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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.

Items 37 to 45 of 97 total

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Acupuncture decreases duration of labour

Categories: Pregnancy & labour
Researchers from Iran have found that acupuncture is significantly associated with decreased duration of labour ...
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Acupressure at SP-6 can help cervical ripening

Categories: Pregnancy & labour
Acupressure at Sanyinjiao SP-6 can help with cervical ripening in labour, according to a study from Iran ...
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Moxa for breech saves money

Categories: Pregnancy & labour
Moxibustion at acupuncture point Zhiyin BL-67 can correct non-vertex presentation, reduce the number of caesarean sections performed and achieve cost savings for the healthcare system, compared with conventional treatment ...
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Acupuncture at Qihai REN-6 can shorten third stage of labour

Categories: Pregnancy & labour
A study carried out in Spain has shown that acupuncture at point Qihai REN-6 can decrease the time taken for the placenta to be expelled after delivery ...
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Acupuncture reduces epidural use

Categories: Pregnancy & labour
A trial carried out in Sweden has found that women who received manual acupuncture (MA) or electro-acupuncture (EA) during labour used less epidural analgesia than women who received standard care. The longitudinal randomised controlled trial recruited 303 nulliparous women with normal pregnancies who were randomised to receive 40 minutes of either manual acupuncture (MA) or electro-acupuncture (E ...
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Acupuncture for back and pelvic pain during pregnancy

Categories: Gynaecology, Pregnancy & labour, Pelvic, Gynaecological, Back
A Cochrane Database systematic review has concluded that current evidence supports acupuncture as a treatment for pelvic and back pain in pregnancy.
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Tai chi and yoga can reduce symptoms of prenatal depression

Categories: Psychological / emotional, Pregnancy & labour, Tai chi
A US team reports that practising a combination of tai chi and yoga can reduce prenatal depression, anxiety and sleep disturbances in pregnant women.
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Acupressure at Hegu L.I.-4 reduces pain and length of labour

Categories: Pregnancy & labour
An RCT carried out in Iran has found acupressure at Hegu L.I.-4 to be effective at decreasing the pain and duration of labour.
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Yoga/massage reduce prenatal depression and prematurity

Categories: Pregnancy & labour, Yoga research
Eighty-four women suffering from prenatal depression were randomly assigned to yoga, massage therapy or standard prenatal care control groups.
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