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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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Electro-acupuncture benefits depression by acting on neurotransmitter production pathways
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Acupuncture
Electro-acupuncture (EA) treatment combined with antidepressants is more effective for improving depressive symptoms than antidepressants alone ...
Acupuncture reduces psychogenic seizures
Acupuncture may be a useful therapeutic option for treating psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) resulting in a reduction in seizure frequency similar to cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) ...
Electro-acupuncture improves sleep in depression patients
Electro-acupuncture (EA) may improve the sleep quality of patients with depression, conclude Chinese clinicians ...
Acupuncture improves well-being for women in anorexia treatment programme
Swedish researchers carried out qualitative analysis on interviews from 25 patients who were undergoing treatment in an inpatient clinic programme ...
Cannabis useful for dementia
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Herbal medicine
Cannabis may be useful in the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease ...
Dang Gui Shao Yao San reduces dementia symptoms
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Herbal medicine
The Chinese herbal formula Dang Gui Shao Yao San (DSS) provides clinically important reductions in symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VD) ..
Acupuncture improves well-being for women in anorexia treatment programme
Categories: Psychological / emotional
Acupuncture can improve subjective well-being for women being treated for anorexia nervosa. ...
Acupuncture helpful for earthquake survivors
Categories: Psychological / emotional
Acupuncture could be a useful tool for reducing pain and psychological symptoms in earthquake survivors ...
Acupuncture enhances effects of antidepressants
Categories: Psychological / emotional
Both manual and electro-acupuncture show beneficial effects when added to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in patients with moderate to severe depression ...