

Categories: Pregnancy & labour

Acupuncture is a safe therapeutic modality for relieving discomfort in pregnancy without an adverse effect on delivery outcome ...

Home moxa treatment can help turn breech babies

Categories: Pregnancy & labour

Self-administered home moxibustion treatment may be an effective and low-cost treatment for inducing cephalic version in pregnant women with breech presentation ...

Ear acupuncture adds benefit to analgesics after episiotomy

Categories: Pregnancy & labour

Auricular acupuncture may be a valuable addition to analgesic therapy in patients after episiotomy ...

Tuina increases milk production following C-section

Categories: Pregnancy & labour

Tuina therapy can significantly increase postpartum milk production in women with insufficient lactation following Caesarian section ...

Acupuncture cost-effective for pain in pregnancy

Categories: Pregnancy & labour

Pregnant women with pelvic girdle and low back pain treated with acupuncture in addition to routine care report less pain and disability than those who receive routine care alone ...

Ear acupuncture reduces pain in pregnancy

Categories: Pregnancy & labour

Two weeks of ear acupuncture significantly reduces lumbar and pelvic pain and reduces functional disability in pregnant women ...

Complementary therapies reduce depression in pregnancy

Categories: Psychological / emotional, Pregnancy & labour

Australian authors examining the effect of complementary therapies on antenatal depression have found evidence of benefit from acupuncture, massage and bright light therapy ...

Acupuncture and acupressure effective for morning sickness

Categories: Pregnancy & labour

A network meta analysis comparing treatments for hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) suggests that acupuncture, acupressure and methylprednisolone have better therapeutic benefits than standard care ...

Ear acupuncture helpful with pain and anxiety of pregnancy termination

Categories: Gynaecology, Pregnancy & labour

Auricular acupuncture may be a useful adjunct for pain management during first trimester abortion ...